El Salvador at the 2016 Summer Olympics: Difference between revisions

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'''[[El Salvador]]''' competed at the '''[[2016 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it first competed in [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]].

[[El Salvador Olympic Committee]] ({{lang-es|Comité Olímpico de El Salvador}}) sentconfirmed a totalteam of eight athletes, five men and three women, acrossto sixcompete differentin six sports toat the Games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Team ESA: listo a Río 2016|trans_titletrans-title=Team ESA: Ready for Rio 2016|language=es|url=http://rio2016.teamesa.org/noticias/54|publisher=[[El Salvador Olympic Committee]]|date=19 July 2016|accessdateaccess-date=13 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920095602/http://rio2016.teamesa.org/noticias/54|archive-date=20 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was also the youngest delegation in El Salvador's summerSummer Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2020 Olympics in [[Tokyo]].

MajorityThe majority of El Salvador's athletes made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, with weightlifter [[Julio Salamanca]] being the only sportsman to return for his second appearance from [[London 2012]]. Other notable Salvadoran athletes featured [[Enrique Arathoon]], the nation's first ever sailor for nearly half a century, and [[Marcelo Acosta]], bronze medalist in long-distance freestyle swimming at the [[2014 Summer Youth Olympics|Youth Olympics]] in Nanjing two years earlier. Air pistol shooter [[Lilian Castro]], the oldest member of the squad (aged 29), servedacted as El Salvador's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name="flag-bearer"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Lilian Castro abanderada Team ESA para Río|trans_titletrans-title=Lilian Castro will be Team ESA's flag bearer for Rio|language=es|url=http://rio2016.teamesa.org/noticias/66|publisher=[[El Salvador Olympic Committee]]|date=30 July 2016|accessdateaccess-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920095252/http://rio2016.teamesa.org/noticias/66|archive-date=20 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

El Salvador, however, haswas yet to win its first Olympic medal at the end of the 2016 Summer Games.

Salvadoran athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):<ref>{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|accessdateaccess-date=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf|publisher=[[IAAF]]|accessdateaccess-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

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El Salvador has qualified one judoka for the men's half-middleweight category (81 &nbsp;kg) at the Games. Juan Diego Turcios earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region, as El Salvador's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 30, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|title=IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games|date=23 June 2016|publisher=[[International Judo Federation]]|accessdateaccess-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205937/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|archive-date=7 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.diariocolatino.com/diego-turcios-con-boleto-a-rio-2016/|title=Diego Turcios con boleto a Río 2016|trans_titletrans-title=Diego Turcios grabs the ticket to Rio 2016|language=es|date=3 June 2016|publisher=[[Diario Co Latino]]|accessdateaccess-date=6 June 2016}}</ref>

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El Salvador has qualified a boat in men's Laser class by virtue of a top finish for Central & South America at the [[2015 Pan American Games]], signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pan American Games serves up four Rio 2016 qualifiers |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/40438.php |publisher=[[International Sailing Federation|ISAF]] |date=20 July 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721190932/http://www.sailing.org/news/40438.php |archive-date=21 July 2015 }}</ref>

|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser|Men's Laser]]

El Salvador has qualified one shooter in the women's pistol events by virtue of her best finish at the 2014 American Continental Championships, and other selection competitions, as long as she obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 31, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places_by_nation_and_number.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=30 May 2016|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=[[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]|accessdateaccess-date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.edhdeportes.com/articulo/lilian-castro-clasifico-los-panamericanos-los-olimpicos-17946|title=Lilian Castro se clasificó a los Panamericanos y a los Olímpicos|trans_titletrans-title=Lilian Castro qualifies for the Pan American Games and the Olympics|language=Spanishes|date=13 October 2014 |publisher=EDH Deportes|accessdateaccess-date=14 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=James|last=Sutherland|title=Dorian McMenemy, Jhonny Perez Named To Dominican Olympic Team|url=https://swimswam.com/dorian-mcmenemy-jhonny-perez-named-dominican-olympic-team/|accessdateaccess-date=17 July 2016|publisher=SwimSwam|date=13 July 2016}}</ref>

Salvadoran swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming World Rankings |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |publisher=[[FINA]] |accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |archive-date=6 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf|format=[[PDF]]|work=[[Rio 2016]] |publisher=[[FINA]] |accessdateaccess-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221025939/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.diariocolatino.com/el-salvador-a-juegos-olimpicos-con-siete-atletas/|title=El Salvador a Juegos Olímpicos con siete atletas|trans_titletrans-title=El Salvador sends seven athletes to the Games|language=es|date=15 July 2016|publisher=[[Diario Co Latino]]|accessdateaccess-date=17 July 2016}}</ref>

El Salvador has received an unused quota place from [[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] to send a male weightlifter to the Olympics, as a response to the complete ban of the Russian weightlifting team from the Games due to "multiple positive" cases of doping.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iwf.net/2016/07/29/iwf-eb-decision-on-russian-participation-at-the-rio-2016-og/|title=IWF EB decision on Russian participation at the Rio 2016 OG|date=29 July 2016|publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation]]|accessdateaccess-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>

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