El Salvador at the 2019 Pan American Games

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

El Salvador at the
2019 Pan American Games
IOC codeESA
NOCEl Salvador Olympic Committee
in Lima, Peru
26 July–11 August 2019
Competitors59 in 22 sports
Flag bearer Roberto Hernández (opening)
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
3
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
4
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

On July 1, 2019, archer Roberto Hernández was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[3] On the same day the El Salvador Olympic Committee announced the full team of 56 athletes (29 men and 27 women) competing in 21 sports.[4] Later three athletes (one man and two women) were added to the team.

Competitors

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The following is a gender-wise breakdown of the number of the country's competitors at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 1 3
Artistic swimming 2 2
Athletics (track and field) 2 0 2
Badminton 1 1 2
Basque pelota 1 0 1
Bodybuilding 1 1 2
Bowling 2 2 4
Boxing 0 2 2
Fencing 0 1 1
Gymnastics 1 1 2
Judo 1 0 1
Roller sports 0 2 2
Rowing 0 1 1
Sailing 1 0 1
Shooting 4 5 9
Squash 3 0 3
Surfing 1 2 3
Swimming 2 4 6
Tennis 3 0 3
Triathlon 1 0 1
Volleyball 2 2 4
Weightlifting 2 1 3
Wrestling 0 1 1
Total 30 29 59

Medalists

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

Archery

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At the first qualifier, El Salvador won two quota spots (one each in men's recurve compound).[5] El Salvador would later qualify a woman in the recurve category in the final qualification tournament.[6][7]

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
Roberto Hernández Men's compound individual 708 3 Q Bye   Brassaroto (BRA)
W 148–143
  Gonzalez de Alba (MEX)
W 146–145
  Gellenthien (USA)
W 147–146
 
Oscar Guillén Men's recurve individual 634 27 Q   Alvarado (MEX)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Marcela Cortez Women's recurve individual 579 29 Q   Rendón (COL)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Oscar Guillén
Marcela Cortez
Mixed team recurve 1216 12 Q   D'Almeida/
dos Santos (BRA)
W 6–2
  Duenas/
Barrett (CAN)
L 3–5
Did not advance

Artistic swimming

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El Salvador qualified a duet of two athletes, marking the first time the country has competed in the sport since 2003.[8][9]

Women
Athlete Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank
Fernanda Cruz
Grecia Mendoza
Duet 63.1943 11 65.4333 10 128.6276 11

Athletics (track and field)

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El Salvador qualified two male athletes.[4]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
  • NH = No height
  • SB = Season's best
Men
Track event
Athlete Event Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Pablo Andrés Ibáñez 400 m hurdles 50.70 SB 10 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Natán Rivera Pole vault NH

Badminton

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El Salvador qualified a team of two badminton athletes (one per gender).[10][11][12]

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
Uriel Artiga Men's singles Bye   Coelho (BRA)
L 0–2 (19–21, 11–21)
Did not advance
Fatima Fuentes Women's singles Bye   Wang (USA)
L 0–2 (8–21, 8–21)
Did not advance
Uriel Artiga
Fatima Fuentes
Mixed doubles   Solís / Soto (GUA)
L 0–2 (15–21, 11–21)
Did not advance

Basque pelota

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El Salvador qualified one athlete in basque pelota.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Efrain Segura Individual fronton rubber ball   González (CUB)
L 0–2
  Andreasen (ARG)
L 0–2
  Carrasco (PER)
L 0–2
  Letelier (CHI)
W 2–0
4 Did not advance

Bodybuilding

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El Salvador qualified a full team of two bodybuilders (one male and one female).[13] In the sport's debut at the Pan American Games, the country won both gold medals on offer.[14][15]

Athlete Event Prejudging Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yuri Rodriguez Men's classic bodybuilding 36  
Paulina Zamora Women's bikini fitness 21  
  • No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Bowling

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El Salvador qualified a full team of two men and two women, for a total of four bowlers, by finishing among the top five at the PABCON Champion of Champions.[16]

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
Luis Bendeck Men's singles 182 245 267 251 214 244 187 206 167 211 217 237 2628 12 Did not advance
Júlio Acosta 171 233 176 193 180 191 170 202 186 209 210 196 2317 30 Did not advance
Luis Bendeck
Júlio Acosta
Men's doubles 334 409 374 384 343 301 353 397 433 430 366 376 4500 15
Edith Quintanilla Women's singles 247 188 173 180 202 235 161 199 163 183 187 174 2292 22 Did not advance
Sandra Quintanilla 141 197 157 203 191 217 131 194 197 216 166 190 2200 25 Did not advance
Edith Quintanilla
Sandra Quintanilla
Women's doubles 334 312 336 382 324 391 327 320 329 355 402 365 4177 15

Boxing

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El Salvador qualified two women boxers.[17][18]

Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Cynthia Madrid 51 kg   Cardozo (VEN)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Yamileth Solórzano 57 kg   Ramirez (USA)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Fencing

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El Salvador qualified one female fencer in the foil discipline, after Puerto Rico declined its quota.[19]

Women
Athlete Event Pool Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Victories Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ivania Carballo Foil 0 17 Did not advance

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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El Salvador qualified one male and one female artistic gymnast.[20]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank Final Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Fabio Chicas Individual all-around 8.500 11.650 9.500 12.250 12.200 9.850 63.950 38 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank Final Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Paola Ruano Individual all-around 12.400 11.025 11.800 11.350 46.575 27 Q 12.150 10.825 11.700 11.100 45.775 23

Judo

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El Salvador qualified one male judoka.[21] Juan Diego Turcios qualified to compete in the 81 kg event, but did not make weight. Therefore he did not compete in the event.[22]

Roller sports

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El Salvador qualified two women in the speed discipline.[23]

Speed

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Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time/Points Rank
Ivonne Nochez 300 m time trial 27.685 8
500 m 48.091 4 Did not advance
Elizabeth Giron 10,000 m points race EL (19)

Rowing

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El Salvador qualified one female rower.[4][24]

Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Adriana Escobar Lwt. single sculls 8:45.78 4 R 8:01.08 3 FB 8:12.86 8
Qualification Legend: FB=Final B R=Repechage
  • Results given are within the heat.

Sailing

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El Salvador qualified a spot in the men's laser event.[25]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Enrique Arathoon Laser 13 2 5 7 4 9 3 7 8 1 2 48 4

Shooting

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El Salvador qualified nine sport shooters (three men and six women).[26][27] Later the country swapped one women's pistol quota for a men's pistol spot.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Angel Barquero 10 m air pistol 552 29 Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol 539 16 Did not advance
Jorge Pimentel 10 m air pistol 550 31 Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol 538 17 Did not advance
Israel Gutierrez 10 m air rifle 552 29 Did not advance
50 m rifle three positions 1131 20 Did not advance
Noe Preza 10 m air rifle 605.9 22 Did not advance
50 m rifle three positions 612.8 16 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ashely Dominguez 10 m air pistol 530 26 Did not advance
25 m pistol 539 16 Did not advance
Erika Landaverde 10 m air pistol 556 17 Did not advance
25 m pistol 553 19 Did not advance
Ana Ramirez 10 m air rifle 618.1 9 Did not advance
50 m rifle three positions 1131 15 Did not advance
Melissa Perez 10 m air rifle 601.2 21 Did not advance
Johanna Pineda 50 m rifle three positions 1136 12 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jorge Pimentel
Erika Landaverde
10 metre air pistol 731 21 Did not advance
Angel Barquero
Ashely Dominguez
721 23 Did not advance
Israel Gutierrez
Ana Ramirez
10 metre air rifle 820.4 11 Did not advance
Noe Preza
Melissa Perez
815.6 15 Did not advance

Swimming

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El Salvador qualified six swimmers (two men and four women), including three in the open water discipline.[28]

Key
  • Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
  • NR – National record
  • QA – Qualified for Final A
  • QB – Qualified for Final B
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Marcelo Acosta Men's 200 m freestyle 1:52.91 15 QB 1:52.87 13
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:52.17 4 QA 3:54.20 7
Men's 800 m freestyle 8:00.98 5
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:21.03 4
Nector Segovia Men's 10 k open water 2:13:21.0 18
Carmen Marquez Orellana Women's 100 m backstroke 1:01.92 NR 5 QA 1:03.07 7
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:18.68 NR 11 QB 2:14.76 NR 9
Elisa Funes Jovel Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:14.85 NR 15 QB 1:14.67 NR 15
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:43.92 16 QB 2:41.49 NR 14
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:27.80 19 Did not advance
Fatima Flores Women's 10 k open water 2:18:05.9 16
Fatima Portillo 2:25:22.2 17

Squash

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El Salvador qualified a men's team of three athletes, marking its return to the sport at the Pan American Games for the first time since 2011.[4]

Men
Singles and Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Israel Aguilar Singles   Franklin (BER)
L 1–3
Did not advance
Jose Porras Diaz   Franco (GUA)
L 1–3
Did not advance
Israel Aguilar
José Mejia
Doubles   Delierre (CAN)
  Sachvie (CAN)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 9 to 12 round 11th place match
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Israel Aguilar
José Mejia
Jose Porras Diaz
Team   Argentina
L 0–3
  Canada
L 0–3
3 Q   Peru
L 0–2
  Jamaica
L 0–2
  Bermuda
W 2–1
11

Surfing

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El Salvador qualified three surfers (one man and two women) in the sport's debut at the Pan American Games.[29][30][31][32]

Athlete Event Main round 1 Main round 2 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Main round 3 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Repechage 5 Main round 4 Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Bryan Perez Men's open surf   Muniz (ARG)
W 11.80–6.17
  Santos (BRA)
W 14.94–7.67
Bye   Fillingim (CRC)
W 12.57–11.34
Bye   Mesinas (PER)
L 8.60–17.47
  Usuna (ARG)
L 13.70–16.27
 
Vanessa Cortez Women's open surf   Zelasko (CAN)
L 5.13–9.57
Did not advance   Giunta (PER)
L 4.70–11.33
Did not advance =13
Josselyn Alabi Women's SUP surf 4.70 Q 5.80 Bye   Soriano (ECU)
L 5.11–5.34
Did not advance =7

Tennis

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El Salvador qualified three male tennis players.[4]

Men
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
Alberto Alvarado Singles   González (GUA)
W 6–1, 6–4
  Barrios (CHI)
L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Kyle Johnson   Maginley (ANT)
L 4–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Lluis Miralles   Newman (BAH)
L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Alberto Alvarado
Lluis Miralles
Doubles   King /
Redlicki (USA)
L 1–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

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El Salvador received a wild card to enter one male triathlete.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (8.88 km) Total Rank
Ricardo Garcia Individual Lapped

Volleyball

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Beach

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El Salvador qualified four beach volleyball athletes (two men and two women).[33][34]

Athletes Event Preliminary Round Qualifying finals Placement round Placement match Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Carlos Escobar
David Vargas
Men's   Satterfield /
Burik (USA)
L 0–2 (12–21, 10–21)
  Capogrosso /
Azaad (ARG)
L 0–2 (12–21, 12–21)
  Stewart /
Phillip (TTO)
W 2–0 (21–19, 21–13)
3 Q   Ontiveros /
Virgen (MEX)
L 0–2 (16–21, 12–21)
  Leonardo /
García (GUA)
L 1–2 (13–21, 21–17, 11–15)
  Medina /
Sánchez (DOM)
L 0–2 (11–21, 14–21)
12
María Vargas
Kathya Vasquez
Women's   Allcca /
Mendoza (PER)
L 0–2 (10–21, 10–21)
  Delís /
Martínez (CUB)
L 1–2 (21–18, 12–21, 7–15)
  Caballero /
Valiente (PAR)
L 0–2 (17–21, 13–21)
4   Alvarado /
Bethancourt (GUA)
W 2–0 (21–15, 22–20)
  Davidson /
Grant (TTO)
W 2–0 (22–20, 21–14)
13

Weightlifting

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El Salvador qualified three weightlifters (two men and one woman).[35]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Julio Salamanca Men's 61 kg 105 8 137 8 242 8
Juan Carlos Álvarez Men's 96 kg 125 14 160 13 285 13
Caren Torres de Fuentes Women's +87 kg 90 4 115 4 205 4

Wrestling

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El Salvador received one wild card in the women's freestyle discipline.[36]

Freestyle
Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Josselyn Portillo 76 kg   Olaya (COL)
L 0–3F
Did not advance

See also

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