Ecuador at the Olympics

Ecuador has joined the Summer Olympic Games 16 times since 1924. The country’s first big win was when Jefferson Pérez got the gold medal in the men’s 20 km walk in 1996. The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee started in 1948 and was recognized by the IOC in 1959.

Ecuador also started joining the Winter Olympic Games in 2018, which was an exciting new start for its athletes.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by sport

Medals by Gender

Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	2	2	0	4	53
Weightlifting	1	1	2	4	40
Cycling	1	0	0	1	33
Wrestling	0	1	0	1	54
Total	4	4	2	10	76

Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Men	3	1	0	4
Women	1	2	2	5
Mixed	0	1	0	1
Total	4	4	2	10

List of medalists

Ecuador has joined the Summer Olympic Games since 1924. The country won its first medal in 1996 when Jefferson Pérez won gold in the men's 20 km walk.

Multiple medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Jefferson Pérez	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Silver	Jefferson Pérez	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Gold	Richard Carapaz	2020 Tokyo	Cycling	Men's road race
Gold	Neisi Dajomes		Weightlifting	Women's 76 kg
Silver	Tamara Salazar		Weightlifting	Women's 87 kg
Gold	Brian Pintado	2024 Paris	Athletics	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Silver	Brian Pintado Glenda Morejón		Athletics	Mixed marathon walk relay
Silver	Lucía Yépez		Wrestling	Women's freestyle 53 kg
Bronze	Angie Palacios		Weightlifting	Women's 71 kg
Bronze	Neisi Dájomes		Weightlifting	Women's 81 kg

Athlete	Sport	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Jefferson Pérez	Athletics	1996, 2008	1	1	0	2
Brian Pintado	Athletics	2024	1	1	0	2
Neisi Dájomes	Weightlifting	2020, 2024	1	0	1	2