El Salvador at the 2015 Pan American Games

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El Salvador competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1]

IOC codeESA
NOCEl Salvador Olympic Committee
Competitors52 in 21 sports
Flagbearer (opening)Marcelo Acosta
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El Salvador at the
2015 Pan American Games
IOC codeESA
NOCEl Salvador Olympic Committee
in Toronto
10–26 July 2015
Competitors52 in 21 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Marcelo Acosta
Flag bearer (closing)Jorge Merino
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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On July 2, 2015 swimmer Marcelo Acosta was named the flagbearer of the team during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following table lists El Salvador's delegation per sport and gender.

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SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 112
Badminton 112
Beach volleyball 224
Bowling 224
Boxing 011
Cycling 022
Equestrian 112
Fencing 033
Gymnastics 101
Judo 303
Karate 101
Roller sports 112
Rowing 134
Sailing 101
Shooting 639
Swimming 224
Taekwondo 011
Tennis 101
Weightlifting 112
Wrestling 101
Total272552
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Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

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

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Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

One male and one female archer from El Salvador qualified for the archery event at the Games.[3]

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Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Oscar Guillén Men's individual 618 28  Álvarez (MEX)
L 0–6		 Did not advance
Elena Abullarade Women's individual 563 30  Lorig (USA)
L 2–6		 Did not advance
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Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one male and one female athlete.

Road and track events
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Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Luis Lopez Men's 20 km walk 1:42:03 10
Cristina López Women's 20 km walk 1:47:33 13
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Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman).[4]

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Athlete Event First round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Jassiel Hernandez Men's singles Bye  Muňoz (MEX)
L (5–21, 6–21)		 Did not advance
Fatima Fuentes Women's singles Bye  Bernatene (ARG)
W (21–15, 21–13)		  Li (CAN)
L (4–21, 10–21)		 Did not advance
Jassiel Hernandez
Fatima Fuentes		 Mixed doubles N/a  Martinez
/ Oropeza (CUB)
L (11–21, 6–21)		 Did not advance
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Beach volleyball

Main articles: Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.[5]

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Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinals 9th to 12th round 13th to 16th round 13th-place match 11th-place match Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Carlos Talavera
David Vargas		 Men's  Grimalt / Grimalt (CHI)
L (11-21, 12-21)		  Haddock / Rodriguez (PUR)
L (15-21, 15-21)		  Whitfield / Williams (TTO)
L (15-21, 24-26)		 N/a N/a  Garcia Betancourt / Recinos Ocaña (GUA)
W (18-21, 21-14, 21-19)		  Bissette / Clercent (LCA)
W (22-20, 17-21, 15-10)		 N/a 13
Laura Molina
Ivonne Soler		 Women's  Larsen / Metter (USA)
L (12-21, 14-21)		  Galindo / Galindo (COL)
L (18-21, 12-21)		  Orellana / Recinos (GUA)
W (21-18, 23-21, 15-12)		  Gomez / Nieto (URU)
L (12-21, 16-21)		  Mardones / Rivas (CHI)
L (15-21, 21-19, 15-8)		 N/a N/a  Bernier Colon / Torruella (PUR)
W (23-25, 21-19, 16-14)		 11
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Bowling

Main articles: Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified a full team of four athletes (two men and two women).

Singles
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Athlete Event Qualification Round Robin Semifinals Finals
Block 1 (games 1–6) Block 2 (games 7–12) Total Average Rank Total Average Grand total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Julio Acosta Men's 176 193 158 195 211 194 167 236 187 182 158 216 2273 189.4 23 Did not advance 23
Giancarlo Mateucci 239 200 222 236 204 179 180 194 165 166 157 169 2311 192.6 19 Did not advance 19
Eugenia Quintanilla Women's 220 176 246 159 191 178 161 168 166 166 223 232 2286 190.5 21 Did not advance 21
Marcela Sanchez 138 199 185 161 164 229 237 269 207 222 168 233 2412 201.0 11 Did not advance 11
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Doubles
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Athlete Event Block 1 (games 1–6) Block 2 (games 7–12) Grand total Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Average 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Average
Julio Acosta
Giancarlo Mateucci		 Men's 173 157 163 213 178 196 1080 180.0 207 170 232 176 180 217 2262 188.5 4729 10
244 191 218 213 228 170 1264 210.7 201 165 183 202 208 244 2467 205.6
Eugenia Quintanilla
Marcela Sanchez		 Women's 197 180 182 198 181 202 1140 190.0 236 188 256 189 208 209 2426 202.2 4779 6
187 191 188 161 225 170 1122 187.0 152 190 215 191 187 296 2353 196.1
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Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one female boxer.

Woman
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Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Karla Herrera Light welterweight  Mirquin Sena (DOM)
L 1–2		 Did not advance
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Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification
Cyclist Evelyn García won a bronze medal in the women's individual road time trial

El Salvador qualified two female cyclists (one each for road and track events).

Road

Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Time Rank
Evelyn García Road race 2:07:53 18
Time trial 27:20.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Track

Keirin
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Athlete Event 1st round Final
Rank Rank
Karen Cruz Women's keirin 3 Q 4
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Sprint
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Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Rank
Karen Cruz 11.887 9 Q  Lisandra Guerra (CUB)
L		 2 Did not advance
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Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified two athletes in the eventing competition.

Eventing

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Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Sofia Baussan Augspuer Durango Individual 61.60 =26 12.40 21 19.00 =30 93.00 24
Jose Romano Hijo Bucefalo 67.40 =38 Eliminated
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Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified 3 fencers (3 women).

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Athlete Event Pool Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Result Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Fatima Tobar Women's Sabre 1 13  Mariel Zagunis (USA)
L 2–15		 Did not advance
Alba Marroquin Castañeda 1 16  Paola Pliego (MEX)
L 8–15		 Did not advance
Madeline Hernandez Elias
Alba Marroquin Castañeda
Fatima Tobar		 Women's Sabre Team N/a  United States
L 25–45		 Did not advance 8
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Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one male gymnast.[6] Pablo Velasquez originally was the first reserve after qualification but later competed in the final.

Artistic
Men
Individual Qualification
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Pablo Velasquez Qualification 12.200 12.300 12.300 12.900 11.350 10.850 71.900 28 R 12.400 12.150 11.400 13.850 11.150 10.950 71.900 20
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Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified a team of four judokas (three men and one woman).[7] However, they did not register the female athlete for the competition.

Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Gustavo Lopez Aguilera −66 kg N/a  Charles Chibana (BRA)
L 000–100		 N/a  Wander Mateo (DOM)
L 000–100		 Did not advance 7
Juan Rosa −73 kg N/a  Alex William Pombo Silva (BRA)
L 000–100		 N/a  Fernando Ibañez (ECU)
L 000S3–001S2		 Did not advance 7
Juan Diego Turcios −81 kg  Pedro Castro (COL)
L 001S3–000S2		 Did not advance
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Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2015 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified 1 athlete. Jorge Merino had the country's highest placement, a silver medal finish.

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round Robin Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jorge Merino Men's –84 kg  Cesar Herrera (VEN)
L 0–1		  Sarmen Sinani (CAN)
W 6–1		  Jorge Acevedo (CHI)
W 3–1		 2  Andres Loor (ECU)
W 2–0		  Miguel Amargós (ARG)
L 1–3		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Roller sports

Main articles: Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one male and one female roller skater.

Speed
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time/Points Rank
Odir Miranda Men's 200 m time trial N/a 17.738 10
Men's 500 m 41.197 6 Did not advance
Men's 10,000 m points race N/a Did not finish
Judith Lopez Women's 200 m time trial N/a 20.325 10
Women's 10,000 m points race N/a Did not finish
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Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified 3 boats and four athletes (one male and three female).

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Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gerson Hernandez Men's Single Sculls 7.37.47 5 R 7.47.06 4 FB 8:32.26 10
Jessica Hernandez Women's Single Sculls 8:28.06 4 R 9:04.26 5 FB 8:08.68 7
Adriana Escobar
Karla Calvo		 Women's Lwt Double Sculls 7:57.81 3 R 8:00.97 5 FB 7:23.83 8
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one sailor.[8]

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Athlete Event Race Net
Points		 Final
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Enrique Arathoon Laser 8 5 9 (13) 7 9 13 12 11 9 11 11 N/a 105 11
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Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified 9 shooters (six male and three female).[9]

Men
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Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Andres Amador Skeet 87 26 Did not advance
Trap Did not start
Hermes Barahona 25 metre rapid fire pistol 536-11x 14 N/a Did not advance
10 metre air pistol 556-10x 24 N/a Did not advance
Antonio Ferracuti Skeet Did not start
Trap 54 29 Did not advance
Israel Gutierrez 50 metre rifle three positions 1113-29x 19 N/a Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone 606.4 24 N/a Did not advance
10 metre air rifle 607.0 14 N/a Did not advance
Jorge Pimentel 50 metre pistol 503-03x 25 N/a Did not advance
10 metre air pistol 560-15x 19 N/a Did not advance
Oliser Zelaya 50 metre rifle three positions 1118-31x 18 N/a Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone 599.9 27 N/a Did not advance
10 metre air rifle 601.9 19 N/a Did not advance
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Women
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Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lilian Castro 25 metre pistol 539-04x 19 Did not advance
10 metre air pistol 371-08x 6 Q N/a 172.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Johana Pineda 50 metre rifle three positions 565-18x 16 N/a Did not advance
10 metre air rifle 401.2 20 N/a Did not advance
Ana Ramirez 50 metre rifle three positions 581-21x 2 Q N/a 393.2 7
10 metre air rifle 413.3 2 Q N/a 100.3 7
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Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified four swimmers (two men and two women).

Key
  • Note – Ranks given for swimming events are for all heats
  • FB = Qualified for the B Final
  • DNS = Did not start
Men
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Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Marcelo Acosta Men's 100 m freestyle 53.40 21 Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:51.77 14 QB 1:50.95 11
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:54.83 13 QB 3:51.12 9
Men's 1500 m freestyle N/a 15:16.26 4
Rafael Alfaro Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.50 17 Did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:21.05 18 Did not advance
Men's 200 metre individual medley 2:03.89 10 QB 2:02.55 9
Men's 400 metre individual medley 4:29.81 13 QB 4:27.40 13
Rebeca Quinteros Women's 200 m freestyle 2:05.26 13 QB 2:06.19 16
Women's 400 m freestyle 4:29.19 16 QB 4:27.89 15
Women's 800 m freestyle N/a 9:07.98 14
Fatima Flores Guzman Women's 10 km open water N/a 2:14:15.0 14
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Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador received a wildcard to enter one female athlete.[10]

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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Vanessa Vazquez Women's -57kg  Paulina Armeria (MEX)
L 2–3		 Did not advance  Celina Proffen (ARG)
L 1–5		 Did not advance 7
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Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one athlete in the men's singles event.[11]

Men
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Athlete Event First round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Marcelo Arévalo Singles Bye  Galeano (PAR)
L (5–7, 3–6)		 Did not advance
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Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one male and one female weightlifter.[12][13]

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Julio Salamanca Men's 62 kg 120 4 155 4 275 4
Genesis Murcia Women's 48 kg 70 9 88 8 158 8
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Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador received one wildcard.

Men's freestyle
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Luis Portillo 65 kg  Mendieta (NCA)
W 10–0		  Garcia (CAN)
L 0–8		 Did not advance
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