# El Salvador at the 2023 Parapan American Games

El Salvador competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This is El Salvador's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.
Powerlifter Herbert Aceituno and boccia player Rebeca Duarte 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 |
| Gold | Herbert Aceituno | Powerlifting | Men's 59 kg | November 18 |
| Silver | Rebeca Duarte | Boccia | Women's individual BC2 | November 22 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Boccia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Wheelchair basketball | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Total | 9 | 13 | 22 |

## Archery
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ever Lemus | Individual compound open | 578 | 12 | Correa (COL) L 115–144 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 |
| David Pleitez | 100 m T37 | — | — | 12.72 | 5 |
| David Pleitez | 200 m T37 | — | — | 25.87 | 6 |
| David Pleitez | 400 m T37 | — | — | 1:00.75 | 4 |
| Gerber Ayala | 100 m T47 | 12.35 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gerber Ayala | 400 m T47 | — | — | 55.58 | 6 |

### Women
   ### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sandra Flores | 100 m T13 | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Sandra Flores | 400 m T13 | — | — | 1:11.54 | 4 |
| Lucia Quijada | 100 m T35 | — | — | 19.50 | 5 |
| Lucia Quijada | 200 m T35 | — | — | 41.37 | 5 |
| Norma Salinas | 100 m T37 | — | — | 15.58 | 7 |
| Norma Salinas | 200 m T37 | — | — | 32.34 | 6 |

## Boccia
### Men

| 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 |
| Mário Sayes | Individual BC2 | Santos (BRA) L 0–16 | Aquino (ARG) W 8–0 | 2 Q | Silva (BRA) W 5–4 | Allard (CAN) L 1–7 | Bronze medal final Cristaldo (ARG) L 2–5 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Pool matches | Pool matches | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rebeca Duarte | Individual BC2 | Lynch (USA) W 7–2 | Leon (ECU) W 7–2 | 1 Q | Collins (CAN) W 5–0 | Martínez (MEX) L 3–7 | |

## Powerlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| Herbert Aceituno | –59 kg | 192 | |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Josué Angel | 50 m freestyle S7 | 36.24 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Josué Angel | 50 m butterfly S6 | 38.72 | 8 Q | 38.86 | 8 |
| Josué Angel | 200 m individual medley SM6 | 3:25.86 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Javier Cordova | Singles C8 | Manara (BRA) L 0–3 | Barrientos (ARG) L 1–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Melvin Muñoz | Singles C10 | Puerto (COL) L 0–3 | Sarfaraz (GUY) W 3–0 | 2 Q | — | Echaveguren (CHI) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Josué Regalado | Singles C10 | Massad (BRA) L 0–3 | Vasquez (USA) L 1–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Cordova Melvin Muñoz | Doubles C18 | — | — | — | Neira / Pérez (ARG) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Josselyn Miranda | Singles C4–5 | Leonelli (CHI) L 0–3 | Rolph (USA) L 0–3 | Kuell (ARG) L 0–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ashley Rivera | Singles C8 | Kelmer (BRA) L 0–3 | Araya (CRC) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Javier Cordova Ashley Rivera | Doubles C14–17 | Vargas / Mazuera (COL) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wheelchair basketball
### Summary

| 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 |
| El Salvador women's | Women's tournament | Colombia L 25–68 | Canada L 17–69 | Brazil L 9–78 | 4 | 5th–8th place classification Peru L 19–48 | Seventh place match Chile L 28–46 | 8 |