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. 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."El Salvador at the 2012 London Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 16 March 2014. 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. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Cycling 0 1 1Judo 1 0 1Rowing 1 1 2Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 5 5 10
Athletics
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):
Men AthleteEventFinalResultRankEmerson Esnal Hernández50 km walk3:53:57 NR27
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankNataly Landaverde1500 m4:18.26 NR15did not advance
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankEvelyn GarcíaWomen's road race3:35:5626
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankCarlos FigueroaMen's −66 kgL 0000–0010did not advance
Rowing
El Salvador qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankRoberto LópezSingle sculls7:23.754 R7:27.755 SE/Fcolspan=2 7:57.893 FE7:41.3229
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankCamila Vargas PalomoSingle sculls8:01:60 5 R7:53:381 QF8:07:676 SC/D7:57.223 FC8:19.7516 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
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMelissa Mikec10 m air rifle39239did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions56045did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankRafael Alfaro400 m individual medley4:35.8035did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankPamela Benítez800 m freestyle9:02.6633did not advance
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
El Salvador qualified the following athletes:
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankJulio SalamancaMen's −62 kg110121501126011
See also El Salvador at the 2011 Pan American Games
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