Basque pelota at the 2023 Pan American Games

Basque pelota at the 2023 Pan American Games
Basque Pelota pictogram
Venue	Spanish Stadium (es)
Start date	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
End date	November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)
No. of events	8 (4 men, 4 women)
Competitors	66 from 12 nations
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Basque pelota competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held at the Spanish Stadium located in Las Condes between October 31 and November 5, 2023. ^{[1] [2]}

Eight medal events are scheduled to be contested, two singles and two doubles events for men and women.

Qualification

Main article: Basque pelota at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 66 athletes (33 per gender) will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 12 athletes (six per gender). The host country (Chile) automatically qualified a full team of 12 athletes. There will be a total of two qualification events. The best ranked country of the Americas in each event of the Biarritz 2022 Absolute World Basque Pelota Championship will secure a spot. The second event is the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament, in which 21 men and 21 women will be qualified. ^[3]

Participating nations

A total of 12 countries qualified athletes.

•   Argentina  (10)
•   Bolivia  (2)
•   Brazil  (1)
•   Chile  (12) (host)
•   Costa Rica  (1)
•   Cuba  (6)
•   Independent Athletes Team  (1)
•   Mexico  (12)
•   Peru  (7)
•   United States  (3)
•   Uruguay  (7)
•   Venezuela  (4)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Chile)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	6	2	0	8
2	Argentina	2	2	2	6
3	Cuba	0	2	0	2
4	Uruguay	0	1	1	2
5	United States	0	1	0	1
6	Chile*	0	0	4	4
7	Brazil	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Doubles trinquete rubber ball details	Argentina Facundo Andreasen Alfredo Villegas	Mexico Arturo Rodríguez Daniel García	Chile Julián Stabon Esteban Romero
Individual fronton rubber ball details	Isaac Pérez   Mexico	Federico Fernández   Argentina	Renato Bolelli   Chile
Doubles frontenis details	Mexico Isaac Cruz Jorge Olvera	United States Osmar Espinoza Salvador Espinoza	Argentina Lorenzo Cardozo Emiliano García
Frontball details	David Álvarez   Mexico	Cristian Abreu   Cuba	Filipe Otheguy   Brazil

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Doubles trinquete rubber ball details	Argentina María García Cynthia Pinto	Mexico Dulce Figueroa Laura Puentes	Uruguay Sofía Vicente Agustina Cuestas
Individual fronton rubber ball details	Marifer Noriega   Mexico	Sabrina Andrade   Argentina	Rosario Valderrama   Chile
Doubles frontenis details	Mexico Ximena Placito Ariana Cepeda	Cuba Daniela Darriba Wendy Durán	Chile Magdalena Muñoz Natalia Bozzo
Frontball details	Itzel Reyes   Mexico	Leonella Acosta   Uruguay	Micaela Cortéz   Argentina

References

1. "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
3. "Santiago 2023 Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

External links

• Results book