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El Salvador competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from 19 July to 4 August 1996. This was the nation's sixth appearance at the Olympics.^{[citation needed]}

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 8 athletes to the Games, 6 men and 2 women, to compete in 5 sports. Judoka Juan Vargas was selected to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 8 athletes, 6 men and 2 women, to compete in 5 sports.^[2] Judoka Juan Vargas, at age 32, was the oldest athlete of the team, while swimmer Francisco Suriano was the youngest at age 17.

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Cycling	0	1	1
Judo	2	0	2
Swimming	2	0	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	6	2	8

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rubén Benítez	100 m	10.74	6	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arely Franco	400 m	1:01.38	7	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maureen Kaila Vergara	Road race	DNF

Track

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Maureen Kaila Vergara	Points race	11	0	5

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlos Rodolfo Ramírez	65 kg	Pasl Lauren (FIN) L	Did not advance								=34
Juan Vargas	71 kg	BYE	Saleh al-Sharrah (KUW) L	Did not advance							=21

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Francisco Suriano	100 m breaststroke	1:05.82	37	—		Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.57	32	—		Did not advance
Rubén Ernesto Pineda	100 m butterfly	56.01	37	—		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Francisco Cáceres	64 kg	115.0	=29	145.0	=29	260	31

See also

• El Salvador at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

• "El Salvador at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014.
• Official Olympic Reports