Barbados at the 2023 Pan American Games

Barbados at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	BAR
NOC	Barbados Olympic Association
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	27 in 19 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Kennie King & Michelle Elliot
Flag bearer (closing)	Matthew Wright & Meagan Best
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Barbados is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Barbados' 16th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the nation's debut, in 1963.

On 6 October 2023, the Barbados Olympic Association officially named the team of 29 athletes (16 men and 13 women) competing in 19 sports (e-sports total of 1 is not included). ^[1] Badminton athlete Kennie King and sport shooter Michelle Elliot were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[2] Meanwhile, triathlete Matthew Wright and squash athlete Meagan Best 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.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	0	1	1
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	2	1	3
Cycling	0	1	1
Golf	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	4	2	6
Squash	0	3	3
Surfing	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	1	0	1
Triathlon	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	16	11	27

Medallists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

The following Barbadian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Meagan Best Margot Prow Squash Women's doubles November 3  Bronze Meagan Best Margot Prow Amanda Haywood Squash Women's team November 5 Athletics Main articles: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a female athlete. Women Track & road events Athlete Event Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Sonia Gaskin 800 m 2:08.14 9 Did not advance Badminton Main articles: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified one male athlete. [3] [4] Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Kennie King Men's singles   Vazquez  (CUB) L (16–21, 15–21) Did not advance Boxing Main articles: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified three boxers (two men and one woman). Men Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Jabali Breedy Men's 51 kg —   González  (VEN) L 0–5 Did not advance Charles Cox Men's 80 kg —   Brito  (PUR) W W–L   Belony-Dulièpre  (HAI) L 1–4 Did not advance Women Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Kimberley Gittens Women's 75 kg —   Pereira  (BRA) L 0–5 Did not advance Cycling Main articles: Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a female cyclist. [5] Track Omnium Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Amber Joseph Women's 38 2 30 6 22 10 15 1 105 6 Golf Main articles: Golf at the 2023 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a female golfer. [6] Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank Emily Odwin Women's individual 76 76 75 75 302 +14 =18 Gymnastics Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Artistic Barbados qualified one female gymnast in artistic at the 2023 Pan American Championships. Women Athlete Event Qualification Total Rank V UB BB F Anya Pilgrim Individual all-around 12.900 10.733 10.500 11.633 45.766 18 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final Rowing Main articles: Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a male rower. Men Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final A/B Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Kyle Spenard Single sculls 8:30:56 5 R 8:04:30 6 FC — 8:09.31 17 Sailing Main articles: Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified one sailor after reallocation of an unused spot. Men Athlete Event Race Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M Points Rank Scott Gittens Laser 19 20 (22) 21 22 21 14 20 22 17 — 176 20 Shooting Main articles: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a total of six shooters (four men and two women). [7] [8] [9] Men Pistol and rifle Athlete Event Qualification Final Points Rank Points Rank Dave Seale 10 m air pistol 561 19 Did not advance 25 m rapid fire pistol 519 20 Did not advance Shotgun Athlete Event Qualification Final Points Rank Points Rank Richard Greenidge Trap 93 26 Did not advance Richard Greenidge 109 17 Did not advance Justin St. John Skeet 116 8 Did not advance Women Pistol and rifle Athlete Event Qualification Final Points Rank Points Rank Tesonna Alleyney 10 m air pistol 542 23 Did not advance 25 m pistol 508 24 Did not advance Shotgun Athlete Event Qualification Final Points Rank Points Rank Michelle Elliot Skeet 110 7 Did not advance Mixed Athlete Event Qualification Final / BM Points Rank Opposition Result Rank Tessonna Alleyne Dave Seale 10 m air pistol team 553 21 Did not advance Michael Maskell Michelle Elliot Skeet team 126 11 Did not advance Squash Main articles: Squash at the 2023 Pan American Games and Squash at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a team of three female athletes through the 2023 Pan American Squash Championships. [10] Women Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl. Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Margot Prow Singles   Bueñano  (ECU) W 3–1   Sobhy  (USA) L 0–3 Did not advance Meagan Best —   Bautista  (COL) W 3–1   Naughton  (CAN) L 2–3 Did not advance Margot Prow Meagan Best Doubles —   Sandoval/ Bonilla  (EAI) W 2–0   Tovar/ Bautista  (COL) L 0–2 Did not advance Amanda Haywood Margot Prow Meagan Best Team —   Chile  (CHI) W 2–0   United States  (USA) L 0–2 Did not advance Surfing Main articles: Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified one female surfer. [11] Women Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage 4 Final / BM Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Chelsea Tuach Shortboard   Gomez Brady  (COL) W 8.67–8.23   López  (CHI) L 10.50–10.90 Did not advance   Aguirre  (PER) L 9.50–12.57 Did not advance Swimming Main articles: Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Key Note – Ranks given are for the entire round NR – National record QA – Qualified for Final A QB – Qualified for Final B Men Athlete Event Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Jack Kirby 50 m freestyle 23.48 20 Did not advance 100 m backstroke 56.11 9 q 56.12 10 Women Athlete Event Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Danielle Titus 100 m backstroke 1:04.66 20 Did not advance 200 m backstroke 2:26.90 24 Did not advance Table tennis Main articles: Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified one male table tennis athlete at the final qualification tournament in Lima, Peru. [12] [13] Men Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Tyrese Knight Singles   Lorenzo  (ARG) L 1–4 Did not advance Taekwondo Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a male athlete after receiving a wildcard. [14] Kyorugi Men Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/ BM Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank Chioke Holder +80 kg   Alves  (ARG) L 0–2 Did not advance Tennis Main articles: Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a male tennis player. Men 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 Darian King Singles —   Barrios  (CHI) L 1–2 Did not advance Triathlon Main articles: Triathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified a male triathlete. [15] Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank Matthew Wright Men's individual 18:21 0:43 55:42 0:26 32:08 1:47.23 8 Weightlifting Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification Barbados qualified two male weightlifters. 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