Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

first participated at the

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in 1936, but then missed the next four Olympiads. The nation returned to the Games in 1964, and has participated in every

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since then. Costa Rica has also participated in several

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since 1980. Costa Rican athletes have won a total of four medals, all by

Silvia Poll Sylvia Úrsula Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970 in Managua, Nicaragua) is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. At the 1988 Olympics, she won Costa Rica's first Olympic medal, when she garnered the silver in the ...

and

Claudia Poll Claudia María Poll Ahrens (born 21 December 1972) is a former Costa Rican swimmer who competed in the 200 m to 800 m freestyle events. She is Costa Rica's only Olympic gold-medalist, having won the country's first Olympic gold medal ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

. The

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for Costa Rica was created in 1936 and recognized by the

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in the same year. The N.O.C. was named Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by Summer Sport

List of medalists

External links

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