# El Salvador at the 2023 Pan American Games

El Salvador competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was El Salvador's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games.
On 5 October 2023, the El Salvador Olympic Committee officially named the team of 80 athletes (35 men and 45 women) competing in 23 sports (e-sports total of 1 is not included).
Surfers Amado de Jesús Alvarado and Sindy Portillo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, archer Roberto Hernández and roller speed skater Ivonne Nochez were the country's flagbearers 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 |
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Artistic swimming | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Basketball | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Bowling | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Karate | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Roller sports | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Surfing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 46 | 81 |

## Medalists

The following Salvadoran competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Roberto Hernández Douglas Nolasco | Archery | Men's team compound | November 4 |
| Silver | Ivonne Nóchez | Roller sport | Women's 200 metres time-trial | November 4 |
| Bronze | Jorge Merino | Karate | Men's 84 kg | October 23 |
| Bronze | Uriel Canjura | Badminton | Men's singles | October 24 |

## Archery

El Salvador qualified four archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships. El Salvador also qualified two archers during the 2023 Copa Merengue.

### 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 |
| Oscar Guillén | Individual recurve | | | | | | | | |
| Douglas Nolasco | Individual compound | | | | | | | | |
| Roberto Hernández | Individual compound | | | | | | | | |
| Douglas Nolasco Roberto Hernández | Team compound | | | — | — | | | | |

### Women

| 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 |
| Marcela Cortez | Individual recurve | | | | | | | | |
| Paola Corado | Individual compound | | | | | | | | |
| Sofía Paiz | Individual compound | | | | | | | | |
| Paola Corado Sofía Paiz | Team compound | | | — | — | | | | |

### Mixed

| 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 |
| Oscar Guillén Marcela Cortez | Team recurve | | | — | — | | | | |
| | Team compound | | | — | — | | | | |

## Artistic swimming

El Salvador qualified a full team of nine artistic swimmers after finishing third in 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 |
| Cesia Castaneda Grecia Mendoza | Women's duet | | | | | | |
| Andrea Mercado Brigitte Guadrón Cesia Castaneda Daira Sánchez Gabriela Magaña Gabriela Mercado Gabriela Moran Grecia Mendoza María Argueta | Women's team | | | | | | |

## Athletics

El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).

### Men

* Pablo Ibáñez

### Women

* Nancy Sandoval

## Badminton

El Salvador qualified a team of six athletes (three men and three women).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Uriel Canjura | Singles | Job Castillo (MEX) | | | | | |
| Manuel Mejía | Singles | Yonatan Linarez (DOM) | | | | | |
| Javier Alas | Singles | Nicolas Oliva (ARG) | | | | | |
| Javier Alas Manuel Mejía | Men's doubles | Vinson Chiu (USA) Joshua Yuan (USA) | — | | | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Daniela Hernández | Singles | Bye | Chequeda De Boulet (TRI) | | | | |
| Fátima Centeno | Singles | Bye | Haramara Gaitan (MEX) | | | | |
| Gabriela Barrios | Singles | Ailen Oliva (ARG) | | | | | |
| Fátima Centeno Daniela Hernández | Women's doubles | Ines Castillo Salazar (PER) Paula La Torre Regal (PER) | — | | | |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Manuel Mejia Gabriela Barrios | Mixed doubles | Henry Huebla Leon (ECU) Maria Delia Zambrano (ECU) | | | | | |
| Javier Armando Alas Fátima Centeno | Mixed doubles | Jose Guevara (PER) Ines Castillo Salazar (PER) | | | | | |

## Basketball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| El Salvador men | Men's tournament | | | | | | | | | |
| El Salvador women | Women's tournament | | | | | | | | | |

### Men's tournament

El Salvador qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.

#### Roster

* Emilio Abullarade
* Kevin Campos
* Pablo Figueroa
* William Merino

### Women's tournament

El Salvador qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.

#### Roster

* Adriana Rivas
* Camila Lima
* Laura Rivas
* Paola Campos

## Bowling

El Salvador qualified a team of two women through the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Qualification / Final | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Block 2 | Total | Rank | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | Total | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Grand total | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Eugenia Quintanilla | Women's singles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roxana Fajardo | Women's singles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eugenia Quintanilla Roxana Fajardo | Women's doubles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Boxing

El Salvador qualified one male boxer.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Samuel Contreras | –63.5 kg | | | | |

## Equestrian

El Salvador qualified one individual rider in Show-Jumping.

### Show Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Total | Total | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank |
| Juan Manuel Bolanos Barrios | Zilouet Mystic Rose | Individual | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

El Salvador qualified two gymnasts in artistic (one man and one woman) 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 |
| Pablo Velásquez | 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 |
| Alexa Grande | Individual all-around | | | | | | |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

## Judo

El Salvador qualified two male judokas.

### Men

| 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 |
| Jairo Moreno | −60 kg | | | | | | |
| Gustavo López | −81 kg | | | | | | |

## Karate

El Salvador qualified a team of 2 karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship.

### Kumite

| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jorge Merino | Men's −84 kg | | | | | | | |
| Gabriella Izaguirre | Women's −50 kg | | | | | | | |

## Roller sports

El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).

### Speed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marvin Gómez | Men's 200 m time trial | | | | | | |
| Marvin Gómez | Men's 1000 m sprint | | | | | | |
| Ivonne Nóchez | Women's 200 m time trial | | | | | | |
| Ivonne Nóchez | Women's 500 m + distance | | | | | | |
| Ivonne Nóchez | Women's 1000 m sprint | | | | | | |

## Rowing

El Salvador qualified a team of 2 athletes (one per gender).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final A/B | Final A/B |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Roberto López | Men's Single sculls | | | | | | | | |
| Adriana Escobar | Women's Single sculls | | | | | | | | |

## Sailing

El Salvador qualified 2 boats for a total of 2 sailors.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M | Points | Rank |
| Enrique Arathoon | Laser | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | | | |
| Darling Alfaro | Laser radial | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | | | |

## Shooting

El Salvador qualified a total of nine shooters (five men and four women).

### Men

* Diego Santamaría
* Israel Gutiérrez
* Jorge Muñoz
* Jorge Pimentel
* José Gutiérrez

### Women

* Frida Sibrian
* Johanna Pineda
* Milena Morales
* Ana Ramírez

## Surfing

El Salvador qualified three surfers (one man and two 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 |
| Josselyn Alabí | Women's stand up paddleboard | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Amado Alvarado | Men's Longboard | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sindy Portillo | Women's Longboard | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Swimming

El Salvador qualified 11 athletes (five men and six women).

### Men

* Diego Alvarado
* Elías Segovia
* Nixon Hernández
* José Campo
* Xavier Ventura

### Women

* Celina Márquez
* Elisa Funes
* Fátima Portillo
* Isabella Alas
* Marina Espadoni
* Ariana Valle

## Table tennis

El Salvador qualified two table tennis players (one per gender) after receiving an invitation from ITTF America.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | First round | Second round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Diego Orantes | Men's singles | — | — | — | — | — | | | | |
| Gabriela Suárez | Women's singles | — | — | — | — | — | | | | |
| Diego Orantes Gabriela Suárez | Mixed doubles | — | — | — | — | — | | | | |

## Taekwondo

El Salvador 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 |
| Alisson Montaño | –57 kg | | | | | | |

## Tennis

El Salvador qualified a female tennis player.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Valentina Cruz | Singles | | | | | | | |

## Volleyball
### Beach

El Salvador qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Armando Guatemala Frankin Flores | Men's | | | | | Bye | | | | |
| Laura Molina Nadia Soler | Women's | | | | | Bye | | | | |

## Weightlifting

El Salvador qualified two weightlifters (one per gender).
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ramón Cruz | | | | | | | |
| Victoria Grenni | | | | | | | |

## Wrestling

El Salvador qualified a female wrestler after receiving a wild card.
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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jacqueline Hernández | 57 kg | | | | |

## Demonstration Sports
### E-sports

El Salvador qualified a male athlete.

#### Men

* Obed Henríquez