Ecuador at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Ecuador at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Ecuador at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ECU
NOC	Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.org.ec (in Spanish)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	40 (16 men & 24 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Julio Mendoza Loor & Neisi Dajomes
Medals; Ranked 49th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928–1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Ecuador competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics and, in terms of number of medals, its most successful one.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Brian Pintado	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk	1 August
Silver	Brian Pintado Glenda Morejón	Athletics	Mixed marathon walk relay	7 August
Silver	Lucía Yépez	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 53 kg	8 August
Bronze	Angie Palacios	Weightlifting	Women's 71 kg	9 August
Bronze	Neisi Dajomes	Weightlifting	Women's 81 kg	10 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	1	0	2
Wrestling	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	0	0	2	2
Total	1	2	2	5

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	0	1
Female	0	1	2	3
Mixed	0	1	0	1
Total	1	2	2	5

Medals by date
Date				Total
1 August	1	0	0	1
7 August	0	1	0	1
8 August	0	1	0	1
9 August	0	0	1	1
10 August	0	0	1	1
Total	1	2	2	5

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Brian Pintado	Athletics	1	1	0	2

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	11	15
Boxing	2	1	3
Cycling	2	0	2
Equestrian	3	0	3
Judo	0	1	1
Modern pentathlon	1	1	2
Shooting	0	2	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	1	0	1
Triathlon	0	1	1
Weightlifting	0	3	3
Wrestling	1	3	4
Total	16	24	40

Athletics

Ecuadorian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[1]^[2]^[3]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brian Pintado	20 km walk	—						1:18:55
David Hurtado		—						1:20:30	15
Jordy Jiménez		—						1:21:44	25

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ángela Tenorio	100 m	11:35	6	—		Did not advance
Nicole Caicedo	200 m	23.18	4 R	23.04	3	Did not advance
Nicole Caicedo	400 m	DQ		Did not advance
Aimara Nazareno	200 m	23.52	7 R	23.35	5	Did not advance
Anahí Suárez	200 m	23.33	5 R	23.54	5	Did not advance
Maribel Caicedo	100 m hurdles	13.05	8 R	12.83	2 Q	12.67	4	Did not advance
Mary Granja	Marathon	—						2:34:34	53
Silvia Ortiz		—						2:37:23	61
Rosa Chacha		—						2:42:14	73
Glenda Morejón	20 km walk	—						1:27:37	6
Paula Milena Torres		—						1:28:48	9
Magaly Bonilla		—						1:30:33	19

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brian Pintado Glenda Morejón	Marathon walk relay	—						2:51:22

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Juan José Caicedo	Discus throw	60.99	25	Did not advance

Boxing

Ecuador entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. María José Palacios (women's lightweight) and José Rodríguez Tenorio (men's welterweight) qualified themself to Paris by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Gerlon Congo (men's super heavyweight) secured his spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Rodríguez Tenorio	–71 kg	Bye	Dev (IND) (2–3) L	Did not advance
Gerlon Congo	+92 kg	—	Teixeira (BRA) (3–2) W	Aboudou Moindze (FRA) (1–4) L	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
María José Palacios	–60 kg	Alexiusson (SWE) (4–1) W	McDonald (AUS) (5–0) W	Wu (TPE) (1–4) L	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Ecuador entered one rider to compete in the men's event after qualified through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[4]^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jhonatan Narváez	Road race	6:26:57	45

BMX

Race

Ecuadorian riders secured a single quota place in the men's BMX race for Paris 2024 by topping the field of nations vying for qualification at the 2023 Pan American Championships in Riobamba, Ecuador.^[6]^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		LCQ		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Alfredo Campo	Men's race	8	7 Q	—		19	13	Did not advance

Equestrian

Ecuador send a squad of three equestrianist. Ecuador sent one dressage rider, for the first time since Los Angeles 1984, and two eventing riders to the Games, as one of two highest-ranked eligible nation within the individual FEI dressage qualification for Group D and E through the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, and through the establishments of olympics eventing final ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).^[8]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Julio Mendoza Loor	Jewel's Goldstrike	Individual	70.839	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Nicolas Wettstein	Altier D'Aurois	Individual	42.30	60	65.40	107.70	55	50.80	158.50	51	Eliminated	Did not advance		158.50	51
Ronald Zabala-Goetschel	Wundermaske	Individual	37.70	51	Eliminated	Did not advance								Eliminated

Judo

Ecuador qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Vanessa Chalá (women's heavyweight, 78 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vanessa Chalá	−78 kg	Khüslen (MGL) L 00–01	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Ecuador modern pentathletes confirmed two quota places for Paris 2024. Andrés Torres and Sol Naranjo secured one of five available spots in their respective event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Fencing ranking round (Épée one touch)			Semifinal													Final
		Fencing ranking round (Épée one touch)			FBR	Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (Show jumping)				Shooting / Running (10 m laser pistol / 3000 m cross-country)			Total		FBR	Swimming			Riding (Show jumping)				Shooting / Running			Total
		V – D	Rank	MP points	BP	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	Pen	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Rank	MP points	BP	Faults	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	Pen	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Pts	Rank
Andrés Torres	Men's	16–19	22	205	2	1:59.70	3	311	54.63	15	17	283	11:29.63	18	611	17	1412	Did not advance
Sol Naranjo	Women's	13–22	33	190	0	2:38.78	18	233	56.68	13	7	293	12:24.75	15	556	17	1272	Did not advance

Shooting

Ecuadorian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas, 2023 Pan American Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[10]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Pérez Peña	10 m air pistol	569-16x	26	Did not advance
Andrea Pérez Peña	25 m pistol	583-19x	10	Did not advance
Diana Durango	10 m air pistol	558-9x	41	Did not advance
Diana Durango	25 m pistol	581-22x	15	Did not advance

Swimming

Ecuador entered three swimmers for Paris 2024. David Farinango obtained one open swimming quota for his nation, through the top fifteen results athletes not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar; meanwhile, the other swimmers qualified through the allocations of universality places.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tomas Peribonio	200 m medley	2:03.40	19	Did not advance
David Farinango	10 km open water	—				1:57:08.6	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anicka Delgado	50 m freestyle	25.43	26	Did not advance

Table tennis

Ecuador entered one table tennis player into Paris 2024. Alberto Miño qualified for the games by virtue of the top twelve ranked players, in the men's single classes, through the cut-off of the world ranking for Paris 2024.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alberto Miño	Singles	Bye	Luu (AUS) W 4–3	Assar (EGY) L 0–4	Did not advance

Triathlon

Ecuador achieved a quota (one woman) for the women's individual triathlon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics through the Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking.^[12]

Individual

Women

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Elizabeth Bravo	Women's	24:06	0:57	1:00:38	0:30	35:38	2:01:49	34

Weightlifting

Ecuador entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Angie Palacios (women's 71 kg), Neisi Dajomes (women's 81 kg) and Lisseth Ayoví (women's +81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Angie Palacios	−71 kg	116	2	140	3	256
Neisi Dajomes	−81 kg	122	1	145	5	267
Lisseth Ayoví	+81 kg	123	4	160	4	283	4

Wrestling

Ecuador qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Lucía Yépez qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.^[13] Meanwhile, the other three qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.^[14]^[15]

Key:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Women

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lucía Yépez	53 kg	Choe (PRK) W 7–4	Ana (ROU) W 7–0 ^VT	Wendle (GER) W 10–0	—	Fujinami (JPN) L 0–10
Luisa Valverde	57 kg	Russo (ITA) W 6–0 ^VT	Sakurai (JPN) L 0–11 ^VT	Did not advance	Taylor (CAN) L 0–13	Did not advance	7
Génesis Reasco	76 kg	Kagami (JPN) L 0–2 ^PO	Did not advance		Adar Yiğit (TUR) W 3–1 ^PP	Rentería (COL) L 1–2 ^PP	=5

Men

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrés Montaño	Greco-Roman 67 kg	Galstyan (ARM) L 2–3 ^PP	Did not advance				9

References

^ "How to qualify for Athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics Qualification System explained". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "David Hurtado opens the list of Ecuadorian athletes for the 2024 Paris Olympics". 24/7 Media. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Jhonatan Narváez irá a los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024" [Jhonatan Narváez will go to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games]. www.ecuavisa.com/ (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "Athletes' quotas for BMX Racing men's event" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "Alfredo Campo se clasifica para los Juegos Olímpicos de París" [Alfredo Campo qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games]. www.primicias.ec/ (in Spanish). Primicias. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "19TH PAN AMERICAN GAMES: OLIVER (MEX) AND HERNANDEZ (MEX) CELEBRATE GOLD AS 10 ATHLETES SECURE OLYMPIC QUOTAS". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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^ "Pan-Am OG Qualifiers: Canada, U.S. earn three WW quotas each". United World Wrestling. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[1] "How to qualify for Athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics Qualification System explained". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[2] "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[3] "David Hurtado opens the list of Ecuadorian athletes for the 2024 Paris Olympics". 24/7 Media. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[4] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[5] "Jhonatan Narváez irá a los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024" [Jhonatan Narváez will go to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games]. www.ecuavisa.com/ (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

[6] "Athletes' quotas for BMX Racing men's event" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[7] "Alfredo Campo se clasifica para los Juegos Olímpicos de París" [Alfredo Campo qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games]. www.primicias.ec/ (in Spanish). Primicias. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[8] "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

[9] "19TH PAN AMERICAN GAMES: OLIVER (MEX) AND HERNANDEZ (MEX) CELEBRATE GOLD AS 10 ATHLETES SECURE OLYMPIC QUOTAS". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[10] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[11] "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[12] "The key moves in the Olympic triathlon rankings after WTCS Cagliari". World Triathlon. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

[13] "1st Phase – 2023 Senior World Championships – Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[14] "Seven nations earn Paris 2024 Greco spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers; Julfalakyan falls short". United World Wrestling. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[15] "Pan-Am OG Qualifiers: Canada, U.S. earn three WW quotas each". United World Wrestling. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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