Costa Rica at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Costa Rica at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeCRC
NPCComité Paralímpico de Costa Rica
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors8 (5 men and 3 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers Andres Molina
Maria del Pilar Riveros
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Costa Rica are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September, 2024.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Sherman Guity Athletics Men's 100m T64 2 September
 Gold Sherman Guity Athletics Men's 200m T64 7 September

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Athletics 2 0 0 2
Total 2 0 0 2

Medals by gender

Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Female 0 0 0 0
Male 2 0 0 2
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 2

Medals by date

Medals by date
Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
2 September 1 0 0 1
7 September 1 0 0 1
Total 2 0 0 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Athletics 2 0 2
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 0 1 1
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Wheelchair tennis 1 0 1
Total 5 3 8

Archery

Costa Rica entered one male and one female archers into the games by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Diego Quesada Arias Men's individual compound 313 32  Ai (CHN)
L DNS 		Did not advance
María del Pilar Riveros Women's individual compound 681 10  Tanner (AUS)
L 133-137 		Did not advance
Diego Quesada Arias
María del Pilar Riveros 		Mixed team compound 994 13 —  Charao/
Gogel (BRA)
L DNS 		Did not advance

Athletics

Costa Rican track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ernesto Fonseca Men's 100 m T51 — 24.80 7
Men's 200 m T51 — 46.10 SB 7
Sherman Guity Men's 100 m T64 10.72 1 Q 10.65 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 200 m T64 22.29 1 Q 21.32 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Shooting

For the first time, Costa Rica entered one para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2023 Parapan American Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS).[2]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Paola Maria Arana Loria P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 517-7x 18 Did not advance

Swimming

Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Camila Haase Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 DSQ Did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley SM9 3:07.21 15 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Andres Molina Men's 80 kg  Loonstra (ARU)
W 12-10 		 Toshtemirov (UZB)
L 5-22 		—  Dombayev (KAZ)
L 7-18 		Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
José Pablo Gil Men's singles  Stroud (USA)
L 3-6,1-6 		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Quota Allocation After Santiago-2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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