# Ecuador at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ecuador competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. It had first competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano sent the nation's largest delegation ever to the Games. A total of 36 athletes, 23 men and 13 women, competed in 11 sports; there was only a single competitor in sprint canoeing, equestrian, judo, and shooting. Five Ecuadorian athletes had competed in Beijing, including weightlifter Alexandra Escobar, who was at her third Olympic Games in London. Argentina-born sprint kayaker César de Cesare became the nation's first male flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996. Ecuador also made its Olympic debut in women's triathlon.
Ecuador failed to win an Olympic medal for the first time since 2004. Sprinter Álex Quiñónez qualified successfully for the final rounds in the men's 200 metres, but missed out of the nation's first medal in London.

## Athletics

Ecuadorian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

### 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 & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Miguel Almachi | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:19:53 | 50 |
| Mauricio Arteaga | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:25:51 | 44 |
| Andrés Chocho | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Xavier Moreno | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | 4:09:23 | 47 |
| Byron Piedra | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Álex Quiñónez | 200 m | 20.28 | 1 Q | 20.37 | 3 q | 20.57 | 7 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Diego Ferrín | High jump | 2.21 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| José Adrián Sornoza | Triple jump | 16.04 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Rosa Chacha | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:40:57 | 83 |
| Ericka Chávez | 200 m | 23.70 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yadira Guamán | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:34:47 | 40 |
| Lucy Jaramillo | 400 m hurdles | 57.74 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paola Pérez | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:37:05 | 51 |

## Boxing

Ecuador has qualified boxers for the following events

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Carlos Quipo | Light flyweight | de la Nieve (ESP) W 14–11 | Pongprayoon (THA) L 6–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anderson Rojas | Light welterweight | Rahmonov (UZB) L 10–16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Sánchez | Welterweight | Nolan (IRL) L 8–14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marlo Delgado | Middleweight | Drenovak (SRB) L 12–13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlos Góngora | Light heavyweight | Huseynli (AZE) W 9–8 | Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 5–13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Julio Castillo | Heavyweight | — | Karneyeu (BLR) L 12–21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ítalo Perea | Super heavyweight | — | Cammarelle (ITA) L 10–18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

Ecuador has qualified boats for the following events
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| César de Cesare | Men's K-1 200 m | 36.181 | 5 Q | 36.975 | 4 FB | 38.075 | 12 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Byron Guamá | Men's road race | OTL | OTL |

### BMX

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Emilio Falla | Men's BMX | 39.737 | 24 | 23 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Ronald Zabala | Master Rose | Individual | 53.30 | 46 | 36.00 | 89.30 | 48 | 7.00 | 96.30 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 96.30 | 43 |

## Judo

Ecuador has qualified 1 judoka
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Estefania García | Women's −63 kg | Bye | Žolnir (SLO) L 0001–1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Shooting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sofía Padilla | 10 m air rifle | 386 | 53 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Esteban Enderica Salgado | 400 m individual medley | 4:24.32 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ivan Enderica Ochoa | 10 km open water | — | — | 1:52:28.6 | 21 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Samantha Arevalo Salinas | 800 m freestyle | 8:49.21 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Triathlon

Ecuador has qualified the following athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Elizabeth Bravo | Women's | 19:50 | 0:42 | 1:10:44 | 0:32 | 38:12 | 2:10:00 | 49 |

## Weightlifting

Ecuador has qualified 1 man and 3 women.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jorge Arroyo | Men's −105 kg | 185 | 3 | 200 | 11 | 385 | 8 |
| Alexandra Escobar | Women's −58 kg | 103 | 4 | 123 | 10 | 226 | 7 |
| Rosa Tenorio | Women's −69 kg | 95 | 12 | 115 | 11 | 210 | 11 |
| Seledina Nieves | Women's +75 kg | 117 | 8 | 138 | 9 | 255 | 8 |

## Wrestling

Ecuador has qualified in the following events.
Key:
* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Vicente Huacon | −66 kg | Bye | El-Gharably (EGY) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lissette Antes | −55 kg | Bye | Butkevych (GBR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Rentería (COL) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |