Paraguay at the Olympics

Paraguay at the Olympics is a history which includes 11 games in 10 countries and 90+ athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), "Paraguay" ; retrieved 2012-7-28.    Since 1970, the Paraguay has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".Olympics.org,  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"; retrieved 2012-7-28.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Paraguay is PAR. "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]; "Abbreviations, National Olympic Committees,"  2009 Annual Report, p. 91 [PDF p. 92 of 94]; retrieved 2012-10-12.

History
The Paraguay National Olympic Committee was formed in 1970.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1970.Olympic.org,  Paraguay; retrieved 2012-7-28.

Paraguay's team first competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Paraguay athletes have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  They have never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The nation has only ever won one medal, the silver medal in the men's football in Athens.

Medalists
Summer
 Medal Name Games Sport Event   Football team  2004 Athens  Football  Men's competition

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 http://cid.csd.gob.es/es/directorio/comites-olimpicos-de-iberoamerica/119-comites-olimpicos-de-iberoamerica/61-comite-olimpico-paraguayo 
  Paraguay profile at London2012.com 

Olympics
Category:Nations at the Olympics
Category:National sports teams of Paraguay