El Salvador at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

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.

Competitors

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=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 1 2
Cycling0 1 1
Judo1 0 1
Rowing1 1 2
Shooting0 1 1
Swimming1 1 2
Weightlifting1 0 1
Total 5 5 10

Athletics

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]

Men
Women

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Road

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. El Salvador qualified the following boats:

Men
Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Melissa Mikec10 m air rifle39239did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions56045did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

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.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. El Salvador qualified the following athletes:

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: La salvadoreña Melissa Mikec, a Londres-2012, desde Serbia con amor.. Salvadoran Melissa Mikec, London 2012, from Serbia with love. es. Terra. 24 July 2012. 3 September 2012.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ESA/summer/2012/ "El Salvador at the 2012 London Summer Games."
  3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.