Costa Rica at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsCosta Rica at the; Olympics
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website
Summer appearances
	1936; 1948–1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Winter appearances
	1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994–1998; 2002; 2006; 2010–2018;

Costa Rica was first at the Olympic Games in 1936

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Costa Rica was COS. It is now CRC.

History

Teams from Costa Rica have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1964. Costa Rica has been 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.

Total		1	1	2	4	89
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1936 Berlin	1	0	0	0	0	–
1948 London	did not participate
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo	2	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	20	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Munich	3	0	0	0	0	–
1976 Montreal	5	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Moscow	32	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Los Angeles	30	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Seoul	15	0	1	0	1	36
1992 Barcelona	16	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	11	1	0	0	1	49
2000 Sydney	7	0	0	2	2	69
2004 Athens	20	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	8	0	0	0	0	–
2012 London	11	0	0	0	0	–

Total		0	0	0	0	–
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1980 Lake Placid	1	0	0	0	0	–
1984 Sarajevo	3	0	0	0	0	–
1988 Calgary	2	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Albertville	4	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	did not participate
1998 Nagano	did not participate
2002 Salt Lake City	1	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	1	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	did not participate

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Silvia Poll	1988 Seoul	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle
1 Gold	Claudia Poll	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle
3 Bronze	Claudia Poll	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle
3 Bronze	Claudia Poll	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle