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Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Ecuador competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The nation from South America won its first Olympic medal when Jefferson Perez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk. The Comite Olimpico Ecuatoriano, the Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee, was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.
Medals
Gold
Jefferson Perez Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
Results and competitors by event
Athletics
'''Men's Marathon
Rolando Vera — 2:17.40 ( 22nd place)
Women's MarathonMartha Tenorio — did not finish ( no ranking)
Jefferson Perez
Silvio Guerra
Boxing
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)Luis Hernandez
First Round — Lost to Kabil Lahsen (Morocco), 9-18
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)Thompson Garcia
First Round — Lost to Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), abandoned
Cycling
Paulo Caicedo
Pedro Rodriguez
Hector Chiles
Sailing
Gaston Vedani
Shooting
Margarita de Falconi
Swimming
Men's 50m FreestyleFelipe Delgado
Heat – 23.26
Men's 100m FreestyleFelipe Delgado
Heat – 51.38
Men's 100m ButterflyRoberto Delgado
Heat – 56.29
Men's 200m ButterflyAndres Vasconcellos
Heat – 2:05.98
Men's 4x100m FreestyleJulio Santos, Felipe Delgado, Roberto Delgado, and Javier Santos
Heat – 3:27.77
Men's 4x200m FreestyleRoberto Delgado, Julio Santos, Javier Santos, and Andres Vasconcellos
Heat – 7:54.37
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition'''Luis Morejon
First round — Defeated Marcelo Filippini (Uruguay) 6-7 7-5 6-1
Second round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 5-7 2-6
Nicolas Lapentti
First round — Lost to Andrei Olhovskiy (Russia) 1-6 6-3 6-8
Pablo Campana
References
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