El Salvador (ESA)

Overview

NOCComité Olímpico de El Salvador
Flagbearers28

Participants

Olympic Games 129
Youth Olympic Games 16

Description

El Salvador’s National Olympic Committee was formed on 6 April 1949, but it was not recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) until 1962. Six years then passed before El Salvador competed at the Olympic Games in 1968, since when it has been absent only from the Olympics of 1976 and 1980. It has won no Olympic medals to date and has not yet competed at the Olympic Winter Games.

Their best Olympic performance to date was a fifth-place finish by Maureen Kaila in the 1996 women’s points race cycling. Their top male performance was probably achieved by boxer Donald Martínez, who finished equal 9th of 34 competitors in the 1988 light-flyweight division.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1932 Summer Olympics El Salvador 1 0 1 Results
1968 Summer Olympics El Salvador 52 8 60 Results
1972 Summer Olympics El Salvador 11 0 11 Results
1984 Summer Olympics El Salvador 9 1 10 Results
1988 Summer Olympics El Salvador 5 1 6 Results
1992 Summer Olympics El Salvador 3 1 4 Results
1996 Summer Olympics El Salvador 6 2 8 Results
2000 Summer Olympics El Salvador 4 4 8 Results
2004 Summer Olympics El Salvador 2 5 7 Results
2008 Summer Olympics El Salvador 4 7 11 Results
2012 Summer Olympics El Salvador 5 5 10 Results
2016 Summer Olympics El Salvador 5 3 8 Results
2020 Summer Olympics El Salvador 3 2 5 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics El Salvador 2 2 4 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics El Salvador 3 5 8 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics El Salvador 3 1 4 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Archery 2 0 2 Results
Art Competitions 1 0 1 Results
Athletics 21 9 30 Results
Boxing 2 1 3 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 6 2 8 Results
Cycling Track (Cycling) 0 2 2 Results
Football (Football) 18 0 18 Results
Judo 7 0 7 Results
Rowing 1 1 2 Results
Sailing 4 0 4 Results
Shooting 11 4 15 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 20 11 31 Results
Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Weightlifting 4 1 5 Results
Wrestling 1 1 2 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 0 1 1 Results
Athletics 2 1 3 Results
Badminton 1 0 1 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 0 1 1 Results
Fencing 0 1 1 Results
Rowing 2 0 2 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 1 2 3 Results
Table Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Triathlon 1 1 2 Results
Wrestling 0 1 1 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0 1

Medals by sport

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Swimming 0 1 0 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Marcelo Acosta ESA 0 1 0 1
Sabrina Rivera ESA 0 0 1 1