Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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IOC code ECU Flag bearer Felipe Delgado		Competitors 19 in 7 sports

NOC Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee Website www.coe.org.ec (Spanish) Medals Ranked 49th Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1

Ecuador competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, winning its first Olympic medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk.

Gold

Jefferson Pérez — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

Silvio Guerra

Men's Marathon

Rolando Vera — 2:17.40 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Jefferson Pérez — 1:20.07 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Marathon

Martha Tenorio — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Luis Hernández

First Round — Lost to Kabil Lahsen (Morocco), 9-18

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Thompson García

First Round — Lost to Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), abandoned

Cycling

Paulo Caicedo

Pedro Rodríguez

Héctor Chiles

Sailing

Gastón Vedani

Shooting

Margarita de Falconí

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Felipe Delgado

Heat – 23.26 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

Felipe Delgado

Heat – 51.38 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Roberto Delgado

Heat – 56.29 (→ did not advance, 44th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Andrés Vasconcellos

Heat – 2:05.98 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

Julio Santos, Felipe Delgado, Roberto Delgado, and Javier Santos

Heat – 3:27.77 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

Roberto Delgado, Julio Santos, Javier Santos, and Andrés Vasconcellos

Heat – 7:54.37 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Luis Morejón

First round — Defeated Marcelo Filippini (Uruguay) 6-7 7-5 6-1

Second round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 5-7 2-6

Nicolás Lapentti

First round — Lost to Andrei Olhovskiy (Russia) 1-6 6-3 6-8

Pablo Campana

References

Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wikipedia

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