# Guatemala at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Guatemala competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 26 competitors, 25 men and 1 woman, took part in 20 events in 11 sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | – | 11 |
| Total | 25 | 1 | 26 |

## 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

### Men
   ### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Luis Martínez | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:29.55 | 82 |
| Luis Fernando García | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:28:28 | 43 |
| Julio René Martínez | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DQ | DQ |
| Roberto Oscal | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DQ | DQ |
| Julio César Urías | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:56:27 | 17 |
| Hugo López | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DQ | DQ |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kenneth Erichsen | Men's singles | Olsson (SWE) L 12–15, 15–6, 15–17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Best | Best |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Benjamin Kvanli | K-1 | 182.28 | | 164.34 | | 164.34 | 33 |

## Cycling
### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Felipe López | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Omar Ochoa | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Márlon Paniagua | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Edvin Santos | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Anton Villatoro | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Anton Villatoro | Time trial | 1:10:34 | 25 |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Sergio Godoy | Men's points race | 0 | 20 |

## Fencing

One woman represented Guatemala in 1996.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Carmen Rodríguez | Individual foil | Ohayon (ISR) L 2–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 40 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Juan González | –71 kg | Hajtos (HUN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rodolfo Cano | –86 kg | Gill (CAN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank |
| Cristian Ruata | Mistral | 44 | 44 | 43 | DSQ | 41 | 43 | 38 | 45 | 43 | — | — | 296 | 45 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sergio Sánchez | 10 m air pistol | 573 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sergio Sánchez | 50 m pistol | 563 | 8 | 94.1 | 5 | 657.1 | 8 |
| Attila Solti | 10 m running target | 570 | 8 | 97.0 | 6 | 667.0 | 8 |
| Juan Carlos Romero | Skeet | 118 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Francisco Romero Arribas | Skeet | 113 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Juan Luis Bocanegra | 100 m freestyle | 54.05 | 58 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberto Bonilla | 200 m breaststroke | 2:21.86 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| Luis Medrano | -54 kg | 100.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 100.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 120.0 | 220.0 |

## Wrestling
### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Bronze semifinal | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mynor Ramírez | –48 kg | Eiter (USA) L 0-12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Jacob (NGR) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |