# Costa Rica at the 2023 Pan American Games

Costa Rica is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Costa Rica's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games except 1963.
Racquetball athlete Andrés Acuña and taekwondo athlete Nishy Lee Lindo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, track athlete Andrea Vargas was the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

## Medalists

The following Costa Rican competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Andrea Vargas | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles | November 1 |
| Silver | Jennifer Kalmbach | Surfing | Women's SUP race | October 30 |
| Bronze | Andrés Acuña Gabriel Garcia | Racquetball | Men's doubles | October 23 |
| Bronze | Maricruz Ortiz | Racquetball | Women's singles | October 23 |
| Bronze | Leilani McGonagle | Surfing | Women's shortboard | October 30 |
| Bronze | Lia Reyes Días | Surfing | Women's longboard | October 30 |
| Bronze | Marco Moretti Juan Rodríguez | Bowling | Men's doubles | November 2 |
| Bronze | Daniela Rojas | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles | November 3 |
| Bronze | Marco Moretti | Bowling | Men's singles | November 5 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | — | 2 | 2 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Basque pelota | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Cycling | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Football | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Racquetball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Roller sports | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Surfing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 22 | 47 | 69 |

## Artistic swimming

Costa Rica qualified a team of two artistic swimmers at the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.
| Athlete | Event | Technical Routine | Technical Routine | Free Routine (Final) | Free Routine (Final) | Free Routine (Final) | Free Routine (Final) |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total Points | Rank |
| Andrea Maroto Raquel Zuñiga | Women's duet | | | | | | |

## Badminton

Costa Rica qualified one male athlete.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Gianpiero Cavallotti | Singles | Henry Huebla Leon (ECU) | | | | | |

## Basque pelota

Costa Rica qualified a female pelotari through the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Rank | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| María Fernanda Araya | Frontball | | | | | | | | |

## Boxing

Costa Rica qualified four female boxers.
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Valeria Cárdenas | Women's –50 kg | | | | |
| Nicole Barrantes | Women's –54 kg | | | | |
| Pamela Sánchez | Women's –60 kg | | | | |
| Nicole Vega | Women's –66 kg | | | | |

## Cycling

Costa Rica qualified a total of 10 cyclists (six men and four women).

### BMX
#### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kenneth Tencio | Men | | | | |

### Mountain biking

Costa Rica qualified 4 athletes at the 2023 Pan American Championships.
| Athlete | Event |
| Jonathan Quesada | Men's Cross-country |
| Paolo Montoya | Men's Cross-country |
| Adriana Rojas | Women's Cross-country |
| Isabella Gómez | Women's Cross-country |

### Road

Costa Rica qualified 1 road cyclist after winning the event in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Costa Rica qualified 1 cyclist at the Central American Championships. Costa Rica also qualified 3 cyclists at the Pan American Championships.
| Athlete | Event |
| Gabriel Rojas | Men's road race |
| Jason Huertas | Men's road race |
| Sebastián Brenes | Men's road race |
| Milagro Mena | Women's road race |
| Yendry Quesada | Women's road race |

### Track

Costa Rica qualified a female track cyclist.

#### Sprint

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

## Football
### Women's tournament

Costa Rica qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing as the top ranked Central American team at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.

#### Summary

Key:
* A.E.T – After extra time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Costa Rica women's | Women's tournament | | | | | | | |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Costa Rica qualified three gymnasts in artistic (one man and two women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| | Individual all-around | | | | | | | | |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| | Individual all-around | | | | | | |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

### Rhythmic

Costa Rica qualified one individual gymnast.

#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Ball | Clubs | Hoop | Ribbon | Score | Rank |
| | All-around | | | | | | |
| | Ball | | — | — | — | | |
| | Clubs | — | | — | — | | |
| | Hoop | — | — | | — | | |
| | Ribbon | — | — | — | | | |

## Judo

Costa Rica has qualified 2 judokas (one man and one woman).
| 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 |
| | Men's 60 kg | | | | | | |
| | Women's 70 kg | | | | | | |

## Racquetball

Costa Rica qualified four racquetball athletes (two men and two women).
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Andrés Acuña | Men's singles | | | | | | | | | |
| Gabriel García | Men's singles | | | | | | | | | |
| Andrés Acuña Gabriel García | Men's doubles | | | | | | | | | |
| Andrés Acuña Gabriel García | Men's team | — | — | — | — | | | | | |
| Maricruz Ortíz | Women's singles | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimena Gómez | Women's singles | | | | | | | | | |
| Maricruz Ortíz Jimena Gómez | Women's doubles | | | | | | | | | |
| Maricruz Ortíz Jimena Gómez | Women's team | — | — | — | — | | | | | |
| Andrés Acuña Maricruz Ortíz | Mixed doubles | | | | | | | | | |

## Roller sports
### Speed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marlon Oreamuno | Men's 200 m time trial | | | | | | |
| Marlon Oreamuno | Men's 500 m | | | | | | |
| Sebastián Cordero | Men's 1000 m sprint | | | | | | |
| Sebastián Cordero | Men's 10,000 m elimination | — | — | | | | |

## Rowing

Costa Rica qualified a female rower.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| | Single sculls | | | | | | | | |

## Surfing

Costa Rica qualified eight surfers (four men and four women).

### Artistic

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Repechage 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Oscar Urbina | Men's shortboard | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leilani McGonagle | Women's shortboard | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nataly Bernold | Women's shortboard | | | | | | | | | | | |
| José Ruíz Avilés | Men's stand up paddleboard | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anthony Flores | Men's Longboard | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lia Reyes Díaz | Women's Longboard | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Race

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Carlo Arias | Men's stand up paddleboard | | |
| Jennifer Kalmbach | Women's stand up paddleboard | | |

## Taekwondo

Costa Rica qualified 3 athletes (one man and two women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.
Kyorugi
| 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 |
| | –80 kg | | | | | | |
| | –49 kg | | | | | | |
| | –57 kg | | | | | | |

## Triathlon

Costa Rica qualified a triathlon team of three athletes (one man and two women).
| Athlete | Event |
| Álvaro Campos | Men's individual |
| Catalina Torres | Women's individual |
| Raquel Solís | Women's individual |

## Weightlifting

Costa Rica qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |

## Wrestling

Costa Rica qualified one male wrestler (Freestyle 97 kg) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.
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 | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Maxwell Lacey | Freestyle 97 kg | | | | |