# Nicaragua at the 2015 Pan American Games

Nicaragua competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10-26, 2015.
Baseball player Darrel Campbell Lewis was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.

## Competitors

The following table lists Nicaragua's delegation per sport and gender.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Baseball | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Beach volleyball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Boxing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Rowing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 40 | 9 | 49 |

## Athletics

Nicaragua entered two track and field athletes (one male and one female).

### Key

* Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
* NM – No mark

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Erick Rodríguez | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 9:25.90 | 11 |

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position |
| Dalila Rugama | Women's javelin throw | NM | NM |

## Baseball

Nicaragua qualified a men's baseball team of 24 athletes.

### Roster

The following is Nicaragua's men's baseball team for the 2015 Pan American Games. The position of the player is listed in parentheses.
* Dwight Britton (OF)
* Jorge Bucardo (P)
* Ofilio Castro (INF)
* Wiston Davila (C)
* Berman Espinoza (P)
* Samuel Estrada (P)
* Ramon Flores (OF)
* Elvin Garcia (P)
* Ronald Garth (INF)
* Sandor Guido (INF)
* Gerardo Juarez (P)
* Darrel Leiva (P)
* Darrel Campbell Lewis (INF)
* Ivan Marin (INF)
* Gustavo Martinez (P)
* Janior Montes (C)
* Renato Morales (OF)
* Vicente Padilla (P)
* Justo Rivas (OF)
* Arnold Rizo (OF)
* Jose Saenz (P)
* Douglas Solis (P)
* Carlos Teller (P)
* Junior Tellez (P)
Legend: C = Catcher, INF = Infielder, OF = Outfielder, P = Pitcher

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 15 | +23 | .833 | — | Advance to the semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 6 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 22 | +11 | .667 | 1 | Advance to the semifinals |
| 3 | Cuba | 6 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 23 | +18 | .667 | 1 | Advance to the semifinals |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 6 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 44 | −4 | .667 | 1 | Advance to the semifinals |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 35 | −5 | .500 | 2 | |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 43 | −21 | .167 | 4 | |
| 7 | Colombia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 44 | −22 | .000 | 5 | |
* 1 2 3 In the 3-way tie for 2nd place, all three teams went 1-1 head to head. The 2nd tiebreaker, Team Quality Balance, was used to identify and eliminate the last team in the group (Puerto Rico). The tie between the other two teams was then broken on the basis of the head-to-head result between them (United States defeating Cuba).
| 12 July 2015 12:00 | Dominican Republic | 8–5 | Nicaragua | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 3,418 |
| 12 July 2015 12:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 3,418 |
| 13 July 2015 19:00 | Nicaragua | 1–9 | Canada | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,327 |
| 13 July 2015 19:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,327 |
| 14 July 2015 12:00 | Colombia | 4–7 | Nicaragua | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,357 |
| 14 July 2015 12:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,357 |
| 15 July 2015 12:00 | Nicaragua | 0–6 | United States | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,038 |
| 15 July 2015 12:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,038 |
| 16 July 2015 15:30 | Nicaragua | 6–11 | Cuba | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,027 |
| 16 July 2015 15:30 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,027 |
| 17 July 2015 12:00 | Puerto Rico | 5–3 | Nicaragua | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 724 |
| 17 July 2015 12:00 | | Boxscore | | President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 724 |

## Beach volleyball

Nicaragua qualified a men's and women's pair.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Elimination Round | 9-12th place round | 11th place match | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mora Romero Lopez Alvarado | Men's | Binstock / Schachter (CAN) L 14–21, 21–16, 10–15 | Cairus / Vieyto (URU) L 14–21, 14–21 | Betancourt / Ocaña (GUA) W 21–17, 17–21, 15–7 | Capogrosso / Mehamed (ARG) L 15–21, 15–21 | Williams / Withfield (TRI) L 21–23, 21–17, 13–15 | Evans / Satterfield (USA) 16–21, 28–30 | 12 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | 13th to 16th Round | 15th to 16th Round | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Elia Machado Lolette Rodríguez | Women's | Maestrini / Horta (BRA) L 7–21, 13–21 | Alfaro / Cope (CRC) L 15–21, 9–21 | Mardones / Rivas (CHI) L 13–21, 21–14, 10–15 | Orellana / Recinos (GUA) L 12–21, 23–21, 8–15 | Powery / Smith-Johnson (CAY) W 21–7, 21–16 | 15 |

## Boxing

Nicaragua qualified four boxers (three men and one woman).
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kevin Arias | Men's light flyweight | Bye | Argilagos (CUB) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Franco Gutiérrez | Men's bantamweight | Bye | García (DOM) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Lester Silva | Men's welterweight | Bye | Solano (DOM) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Claudia Parrales Guevara | Women's flyweight | — | Esparza (USA) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

## Rowing

Nicaragua qualified 1 boat and two athletes.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ana Jarguin Evidelia Jarquin | Coxless Pair | 8:00.59 | 6 FA | 8:12.45 | 6 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

## Shooting

Nicaragua has qualified 3 male shooters.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Manuel Aburto Espinales | 10 metre air pistol | 547-07x | 31 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yerald Canda | 50 metre rifle prone | 564.1 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yerald Canda | 10 metre air rifle | 543.4 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rafael Lacayo Paladino | 10 metre air pistol | 566-15x | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Nicaragua received two wildcards to enter one male and one female swimmer.

### Key

* Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
* FB = Qualified for the B Final
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Miguel Mena | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.71 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miguel Mena | Men's 100 m freestyle | 52.55 | 17 FB | 52.59 | =15 |
| Miguel Mena | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:58.51 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dalia Tórrez Zamora | Women's 50 m freestyle | 27.80 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dalia Tórrez Zamora | Women's 100 m freestyle | 1:01.48 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dalia Tórrez Zamora | Women's 200 m butterfly | 1:04.79 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Nicaragua qualified a team of one male athlete, and also received an additional wildcard to enter another male athlete.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Danilo Castillo | 58 kg | Logan Gerrick (USA) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michael Rodriguez | 80 kg | Agustin Alves (ARG) L 2–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Triathlon

Nicaragua received a wildcard to enter one male triathlete.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total | Rank |
| Hennert Mayorga | Individual | 22:06 | 0:27 | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP |

## Weightlifting

Nicaragua qualified one male and one female weightlifter.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Orlando Vasquez Morales | Men's 56 kg | 100 | 6 | 123 | 6 | 223 | 6 |
| Silvia Artola | Women's 63 kg | 81 | 6 | 105 | 6 | 186 | 6 |

## Wrestling

Nicaragua received two reallocated spots (one each in men's freestyle and Greco-Roman) and one wildcard in women's freestyle. However, Elverine Jimenez was disqualified from the games for doping. Jimenez did not compete in the event, and her opponent in the first round won by default.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Alberto Mendieta | Men's Freestyle 65 kg | Luis Portillo (ESA) L 0–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rene Silva | Men's Freestyle 125 kg | — | Zach Rey (USA) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Andres Ramos (CUB) L 0–10 | Did not advance |
| Elverine Jimenez | Women's Freestyle 53 kg | — | Whitney Conder (USA) L DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |