Costa Rica at the Olympics

Costa Rica at the Olympic Games
Flag of Costa Rica IOC code  CRC NOC Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica Website www.concrc.org (Spanish)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

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 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.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

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	–
Total		1	1	2	4	89

Medals by Winter Games

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
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	1	1	2	4
Total	1	1	2	4

List of medalists

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

• Category:Olympic competitors for Costa Rica
• Costa Rica at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

External links

• "Costa Rica". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Costa Rica". Sports-Reference.com.