El Salvador at the 2015 Pan American Games

Last updated
El Salvador at the
2015 Pan American Games
Flag of El Salvador.svg
IOC code ESA
NOC El Salvador Olympic Committee
in Toronto
10–26 July 2015
Competitors52 in 21 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Marcelo Acosta
Flag bearer (closing) Jorge Merino
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

El Salvador competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. [1]

Contents

On July 2, 2015 swimmer Marcelo Acosta was named the flagbearer of the team during the opening ceremony. [2]

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 112
Badminton 112
Beach volleyball 224
Bowling 224
Boxing 011
Cycling 022
Equestrian 112
Fencing 033
Gymnastics 101
Judo 303
Karate 101
Roller sports 112
Rowing 134
Sailing 101
Shooting 639
Swimming 224
Taekwondo 011
Tennis 101
Weightlifting 112
Wrestling 101
Total272552

Medalists

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

Archery

One male and one female archer from El Salvador qualified for the archery event at the Games. [3]

AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Oscar Guillén Men's individual 61828Flag of Mexico.svg  Álvarez  (MEX)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Elena Abullarade Women's individual 56330Flag of the United States.svg  Lorig  (USA)
L 2–6
Did not advance

Athletics

El Salvador qualified one male and one female athlete.

Road and track events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Luis Lopez Men's 20 km walk 1:42:0310
Cristina López Women's 20 km walk 1:47:3313

Badminton

El Salvador qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman). [4]

AthleteEventFirst roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Jassiel Hernandez Men's singles ByeFlag of Mexico.svg  Muňoz  (MEX)
L (5–21, 6–21)
Did not advance
Fatima Fuentes Women's singles ByeFlag of Argentina.svg  Bernatene  (ARG)
W (21–15, 21–13)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Li  (CAN)
L (4–21, 10–21)
Did not advance
Jassiel Hernandez
Fatima Fuentes
Mixed doubles Flag of Cuba.svg  Martinez
/ Oropeza  (CUB)
L (11–21, 6–21)
Did not advance

Beach volleyball

El Salvador qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes. [5]

AthleteEventPreliminary roundQuarterfinals9th to 12th round13th to 16th round13th-place match11th-place matchFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Carlos Talavera
David Vargas
Men's Flag of Chile.svg  Grimalt / Grimalt  (CHI)
L (11-21, 12-21)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Haddock / Rodriguez  (PUR)
L (15-21, 15-21)
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Whitfield / Williams  (TTO)
L (15-21, 24-26)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Garcia Betancourt / Recinos Ocaña  (GUA)
W (18-21, 21-14, 21-19)
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Bissette / Clercent  (LCA)
W (22-20, 17-21, 15-10)
13
Laura Molina
Ivonne Soler
Women's Flag of the United States.svg  Larsen / Metter  (USA)
L (12-21, 14-21)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Galindo / Galindo  (COL)
L (18-21, 12-21)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Orellana / Recinos  (GUA)
W (21-18, 23-21, 15-12)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Gomez / Nieto  (URU)
L (12-21, 16-21)
Flag of Chile.svg  Mardones / Rivas  (CHI)
L (15-21, 21-19, 15-8)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Bernier Colon / Torruella  (PUR)
W (23-25, 21-19, 16-14)
11

Bowling

El Salvador qualified a full team of four athletes (two men and two women).

Singles
AthleteEventQualificationRound RobinSemifinalsFinals
Block 1 (games 1–6)Block 2 (games 7–12)TotalAverageRankTotalAverageGrand totalRank
123456789101112Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Julio Acosta Men's 1761931581952111941672361871821582162273189.423Did not advance23
Giancarlo Mateucci 2392002222362041791801941651661571692311192.619Did not advance19
Eugenia Quintanilla Women's 2201762461591911781611681661662232322286190.521Did not advance21
Marcela Sanchez 1381991851611642292372692072221682332412201.011Did not advance11
Doubles
AthleteEventBlock 1 (games 1–6)Block 2 (games 7–12)Grand totalFinal rank
123456TotalAverage789101112TotalAverage
Julio Acosta
Giancarlo Mateucci
Men's 1731571632131781961080180.02071702321761802172262188.5472910
2441912182132281701264210.72011651832022082442467205.6
Eugenia Quintanilla
Marcela Sanchez
Women's 1971801821981812021140190.02361882561892082092426202.247796
1871911881612251701122187.01521902151911872962353196.1

Boxing

El Salvador qualified one female boxer.

Woman
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Karla Herrera Light welterweight Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Mirquin Sena  (DOM)
L 1–2
Did not advance

Cycling

Cyclist Evelyn Garcia won a bronze medal in the women's individual road time trial La ciclista Evelyn Garcia.jpg
Cyclist Evelyn García won a bronze medal in the women's individual road time trial

El Salvador qualified two female cyclists (one each for road and track events).

Road

Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Evelyn García Road race 2:07:5318
Time trial 27:20.24Bronze medal icon.svg

Track

Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundFinal
RankRank
Karen Cruz Women's keirin 3 Q4
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOppositionOppositionOppositionOppositionOppositionRank
Karen Cruz 11.8879 QFlag of Cuba.svg  Lisandra Guerra  (CUB)
L
2Did not advance

Equestrian

El Salvador qualified two athletes in the eventing competition.

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
Final
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRank
Sofia Baussan Augspuer Durango Individual 61.60=2612.402119.00=3093.0024
Jose Romano Hijo Bucefalo67.40=38Eliminated

Fencing

El Salvador qualified 3 fencers (3 women).

AthleteEventPool RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ResultSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Fatima Tobar Women's Sabre 113Flag of the United States.svg  Mariel Zagunis  (USA)
L 2–15
Did not advance
Alba Marroquin Castañeda 116Flag of Mexico.svg  Paola Pliego  (MEX)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Madeline Hernandez Elias
Alba Marroquin Castañeda
Fatima Tobar
Women's Sabre Team Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 25–45
Did not advance8

Gymnastics

El Salvador qualified one male gymnast. [6] Pablo Velasquez originally was the first reserve after qualification but later competed in the final.

Artistic
Men
Individual Qualification
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
FPHRVPBHBFPHRVPBHB
Pablo Velasquez Qualification 12.20012.30012.30012.90011.35010.85071.90028 R12.40012.15011.40013.85011.15010.95071.90020

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Judo

El Salvador qualified a team of four judokas (three men and one woman). [7] However, they did not register the female athlete for the competition.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Gustavo Lopez Aguilera −66 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Charles Chibana  (BRA)
L 000–100
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Wander Mateo  (DOM)
L 000–100
Did not advance7
Juan Rosa −73 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Alex William Pombo Silva  (BRA)
L 000–100
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Fernando Ibañez  (ECU)
L 000S3–001S2
Did not advance7
Juan Diego Turcios −81 kg Flag of Colombia.svg  Pedro Castro  (COL)
L 001S3–000S2
Did not advance

Karate

El Salvador qualified 1 athlete. Jorge Merino had the country's highest placement, a silver medal finish.

AthleteEventRound RobinSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jorge Merino Men's –84 kg Flag of Venezuela.svg  Cesar Herrera  (VEN)
L 0–1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sarmen Sinani  (CAN)
W 6–1
Flag of Chile.svg  Jorge Acevedo  (CHI)
W 3–1
2Flag of Ecuador.svg  Andres Loor  (ECU)
W 2–0
Flag of Argentina.svg  Miguel Amargós  (ARG)
L 1–3
Silver medal icon.svg

Roller sports

El Salvador qualified one male and one female roller skater.

Speed
AthleteEventSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTime/PointsRank
Odir Miranda Men's 200 m time trial 17.73810
Men's 500 m 41.1976Did not advance
Men's 10,000 m points race Did not finish
Judith Lopez Women's 200 m time trial 20.32510
Women's 10,000 m points race Did not finish

Rowing

El Salvador qualified 3 boats and four athletes (one male and three female).

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Gerson Hernandez Men's Single Sculls 7.37.475 R7.47.064 FB8:32.2610
Jessica Hernandez Women's Single Sculls 8:28.064 R9:04.265 FB8:08.687
Adriana Escobar
Karla Calvo
Women's Lwt Double Sculls 7:57.813 R8:00.975 FB7:23.838

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

Sailing

El Salvador qualified one sailor. [8]

AthleteEventRaceNet
Points
Final
Rank
123456789101112M*
Enrique Arathoon Laser 859(13)791312119111110511

Shooting

El Salvador qualified 9 shooters (six male and three female). [9]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Andres Amador Skeet 8726Did not advance
Trap Did not start
Hermes Barahona 25 metre rapid fire pistol 536-11x14Did not advance
10 metre air pistol 556-10x24Did not advance
Antonio Ferracuti Skeet Did not start
Trap 5429Did not advance
Israel Gutierrez 50 metre rifle three positions 1113-29x19Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone 606.424Did not advance
10 metre air rifle 607.014Did not advance
Jorge Pimentel 50 metre pistol 503-03x25Did not advance
10 metre air pistol 560-15x19Did not advance
Oliser Zelaya 50 metre rifle three positions 1118-31x18Did not advance
50 metre rifle prone 599.927Did not advance
10 metre air rifle 601.919Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Lilian Castro 25 metre pistol 539-04x19Did not advance
10 metre air pistol 371-08x6 Q172.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Johana Pineda 50 metre rifle three positions 565-18x16Did not advance
10 metre air rifle 401.220Did not advance
Ana Ramirez 50 metre rifle three positions 581-21x2 Q393.27
10 metre air rifle 413.32 Q100.37

Swimming

El Salvador qualified four swimmers (two men and two women).

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Marcelo Acosta Men's 100 m freestyle 53.4021Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:51.7714 QB1:50.9511
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:54.8313 QB3:51.129
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:16.264
Rafael Alfaro Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.5017Did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:21.0518Did not advance
Men's 200 metre individual medley 2:03.8910 QB2:02.559
Men's 400 metre individual medley 4:29.8113 QB4:27.4013
Rebeca Quinteros Women's 200 m freestyle 2:05.2613 QB2:06.1916
Women's 400 m freestyle 4:29.1916 QB4:27.8915
Women's 800 m freestyle 9:07.9814
Fatima Flores Guzman Women's 10 km open water 2:14:15.014

Taekwondo

El Salvador received a wildcard to enter one female athlete. [10]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vanessa Vazquez Women's -57kg Flag of Mexico.svg  Paulina Armeria  (MEX)
L 2–3
Did not advanceFlag of Argentina.svg  Celina Proffen  (ARG)
L 1–5
Did not advance7

Tennis

El Salvador qualified one athlete in the men's singles event. [11]

Men
AthleteEventFirst roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Marcelo Arévalo Singles ByeFlag of Paraguay.svg Galeano (PAR)
L (5–7, 3–6)
Did not advance

Weightlifting

El Salvador qualified one male and one female weightlifter. [12] [13]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Julio Salamanca Men's 62 kg 120415542754
Genesis Murcia Women's 48 kg 7098881588

Wrestling

El Salvador received one wildcard.

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Luis Portillo 65 kg Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Mendieta  (NCA)
W 10–0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Garcia  (CAN)
L 0–8
Did not advance

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brazil at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Brazil competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Hamilton, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. The Brazilian Olympic Committee selected a team of 590 athletes, 314 men and 276 women. This is the 17th appearance of the country in the Pan American Games. The goal of the Brazilian Olympic Committee is to finish among top 3 countries on total medals, as part of preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, and to surpass the number of medals of Guadalajara (141). Women's field hockey, baseball, racquetball and speed skating competitions will be the only sports without Brazilian representation at these games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Argentina at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Argentina competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015. On June 1, 2015, track cyclist and former Olympic gold medalist Walter Pérez was named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aruba at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Aruba competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chile at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Chile competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colombia at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Colombia competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from 10 July to 26 July 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Costa Rica at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Costa Rica competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Ecuador competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guatemala at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Guatemala competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Honduras at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Honduras competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mexico at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Mexico competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicaragua at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dominican Republic at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

The Dominican Republic competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. The country had 250 athletes in 26 sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Puerto Rico at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Puerto Rico competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015. Unlike the 2011 Pan American games, Puerto Rico did not perform well, earning only 1 gold and silver each, and 13 bronze medals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peru at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Peru competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Panama at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Panama competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trinidad and Tobago at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Trinidad and Tobago competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

The United States competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uruguay at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Uruguayan participation at the Pan American Games

Uruguay competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venezuela at the 2015 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

Venezuela competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">El Salvador at the 2019 Pan American Games</span> Sporting event delegation

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

References

  1. "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". TO2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. "Marcelo Acosta será el abanderado en Panamericanos de Toronto" [Marcelo Acosta will be the flagbearer in Pan American Games] (in Spanish). La Prensa Grafica. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. "Places allocated for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games" (PDF). World Archery Americas. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. "Toronto 2015 – Badminton Competition – Spot Allocation". Badminton Pan Am. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original (xls) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  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. "Países clasificnados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Masculina" [Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Men's Artistic Gymnastics](PDF) (in Spanish). Pan American Gymnastics Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. "Pan American Judo Rankings" (PDF). Pan American Judo Confederation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. "Status of NOC Qualification - 2015 Pan American Games Sailing Competition" (PDF). Pan American Sailing Federation. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  9. "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.
  10. Korram, Alex (20 March 2015). "Wild Cards for Toronto 2015". Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  11. "2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  12. "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.
  13. "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.