Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Ecuador competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. As of July 1, 2008, 25 Ecuadorians had qualified to compete in nine sports.[1]

Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ECU
NOC	Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coe.org.ec (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	25 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Alexandra Escobar
Medals Ranked 70th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Jefferson Pérez	Athletics	Men's 20 km walk

Athletics

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Chocho	20 km walk	N/A						1:27:09	38
Xavier Moreno	50 km walk	N/A						4:07:04	36
Franklin Nazareno	100 m	10.60	5	Did not advance
	200 m	21.26	8	Did not advance
Jefferson Pérez	20 km walk	N/A						1:19:15
Byron Piedra	1500 m	3:45.57	12	N/A		Did not advance
Fausto Quinde	50 km walk	N/A						3:59:28	25
Rolando Saquipay	20 km walk	N/A						1:22:32	20
Franklin Tenorio	Marathon	N/A						2:29:05	65

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Hugo Chila	Long jump	7.77	24	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Johana Ordóñez	20 km walk	1:36:26	36
Sandra Ruales	Marathon	2:35:53	43

Boxing

Ecuador qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. All three qualified at the first American qualifying tournament.[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
José Luis Meza	Light flyweight	Bye	Barnes (IRL) L 8–14	Did not advance
Carlos Góngora	Middleweight	Buga (GER) W 14–7	Gazis (GRE) W 12–1	Kumar (IND) L 4–9	Did not advance
Luis Enrique Porozo	Featherweight	Navarro (DOM) W 3^+–3	Li Y (CHN) L 5–6	Did not advance

Cycling

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Emilio Falla	Men's BMX	36.993	25	17	6	Did not advance

Judo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	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
Roberto Ibáñez	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Mehmedovic (CAN) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Glenda Miranda	Women's −48 kg	N/A	Bermoy (CUB) L 0000–0001	Did not advance			Bogdanova (RUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Carmen Chalá	Women's +78 kg	N/A	Chikhrouhou (TUN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Carmen Malo	25 m pistol	559	40	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete[3]	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marco Camargo	100 m butterfly	57.48	65	Did not advance

Women

Athlete[3]	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yamilé Bahamonde	50 m freestyle	26.54	=44	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lorena Benítes	Women's +67 kg	Marton (AUS) L 0–2	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nicolás Lapentti	Men's singles	Mathieu (FRA) L 6–7^(4–7), 2–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eduardo Guadamud	Men's −94 kg	165	15	206	DNF	165	DNF
Alexandra Escobar	Women's −58 kg	99	2	124	5	223	4

See also

• Ecuador at the 2007 Pan American Games

References

• sports-reference

1. "25 Ecuadorian athletes get tickets to Beijing Olympics", Xinhua, July 1, 2008
2. 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. Comité Olímpico cree que Ecuador puede cosechar medallas en 4 disciplinas, El Comercio, August 3, 2008