Costa Rica at the 2019 Pan American Games

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IOC codeCRC
NOCCosta Rican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.concrc.org
Competitors85 in 24 sports
Costa Rica at the
2019 Pan American Games
IOC codeCRC
NOCCosta Rican Olympic Committee
Websitewww.concrc.org
in Lima, Peru
26 July–11 August 2019
Competitors85 in 24 sports
Flag bearer Shirley Cruz (opening)
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
4
Total
5
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Costa Rica competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.[1][2]

On 11 July 2019, the Costa Rican Olympic Committee officially named a team of 85 athletes (44 women and 41 men) competing in 24 sports.[3]

During the opening ceremony of the games, footballer Shirley Cruz carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.[4][5]

At this edition of the games, Costa Rica won five medals, the second best performance for the country at a single edition of the games (the best performance being the 11 medals won in 1987).[6][7]

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics (track and field) 448
Badminton 112
Bodybuilding 101
Bowling 224
Boxing 112
Canoeing 101
Cycling 527
Equestrian 202
Fencing 011
Football 01818
Golf 202
Gymnastics 224
Judo 011
Karate 134
Racquetball 213
Roller sports 202
Shooting 202
Surfing 314
Swimming 314
Taekwondo 224
Triathlon 011
Volleyball 224
Weightlifting 213
Wrestling 101
Total414485

Medalists

The following competitors from Costa Rica won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Athletics (track and field)

Costa Rica qualified eight athletes (four men and four women).[3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
  • Q = Qualified for the next round directly
Men
Track events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Hector Allen 200 m 21.79 15 Did not advance
Nery Brenes 400 m 47.48 15 Did not advance
Gerald Drummond 400 m hurdles 50.35 9 Did not advance
Field event
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Roberto Sawyers Hammer throw 70.25 9
Women
Track and Road Events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andrea Vargas 100 m hurdles 12.75 1 Q 12.82 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Noelia Vargas 20 km walk N/a 1:33:09 6
Gabriela Traña Marathon N/a 2:49:28 12
Yenny Mendez N/a 2:56:31 14

Badminton

Costa Rica qualified a team of two badminton athletes (one per gender).[8][9][10]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Gianpiero Cavallotti Men's singles Bye  Iván León (CHI)
L 12–21, 15–21		 Did not advance
Lauren Villalobos Women's singles Bye  Ramdhani (GUY)
W 21–15, 21–18		  Michelle Li (CAN)
L 7–21, 13–21		 Did not advance
Gianpiero Cavallotti
Lauren Villalobos		 Mixed doubles N/a  Thorpe / Williams (BAR)
L 13–21, 10–21		 Did not advance

Bodybuilding

Costa Rica qualified one male bodybuilder.[11]

Men
Athlete Event Prejudging Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Evaristo Cortes Classic bodybuilding N/a Did not advance
  • No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Bowling

Athlete Event Qualification / Final Round robin Semifinal Final
Block 1 Block 2 Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Grand total Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Marco Moretti Men's singles 194 225 209 208 190 273 214 180 247 236 245 235 2656 9 Did not advance
Jonaykel Conejo 212 215 151 269 245 191 277 230 278 160 224 164 2616 13 Did not advance
Marco Moretti
Jonaykel Conejo		 Men's doubles 477 449 353 439 442 436 525 484 486 375 534 349 5349 5 N/a
Ericka Quesada Women's singles 258 204 166 201 167 146 216 214 194 251 142 204 2363 19 Did not advance
Viviana Delgado 192 224 152 172 165 188 242 154 184 203 213 202 2291 23 Did not advance
Ericka Quesada
Viviana Delgado		 Women's doubles 362 332 423 391 383 385 413 399 352 454 403 425 4722 10 N/a

Boxing

Costa Rica qualified two boxers (one man and one woman).[12][13]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Eduardo Sanchéz Men's 64 kg  Michael Alexander (TTO)
L 1–3		 Did not advance
Valeria Cárdenas Women's 51 kg  Virginia Fuchs (USA)
L 0–5		 Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Costa Rica qualified one male slalom athlete.[14][15]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given are within the heat
Men
Athlete(s) Event Heat Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Axel Fonseca K-1 91.66 6 90.11 7 Q 90.11 7 97.46 6 92.33 5
Extreme K-1 N/a 1 Q N/a 3 Did not advance

Cycling

Costa Rica qualified seven cyclists (five men and two women).[3]

BMX

Men
Freestyle
Athlete Event Seeding Final
Run 1 Run 2 Average Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Kenneth Tencio BMX freestyle 80.00 79.17 79.58 4 77.00 62.00 77.00 5
Racing
Athlete Event Time trial Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maikol Cordero BMX racing 38.927 22 18 6 Did not advance

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Andrey Fonseca Men's cross-country 1:31:00 7
Carlos Herrera 1:34:40 13
Milagro Mena Women's cross-country 1:35:47 8
Adriana Rojas 1:37:25 9

Road cycling

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Pablo Mudarra Road race 4:09:02 14
Time trial 52:29.47 19

Equestrian

Costa Rica qualified two equestrians.[16]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Grand Prix Freestyle /
Intermediate I Freestyle
Grand Prix /
Prix St. Georges		 Grand Prix Special /
Intermediate I		 Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Christer Egerstrom Bello Oriente Individual 66.647 16 68.676 10 135.323 12 Q 72.365 10
Ronald Masis Zar AG 63.529 31 64.147 25 127.676 27 Did not advance

Fencing

Costa Rica qualified a 1 female fencer in the épée discipline.[17]

Women
Athlete Event Pool Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Victories Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Karina Dyner Foil 0 18 Did not advance

Football

Costa Rica qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes).[18]

Women's tournament

Roster

The following players were called up for the 2019 Pan American Games.[19]

Head coach: Amelia Valverde

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Noelia Bermúdez (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 24) 12 0 Costa Rican Football Federation Saprissa
18 1GK Priscilla Tapia (1991-05-02)2 May 1991 (aged 28) 2 0 Costa Rican Football Federation AD Moravia
12 2DF Lixy Rodríguez (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 28) 63 2 Royal Spanish Football Federation Tacón
6 2DF Carol Sánchez (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 33) 45 2 Costa Rican Football Federation AD Moravia
8 2DF Daniela Cruz (1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 28) 38 6 Royal Spanish Football Federation Espanyol
5 2DF Fabiola Sánchez (1993-04-09)9 April 1993 (aged 26) 16 3 Costa Rican Football Federation Codea
2 2DF Gabriela Guillén (1992-03-01)1 March 1992 (aged 27) 11 0 Costa Rican Football Federation Saprissa
3 2DF María Paula Elizondo (1998-11-30)30 November 1998 (aged 20) 4 0 Costa Rican Football Federation Saprissa
15 2DF Stephannie Blanco (2000-12-13)13 December 2000 (aged 18) 0 0 Costa Rican Football Federation Arenal Coronado
7 3MF Valeria del Campo (2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 19) 0 0 Costa Rican Football Federation Saprissa
10 3MF Shirley Cruz (c) (1985-08-28)28 August 1985 (aged 33) 73 24 Chinese Football Association Jiangsu Suning [zh]
16 3MF Katherine Alvarado (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 28) 66 20 Royal Spanish Football Federation Espanyol
11 3MF Raquel Rodríguez (1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 25) 49 31 United States Soccer Federation Sky Blue FC
9 3MF Gloriana Villalobos (1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 19) 24 2 United States Soccer Federation Florida State Seminoles
4 3MF Mariana Benavides (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 24) 22 4 Costa Rican Football Federation Arenal Coronado
14 3MF Priscila Chinchilla (2001-07-11)11 July 2001 (aged 18) 6 2 Costa Rican Football Federation Codea
17 4FW María Paula Salas (2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 17) 9 2 Costa Rican Football Federation Saprissa
13 4FW Sofía Varela (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 21) 0 0 Costa Rican Football Federation Saprissa
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  Argentina 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
3  Panama 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 Fifth place match
4  Peru (H) 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 Seventh place match
Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts
Panama 1–3 Costa Rica
Mills 14' Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Costa Rica 3–1 Peru
R. Rodríguez 55', 90+3'
C. Sánchez 84'		 Report Otiniano 14'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Costa Rica 0–0 Argentina
Report
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
Semifinals
Costa Rica 3–4 (a.e.t.) Colombia
C. Sánchez 59', 87'
Salas 89'		 Report Santos 30'
Gaitán 33'
Ospina 68'
Usme 93'
Referee: Deborah Cruz (Brazil)
Bronze medal match
Paraguay 0–1 Costa Rica 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Report D. Cruz 82'
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)

Golf

Costa Rica qualified two male golfers.[20]

Men
Athlete(s) Event Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total To par Rank
Paul Chaplet Individual 71 74 75 74 294 +10 =27
José Méndez 77 72 71 74 294 +10 =27

Gymnastics

Costa Rica qualified four artistic gymnasts (two men and two women).[21]

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank Final Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Francisco Acuña Individual all-around 11.900 10.950 12.050 13.250 12.550 11.650 72.350 27 Q 11.000 10.200 12.100 13.350 12.450 11.500 70.600 23
Francisco Ulate 12.150 11.200 12.350 12.550 11.750 11.800 71.800 28 Q 11.850 10.050 11.350 12.700 11.600 12.500 70.050 24
Women
Individual Qualification
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank Final Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Luciana Alvarado Individual all-around 13.350 11.350 12.150 11.950 48.800 19 Q 13.250 11.350 12.450 11.400 48.450 13
Heika del Sol Salas 11.750 12.700 10.900 11.850 47.200 26 Q 12.350 12.350 10.200 11.400 46.300 19

Judo

Costa Rica qualified one female judoka.[22]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Diana Brenes 78 kg  Coulombe (CAN)
W 11S1–01S3		  Antomarchi (CUB)
L 00S2–01S2		 Did not advance  Cantero (ARG)
W 10–00S2		  León (VEN)
W 10–00S3		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Karate

Costa Rica qualified four athletes in the kata discipline (one man and three women).[3]

Kata
Athlete Event Round robin Final / BM
Points Rank Opposition
Result		 Rank
Roy Gatjens Men's individual kata 23.12 4 Did not advance
Fiorella Carballo
Mariana Sanchez
Kylie Solis		 Women's team kata Did not start

Racquetball

Costa Rica qualified three racquetball athletes (two men and one woman).[23]

Athlete Event Qualifying
Round robin		 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Andres Acuña Men's singles  Moscoso (BOL)
L 1–2		  Ugalde (ECU)
W 2–1		 N/a 3 Did not advance
Felipe Camacho  Rios (ECU)
W 2–1		  Beltrán (MEX)
L 0–2		 N/a 2 Q  Mercado (COL)
L 0–2		 Did not advance
Andres Acuña
Felipe Camacho		 Men's doubles  Mar /
Montoya (MEX)
L 0–2		  Chacón /
Moyet (CUB)
W 2–0		  Pérez /
León (DOM)
W 2–0		 2 Q Bye  Galicia /
Salvatierra (GUA)
W 2–0		  Keller /
Moscoso (BOL)
L 0–2		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Andres Acuña
Felipe Camacho		 Men's team N/a  Argentina
W 2–0		  United States
L 0–2		 Did not advance
Maricruz Ortiz Women's singles  Saunders (CAN)
W 2–1		  Muñoz (ECU)
L 0–2		  Lawrence (USA)
L 0–2		 3 Did not advance

Roller sports

Costa Rica qualified two men in the speed discipline.[24]

Speed

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time/Points Rank
Bayron Siles 300 m time trial N/a 26.489 9
500 m 44.495 2 Q 44.388 3 Did not advance
Carlos Montoya 10,000 m points race N/a EL (34

*Position is giving within the heat for the 500 m event

Shooting

Costa Rica qualified two male shooters in the rifle discipline.[25]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Roberto Chamberlain 10 metre air rifle 597.6 26 Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions 1127 22 Did not advance
Edgardo Sepulveda 10 metre air rifle 605.7 23 Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions 1130 21 Did not advance

Surfing

Costa Rica qualified four surfers (three men and one woman) in the sport's debut at the Pan American Games.[26][27][28]

Artistic
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Repechage 5 Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Noe McGonagle Men's open  Correa (PER)
W 13.40–9.33 Q		  Young (CAN)
W 15.40–12.27 Q		  Mesinas (PER)
L 9.90–15.94		 Did not advance Bye  Usuna (ARG)
L 12.50–13.40		 Did not advance
Anthony Fillingim  Delgado (PUR)
W 10.67–7.74 Q		  Bellorin (VEN)
W 7.67–7.17 Q		  Pérez (ESA)
L 11.34–12.57		 Did not advance Bye  Muñiz (ARG)
L 10.30–14.16		 Did not advance
Anthony Flores Men's longboard  Robbins (USA),
 Ferrer (PUR)
L 9.27 Q		  Clemente (PER),
 Conceição (BRA)
L 8.23		 Did not advance Bye  Cortéz (CHI)
L 7.94–12.43		 Did not advance
Race
Athlete Event Time Rank
Valeria Salustri Women's stand up paddleboard 40:54.0 9

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Position Time Position
Arnoldo Herrera 100 m breaststroke 1:07.11 24 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:24.96 18 QB Did not start
Bryan Alvaréz 100 m butterfly 55.80 16 QB 55.50 13
200 m butterfly 2:07.23 19 Did not advance
Cristofer Lanuza 10 km marathon N/a 2:19:26.5 18
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Position Time Position
Daniela Alfaro 200 m butterfly 2:18.84 12 QB 2:17.99 12
200 m individual medley 2:26.39 15 QB 2:27.18 15
400 m individual medley 5:17.13 12 QB 5:05.98 11

Taekwondo

Costa Rica qualified four taekwondo practitioners (two per gender).[29]

Kyorugi
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Heiner Oviedo Men's 58 kg  Miranda (ECU)
W 23–22		  Melo (BRA)
L 10–30		 Did not advance
Juan Soto Men's 68 kg  Paz (COL)
W 16–15		  Pontes (BRA)
L 17–30		 Did not advance Bye  Nkogho-Mengue (CAN)
L 12–13		 =5
Nishy Lee Lindo Women's 57 kg  Álvarez (COL)
W 18–14		  Zolotic (USA)
L 8–23		 Did not advance Bye  Carstens (PAN)
W 12–7		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Katherine Alvarado Women's 67 kg  Acosta (CUB)
L 0–0		 Did not advance

Triathlon

Costa Rica qualified one female triathlete.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (8.88 km) Total Rank
Raquel Solis Individual 19:59 0:58 1:31:2 0:29 42:55 2:14:51 19

Volleyball

Beach

Costa Rica qualified four beach volleyball athletes (two men and two women).[30][31]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Victor Alpizar
Sebastian Valenciano		 Men's  Brandao – Dealtry (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (13-21, 14–21)		  Cairus – Vieyto (URU)
L 0 – 2 (20-22, 8-21)		  Gonzalez – Reyes (CUB)
L 0 – 2 (13-21, 16–21)		 4 N/a 13-16th classification
 Stewart – Phillip (TTO)
W 2-1 (19-21, 21–16, 15–12)		 13/14th place match
 Mora – Lopez (ESA)
L 0-2 (16-21, 14–21)		 14
Marcela Araya
Valeria Valenciano		 Women's  Ayala –
Ríos (COL)
W (21–15, 21–14)		  Cook –
Pardon (USA)
L (11–21, 11–21)		  Davidson –
Grant (TTO)
W (21–18, 22–20)		 2 Q  Mendoza –
Rodriguez (NCA)
W (21–14, 21–16)		  Delís –
Martínez (CUB)
L (17–21, 14–21)		 5th-8th place classification
 Mardones –
Rivas (CHI)
L (10–21, 9–21)		 7th place match
 Caballero –
Valiente (PAR)
L (16–21, 20–22)		 8

Weightlifting

Costa Rica qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).[32] However, only three were entered (two men and one woman).

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Mario Araya Men's 109 kg 120 16 156 16 276 16
Henry Cerdas Men's 109 kg 109 8 153 8 262 8
Laura Zamora Women's 64 kg 66 11 85 11 151 11

Wrestling

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