El Salvador was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece by the El Salvador Olympic Committee.

In total, seven athletes including two men and five women represented El Salvador in six different sports including archery, athletics, cycling, shooting, swimming and weightlifting.

Competitors

In total, seven athletes represented El Salvador at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece across six different sports.

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| align=left|Archery

| 1 || 0 || 1

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| align=left|Athletics

| 1 || 1 || 2

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| align=left|Cycling

| 0 || 1 || 1

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| align=left|Shooting

| 0 || 1 || 1

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| align=left|Swimming

| 0 || 1 || 1

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| align=left|Weightlifting

| 0 || 1 || 1

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! Total || 2 || 5 || 7

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Archery

In total, one Salvadorian athlete participated in the archery events – Ricardo Merlos in the men's individual.

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|align=left|Ricardo Merlos

|align=left|Men's individual

|630

|51

|<br />L 151–152

|colspan=6|Did not advance

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Athletics

In total, two Salvadorian athletes participated in the athletics events – Takeshi Fujiwara in the men's 400 m and Elizabeth Zaragoza in the women's 5,000 m.

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|align=left|Takeshi Fujiwara

|align=left|400 m

|48.46

|7

|colspan=4|Did not advance

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The heats for the women's 5,000 m took place on 20 August 2004. Zaragoza did not finish.

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|align=left|Elizabeth Zaragoza

|align=left|5,000 m

|colspan=2|

|colspan=2|Did not advance

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Cycling

In total, one Salvadorian athlete participated in the cycling events – Evelyn García in the women's road race and the women's individual pursuit.

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|align=left|Evelyn García

|align=left|Women's road race

|3:28:39

|35

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The qualifying round for the women's individual pursuit took place on 21 August 2004. García completed the course in a time of three minutes 56.055 seconds and was ranked 12th overall. She did not advance to the first round.

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|align=left|Evelyn García

|align=left|Women's individual pursuit

|3:56.055

|12

|colspan=4|Did not advance

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Shooting

In total, one Salvadorian athlete participated in the shooting events – Patricia Rivas in the women's 10 m air rifle.

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|align=left|Patricia Rivas

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|393

|=20

|colspan=2|Did not advance

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Swimming

In total, one Salvadorian athlete participated in the swimming events – Golda Marcus in the women's 400 m freestyle and the women's 800 m freestyle.

The heats for the women's 800 m freestyle took place on 19 August 2004. Marcus finished first in her heat in a time of eight minutes 59.81 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to advance to the final.

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|align=left rowspan=2|Golda Marcus

|align=left|400 m freestyle

|4:22.27

|33

|colspan=2|Did not advance

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|align=left|800 m freestyle

|8:59.81

|21

|colspan=2|Did not advance

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Weightlifting

In total, one Salvadorian athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Eva María Dimas in the women's −75 kg category.

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|align=left|Eva María Dimas

|align=left|Women's −75 kg

|105

|11

|125

|11

|230

|11

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See also

  • El Salvador at the 2003 Pan American Games
  • El Salvador at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

  • Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad