Nicaragua at the 2015 Pan American Games

Nicaragua competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10-26, 2015.[1]

Nicaragua at the
2015 Pan American Games
IOC codeNIC
NOCComité Olímpico Nicaragüense
Websitewww.ind.gob.ni/comiteolimpico.php
in Toronto, Canada
10–26 July 2015
Competitors49 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Darrel Campbell Lewis
Flag bearer (closing)Dalila Rugama
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Baseball player Darrel Campbell Lewis was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors edit

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Baseball 24 0 24
Beach volleyball 2 2 4
Boxing 3 1 4
Rowing 0 2 2
Shooting 3 0 3
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 2 0 2
Triathlon 1 0 1
Weightlifting 1 1 2
Wrestling 2 1 3
Total 40 9 49

Athletics edit

Nicaragua entered two track and field athletes (one male and one female).

Key
  • Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
  • NM – No mark
Track
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Erick Rodríguez Men's 3000 m steeplechase 9:25.90 11
Field
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Dalila Rugama Women's javelin throw NM

Baseball edit

Nicaragua qualified a men's baseball team of 24 athletes.[3]

Men's tournament
Roster

The following is Nicaragua's men's baseball team for the 2015 Pan American Games. The position of the player is listed in parentheses.[4]

Legend: C = Catcher, INF = Infielder, OF = Outfielder, P = Pitcher

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1   Canada 6 5 1 38 15 +23 .833 Advance to the semifinals
2   United States 6 4 2 33 22 +11 .667[a] 1
3   Cuba 6 4 2 41 23 +18 .667[a] 1
4   Puerto Rico 6 4 2 40 44 −4 .667[a] 1
5   Dominican Republic 6 3 3 30 35 −5 .500 2
6   Nicaragua 6 1 5 22 43 −21 .167 4
7   Colombia 6 0 6 22 44 −22 .000 5
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c In the 3-way tie for 2nd place, all three teams went 1-1 head to head. The 2nd tiebreaker, Team Quality Balance, was used to identify and eliminate the last team in the group (Puerto Rico). The tie between the other two teams was then broken on the basis of the head-to-head result between them (United States defeating Cuba).


12 July 2015
12:00
Dominican Republic   8–5   Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 3,418
Boxscore

13 July 2015
19:00
Nicaragua   1–9   Canada President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 4,327
Boxscore

14 July 2015
12:00
Colombia   4–7   Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,357
Boxscore

15 July 2015
12:00
Nicaragua   0–6   United States President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,038
Boxscore

16 July 2015
15:30
Nicaragua   6–11   Cuba President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax
Attendance: 1,027
Boxscore

17 July 2015
12:00
Puerto Rico   5–3   Nicaragua President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax
Attendance: 724
Boxscore

Beach volleyball edit

Nicaragua qualified a men's and women's pair.[5]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round Elimination Round 9-12th place round 11th place match Finals
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mora Romero
Lopez Alvarado
Men's   Binstock /
Schachter (CAN)
L 14–21, 21–16, 10–15
  Cairus /
Vieyto (URU)
L 14–21, 14–21
  Betancourt /
Ocaña (GUA)
W 21–17, 17–21, 15–7
  Capogrosso /
Mehamed (ARG)
L 15–21, 15–21
  Williams /
Withfield (TRI)
L 21–23, 21–17, 13–15
  Evans /
Satterfield (USA)
16–21, 28–30
12
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 13th to 16th Round 15th to 16th Round Finals
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Elia Machado
Lolette Rodríguez
Women's   Maestrini /
Horta (BRA)
L 7–21, 13–21
  Alfaro /
Cope (CRC)
L 15–21, 9–21
  Mardones /
Rivas (CHI)
L 13–21, 21–14, 10–15
  Orellana /
Recinos (GUA)
L 12–21, 23–21, 8–15
  Powery /
Smith-Johnson (CAY)
W 21–7, 21–16
15

Boxing edit

Nicaragua qualified four boxers (three men and one woman).[6]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kevin Arias Men's light flyweight Bye   Argilagos (CUB)
L 0–2
did not advance 5
Franco Gutiérrez Men's bantamweight Bye   García (DOM)
L 0–3
did not advance 5
Lester Silva Men's welterweight Bye   Solano (DOM)
L 0–3
did not advance 5
Claudia Parrales Guevara Women's flyweight   Esparza (USA)
L 0–3
did not advance 5

Rowing edit

Nicaragua qualified 1 boat and two athletes.

Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Ana Jarguin
Evidelia Jarquin
Coxless Pair 8:00.59 6 FA 8:12.45 6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting edit

Nicaragua has qualified 3 male shooters.[7]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Manuel Aburto Espinales 10 metre air pistol 547-07x 31 did not advance
Yerald Canda 50 metre rifle prone 564.1 29 did not advance
10 metre air rifle 543.4 22 did not advance
Rafael Lacayo Paladino 10 metre air pistol 566-15x 12 did not advance

Swimming edit

Nicaragua received two wildcards to enter one male and one female swimmer.

Key
  • Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
  • FB = Qualified for the B Final
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Miguel Mena Men's 50 m freestyle 23.71 17 did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 52.55 17 FB 52.59 =15
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:58.51 20 did not advance
Dalia Tórrez Zamora Women's 50 m freestyle 27.80 22 did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:01.48 25 did not advance
Women's 200 m butterfly 1:04.79 19 did not advance

Taekwondo edit

Nicaragua qualified a team of one male athlete, and also received an additional wildcard to enter another male athlete.[8][9]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Danilo Castillo 58 kg   Logan Gerrick (USA)
L 3–4
did not advance
Michael Rodriguez 80 kg   Agustin Alves (ARG)
L 2–11
did not advance

Triathlon edit

Nicaragua received a wildcard to enter one male triathlete.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Hennert Mayorga Individual 22:06 0:27 LAP

Weightlifting edit

Nicaragua qualified one male and one female weightlifter.[11][12]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Orlando Vasquez Morales Men's 56 kg 100 6 123 6 223 6
Silvia Artola Women's 63 kg 81 6 105 6 186 6

Wrestling edit

Nicaragua received two reallocated spots (one each in men's freestyle and Greco-Roman) and one wildcard in women's freestyle. However, Elverine Jimenez was disqualified from the games for doping. Jimenez did not compete in the event, and her opponent in the first round won by default.[13]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Alberto Mendieta Men's Freestyle 65 kg   Luis Portillo (ESA)
L 0–10
Did not advance
Rene Silva Men's Freestyle 125 kg   Zach Rey (USA)
L 0–4
Did not advance   Andres Ramos (CUB)
L 0–10
Did not advance
Elverine Jimenez Women's Freestyle 53 kg   Whitney Conder (USA)
L DQ
Did not advance

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico qualify for Pan Am Games". baseball.ca/. Baseball Canada. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Nicaragua" (PDF). www.results.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Beach Volleyball starts on Monday at the Pan American Games". www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). 11 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "61 men and 23 women boxers qualified to Toronto 2015 PanAm Games (10 – 26 July)". www.aiba.org. International Boxing Association (amateur). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Pan Am Quotas 2015 Preliminary by Countries" (PDF). Shooting Confederation of the Americas (CAT). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  9. ^ "PATU Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am GamesMarch 11~12, 2015 / Aguascalientes, Mexico". scribd.com. Pan American Taekwondo Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  10. ^ "2015 Pan American Sports Games Triathlon Event Country List". www.scribd.com/. Confederación Americana de Triathlon (CAMTRI). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Masculina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for men's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Femenina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for women's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  13. ^ Pavitt, Michael (20 July 2015). "Wrestling medallist among five more doping cases to emerge at Toronto 2015". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 3 May 2017.