Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Silvia Poll won the nation's first Olympic medal, a silver.

Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website	www.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors	16 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Sigrid Niehaus[1]
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Silvia Poll	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Boxing	1	–	1
Judo	1	–	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	2	6	8
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	9	7	16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Juan Amores	Marathon	2:24:49	45
Ronald Lanzoni		2:23:45	40
Luis López		2:32:43	68

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maureen Stewart	800 metres	2:08.17	26	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Humberto Aranda	Welterweight	Bye	Naea (SAM) W RSC R2	Dydak (POL) L 1–4	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henry Núñez	71 kg	Bye	Dahlin (SWE) L Koka	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mariano Lara	10 m air pistol	563	42	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eric Greenwood	100 m backstroke	1:03.11	45	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:15.42	35	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:15.64	43	Did not advance
Horst Niehaus	100 m backstroke	1:01.91	42	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:12.83	34	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:16.16	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natasha Aguilar	200 m freestyle	2:10.22	34	Did not advance
Marcela Cuesta	100 m butterfly	1:07.66	33	Did not advance
Montserrat Hidalgo	100 m breaststroke	1:18.42	36	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:44.72	37	Did not advance
Carolina Mauri	50 m freestyle	27.96	33	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:00.14	41	Did not advance
Sigrid Niehaus	100 m breaststroke	1:16.65	35	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:45.35	38	Did not advance
Sylvia Poll	100 m freestyle	56.16	5 FA	55.90	5
	200 m freestyle	1:59.22	2 FA	1:58.67
	100 m backstroke	1:03.21	6 FA	1:03.34	6
Natasha Aguilar Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri Sylvia Poll	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:59.67	12	Did not advance
Sylvia Poll Sigrid Niehaus Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:31.75	15	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rafael Elizondo	82.5 kg	117.5	18	147.5	16	265.0	16