Ecuador at the Olympics

Ecuador has competed in 12 Summer Olympic Games. They debuted in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. The nation won its first medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk at the 1996 Olympic Games. The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the IOC in 1959.

Ecuador at the Olympics
IOC code	ECU
NOC	Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.org.ec (in Spanish)
Medals Ranked 81st	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 5
Summer appearances
1924 1928–1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
2018 2022

Jefferson Perez in action in Sesto San Giovanni (Italy)

The country made its Winter Olympics debut in 2018.^[1][2]

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank   1924 Paris 3 0 0 0 0 – 1928–1964 did not participate   1968 Mexico City 15 0 0 0 0 –   1972 Munich 3 0 0 0 0 –   1976 Montreal 5 0 0 0 0 –   1980 Moscow 13 0 0 0 0 –   1984 Los Angeles 11 0 0 0 0 –   1988 Seoul 13 0 0 0 0 –   1992 Barcelona 13 0 0 0 0 –   1996 Atlanta 19 1 0 0 1 49   2000 Sydney 10 0 0 0 0 –   2004 Athens 17 0 0 0 0 –   2008 Beijing 25 0 1 0 1 70   2012 London 36 0 0 0 0 –   2016 Rio de Janeiro 38 0 0 0 0 –   2020 Tokyo 48 2 1 0 3 38   2024 Paris future event   2028 Los Angeles   2032 Brisbane Total 3 2 0 5 81

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank   2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0 –   2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 –   2026 Milan–Cortina future event Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	1	1	0	2
Weightlifting	1	1	0	2
Cycling	1	0	0	1
Totals (3 entries)	3	2	0	5

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Refs
Gold	Jefferson Pérez	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 20 kilometres walk	^[3]
Silver	Jefferson Pérez	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 20 kilometres walk	^[3]
Gold	Richard Carapaz	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's road race	^[4]
Gold	Neisi Dajomes	2020 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Women's 76 kg	^[5]
Silver	Tamara Salazar	2020 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Women's 87 kg	^[6]

Multiple medalists

Athlete	Sport	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Jefferson Pérez	Athletics	1996, 2008	1	1	0	2

See also

• List of flag bearers for Ecuador at the Olympics
• Ecuador at the Paralympics

References

1. Santos, Manuela (16 October 2017). [Klaus Jungbluth is the first Ecuadorian to participate in the Olympic Winter Games]. www.coe.org.ec/ (in Spanish). Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
2. "Klaus Jungbluth, un tricolor en Pyeongchang 2018" [Klaus Jungbluth, a tricolor in Pyeongchang 2018]. El Universo (in Spanish). Guayaquil. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
3. "Olympedia – Jefferson Pérez". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
4. "GB's Thomas crashes as Carapaz wins gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
5. "Neisi Dajomes gana medalla de oro en levantamiento de pesas y se convierte en la primera mujer ecuatoriana en ganar una medalla".
6. "Tamara Salazar, una medalla de plata que se siente de oro".

External links

• "Ecuador". International Olympic Committee.
• "Ecuador". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/ECU". olympanalyt.com.