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El Salvador at the
2023 Pan American Games
IOC codeESA
NOCEl Salvador Olympic Committee
in Santiago
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors81 in 23 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Amado de Jesús Alvarado & Sindy Portillo
Flag bearer (closing)Roberto Hernández & Ivonne Nochez
Medals
Ranked =19th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

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.

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 Nochez 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

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Main articles: Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Oscar Guillén Individual recurve
Douglas Nolasco Individual compound
Roberto Hernández
Douglas Nolasco
Roberto Hernández 		Team compound —
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 		Opposition
Score
Marcela Cortez Individual recurve
Paola Corado Individual compound
Sofía Paiz
Paola Corado
Sofía Paiz 		Team compound —
Mixed
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
Marcela Cortez 		Team recurve —
Team compound —

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Artistic swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).

Men
Women

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Uriel Canjura Singles  Job Castillo (MEX)
Manuel Mejía  Yonatan Linarez (DOM)
Javier Alas  Nicolas Oliva (ARG)
Javier Alas
Manuel Mejía 		Men's doubles  Vinson Chiu (USA)
 Joshua Yuan (USA) 		—
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)
Fátima Centeno Bye  Haramara Gaitan (MEX)
Gabriela Barrios  Ailen Oliva (ARG)
Fátima Centeno
Daniela Hernández 		Women's doubles  Ines Castillo Salazar (PER)
 Paula La Torre Regal (PER) 		—
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)
Javier Armando Alas
Fátima Centeno 		 Jose Guevara (PER)
 Ines Castillo Salazar (PER)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games
3x3
Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
El Salvador men Men's tournament
El Salvador women Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 3x3 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

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 3x3 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

Bowling

Main articles: Bowling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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 —

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one male boxer.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Samuel Contreras –63.5 kg

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2023 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main article: Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games

El Salvador qualified two male judokas.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jairo Moreno −60 kg
Gustavo López −81 kg

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games and Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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 —
Darling Alfaro Laser radial —

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified a total of nine shooters (five men and four women).[15][16][17][18]

Men
Women

Surfing

Main articles: Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Josselyn Alabí Women's stand up paddleboard
Amado Alvarado Men's Longboard
Sindy Portillo Women's Longboard

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified 11 athletes (five men and six women).

Men
Women

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Diego Orantes Men's singles —
Gabriela Suárez Women's singles —
Diego Orantes
Gabriela Suárez 		Mixed doubles —

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

El Salvador qualified one female athlete during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.[22]

Kyorugi

Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Alisson Montaño –57 kg

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Valentina Cruz Singles

Volleyball

Beach
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2023 Pan American Games

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 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Armando Guatemala
Frankin Flores 		Men's Bye
Laura Molina
Nadia Soler 		Women's Bye

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main article: Esports at the 2023 Pan American Games

El Salvador qualified a male athlete.

Men

See also

References

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