| Noc: | ESA |
| Nocname: | El Salvador Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | London |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Flagbearer: | Evelyn García (opening) Melissa Mikec (closing) |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
El Salvador competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Olympics.
Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 10 athletes to the Games, 5 men and 5 women, to compete in 7 sports. Rifle shooter Melissa Mikec, wife of Serbian athlete Damir Mikec, chose to compete for her nation's team, despite also having Serbian citizenship on account of her marriage to Mikec.[1] Road cyclist Evelyn García, who was at her third Olympic Games, reprised her role as El Salvador's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the first being done in 2004. El Salvador, however, has yet to win its first Olympic medal.
Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 10 athletes, 5 men and 5 women, to compete in 7 sports.[2] Road cyclist Evelyn García, at age 29, was the oldest athlete of the team, while rower Roberto López was the youngest at age 18.
| width=78% align=left valign=top |The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 10 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Athletes from El Salvador achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[3]
See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. El Salvador qualified the following boats:
See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Melissa Mikec | 10 m air rifle | 392 | 39 | did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 560 | 45 | did not advance | |||
See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. El Salvador qualified the following athletes: