El Salvador first competed in the Olympic Games at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico."El Salvador at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. No athletes were sent to the 1976 Summer Olympics,1976 Summer Olympics Official Report from the Organizing Committee , vol. 1, p. 132. and the nation took part in the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Excluding these two Games, El Salvador has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968."El Salvador." Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. It has never competed in the Olympic Winter Games. As of the completion of the 2012 Summer Olympics, 118 Salvadorans (93 male and 25 female) have represented their nation at the Olympics. No Salvadoran has ever won an Olympic medal.

Both the all-time youngest and oldest Olympic participants from El Salvador competed at the 1968 Games. Swimmer Rubén Guerrero (13 years, 351 days) swam in five events: the Men's 400 meters freestyle, 1,500 meters freestyle, 4 × 100 meters freestyle relay, 100 meters butterfly, and 200 meters individual medley."Rubén Guerrero." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014. Roberto Soundy (68 years, 229 days) finished 54th in the trap shooting event."Roberto Soundy." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014.

Fourteen athletes have competed in multiple Olympics. Eva Dimas, Evelyn García, and Juan Vargas, are the only Salvadorans to have competed in three Olympic Games. Andrés Amador, Kriscia García, Maureen Kaila Vergara, Luisa Maida, Gustavo Manzur, Golda Marcus, Francisco Suriano, Fredy Torres, Juan Antonio Valencia, Camila Vargas, and Salvador Vilanova have each competed in two Olympic Games.

Athletes

NameGenderOlympic GamesSportMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CitySailingMale2012 LondonSwimmingMale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1968 Mexico City, 1972 MunichShootingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale2008 BeijingTennisMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsMale1988 SeoulBoxingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballFemale2012 LondonSwimmingMale1996 AtlantaAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityCyclingMale1972 MunichSwimmingMale1996 AtlantaWeightliftingMale1984 Los AngelesAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityShootingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CityShootingFemale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale2008 BeijingJudoFemale2008 BeijingAthleticsMale2008 BeijingCyclingMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsFemale2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 BeijingWeightliftingMale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1968 Mexico CitySailingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1972 MunichSwimmingFemale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingFemale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1972 MunichSwimmingMale2012 LondonJudoMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CityWeightliftingFemale1996 AtlantaAthleticsMale2004 AthensAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityCyclingFemale2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 LondonCyclingFemale1984 Los Angeles, 1988 SeoulAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityCyclingMale1984 Los AngelesShootingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsFemale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1972 MunichSwimmingMale2012 LondonAthleticsMale1992 BarcelonaAthleticsFemale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsFemale2012 LondonAthleticsMale1984 Los AngelesAthleticsMale2012 LondonRowingFemale2000 Sydney, 2008 BeijingShootingMale1984 Los Angeles, 1988 SeoulWrestlingFemale2004 Athens, 2008 BeijingSwimmingFemale1992 BarcelonaSwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityWeightliftingMale1988 SeoulBoxingFemale2000 SydneyAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CityFootballFemale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsFemale2008 BeijingWrestlingMale1988 SeoulAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CityShootingMale2000 SydneyArcheryMale2004 AthensArcheryFemale2012 LondonShootingMale2008 BeijingAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityCyclingMale1984 Los AngelesSwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityCyclingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale2000 SydneyJudoFemale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1972 MunichSwimmingMale1996 AtlantaSwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1996 AtlantaJudoMale1968 Mexico CitySwimmingMale1972 MunichSwimmingFemale2004 AthensShootingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1992 BarcelonaAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1972 MunichShootingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballMale1968 Mexico CitySailingMale2012 LondonWeightliftingMale1984 Los AngelesAthleticsMale1984 Los AngelesSwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsMale2000 SydneyAthleticsFemale1968 Mexico CityAthleticsMale1968 Mexico CityShootingMale1968 Mexico CityShootingMale1996 Atlanta, 2000 SydneySwimmingMale1984 Los Angeles, 1988 SeoulJudoMale1972 MunichShootingMale1968 Mexico City, 1972 MunichShootingFemale2008 Beijing, 2012 LondonRowingMale1984 Los Angeles, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 AtlantaJudoMale1968 Mexico CityFootballFemale1996 Atlanta, 2000 SydneyCyclingMale1968 Mexico City, 1972 MunichSwimmingMale1968 Mexico CityShootingMale1968 Mexico CityFootballFemale2004 AthensAthletics

See also El Salvador at the Olympics

References

External links Sports-Reference: El Salvador at the Olympic Games