Nicaragua competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's 12th appearance at the Olympics.
The Nicaraguan Olympic Committee sent a total of six athletes to the Games, an equal share between men and women, to compete in four different sports, tying its record for the number of athletes at a single Olympics with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Background Nicaragua made their Olympic debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico and they had appeared at every Summer Olympics since. The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom marked Nicaragua's 12th appearance at a Summer Olympics and the six athletes present was their joint-largest delegation ever, equal with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Competitors In total, six athletes represented Nicaragua at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom across four different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Boxing 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Weightlifting 0 1 1 Total 3 3 6
Athletics
In total, two Nicaraguan athletes participated in the athletics events – Edgar Cortez in the men's 800 m and Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez |align=left|women's 400 m.
Men AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankEdgar Cortez800 m1:58.997did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankIngrid Yahoska Narvaez400 m59.556did not advance
Boxing
In total, one Nicaraguan athlete participated in the boxing events – Osmar Bravo in the men's light heavyweight category.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOsmar BravoLight heavyweightW 16–11L 6–18did not advance
Swimming
In total, two Nicaraguan athletes participated in the swimming events – Omar Núñez in the men's 100 m freestyle and Dalia Torrez Zamora in the women's 100 m butterfly.
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOmar Núñez100 m freestyle57.1151did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDalia Torrez Zamora100 m butterfly1:05.3239did not advance
Weightlifting
In total, one Nicaraguan athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Lucia Castañeda in the women's −63 kg category.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankLucia CastañedaWomen's −63 kg79997101769
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