Grenada at the 2019 Pan American Games

Grenada at the 2019 Pan American Games
IOC code	GRN
NOC	Grenada Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org/grenada
in Lima, Peru 26 July–11 August, 2019
Competitors	11 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Anderson Peters (opening)
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Grenada competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

On July 16, 2019 the Grenada Olympic Committee announced a team of 11 athletes (seven men and four women) in three sports (athletics, swimming and tennis). ^{[3] [4]} The team will also consist of seven officials. ^{[5] [6]}

During the opening ceremony of the games, javelin thrower Anderson Peters carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations. ^[7] Peters would later go on to win the country's first ever Pan American Games gold medal. ^{[8] [9]}

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	6	2	8
Swimming	1	1	2
Tennis	0	1	1
Total	7	4	11

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anderson Peters	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	August 10
Silver	Lindon Victor	Athletics	Men's decathlon	August 7

Athletics (track and field)

Lindon Victor took silver in the decathlon

Main articles: Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Grenada qualified eight track and field athletes (six men and two women). ^[3] The team won two medals, with Anderson Peters picking up gold in the javelin throw, and Lindon Victor picking up silver in the decathlon. ^{[10] [11]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• NR = National record
• GR = Games record
• DNF = Did not finish
• DNS = Did not start
• NM = No mark

Track

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bralon Taplin	Men's 400 m	45.38	4 Q	46.01	8
Halle Hazzard	Women's 100 m	11.70	12	did not advance
	Women's 200 m	24.03	17	did not advance
Kanika Beckles	Women's 200 m	23.99	16	did not advance
	Women's 400 m	54.64	16	did not advance

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Josh Boateng	Discus throw	56.92	7
Markim Felix	Javelin throw	77.18	5
Anderson Peters		87.31 GR , NR

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Kurt Felix	Result	11.40	NM	NM	NM	DNS						DNF	DNF
	Points	774	0	0	0	DNF
Lindon Victor	Result	10.82	7.39	15.04	2.00	49.28	15.01	50.83	4.90	62.26	4:53.15	8240
	Points	901	908	792	803	848	848	888	880	772	600

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Grenada received two universality spots in swimming to enter one man and one woman. ^{[12] [3]}

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Delron Felix	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.84	30	did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.46	26	did not advance
Kimberly Ince	Women's 50 m freestyle	28.72	26	did not advance
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:10.48	23	did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Grenada received one wild card to enter one female tennis player. ^[3]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Akilah James	Singles	Schaefer  (PER) L 5–7, 5–7	did not advance

See also

• Grenada at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

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