Guyana at the 2023 Pan American Games

Guyana at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	GUY
NOC	Guyana Olympic Association
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	19 in 8 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Desmond Amsterdam & Priyanna Ramdhani
Flag bearer (closing)	Leslain Baird
Medals Ranked =25th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Guyana is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Guyana's 17th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the third edition in 1959.

On October 14, a final team of 19 athletes competing in eight sports was announced by the Guyana Olympic Association. ^{[1] [a]} Boxer Desmond Amsterdam and badminton athlete Priyanna Ramdhani were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[2] Meanwhile, javelin thrower Leslain Baird was the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of the number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	2	3	5
Badminton	0	1	1
Boxing	4	1	5
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Total	10	9	19

Medallists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jasmine Abrams	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	October 31
Bronze	Emanuel Archibald	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	October 31
Bronze	Leslain Baird	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	November 4

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana qualified one archer during the 2023 Copa Merengue. ^{[3] [4]} This will mark the country's Pan American Games debut in the sport. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Devin Permaul	Individual recurve	611	29	Enríquez  (COL) L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana qualified five track and field athletes (two men and three women). ^[1]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• GR = Games record
• PB = Personal best
• NM = No mark
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emanuel Archibald	Men's 100 m	10.35	3 q	10.31
	Men's 200 m	21.08	5 q	21.38	8
Jasmine Abrams	Women's 100 m	11.60	2 Q	11.52
Keliza Smith		11.78	14	Did not advance
Aliyah Abrams	Women's 400 m	51.82	2 Q	52.66	5

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Leslain Baird	Men's javelin throw	78.23

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana qualified one female athlete. ^{[6] [7]}

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Priyanna Ramdhani	Singles	Bye	Vieira  (BRA) L 6–21, 0–11RET	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana qualified two male boxers, both of whom qualified through the final Pan American Games qualifier held in Cali, Colombia. ^{[8] [9]} The boxing event was an open entry event, which allowed Guyana to enter a further two male and one female boxers. ^{[1] [10]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keevin Allicock	Men's 57 kg	—	Ibarguen  (PAN) WRSC R2	Harvey  (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Joel Williamson	Men's –63.5 kg	Bye	de la Cruz  (DOM) L 0–5	Did not advance
Desmond Amsterdam	Men's 80 kg	—	Buonarrigo  (ARG) L 0–5	Did not advance
Emmanuel Pompey	Men's 92 kg	—	Aska  (ANT) L1–4	Did not advance
Alesha Jackman	Women's 66 kg	—	Pérez  (ARG) LRSC R3	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana qualified two swimmers (one per gender). ^[1]

Men

• Raekwon Noel

Women

• Aleka Persaud

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Table tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana qualified one male table tennis athlete at the final qualification tournament in Lima, Peru. ^{[11] [12]} Guyana would be later awarded a wildcard in the women's singles event, bringing the team size up to two athletes (one per gender). ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shemar Britton	Men's singles	Campos  (CUB) L 1–4 (4–11, 8–11, 8–11, 11–6, 3–11)	Did not advance
Chelsea Edghill	Women's singles	Silva  (MEX) L 0–4 (4–11, 6–11, 4–11, 8–11)	Did not advance
Shemar Britton Chelsea Edghill	Mixed doubles	Enriquez / Gatica  (EAI) L 1–4 (8–11, 7–11, 8–11, 11–7, 8–11)	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana qualified one female athlete during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. ^{[17] [18]}

Kyorugi

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ceili Peterson	–49 kg	Sancho  (CRC) L 1–2	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Guyana was awarded a wildcard to send one male weightlifter. ^[19] Guyana later received an additional quota for a women's weightlifter, meaning the team size was two athletes (one man and one woman). ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shammah Noel	Men's 89 kg	100	14	145	14	245	14
Krystol Chanderban	Women's 59 kg	65	16	78	15	143	15

Demonstration sports

Esports

Main article: Esports at the 2023 Pan American Games

Guyana qualified one female athlete. This athlete is not included in the total, because esports is a demonstration sport.

Women

• Hemchandra Persaud

See also

• Guyana at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Guyana at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

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