# Panama at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Panama competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Panama's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.
Paralympic shooter Arístides Guevara and parathlete Keitly Escobar were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

## Medalists

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Rey Dimas Vasques | Powerlifting | Men's 72 kg | November 18 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Boccia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 17 | 5 | 22 |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men
   ### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jhan Carlos Wisdom | 400 m T20 | 49.17 | 3 Q | 49.02 | 5 |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Ruben Alfredo Pitti | Long jump T20 | 4.84 | 8 |
| Juan Carlos Caballero | Shot put F11 | 8.94 | 7 |
| Roger Abdiel Saavedra | Shot put F11 | 10.91 | 4 |
| Gertrudis Ortega | Shot put F32/F33/F34 | 8.36 | 4 |
| Francisco Cedeño | Shot put F55 | 9.93 | 4 |
| Ruben Adriano Lansiquot | Shot put F55 | 8.73 | 6 |
| Juan Carlos Caballero | Discus throw F11 | 28.32 | 5 |
| Cristofer Murillo | Discus throw F56 | 35.21 | 4 |
| Ruben Adriano Lansiquot | Javelin throw F55 | 20.39 | 5 |

### Women
   ### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Nataly Bermudez | 100 m T47 | 15.17 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nataly Bermudez | 200 m T47 | 32.05 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Keitly Escobar | 400 m T20 | — | — | 1:06.82 | 8 |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Evelyn Ismenia de Leon | Javelin throw F54 | 8.10 | 6 |

## Boccia
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Pool matches | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Teresa Urriola | Individual BC4 | Chica (COL) L 0–15 | Manuel (MEX) L 0–11 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| José Luis Martínez | Time trial B | 33:35.62 | 5 |
| José Luis Martínez | Road race B | –1 LAP | 4 |
| Maximo Poveda | Time trial C1–5 | 34:07.33 | 24 |
| Maximo Poveda | Road race C4–5 | –1 LAP | 10 |

## Powerlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| Rey Dimas Vasques | –72 kg | 194 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| Claudia Chen Laffo | –86 kg & +86 kg | 67.8 | 8 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Arístides Guevara | P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1 | 541 | 6 Q | 121.6 | 7 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Arístides Guevara | P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 | 515 | 2 Q | 163.7 | 4 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Benito Perlaza | 50 m freestyle S7 | 37.24 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Benito Perlaza | 50 m butterfly S6 | 41.73 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Urrunaga | 50 m freestyle S9 | 31.91 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Visuete | 100 m breaststroke SB4 | — | — | 3:18.26 | 4 |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Francisco Córdoba | Singles C7 | Kaniuka (ARG) L 0–3 | Castro (COL) L 0–3 | Salmin (BRA) L 0–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julio Jesús Evans | Singles C7 | Castro (MEX) L 0–3 | Martinez (ARG) L 0–3 | Vargas (COL) L 0–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francisco Córdoba Julio Jesús Evans | Doubles C14 | Pino / Torres (CHI) L 0–3 | Makkar / Seidenfeld (USA) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |