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Costa Rica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCRC
NOCComité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Websitewww.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors11 (6 men and 5 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Henry Núñez[1]
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Costa Rica competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Claudia Poll won the nation's first ever gold medal.[2] This was Costa Rica's second Olympic medal in 10 Olympic appearances. The only previous one, a silver medal, was won by Claudia's sister Silvia Poll at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

  1. ^ "Henry Núñez". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Claudia Poll first Costa Rican Olympic gold medalist, International Women's Day". Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.

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