Costa Rica at the Olympics

Costa Rica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1936, but then missed the next four Olympiads. The nation returned to the Games in 1964, and has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Costa Rica has also participated in several Winter Olympic Games since 1980.

Costa Rica at the
Olympics
IOC codeCRC
NOCComité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Websitewww.concrc.org (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 109th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Costa Rican athletes have won a total of four medals, all by Silvia Poll and Claudia Poll in swimming.

The National Olympic Committee for Costa Rica was created in 1936 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in the same year. The N.O.C. was named Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica.

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
  1936 Berlin 1 0 0 0 0
  1948 London did not participate
  1952 Helsinki
  1956 Melbourne
  1960 Rome
  1964 Tokyo 2 0 0 0 0
  1968 Mexico City 20 0 0 0 0
  1972 Munich 3 0 0 0 0
  1976 Montreal 5 0 0 0 0
  1980 Moscow 32 0 0 0 0
  1984 Los Angeles 30 0 0 0 0
  1988 Seoul 15 0 1 0 1 36
  1992 Barcelona 16 0 0 0 0
  1996 Atlanta 11 1 0 0 1 49
  2000 Sydney 7 0 0 2 2 69
  2004 Athens 20 0 0 0 0
  2008 Beijing 8 0 0 0 0
  2012 London 11 0 0 0 0
  2016 Rio de Janeiro 11 0 0 0 0
  2020 Tokyo 14 0 0 0 0
  2024 Paris 6 0 0 0 0
  2028 Los Angeles future event
  2032 Brisbane
Total 1 1 2 4 107

Medals by Winter Games

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
  1980 Lake Placid 1 0 0 0 0
  1984 Sarajevo 3 0 0 0 0
  1988 Calgary 2 0 0 0 0
  1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0
  1994 Lillehammer did not participate
  1998 Nagano
  2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0
  2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0
  2010 Vancouver did not participate
  2014 Sochi
  2018 Pyeongchang
  2022 Beijing
  2026 Milano Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by Summer Sport

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Sports   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total Rank
  Swimming 1 1 2 4 36
Total 1 1 2 4 101

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Silver Silvia Poll   1988 Seoul   Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle
  Gold Claudia Poll   1996 Atlanta   Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle
  Bronze Claudia Poll   2000 Sydney   Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle
  Bronze Claudia Poll   2000 Sydney   Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle

See also

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  • "Costa Rica". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Costa Rica". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/CRC". olympanalyt.com.