Costa Rica at the Olympics

Costa Rica at the
Olympics
IOC code CRC
NOC Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website www.concrc.org (Spanish)
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Costa Rica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1936, but then missed the next four Olympiads. The nation returned to the Games in 1964, and has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Costa Rica has also participated in several Winter Olympic Games since 1980.

Costa Rican athletes have won a total of four medals, all by Silvia Poll and Claudia Poll in swimming.

The National Olympic Committee for Costa Rica was created in 1936 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in the same year.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Germany 1936 Berlin 1 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 1948 London did not participate
Finland 1952 Helsinki
Australia 1956 Melbourne
Italy 1960 Rome
Japan 1964 Tokyo 2 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 20 0 0 0 0
West Germany 1972 Munich 3 0 0 0 0
Canada 1976 Montreal 5 0 0 0 0
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 32 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 30 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1988 Seoul 15 0 1 0 1 36
Spain 1992 Barcelona 16 0 0 0 0
United States 1996 Atlanta 11 1 0 0 1 49
Australia 2000 Sydney 7 0 0 2 2 69
Greece 2004 Athens 20 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 8 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 11 0 0 0 0
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 11 0 0 0 0
Japan 2020 Tokyo future event
Total 1 1 2 4 89

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
United States 1980 Lake Placid 1 0 0 0 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo 3 0 0 0 0
Canada 1988 Calgary 2 0 0 0 0
France 1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0
Norway 1994 Lillehammer did not participate
Japan 1998 Nagano
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0
Italy 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0
Canada 2010 Vancouver did not participate
Russia 2014 Sochi
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Swimming 1 1 2 4
Total 1 1 2 4

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Silvia Poll South Korea 1988 Seoul Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle
 Gold Claudia Poll United States 1996 Atlanta Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle
 Bronze Claudia Poll Australia 2000 Sydney Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle
 Bronze Claudia Poll Australia 2000 Sydney Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle

See also

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