Costa Rica at the 2019 Pan American Games

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Costa Rica at the
2019 Pan American Games
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
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)

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

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) 4 4 8
Badminton 1 1 2
Beach volleyball 2 2 4
Bodybuilding 1 0 1
Bowling 2 2 4
Boxing 1 1 2
Canoeing 1 0 1
Cycling 5 2 7
Equestrian 2 0 2
Fencing 0 1 1
Football 0 18 18
Golf 2 0 2
Gymnastics 2 2 4
Judo 0 1 1
Karate 1 3 4
Racquetball 2 1 3
Roller Sports 2 0 2
Shooting 2 0 2
Surfing 3 1 4
Swimming 3 1 4
Taekwondo 2 2 4
Triathlon 0 1 1
Weightlifting 2 1 3
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 41 44 85

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
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Noelia Vargas 20 km walk N/A 1:33:09 6
Gabriela Traña Marathon N/A 2:49:28 12
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
Men's singles Bye  Iván León (CHI)
L 12–21, 15–21
Did not advance
Women's singles Bye   (GUY)
W 21–15, 21–18
 Michelle Li (CAN)
L 7–21, 13–21
Did not advance

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

Men's Pool C
  -  (BRA)
L 0 - 2 (13-21, 14-21)
  - Vieyto (URU)
L 0 - 2 (20-22, 8-21)
 Gonzalez -  (CUB)
L 0 – 2 (13-21, 16-21)
4 N/A 13-16th semifinals
  -  (TTO)
W 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-12)
13/14th place match
  -  (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
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
Men's 64 kg  Michael Alexander (TTO)
L 1–3
Did not advance
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
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
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
1:34:40 13
Milagro Mena Women's cross-country 1:35:47 8
1:37:25 9

Road cycling[]

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
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
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
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 Costa Rica Saprissa
18 1GK Priscilla Tapia (1991-05-02)2 May 1991 (aged 28) 2 0 Costa Rica

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

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

17 4FW María Paula Salas (2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 17) 9 2 Costa Rica Saprissa
13 4FW Sofía Varela (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 21) 0 0 Costa Rica 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
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Report D. Cruz 82'
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)

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
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   (CAN)
W 11S1–01S3
 Antomarchi (CUB)
L 00S2–01S2
Did not advance   (ARG)
W 10–00S2
 León (VEN)
W 10–00S3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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
23.12 4 Did not advance


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
Men's singles  Moscoso (BOL)
L 1–2
  (ECU)
W 2–1
N/A 3 Did not advance
  (ECU)
W 2–1
 Beltran (MEX)
L 0–2
N/A 2 Q  Mercado (COL)
L 0–2
Did not advance

Men's doubles   /
Montoya (MEX)
L 0–2
  /
 (CUB)
W 2–0
  /
 (DOM)
W 2–0
2 Q Bye   /
 (GUA)
W 2–0
  /
Moscoso (BOL)
L 0–2
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Men's team N/A  Argentina
W 2–0
 United States
L 0–2
Did not advance
Women's singles  Saunders (CAN)
W 2–1
  (ECU)
L 0–2
  (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
N/A 26.489 9
44.495 2 Q 44.388 3 Did not advance
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
597.6 26 Did not advance
1127 22 Did not advance
605.7 23 Did not advance
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   (ECU)
W 23–22
 Melo (BRA)
L 10–30
Did not advance
Men's 68 kg   (COL)
W 16–15
 Pontes (BRA)
L 17–30
Did not advance Bye   (CAN)
L 12–13
=5
Nishy Lee Lindo Women's 57 kg   (COL)
W 18–14
 Zolotic (USA)
L 8–23
Did not advance Bye  Carstens (PAN)
W 12–7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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
Men's 109 kg 120 16 156 16 276 16
Men's 109 kg 109 8 153 8 262 8
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
97 kg   (DOM)
L 2–12
Did not advance

See also[]

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