Costa Rica at the 2019 Pan American Games

Costa Rica competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.[1][2]

Costa Rica at the
2019 Pan American Games
IOC codeCRC
NOCComité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Websitewww.concrc.org
in Lima, Peru
26 July–11 August, 2019
Competitors85 in 24 sports
Flag bearer Shirley Cruz (opening)
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
4
Total
5
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

On 11 July 2019, the Costa Rican Olympic Committee officially named a team of 85 athletes (44 women and 41 men) competing in 24 sports.[3]

During the opening ceremony of the games, footballer Shirley Cruz carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.[4][5]

At this edition of the games, Costa Rica won five medals, the second best performance for the country at a single edition of the games (the best performance being the 11 medals won in 1987).[6][7]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics (track and field) 448
Badminton 112
Beach volleyball 224
Bodybuilding 101
Bowling 224
Boxing 112
Canoeing 101
Cycling 527
Equestrian 202
Fencing 011
Football 01818
Golf 202
Gymnastics 224
Judo 011
Karate 134
Racquetball 213
Roller Sports 202
Shooting 202
Surfing 314
Swimming 314
Taekwondo 224
Triathlon 011
Weightlifting 213
Wrestling 101
Total414485

Medalists

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

Athletics (track and field)

Costa Rica qualified eight athletes (four men and four women).[3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
  • Q = Qualified for the next round directly
Men
Track events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Hector Allen 200 m 21.79 15 Did not advance
Nery Brenes 400 m 47.48 15 Did not advance
Gerald Drummond 400 m hurdles 50.35 9 Did not advance
Field event
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Roberto Sawyers Hammer throw 70.25 9
Women
Track and Road Events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andrea Vargas 100 m hurdles 12.75 1 Q 12.82
Noelia Vargas 20 km walk N/A 1:33:09 6
Gabriela Traña Marathon N/A 2:49:28 12
Yenny Mendez N/A 2:56:31 14

Badminton

Costa Rica qualified a team of two badminton athletes (one per gender).[8][9][10]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Gianpiero Cavallotti Men's singles Bye  Iván León (CHI)
L 12–21, 15–21
Did not advance
Lauren Villalobos Women's singles Bye  Ramdhani (GUY)
W 21–15, 21–18
 Michelle Li (CAN)
L 7–21, 13–21
Did not advance
Gianpiero Cavallotti
Lauren Villalobos
Mixed doubles N/A  Thorpe / Williams (BAR)
L 13–21, 10–21
Did not advance

Beach volleyball

Costa Rica qualified four beach volleyball athletes (two men and two women).[11][12]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Victor Alpizar
Sebastian Valenciano
Men's Pool C
 Brandao - Dealtry (BRA)
L 0 - 2 (13-21, 14-21)
 Cairus - Vieyto (URU)
L 0 - 2 (20-22, 8-21)
 Gonzalez - Reyes (CUB)
L 0 – 2 (13-21, 16-21)
4 N/A 13-16th semifinals
 Stewart - Phillip (TTO)
W 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-12)
13/14th place match
 Mora - Lopez (ESA)
L 0-2 (16-21, 14-21)
14
Women

Bodybuilding

Costa Rica qualified one male bodybuilder.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Prejudging Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Evaristo Cortes Classic bodybuilding N/A Did not advance
  • No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Boxing

Costa Rica qualified two boxers (one man and one woman).[14][15]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Eduardo Sanchéz Men's 64 kg  Michael Alexander (TTO)
L 1–3
Did not advance
Valeria Cárdenas Women's 51 kg  Virginia Fuchs (USA)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Costa Rica qualified one male slalom athlete.[16][17]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given are within the heat
Men
Athlete(s) Event Heat Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Axel Fonseca K-1 91.66 6 90.11 7 Q 90.11 7 97.46 6 92.33 5
Extreme K-1 N/A 1 Q N/A 3 Did not advance

Bowling

Cycling

Costa Rica qualified seven cyclists (five men and two women).[3]

BMX

Men
Freestyle
Athlete Event Seeding Final
Run 1 Run 2 Average Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Kenneth Tencio BMX freestyle 80.00 79.17 79.58 4 77.00 62.00 77.00 5
Racing
Athlete Event Time trial Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maikol Cordero BMX racing 38.927 22 18 6 Did not advance

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Andrey Fonseca Men's cross-country 1:31:00 7
Carlos Herrera 1:34:40 13
Milagro Mena Women's cross-country 1:35:47 8
Adriana Rojas 1:37:25 9

Road cycling

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Pablo Mudarra Road race 4:09:02 14
Time trial 52:29.47 19

Equestrian

Costa Rica qualified two equestrians.[18]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Grand Prix Freestyle /
Intermediate I Freestyle
Grand Prix /
Prix St. Georges
Grand Prix Special /
Intermediate I
Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Christer Egerstrom Bello Oriente Individual 66.647 16 68.676 10 135.323 12 Q 72.365 10
Ronald Masis Zar AG 63.529 31 64.147 25 127.676 27 Did not advance

Fencing

Costa Rica qualified a 1 female fencer in the épée discipline.[19]

Women
Athlete Event Pool Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Victories Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Karina Dyner Foil 0 18 Did not advance

Football

Costa Rica qualified a women's team (of 18 athletes).[20]

Women's tournament

Roster

The following players were called up for the 2019 Pan American Games.[21]

Head coach: Amelia Valverde

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Noelia Bermúdez (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 24) 12 0 Saprissa
18 1GK Priscilla Tapia (1991-05-02)2 May 1991 (aged 28) 2 0 AD Moravia

12 2DF Lixy Rodríguez (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 28) 63 2 Tacón
6 2DF Carol Sánchez (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 33) 45 2 AD Moravia
8 2DF Daniela Cruz (1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 28) 38 6 Espanyol
5 2DF Fabiola Sánchez (1993-04-09)9 April 1993 (aged 26) 16 3 Codea
2 2DF Gabriela Guillén (1992-03-01)1 March 1992 (aged 27) 11 0 Saprissa
3 2DF María Paula Elizondo (1998-11-30)30 November 1998 (aged 20) 4 0 Saprissa
15 2DF Stephannie Blanco (2000-12-13)13 December 2000 (aged 18) 0 0 Arenal Coronado

7 3MF Valeria del Campo (2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 19) 0 0 Saprissa
10 3MF Shirley Cruz (c) (1985-08-28)28 August 1985 (aged 33) 73 24 Jiangsu Suning
16 3MF Katherine Alvarado (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 28) 66 20 Espanyol
11 3MF Raquel Rodríguez (1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 25) 49 31 Sky Blue FC
9 3MF Gloriana Villalobos (1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 19) 24 2 Florida State Seminoles
4 3MF Mariana Benavides (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 24) 22 4 Arenal Coronado
14 3MF Priscila Chinchilla (2001-07-11)11 July 2001 (aged 18) 6 2 Codea

17 4FW María Paula Salas (2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 17) 9 2 Saprissa
13 4FW Sofía Varela (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 21) 0 0 Saprissa
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  Argentina 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
3  Panama 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 1 Fifth place match
4  Peru (H) 3 0 1 2 2 7 5 1 Seventh place match
Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Host.
Panama 1–3 Costa Rica
Mills  14' Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

Costa Rica 3–1 Peru
R. Rodríguez  55', 90+3'
C. Sánchez  84'
Report Otiniano  14'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Costa Rica 0–0 Argentina
Report
Semifinals
Costa Rica 3–4 (a.e.t.) Colombia
C. Sánchez  59', 87'
Salas  89'
Report Santos  30'
Gaitán  33'
Ospina  68'
Usme  93'
Referee: Deborah Cruz (Brazil)
Bronze medal match
Paraguay 0–1 Costa Rica
Report D. Cruz  82'

Golf

Costa Rica qualified two male golfers.[22]

Men
Athlete(s) Event Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total To par Rank
Paul Chaplet Individual 71 74 75 74 294 +10 =27
José Méndez 77 72 71 74 294 +10 =27

Gymnastics

Costa Rica qualified four artistic gymnasts (two men and two women).[23]

Artistic

Men
  • 2 quotas
Women
  • 2 quotas

Judo

Costa Rica qualified one female judoka.[24]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Diana Brenes 78 kg  Coulombe (CAN)
W 11S1–01S3
 Antomarchi (CUB)
L 00S2–01S2
Did not advance  Cantero (ARG)
W 10–00S2
 León (VEN)
W 10–00S3

Karate

Costa Rica qualified four athletes in the kata discipline (one man and three women).[3]

Kata
Athlete Event Round Robin Final / BM
Points Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Roy Gatjens Men's individual kata 23.12 4 Did not advance
Fiorella Carballo
Mariana Sanchez
Kylie Solis
Women's team kata Did not start

Racquetball

Costa Rica qualified three racquetball athletes (two men and one woman).[25]

Athlete Event Qualifying
Round robin
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Andres Acuña Men's singles  Moscoso (BOL)
L 1–2
 Ugalde (ECU)
W 2–1
N/A 3 Did not advance
Felipe Camacho  Rios (ECU)
W 2–1
 Beltran (MEX)
L 0–2
N/A 2 Q  Mercado (COL)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Andres Acuña
Felipe Camacho
Men's doubles  Mar /
Montoya (MEX)
L 0–2
 Chacón /
Moyet (CUB)
W 2–0
 Pérez /
León (DOM)
W 2–0
2 Q Bye  Galicia /
Salvatierra (GUA)
W 2–0
 Keller /
Moscoso (BOL)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Andres Acuña
Felipe Camacho
Men's team N/A  Argentina
W 2–0
 United States
L 0–2
Did not advance
Maricruz Ortiz Women's singles  Saunders (CAN)
W 2–1
 Muñoz (ECU)
L 0–2
 Lawrence (USA)
L 0–2
3 Did not advance

Roller sports

Costa Rica qualified two men in the speed discipline.[26]

Speed

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time/Points Rank
Bayron Siles 300 m time trial N/A 26.489 9
500 m 44.495 2 Q 44.388 3 Did not advance
Carlos Montoya 10,000 m points race N/A EL (34

*Position is giving within the heat for the 500 m event

Shooting

Costa Rica qualified two male shooters in the rifle discipline.[27]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Roberto Chamberlain 10 metre air rifle 597.6 26 Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions 1127 22 Did not advance
Edgardo Sepulveda 10 metre air rifle 605.7 23 Did not advance
50 metre rifle three positions 1130 21 Did not advance

Surfing

Costa Rica qualified seven surfers (three men and four women) in the sport's debut at the Pan American Games.[28][29][30]

Taekwondo

Costa Rica qualified four taekwondo practitioners (two per gender).[31]

Kyorugi
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Heiner Oviedo Men's 58 kg  Miranda (ECU)
W 23–22
 Melo (BRA)
L 10–30
Did not advance
Juan Soto Men's 68 kg  Paz (COL)
W 16–15
 Pontes (BRA)
L 17–30
Did not advance Bye  Nkogho-Mengue (CAN)
L 12–13
=5
Nishy Lee Lindo Women's 57 kg  Alvarez (COL)
W 18–14
 Zolotic (USA)
L 8–23
Did not advance Bye  Carstens (PAN)
W 12–7
Katherine Alvarado Women's 67 kg  Acosta (CUB)
L 0–0
Did not advance

Triathlon

Costa Rica qualified one female triathlete.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (8.88 km) Total Rank
Raquel Solis Individual 19:59 0:58 1:31:2 0:29 42:55 2:14:51 19

Weightlifting

Costa Rica qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).[32] However, only three were entered (two men and one woman).

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Mario Araya Men's 109 kg 120 16 156 16 276 16
Henry Cerdas Men's 109 kg 109 8 153 8 262 8
Laura Zamora Women's 64 kg 66 11 85 11 151 11

Wrestling

Costa Rica qualified one male in the freestyle discipline.[33]

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Maxwell Lacey 97 kg  Pérez (DOM)
L 2–12
Did not advance

See also

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