El Salvador competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The nation made its official Olympic debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Salvadoran athletes have participated in every Games of the Olympiad since that time, excluding those held in 1976 and 1980, when the nation joined the American-led boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
| El Salvador at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | ESA |
| NOC | El Salvador Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 8 (7 men and 1 woman) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Uriel Canjura & Celina Márquez |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
editThe following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Surfing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Archery
editEl Salvador entered one archer for Paris 2024 in the men's individual recurve competition through the allocations of universality places.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Oscar Ticas | Men's individual | 643 | 53 |  Wang (CHN)L 0–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
Badminton
editFor the first time, El Salvador entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Elimination | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Uriel Canjura | Men's singles |  Louda (CZE)L (12–21, 10–21) |
 Loh (SGP)L (13–21, 16–21) |
3 | Did not advance | ||||
Judo
editFor the first time since 2016, El Salvador qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Jairo Moreno (men's 60 kg) qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Jairo Moreno | Men's −60 kg |  Verstraeten (BEL)L 00–01 |
Did not advance | |||||
Sailing
editSalvadoran sailors secured a quota place in the following events, through the allocations of Emerging Nations Program.
- Medal race events
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Enrique Arathoon | Men's ILCA 7 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 17 | Canceled | EL | 120 | 20 | ||
Shooting
editFor the first time since 2016, El Salvador shooters achieved one quota places for Paris 2024 based on the allocations of universality spots.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Israel Gutierrez | Men's 10 m air rifle | 621.1 | 46 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 576-20x | 40 | |||
Surfing
editEl Salvador entered one surfer to compete for the games, marking the country's debut in the sport. Bryan Pérez obtained one spots for his nations through the allocations universality spots.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Bryan Pérez | Men's shortboard | 7.53 | 3 R2 |  Boukhiam (MAR)L 12.60–14.60 |
Did not advance | ||||
Swimming
editEl Salvador entered one male swimmer and one female swimmer to compete for the games.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Nixon Hernández | Men's 100 m freestyle | 52.73 | 65 | Did not advance | |||
| Celina Márquez | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:04.55 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
References
edit- ^ "OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 (NATIONS)". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Bryan Perez and Candelaria Resano Awarded Universality Slots Into Paris 2024 Olympics". Surfer. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.