El Salvador competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States, from 28 July to 12 August 1984. This was the nation's third appearance at the Olympics. The nation previously missed the 1976 Summer Olympics and participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.
Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 10 athletes to the Games, 9 men and 1 women, to compete in 5 sports. Long-distance runner Kriscia García was chosen to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.
Prior to the Games On May 28, 1984, the president of the Comité Olímpico de El Salvador, Valerio Montes, warned that El Salvador might be forced to join the Soviet-led boycott if the $28,000 entry fee required of its athletes were not raised by the June 2 deadline, a figure which Montes doubted "could be raised in time". The IOC had previously offered to pay all expenses for six Salvadoran athletes, but Montes noted that the Salvadorans would refuse the funds in principle in order to show the Salvadoran Government "that it must pay more attention to the nation's youth and sports' programs". Referring to the $62 million recently approved by the U.S. Government for military aid to El Salvador, Montes suggested a possible solution whereby President Reagan and the American Congress would "order the armed forces to give us less than one percent of what has been designated for weapons to be able to participate in the Games". In response, spokesman Donald Hamilton of the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador declined to provide any funds, stating that "since we don't fund our own athletes, we don't see how we could fund those from a foreign country". Montes was instead advised by the embassy spokesman to pursue financial aid from local sources or from the IOC. Ten athletes from El Salvador eventually competed at the Games.
Competitors Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 10 athletes, 9 men and 1 women, to compete in 5 sports."El Salvador at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 18 March 2014. Trap shooter Julio González, at age 40, was the oldest athlete of the team, while swimmer Juan Miranda was the youngest at age 16. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 3 1 4Judo 2 0 2Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 2 0 2Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 9 1 10
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAldo Salandra100 m11.317did not advance200 m22.907did not advanceRené Lopez400 m48.718did not advanceLuis Campos20 km walkcolspan=6 1:48:4537
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankKriscia García1500 mcolspan=2 4:38.0012did not advance3000 m9:42.289colspan=2 did not advance
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFredy Torres65 kgLdid not advance=20Juan Vargas71 kgWLdid not advanceLdid not advance=9
Swimming
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankSalvador Salguero100 m backstroke1:04.9938did not advance200 m backstroke2:21.7532did not advanceJuan Miranda100 m butterfly1:04.3345did not advance200 m butterfly2:38.3234did not advance
Shooting
Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankJulio González SuvillagaTrap12469
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle AthleteEventEliminatory roundFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6 / 7Gustavo Manzur68 kgL 0–14L 2:34Did not advance
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventEliminatory roundFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6 / 7Gustavo Manzur62 kgL 0–12L 0:20Did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Results