Jamaica at the 2023 Pan American Games

Jamaica at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	58 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Samuel Ricketts & Tyesha Mattis
Flag bearer (closing)	Tahjay Solomon
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 5 Total 6
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Jamaica is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Jamaica's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games.

Badminton athlete Samuel Ricketts and artistic gymnast Tyesha Mattis were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^[1] Meanwhile, e-sports athlete Tahjay Solomon (competing as part of the concurrent Pan American e-sports championships) was the country's flagbearer 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	15	15	30
Badminton	2	2	4
Basketball	0	4	4
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	0	2	2
Football	0	18	18
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	20	40	60

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jaheel Hyde	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	November 3
Bronze	Dahlia Palmer	Cycling	Women's keirin	October 25
Bronze	Fedrick Dacres	Athletics	Men's discus throw	October 30
Bronze	Samantha Hall	Athletics	Women's discus throw	October 30
Bronze	Aaron Johnson	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg	November 1
Bronze	Navasky Anderson	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	November 4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games

Jamaica Athletics squad list was delayed, since many of their top athletes recently ended their season. However a few field athletes participate in the Games ^[2]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jaheel Hyde	400 m hurdles [3]

Badminton

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

Jamaica qualified a team of four athletes (two men and two women). ^{[4] [5]}

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bradley Evans	Singles	Opti  (SUR)
Samuel Ricketts		Garrido  (MEX)
Bradley Evans Samuel Ricketts	Doubles	Fabricio Farias  (BRA)   Davi Silva  (BRA)	—

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
Tahila Richardson	Singles	Bye
Katherine Wynter		Siviora  (BOL)
Tahila Richardson Katherine Wynter	Doubles	Astorga Camila  (CHI)   Santos Valeria  (CHI)	—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Samuel Ricketts Tahlia Richardson	Doubles	Bye
Bradley Evans Katherine Wynter		Juan Bencomo Otaño  (CUB)   Yeily Ortiz Rodriguez  (CUB)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games

3x3

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 3x3 tournament

Jamaica qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing fifth at the 2022 FIBA 3x3 Americup.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jamaica women	Women's tournament

Boxing

See also: Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Jamaica qualified two male boxers.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sanji Williams	Men's –63.5 kg
Jaden Eccleston	Men's –80 kg

Canoeing

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

Slalom

Jamaica qualified a male slalom athlete. ^{[6] [7]}

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round			Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Soloman Maragh	Men's K-1				—

Cycling

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

Jamaica qualified two female cyclists. ^[8]

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Women's individual

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank
Dahlia Palmer	Women's			Bronze

Football

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Jamaica qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing as the top ranked Caribbean team at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. ^[9]

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jamaica women's	Women's tournament

Gymnastics

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

Artistic

Jamaica qualified two gymnasts in artistic (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
	Individual all-around

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
	Individual all-around

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Jamaica qualified a men's team (of 12 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2022 RAN Super Sevens. ^[10]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jamaica men	Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Jamaica qualified a women's team (of 12 athletes) by reaching the final of the 2022 RAN Women's Super Sevens ^[10]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jamaica women	Women's tournament

Taekwondo

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

Jamaica has qualified one male athlete during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament. ^[11]

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	–80 kg

Weightlifting

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

Jamaica was awarded a wildcard to send one female weightlifter. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank

Wrestling

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

Jamaica qualified a male wrestler through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships. ^[13]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• VA – Decision by withdrawal

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aaron Johnson	Freestyle 125 kg				Bronze

References

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