# Guyana at the 2023 Pan American Games

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. Boxer Desmond Amsterdam and badminton athlete Priyanna Ramdhani were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. 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.
| 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

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

Guyana qualified one archer during the 2023 Copa Merengue. This will mark the country's Pan American Games debut in the sport.

### Men

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

## Athletics

Guyana qualified five track and field athletes (two men and three women).

### 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Emanuel Archibald | Men's 100 m | 10.35 | 3 q | 10.31 | |
| Emanuel Archibald | 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 | Women's 100 m | 11.78 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | 51.82 | 2 Q | 52.66 | 5 |

### Field event

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

## Badminton

Guyana qualified one female athlete.

### Women

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

## Boxing

Guyana qualified two male boxers, both of whom qualified through the final Pan American Games qualifier held in Cali, Colombia. The boxing event was an open entry event, which allowed Guyana to enter a further two male and one female boxers.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Keevin Allicock | Men's 57 kg | — | Ibarguen (PAN) W RSC R2 | Harvey (USA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joel Williamson | Men's –63.5 kg | Bye | de la Cruz (DOM) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Desmond Amsterdam | Men's 80 kg | — | Buonarrigo (ARG) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emmanuel Pompey | Men's 92 kg | — | Aska (ANT) L1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alesha Jackman | Women's 66 kg | — | Pérez (ARG) L RSC R3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Guyana qualified two swimmers (one per gender).

### Men

* Raekwon Noel

### Women

* Aleka Persaud

## Table tennis

Guyana qualified one male table tennis athlete at the final qualification tournament in Lima, Peru. Guyana would be later awarded a wildcard in the women's singles event, bringing the team size up to two athletes (one per gender).
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chelsea Edghill | Women's singles | Silva (MEX) L 0–4 (4–11, 6–11, 4–11, 8–11) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Guyana qualified one female athlete during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.
Kyorugi

### Women

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

## Weightlifting

Guyana was awarded a wildcard to send one male weightlifter. Guyana later received an additional quota for a women's weightlifter, meaning the team size was two athletes (one man and one woman).
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | 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

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

#### Women

* Hemchandra Persaud