El Salvador at the 2015 Pan American Games

El Salvador at the; 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	ESA
NOC	El Salvador Olympic Committee
in Toronto; 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	52 in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Marcelo Acosta (opening)
Medals; Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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El Salvador competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1]

On July 2, 2015 swimmer Marcelo Acosta was named the flagbearer of the team during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following table lists El Salvador's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	1	1	2
Beach volleyball	2	2	4
Bowling	2	2	4
Boxing	0	1	1
Cycling	0	2	2
Equestrian	1	1	2
Fencing	0	3	3
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	3	0	3
Karate	1	0	1
Roller sports	1	1	2
Rowing	1	3	4
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	6	3	9
Swimming	2	2	4
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	27	25	52

Medalists

The following competitors from El Salvador won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jorge Merino	Karate	Men's 84 kg	July 25
Bronze	Lilian Castro	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air pistol	July 12
Bronze	Evelyn García	Cycling	Women's road time trial	July 22

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Karate	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	2	3

Medals by day
Day				Total
July 12	0	0	1	1
July 22	0	0	1	1
July 25	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	2	3

Archery

El Salvador qualified one male and one female archer.[3]

Athlete	Event	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	Men's individual	618	28	Álvarez (MEX) L 0–6	Did not advance
Elena Abullarade	Women's individual	563	30	Lorig (USA) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

El Salvador qualified one male and one female athlete.

Road and track events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Luis Lopez	Men's 20 km walk	1:42:03	10
Cristina López	Women's 20 km walk	1:47:33	13

Badminton

El Salvador qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman).[4]

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jassiel Hernandez	Men's singles	Bye	Muňoz (MEX) L (5–21, 6–21)	Did not advance
Fatima Fuentes	Women's singles	Bye	Bernatene (ARG) W (21–15, 21–13)	Li (CAN) L (4–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Jassiel Hernandez Fatima Fuentes	Mixed doubles	N/A	Martinez / Oropeza (CUB) L (11–21, 6–21)	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

El Salvador qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.[5]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round			Quarterfinals	9th to 12th Round	13th to 16th Round	13th place match	11th place match	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Carlos Talavera David Vargas	Men's	Grimalt / Grimalt (CHI) L (11-21, 12-21)	Haddock / Rodriguez (PUR) L (15-21, 15-21)	Whitfield / Williams (TTO) L (15-21, 24-26)	N/A	N/A	Garcia Betancourt / Recinos Ocaña (GUA) W (18-21, 21-14, 21-19)	Bissette / Clercent (LCA) W (22-20, 17-21, 15-10)	N/A	13
Laura Molina Ivonne Soler	Women's	Larsen / Metter (USA) L (12-21, 14-21)	Galindo / Galindo (COL) L (18-21, 12-21)	Orellana / Recinos (GUA) W (21-18, 23-21, 15-12)	Gomez / Nieto (URU) L (12-21, 16-21)	Mardones / Rivas (CHI) L (15-21, 21-19, 15-8)	N/A	N/A	Bernier Colon / Torruella (PUR) W (23-25, 21-19, 16-14)	11

Bowling

El Salvador qualified a full team of four athletes (two men and two women).

Singles

Athlete	Event	Qualification															Round Robin				Semifinals		Finals
		Block 1 (Games 1–6)						Block 2 (Games 7–12)						Total	Average	Rank	Total	Average	Grand Total	Rank	Semifinals		Finals
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Average	Rank	Total	Average	Grand Total	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Julio Acosta	Men's	176	193	158	195	211	194	167	236	187	182	158	216	2273	189.4	23	Did not advance						23
Giancarlo Mateucci	Men's	239	200	222	236	204	179	180	194	165	166	157	169	2311	192.6	19	Did not advance						19
Eugenia Quintanilla	Women's	220	176	246	159	191	178	161	168	166	166	223	232	2286	190.5	21	Did not advance						21
Marcela Sanchez	Women's	138	199	185	161	164	229	237	269	207	222	168	233	2412	201.0	11	Did not advance						11

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Block 1 (Games 1–6)								Block 2 (Games 7–12)								Grand Total	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Average	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Average	Grand Total	Final Rank
Julio Acosta Giancarlo Mateucci	Men's	173	157	163	213	178	196	1080	180.0	207	170	232	176	180	217	2262	188.5	4729	10
Julio Acosta Giancarlo Mateucci	Men's	244	191	218	213	228	170	1264	210.7	201	165	183	202	208	244	2467	205.6	4729	10
Eugenia Quintanilla Marcela Sanchez	Women's	197	180	182	198	181	202	1140	190.0	236	188	256	189	208	209	2426	202.2	4779	6
Eugenia Quintanilla Marcela Sanchez	Women's	187	191	188	161	225	170	1122	187.0	152	190	215	191	187	296	2353	196.1	4779	6

Boxing

El Salvador qualified one female boxer.

Woman

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Karla Herrera	Light welterweight	Mirquin Sena (DOM) L 1–2	Did not advance

Cycling

Cyclist Evelyn García won a bronze medal in the women's individual road time trial

El Salvador qualified two female cyclists (one each for road and track events).

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Evelyn García	Road race	2:07:53	18
Evelyn García	Time trial	27:20.24

Track

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank
Karen Cruz	Women's keirin	3 Q	4

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Rank
Karen Cruz	11.887	9 Q	Lisandra Guerra (CUB) L	2	Did not advance

Equestrian

El Salvador qualified two athletes in the eventing competition.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
			Dressage		Cross-country		Final		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Sofia Baussan Augspuer	Durango	Individual	61.60	=26	12.40	21	19.00	=30	93.00	24
Jose Romano Hijo	Bucefalo	Individual	67.40	=38	Eliminated

Fencing

El Salvador qualified 3 fencers (3 women).

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Result	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fatima Tobar	Women's Sabre	1	13	Mariel Zagunis (USA) L 2–15	Did not advance
Alba Marroquin Castañeda	Women's Sabre	1	16	Paola Pliego (MEX) L 8–15	Did not advance
Madeline Hernandez Elias Alba Marroquin Castañeda Fatima Tobar	Women's Sabre Team	N/A			United States (USA) L 25–45	Did not advance		8

Gymnastics

El Salvador qualified one male gymnast.[6] Pablo Velasquez originally was the first reserve after qualification but later competed in the final.

Artistic
Men
Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Pablo Velasquez	Qualification	12.200	12.300	12.300	12.900	11.350	10.850	71.900	28 R	12.400	12.150	11.400	13.850	11.150	10.950	71.900	20

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Judo

El Salvador qualified a team of four judokas (three men and one woman).[7] However, they did not register the female athlete for the competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gustavo Lopez Aguilera	−66 kg	N/A	Charles Chibana (BRA) L 000–100	N/A	Wander Mateo (DOM) L 000–100	Did not advance	7
Juan Rosa	−73 kg	N/A	Alex William Pombo Silva (BRA) L 000–100	N/A	Fernando Ibañez (ECU) L 000S3–001S2	Did not advance	7
Juan Diego Turcios	−81 kg	Pedro Castro (COL) L 001S3–000S2	Did not advance

Karate

El Salvador qualified 1 athlete. Jorge Merino had the country's highest placement, a silver medal finish.

Athlete	Event	Round Robin				Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jorge Merino	Men's –84 kg	Cesar Herrera (VEN) L 0–1	Sarmen Sinani (CAN) W 6–1	Jorge Acevedo (CHI) W 3–1	2	Andres Loor (ECU) W 2–0	Miguel Amargós (ARG) L 1–3

Roller sports

El Salvador qualified one male and one female roller skater.

Speed

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time/Points	Rank
Odir Miranda	Men's 200 m time trial	N/A		17.738	10
	Men's 500 m	41.197	6	Did not advance
	Men's 10,000 m points race	N/A		Did not finish
Judith Lopez	Women's 200 m time trial	N/A		20.325	10
Judith Lopez	Women's 10,000 m points race	N/A		Did not finish

Rowing

El Salvador qualified 3 boats and four athletes (one male and three female).

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gerson Hernandez	Men's Single Sculls	7.37.47	5 R	7.47.06	4 FB	8:32.26	10
Jessica Hernandez	Women's Single Sculls	8:28.06	4 R	9:04.26	5 FB	8:08.68	7
Adriana Escobar Karla Calvo	Women's Lwt Double Sculls	7:57.81	3 R	8:00.97	5 FB	7:23.83	8

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

El Salvador qualified one sailor.[8]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net Points	Final Rank
Enrique Arathoon	Laser	8	5	9	(13)	7	9	13	12	11	9	11	11	N/A	105	11

Shooting

El Salvador qualified 9 shooters (six male and three female).[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andres Amador	Skeet	87	26	Did not advance
Andres Amador	Trap	Did not start
Hermes Barahona	25 metre rapid fire pistol	536-11x	14	N/A		Did not advance
Hermes Barahona	10 metre air pistol	556-10x	24	N/A		Did not advance
Antonio Ferracuti	Skeet	Did not start
Antonio Ferracuti	Trap	54	29	Did not advance
Israel Gutierrez	50 metre rifle three positions	1113-29x	19	N/A		Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	606.4	24	N/A		Did not advance
	10 metre air rifle	607.0	14	N/A		Did not advance
Jorge Pimentel	50 metre pistol	503-03x	25	N/A		Did not advance
Jorge Pimentel	10 metre air pistol	560-15x	19	N/A		Did not advance
Oliser Zelaya	50 metre rifle three positions	1118-31x	18	N/A		Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	599.9	27	N/A		Did not advance
	10 metre air rifle	601.9	19	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lilian Castro	25 metre pistol	539-04x	19	Did not advance
Lilian Castro	10 metre air pistol	371-08x	6 Q	N/A		172.0
Johana Pineda	50 metre rifle three positions	565-18x	16	N/A		Did not advance
Johana Pineda	10 metre air rifle	401.2	20	N/A		Did not advance
Ana Ramirez	50 metre rifle three positions	581-21x	2 Q	N/A		393.2	7
Ana Ramirez	10 metre air rifle	413.3	2 Q	N/A		100.3	7

Swimming

El Salvador qualified four swimmers (two men and two women).

Key

Note – Ranks given for swimming events are for all heats
FB = Qualified for the B Final
DNS = Did not start

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcelo Acosta	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.40	21	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:51.77	14 QB	1:50.95	11
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:54.83	13 QB	3:51.12	9
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	N/A		15:16.26	4
Rafael Alfaro	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:05.50	17	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:21.05	18	Did not advance
	Men's 200 metre individual medley	2:03.89	10 QB	2:02.55	9
	Men's 400 metre individual medley	4:29.81	13 QB	4:27.40	13
Rebeca Quinteros	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:05.26	13 QB	2:06.19	16
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:29.19	16 QB	4:27.89	15
	Women's 800 m freestyle	N/A		9:07.98	14
Fatima Flores Guzman	Women's 10 km open water	N/A		2:14:15.0	14

Taekwondo

El Salvador received a wildcard to enter one female athlete.[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vanessa Vazquez	Women's -57kg	Paulina Armeria (MEX) L 2–3	Did not advance		Celina Proffen (ARG) L 1–5	Did not advance		7

Tennis

El Salvador qualified one athlete in the men's singles event.[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marcelo Arévalo	Singles	Bye	Galeano (PAR) L (5–7, 3–6)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

El Salvador qualified one male and one female weightlifter.[12][13]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Julio Salamanca	Men's 62 kg	120	4	155	4	275	4
Genesis Murcia	Women's 48 kg	70	9	88	8	158	8

Wrestling

El Salvador received one wildcard.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Luis Portillo	65 kg	Mendieta (NCA) W 10–0	Garcia (CAN) L 0–8	Did not advance

References

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"Places allocated for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games" (PDF). World Archery Americas. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
"Toronto 2015 – Badminton Competition – Spot Allocation". Badminton Pan Am. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original (xls) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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"Países clasificnados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Masculina" [Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Men's Artistic Gymnastics] (PDF) (in Spanish). Pan American Gymnastics Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
"Pan American Judo Rankings" (PDF). Pan American Judo Confederation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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[1] "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[2] "Marcelo Acosta será el abanderado en Panamericanos de Toronto" [Marcelo Acosta will be the flagbearer in Pan American Games] (in Spanish). La Prensa Grafica. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[3] "Places allocated for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games" (PDF). World Archery Americas. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.

[4] "Toronto 2015 – Badminton Competition – Spot Allocation". Badminton Pan Am. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original (xls) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[5] "Beach Volleyball starts on Monday at the Pan American Games". www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). 11 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

[6] "Países clasificnados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Masculina" [Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Men's Artistic Gymnastics] (PDF) (in Spanish). Pan American Gymnastics Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[7] "Pan American Judo Rankings" (PDF). Pan American Judo Confederation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

[8] "Status of NOC Qualification - 2015 Pan American Games Sailing Competition" (PDF). Pan American Sailing Federation. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[9] "Pan Am Quotas 2015 Preliminary by Countries" (PDF). Shooting Confederation of the Americas (CAT). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[10] Korram, Alex (20 March 2015). "Wild Cards for Toronto 2015". Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[11] "2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[12] "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Masculina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for men's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[13] "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Femenina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for women's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.