| Ecuador at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ECU |
| NOC | Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 38 in 13 sports |
| Flag bearer | Estefania García[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Ecuador competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in1924.
TheEcuadorian National Olympic Committee (Spanish:Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano) fielded a team of 38 athletes, 23 men and 15 women, to compete in 13 sports at the Games.[2][3] It was the nation's largest ever delegation, eclipsing the previous record of 36 athletes who took part at the London Games four years earlier. Athletics had the largest roster with a total of 16 athletes; there was only a single competitor each in sprint canoeing, equestrian eventing, rowing, shooting, and triathlon.
The Ecuadorian team featured 20 returning Olympians, with two of them attending their fourth consecutive Games: distance runnerByron Piedra (men's marathon) and weightlifterAlexandra Escobar (women's 58 kg). Race walkersAndrés Chocho andRolando Saquipay were among the Ecuadorians headed to their third Olympic Games, while sixteen others previously competed in London, including Argentina-born sprint kayakerCésar de Cesare, triathleteElizabeth Bravo, professional boxersJulio Castillo,Marlo Delgado, andCarlos Quipo, and freestyle wrestlerLissette Antes. A top eight finalist at the2015 World Championships, Chocho was originally selected to carry the Ecuadorian flag, but decided to focus on his training for the competition. Instead, judokaEstefania García (women's 63 kg) took Chocho's spot at the last minute to lead the team in the opening ceremony.[1]
Ecuador narrowly missed out on its first Olympic medal since2008, as Escobar placed fourth in thewomen's 58 kg, the most successful result of her Olympic career.[4]
Ecuadorian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Miguel Ángel Almachi | Marathon | 2:23:00 | 85 |
| Segundo Jami | 2:31:07 | 124 | |
| Byron Piedra | 2:14:12 | 18 | |
| Mauricio Arteaga | 20 km walk | DSQ | |
| Andrés Chocho | DSQ | ||
| Brian Pintado | 1:23:44 | 37 | |
| Andrés Chocho | 50 km walk | DSQ | |
| Rolando Saquipay | 4:07:29 | 34 | |
| Claudio Villanueva | 4:19:33 | 45 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Narcisa Landázuri | 100 m | Bye | 11.38 | 4q | 11.27 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ángela Tenorio | 100 m | Bye | 11.35 | 3q | 11.14 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m | 22.94 | 4q | — | 22.99 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
| María Elena Calle | Marathon | — | 2:48:39 | 99 | |||||||
| Rosa Chacha | — | 2:48:52 | 100 | ||||||||
| Silvia Paredes | — | 2:48:01 | 95 | ||||||||
| Magaly Bonilla | 20 km walk | — | 1:34:54 | 27 | |||||||
| Maritza Guamán | — | 1:35:56 | 36 | ||||||||
| Paola Pérez | — | 1:33:53 | 24 | ||||||||
Ecuador has entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Carlos Andres Mina had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the2016 American Qualification Tournament inBuenos Aires,Argentina.[7] Meanwhile, London 2012 OlympiansCarlos Quipo (light flyweight),Marlo Delgado (middleweight), andJulio Castillo (heavyweight) secured additional places on the Ecuadorian roster at the2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier inVargas, Venezuela.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Carlos Quipo | Men's light flyweight | Bye |  Gankhuyagiin (MGL)W 3–0 |  Hernández (USA)L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Marlo Delgado | Men's middleweight |  Pinto (VEN)W 3–0 |  Assomo (FRA)L 1–2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Carlos Andrés Mina | Men's light heavyweight |  Michel (GER)W 3–0 |  Ward (IRL)W 2–1 | Bauderlique (FRA) LTKO | Did not advance | |||
| Julio Castillo | Men's heavyweight | Bye |  Tulaganov (UZB)L 0–3 | Did not advance | ||||
Ecuadorian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| César de Cesare | Men's K-1 200 m | 35.216 | 5Q | 35.936 | 8FB | 37.169 | 11 |
Qualification Legend:FA = Qualify to final (medal);FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Ecuador has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 20 individual ranking in the2015 UCI America Tour.[10][11]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Guamá | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
Ecuadorian riders qualified for one men's quota place for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top four finish in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of 31 May 2016.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Alfredo Campo | Men's BMX | 36.463 | 27 | 28 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
Ecuador has entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top two finish from a combined group of North, Central, & South America in the individual FEI Olympic rankings.[13]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Nicolas Wettstein | Nadeville Merze | Individual | 56.00 | 55 | Retired | Did not advance | |||||||||
Ecuador has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Lenin Preciado and Freddy Figueroa were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while London 2012 OlympianEstefania García at women's half-middleweight (63 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Pan American region, as Ecuador's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[14][15]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Lenin Preciado | Men's −60 kg | Bye |  Chammartin (SUI)L 002–010 | Did not advance | |||||
| Freddy Figueroa | Men's +100 kg | — |  Kim S-m (KOR)L 000–102 | Did not advance | |||||
| Estefania García | Women's −63 kg | — |  Bangoura (GUI)W 100–000 |  Unterwurzacher (AUT)L 000–010 | Did not advance | ||||
Ecuador has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta inValparaiso,Chile, signifying the nation's Olympic sporting debut.[16]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Bryan Sola Zambrano | Men's single sculls | 7:48.77 | 5R | 7:28.30 | 4SE/F | Bye | 7:52.86 | 3FE | 7:53.54 | 28 | |
Qualification Legend:FA=Final A (medal);FB=Final B (non-medal);FC=Final C (non-medal);FD=Final D (non-medal);FE=Final E (non-medal);FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B;SC/D=Semifinals C/D;SE/F=Semifinals E/F;QF=Quarterfinals;R=Repechage
Ecuador has qualified one shooter in the women's pistol events by virtue of her best finish at the American Continental Championships and other selection competitions, as long as she obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Andrea Pérez Peña | Women's 25 m pistol | 561 | 37 | Did not advance | |||
Qualification Legend:Q = Qualify for the next round;q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Ecuadorian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[18][19]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Esteban Enderica | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 15:10.15 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Iván Enderica Ochoa | Men's 10 km open water | — | 1:53:16.2 | 16 | |
| Samantha Arévalo | Women's 10 km open water | — | 1:57:27.2 | 9 | |
Ecuador has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. London 2012 OlympianElizabeth Bravo was selected as the highest-ranked triathlete from the Americas in the women's event based on the ITU Points List.[20]
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Bravo | Women's | 20:10 | 0:55 | 1:05:54 | 0:44 | 40:09 | 2:07:52 | 47 |
Ecuadorian weightlifters have qualified two women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the2014 and2015 IWF World Championships.[21] A single men's Olympic spot had been added to the Ecuadorian roster by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 Pan American Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.[22]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Fernando Salas | Men's +105 kg | 184 | 16 | 221 | 13 | 405 | 14 |
| Alexandra Escobar | Women's −58 kg | 100 | 4 | 123 | 4 | 223 | 4 |
| Neisi Dajomes | Women's −69 kg | 107 | 6 | 130 | 8 | 237 | 7 |
Ecuador has qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished in the top two final to book an Olympic spot in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament, while the other had claimed the remaining Olympic slot in the women's freestyle 58 kg to round out the Ecuadorian roster at theinitial meet of the World Qualification Tournament inUlaanbaatar.[23][24]
Key:
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Andrés Montaño | −59 kg | Bye |  Wang Lm (CHN)L 0–4ST | Did not advance | 17 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Lissette Antes | −58 kg |  Cherdivara (MDA)L 0–3PO | Did not advance | 19 | |||||
