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Guatemala has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968. The nation has participated in the Winter Olympic Games once, in 1988. Guatemala won its first Olympic medal sixty years after its first Olympic appearance, during the 2012 Summer Olympics , when Érick Barrondo took second place in the men's 20 km walk .
Guatemala competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The nation made its official debut in Helsinki 1952, and Guatemalan athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1968 onwards. Kevin Cordón and Waleska Soto were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. [1]
Guatemala qualified one boat in the women's lightweight double sculls for the Games by finishing last in the A-final and securing the second of three berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, signifying the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1984.
Guatemala City, Guatemala Shot put: 16.61 m Edson Haroldo Monzón: 1 May 2004 La Jolla, United States Discus throw: 50.49 m Rául Rivera: 26 March 2004 Guatemala City, Guatemala Hammer throw: 66.50 m Diego Berrios: 11 May 2017 Guatemalan Junior/Youth Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala [16] Javelin throw: 72.21 m Luis Taracena: 30 March 2019
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are unfolding amid growing instability around the globe. Here’s a look at other times the Summer Games have taken place against a backdrop of conflict.
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The Olympics are one of the world's oldest sporting events. Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics:
0–9. Guatemala at the 1952 Summer Olympics; Guatemala at the 1968 Summer Olympics; Guatemala at the 1972 Summer Olympics; Guatemala at the 1976 Summer Olympics