El Salvador at the 2023 Pan American Games
Sporting event delegation
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El Salvador competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was El Salvador's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games.
| El Salvador at the 2023 Pan American Games | |
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| IOC code | ESA |
| NOC | El Salvador Olympic Committee |
| in Santiago 20 October 2023 – 5 November 2023 | |
| Competitors | 81 in 23 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Amado de Jesús Alvarado & Sindy Portillo |
| Flag bearers (closing) | Roberto Hernández & Ivonne Nóchez |
| Medals Ranked =19th |
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| Pan American Games appearances (overview) | |
On 5 October 2023, the El Salvador Olympic Committee officially named the team of 80 athletes (35 men and 45 women) competing in 23 sports (e-sports total of 1 is not included).[1]
Surfers Amado de Jesús Alvarado and Sindy Portillo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2] Meanwhile, archer Roberto Hernández and roller speed skater Ivonne Nóchez were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.[1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Artistic swimming | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Basketball | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Bowling | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Karate | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Roller sports | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Surfing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 46 | 81 |
Medalists
The following Salvadoran competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Roberto Hernández Douglas Nolasco | Archery | Men's team compound | November 4 |
 Silver | Ivonne Nóchez | Roller sport | Women's 200 metres time-trial | November 4 |
 Bronze | Jorge Merino | Karate | Men's 84 kg | October 23 |
| Bronze | Uriel Canjura | Badminton | Men's singles | October 24 |
Archery
El Salvador qualified four archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships.[3] El Salvador also qualified two archers during the 2023 Copa Merengue.[4][5][6]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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| Oscar Guillén | Individual recurve | ||||||||
| Douglas Nolasco | Individual compound | ||||||||
| Roberto Hernández | |||||||||
| Douglas Nolasco Roberto Hernández |
Team compound | N/a | |||||||
- Women
| 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 |
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| Marcela Cortez | Individual recurve | ||||||||
| Paola Corado | Individual compound | ||||||||
| Sofía Paiz | |||||||||
| Paola Corado Sofía Paiz |
Team compound | N/a | |||||||
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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| Oscar Guillén Marcela Cortez |
Team recurve | N/a | |||||||
| Team compound | N/a | ||||||||
Artistic swimming
El Salvador qualified a full team of nine artistic swimmers after finishing third in the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Technical Routine | Free Routine (Final) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total Points | Rank | ||
| Cesia Castaneda Grecia Mendoza |
Women's duet | ||||||
| Andrea Mercado Brigitte Guadrón Cesia Castaneda Daira Sánchez Gabriela Magaña Gabriela Mercado Gabriela Moran Grecia Mendoza María Argueta |
Women's team | ||||||
Athletics
El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).
- Men
- Pablo Ibáñez
- Women
- Nancy Sandoval
Badminton
El Salvador qualified a team of six athletes (three men and three women).[8][9]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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| Uriel Canjura | Singles |  Job Castillo (MEX) |
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| Manuel Mejía |  Yonatan Linarez (DOM) |
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| Javier Alas |  Nicolas Oliva (ARG) |
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| Javier Alas Manuel Mejía |
Men's doubles |  Vinson Chiu (USA) Joshua Yuan (USA) |
N/a |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
| Daniela Hernández | Singles | Bye |  Chequeda De Boulet (TRI) |
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| Fátima Centeno | Bye | Haramara Gaitan (MEX) |
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| Gabriela Barrios | Ailen Oliva (ARG) |
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| Fátima Centeno Daniela Hernández |
Women's doubles |  Ines Castillo Salazar (PER) Paula La Torre Regal (PER) |
N/a | ||||
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
| Manuel Mejia Gabriela Barrios |
Mixed doubles |  Henry Huebla Leon (ECU) Maria Delia Zambrano (ECU) |
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| Javier Armando Alas Fátima Centeno |
Jose Guevara (PER) Ines Castillo Salazar (PER) |
Basketball
- 3x3
- Summary
| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final / BM / Pl. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| El Salvador men | Men's tournament | |||||||||
| El Salvador women | Women's tournament | |||||||||
Men's tournament
El Salvador qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.[citation needed]
- Roster
- Emilio Abullarade
- Kevin Campos
- Pablo Figueroa
- William Merino
Women's tournament
El Salvador qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.[citation needed]
- Roster
- Adriana Rivas
- Camila Lima
- Laura Rivas
- Paola Campos
Bowling
El Salvador qualified a team of two women through the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification / Final | Round robin | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Grand total | Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||||
| Eugenia Quintanilla | Women's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roxana Fajardo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eugenia Quintanilla Roxana Fajardo |
Women's doubles | N/a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing
Equestrian
El Salvador qualified one individual rider in Show-Jumping.[citation needed]
Show Jumping
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total | Round A | Round B | Total | ||||||||||
| Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | |||
| Juan Manuel Bolanos Barrios | Zilouet Mystic Rose | Individual | ||||||||||||||
Gymnastics
Artistic
El Salvador qualified two gymnasts in artistic (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Total | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
| Pablo Velásquez | Individual all-around | ||||||||
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | UB | BB | F | ||||
| Alexa Grande | Individual all-around | ||||||
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
Judo
Karate
El Salvador qualified a team of 2 karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship.[11]
- Kumite
| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Jorge Merino | Men's −84 kg | |||||||
| Gabriella Izaguirre | Women's −50 kg | |||||||
Roller sports
El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).
Speed
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Marvin Gómez | Men's 200 m time trial | ||||||
| Men's 1000 m sprint | |||||||
| Ivonne Nóchez | Women's 200 m time trial | ||||||
| Women's 500 m + distance | |||||||
| Women's 1000 m sprint | |||||||
Rowing
El Salvador qualified a team of 2 athletes (one per gender).[12][13]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final A/B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Roberto López | Men's Single sculls | ||||||||
| Adriana Escobar | Women's Single sculls | ||||||||
Sailing
El Salvador qualified 2 boats for a total of 2 sailors.[14]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M | Points | Rank | ||
| Enrique Arathoon | Laser | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| Darling Alfaro | Laser radial | N/a | ||||||||||||||
Shooting
Surfing
El Salvador qualified three surfers (one man and two women).[19]
- Artistic
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Repechage 5 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Josselyn Alabí | Women's stand up paddleboard | |||||||||||
| Amado Alvarado | Men's Longboard | |||||||||||
| Sindy Portillo | Women's Longboard | |||||||||||
Swimming
El Salvador qualified 11 athletes (five men and six women).
- Men
- Diego Alvarado
- Elías Segovia
- Nixon Hernández
- José Campo
- Xavier Ventura
- Women
- Celina Márquez
- Elisa Funes
- Fátima Portillo
- Isabella Alas
- Marina Espadoni
- Ariana Valle
Table tennis
El Salvador qualified two table tennis players (one per gender) after receiving an invitation from ITTF America.[20][21]
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | First round | Second round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Diego Orantes | Men's singles | N/a | |||||||||
| Gabriela Suárez | Women's singles | N/a | |||||||||
| Diego Orantes Gabriela Suárez |
Mixed doubles | N/a | |||||||||
Taekwondo
Tennis
El Salvador qualified a female tennis player.
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Valentina Cruz | Singles | |||||||
Volleyball
- Beach
El Salvador qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.[citation needed]
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Armando Guatemala Frankin Flores |
Men's | Bye | ||||||||
| Laura Molina Nadia Soler |
Women's | Bye | ||||||||
Weightlifting
El Salvador qualified two weightlifters (one per gender).[23]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Ramón Cruz | |||||||
| Victoria Grenni | |||||||
Wrestling
El Salvador qualified a female wrestler after receiving a wild card.
Key:
- VT – Victory by fall.
- PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- VA – Decision by withdrawal
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Jacqueline Hernández | 57 kg | ||||
Demonstration Sports
E-sports
El Salvador qualified a male athlete.
- Men
- Obed Henríquez