# Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Taekwondo competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held between October 21 and 24, 2023 at the Contact Sports Center, located in Santiago.
13 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Ten of these events are in Kyorugi (five per gender). In March 2023, PanamSports added a men's and women's team events to the sports program in the Kyorugi division. A total of 136 athletes are scheduled to compete.

## Qualification

A total of up to 136 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 10 athletes (eight in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae). The host nation, Chile, automatically qualifies the maximum number of athletes (8) and is entered in each event. There will also eight wild card spots awarded in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae. The spots will be awarded at the qualification tournament held in Rio de Janeiro in March 2023.

## Participating nations

A total of 26 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Argentina (7)
* Barbados (1)
* Bolivia (2)
* Brazil (8)
* Canada (9)
* Chile (8)
* Colombia (7)
* Costa Rica (3)
* Cuba (8)
* Dominican Republic (6)
* Ecuador (8)
* El Salvador (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Haiti (2)
* Honduras (2)
* Independent Athletes Team (4)
* Jamaica (1)
* Mexico (12)
* Nicaragua (3)
* Panama (1)
* Peru (6)
* Puerto Rico (8)
* Suriname (1)
* United States (12)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (7)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Mexico | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Chile* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Independent Athletes Team | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 |

### Kyorugi
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 58 kg details | Brandon Plaza Mexico | Lucas Guzmán Argentina | Jhon Garrido Colombia |
| 58 kg details | Brandon Plaza Mexico | Lucas Guzmán Argentina | Paulo Ricardo Melo Brazil |
| 68 kg details | Khalfani Harris United States | Bernardo Pié Dominican Republic | Tae-Ku Park Canada |
| 68 kg details | Khalfani Harris United States | Bernardo Pié Dominican Republic | José Luis Acuña Argentina |
| 80 kg details | Carl Nickolas United States | Miguel Trejos Colombia | Kelvin Calderón Cuba |
| 80 kg details | Carl Nickolas United States | Miguel Trejos Colombia | Lucas Ostapiv Brazil |
| +80 kg details | Carlos Sansores Mexico | Jonathan Healy United States | Agustín Alves Argentina |
| +80 kg details | Carlos Sansores Mexico | Jonathan Healy United States | Marc-André Bergeron Canada |
| Team details | Brazil Edival Pontes Maicon Andrade Paulo Ricardo Melo | Chile Joaquín Churchill Ignacio Morales Aarón Contreras | Mexico Uriel Gómez Carlos Navarro Bryan Salazar |
| Team details | Brazil Edival Pontes Maicon Andrade Paulo Ricardo Melo | Chile Joaquín Churchill Ignacio Morales Aarón Contreras | Ecuador Adrián Miranda José Carlos Nieto Julio César Arroyo |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 49 kg details | Daniela Souza Mexico | Andrea Ramírez Colombia | Giulia Sendra Argentina |
| 49 kg details | Daniela Souza Mexico | Andrea Ramírez Colombia | Melina Daniel United States |
| 57 kg details | Skylar Park Canada | Maria Clara Pacheco Brazil | Caitlyn Cox United States |
| 57 kg details | Skylar Park Canada | Maria Clara Pacheco Brazil | Carolena Carstens Panama |
| 67 kg details | Leslie Soltero Mexico | Ava Soon Lee Haiti | Claudia Gallardo Chile |
| 67 kg details | Leslie Soltero Mexico | Ava Soon Lee Haiti | Kristina Teachout United States |
| +67 kg details | Madelynn Gorman-Shore United States | Gloria Mosquera Colombia | Aliyah Shipman Haiti |
| +67 kg details | Madelynn Gorman-Shore United States | Gloria Mosquera Colombia | Victoria Heredia Mexico |
| Team details | Dominican Republic Katherine Rodríguez Madelyn Rodríguez Mayerlin Mejía | Mexico Victoria Heredia Fabiola Villegas Leslie Soltero | Brazil Caroline Santos Maria Clara Pacheco Sandy Macedo |
| Team details | Dominican Republic Katherine Rodríguez Madelyn Rodríguez Mayerlin Mejía | Mexico Victoria Heredia Fabiola Villegas Leslie Soltero | Cuba Arlettys Acosta Frislaidis Martínez Marlyn Pérez |

### Poomsae

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's individual details | William Arroyo Mexico | Elian Ortega Nicaragua | Luis Colón Puerto Rico |
| Men's individual details | William Arroyo Mexico | Elian Ortega Nicaragua | Hugo del Castillo Peru |
| Women's individual details | Kaitlyn Reclusado United States | María Higueros Independent Athletes Team | Soo Lee Kim Mexico |
| Women's individual details | Kaitlyn Reclusado United States | María Higueros Independent Athletes Team | Arelis Medina Puerto Rico |
| Mixed pairs details | Mexico William Arroyo Soo Lee Kim | Nicaragua Elian Ortega Ingrid Darce | Puerto Rico Luis Colón Arelis Medina |
| Mixed pairs details | Mexico William Arroyo Soo Lee Kim | Nicaragua Elian Ortega Ingrid Darce | Ecuador Mario Troya Katlen Jerves |