Costa Rica at the 2015 Pan American Games

Costa Rica at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Costa Rican Olympic Committee
Website	concrc.org
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	77 in 24 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Roberto Sawyers
Flag bearer (closing)	David Jimenez
Medals Ranked =28th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Costa Rica competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.^[1]

Track and field athlete Roberto Sawyers was named the flagbearer of the country at the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

The following table lists Costa Rica's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	7	2	9
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Bowling	2	2	4
Boxing	4	0	4
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	1	6	8
Equestrian	1	2	3
Fencing	0	1	1
Football (soccer)	0	18	18
Golf	1	0	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	0	1	1
Modern pentathlon	1	0	1
Racquetball	3	0	3
Roller sports	1	1	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	3	2	5
Synchronized swimming	0	2	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	1	0	1
Triathlon	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	32	45	77

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze David Jimenez Boxing Men's Flyweight July 23

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1 Medals by day Day Total July 23 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified one female archer based on its performance at the 2014 Pan American Championships.^[3]

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Gloriana Bermudez Moreno	Individual	579	26th	L Brito (VEN) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified nine athletes (seven men and two women).

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Seasonal best
• NM = No mark
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gary Robinson	200 m	21.28	26	Did not advance
Nery Brenes	400 m	—		45.85	3 Q	44.85 SB	4
Georman Rivas	1500 m	—				3:51.46 PB	12
Alvaro Sanabria	10,000 m	—				31:41.77	11
Gerald Drummond	400 m hurdles	—		53.47	21	Did not advance
Nery Brenes Gary Robinson Gerald Drummond Jarlex Lynch Allen	4 × 400 metres relay	—		3:05.11 NR	8 q	3:05.21	8

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Roberto Sawyers	hammer throw	70.95	7

Women

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sharolyn Josephs	100 m	11.46	20	Did not advance
	200 m	23.70 NR	18	Did not advance
Sharolyn Scott	400 metres hurdles	—		58.30 SB	8 Q	58.65	7

Beach volleyball

Main articles: Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified a women's pair for a total of two athletes.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round			Elimination round	Quarterfinals	5th to 8th place	7th place
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nathalia Alfaro Karen Cope	Women's	Mardones – Rivas (CHI) W 2–1 (16–21, 21–14, 15–11)	Machado – Rodríguez (NIC) W 2–0 (21–15, 21–9)	Maestrini – Horta (BRA) L 1–2 (11–21, 21–18, 6–15)	Candelas – Revuelta (MEX) W 2–0 (21–18, 21–11)	Humana-Paredes – Pischke (CAN) L 0–2 (12–21, 12–21)	Galindo – Galindo (COL) L 1–2 (13–21, 21–19, 12–15)	Gómez – Nieto (URU) L 0–2 (15–21, 12–21)	8

Bowling

Main articles: Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified four male boxers.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
David Jimenez	Flyweight	Bye	Huitzil (MEX) W 3–0	Vargas (USA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Eduardo Sanchez Ramirez	Light welterweight	Romero (GUA) W 2–1	Arcon (VEN) L 0–3	Did not advance		5
Jason Ramírez	Middleweight	Drolet (CAN) W 2–1	López (CUB) L 0–3	Did not advance		5
Jose Moya Hernandez	Light heavyweight	Bye	Romero (MEX) L 0–3	Did not advance		5

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Slalom

Costa Rica qualified the following boats:^[6]

Athlete(s)	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luis Mendez Rojas	Men's C-1	DNF	8	213.67	8	213.67	8	274.88	8	Did not advance
Arnaldo Cespedes Perez	Men's K-1	166.17	8	101.14	5	101.14	5	116.42	6	106.98	5

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified seven cyclists (one man and six women).

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrey Fonseca	Men's cross-country	1:37:56	8
Adriana Rojas	Women's cross-country	1:45:20	12

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Edith Guillén	Road race	2:07:53	17
Milagro Mena Solano		2:07:55	26
María Vargas		2:07:55	33

Track

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		First round		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Time	Rank	Opponent Time	Rank
Edith Guillén Paula Herrera Hernandez Marcela Rubiano Maria Vargas Barrientos	Women's team pursuit	5:07.156	8	Did not advance			8

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit		Elimination race		Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Marcela Rubiano	Women's omnium	12	-40	12	18	10	22	12	18	12	18	DNS	0	DNF

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified a full dressage team of four athletes, however only 3 were selected to compete.^[7]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total	Score	Rank	Total	Rank
Anne Egerstrom	Amorino	Individual	66.053	25	63.552	28	129.605	—		Did not advance
Christer Egerstrom	Bello Oriente		66.790	22	66.658	23 Q	133.448	—		68.675	20
Michelle Batalla Navarro	Vivi Light		61.868	35	62.026	33	123.894	—		Did not advance
Anne Egerstrom Christer Egerstrom Michelle Batalla Navarro	See above	Team	194.711	9	—			192.236	9	386.947	9

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified 1 fencer (1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Victories	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dirley Yepes	Women's Épée	2	9	Violeta Ramírez Peguero (DOM) L 12–15	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

Costa Rica's women's football team (of 18 athletes) qualified to compete at the games after winning the Central American qualifying tournament.^[8]

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Amelia Valverde

The following players are on the roster for the 2015 Pan American Games.^[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dinnia Díaz	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 27)	21	0	UD Moravia
18	1GK	Yirlania Arroyo	(1986-05-28)28 May 1986 (aged 29)	40	0	Sky Blue FC
5	2DF	Diana Sáenz	(1989-04-15)15 April 1989 (aged 26)	48	0	Univ. of South Florida
6	2DF	Carol Sánchez	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 29)	33	2	UD Moravia
7	4FW	Melissa Herrera	(1996-10-10)10 October 1996 (aged 18)	20	12	Deportivo Saprissa
10	3MF	Shirley Cruz (c)	(1985-08-28)28 August 1985 (aged 29)	60	21	Paris Saint-Germain
11	4FW	Raquel Rodríguez	(1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 21)	37	24	Pennsylvania State Univ.
12	2DF	Lixy Rodríguez	(1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 24)	47	2	L.D. Alajuelense
14	4FW	Fernanda Barrantes	(1989-04-12)12 April 1989 (aged 26)	23	21	UD Moravia
15	3MF	Cristín Granados	(1989-08-19)19 August 1989 (aged 25)	53	10	Deportivo Saprissa
16	3MF	Katherine Alvarado	(1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 24)	47	18	Deportivo Saprissa
20	4FW	Wendy Acosta	(1989-12-19)19 December 1989 (aged 25)	38	18	UD Moravia
3	3MF	Gloriana Villalobos	(1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 15)	12	2	Deportivo Saprissa
4	2DF	Mariana Benavides	(1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 20)	12	4	C.S. Herediano
8	2DF	Daniela Cruz	(1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 24)	33	6	Deportivo Saprissa
9	4FW	Carolina Venegas	(1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 23)	35	15	Deportivo Saprissa
17	4FW	Karla Villalobos	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 25)	9	6	C.S. Herediano
19	2DF	Fabiola Sánchez	(1993-04-09)9 April 1993 (aged 22)	10	3	Martin Methodist Redhawks

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Medal round
2	Canada (H)	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	12	−7	3

Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Hosts

July 11, 2015 (2015-07-11)

18:05

Costa Rica	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Raquel 14' Thaisa 34' Formiga 90'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

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July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)

20:35

Costa Rica	2–0	Canada
Cruz 60' Villalobos 74'	Report

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

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July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)

17:35

Ecuador	2–0	Costa Rica
Real 10', 90+1'	Report

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

2015 Pan American Games 5th
Costa Rica

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified one male golfer.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	To Par	Rank
José Méndez	Individual	78	87	78	73	316	+28	=31

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Artistic

Costa Rica qualified one male gymnast.^[11]

Men

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Tarik Soto Byfield	Qualification	12.700	12.900	12.800	14.600	12.000	11.700	76.700	22 Q	13.700	13.250	11.900	14.750	13.300	13.650	80.550	13

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified one woman judoka.^[12]

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kenia Rodríguez	+78 kg	Idalys Ortiz (CUB) L 0001–1000	Did not advance	Leidi German (DOM) L 0003–0000	Did not advance	=7

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games and Modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified 1 male athlete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Fencing (Épée One Touch)			Swimming (200m Freestyle)			Riding (Show Jumping)			Shooting/Running (10 m Air Pistol/3000m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Fabián Ramírez	Men's	9	162	=24	2:15.51	294	21	37	263	19	15:06.52	394	24	1114	20

Racquetball

Main articles: Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified a team of three men.^[13]

Roller sports

Main articles: Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified two athletes (one male and one female) in the speed competitions.^[14] Originally the country had qualified two female athletes in the speed events, but ultimately it chose to only send one.

Speed

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time/Points	Rank
Carlos Montoya	Men's 200 m time trial	—		17.621	9
	Men's 500 m	39.635	5	Did not advance
	Men's 10,000 m points race	—		4	6
Jennifer Monterrey	Women's 200 m time trial	—		19.848	9
	Women's 500 m	44.664	5	Did not advance
	Women's 10,000 m points race	—		Did not start

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica received a wildcard to enter one male shooter.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roberto Chamberlain	50 metre rifle prone	611.5	17	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified five swimmers (3 male and 2 female).

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• FB = Qualified for the B Final
• DNS = Did not start

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Esteban Araya	200 metre breaststroke	2:24.88	19	Did not qualify
	200 metre individual medley	2:09.14	17	Did not qualify
	400 metre individual medley	4:31.52	15 FB	4:33.80	16
Rodolfo Sanchez Perez	10 km open water	—		2:13:47.5	15
Cristopher Segura		—		2:11:42.5	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie Meza	50 metre freestyle	26.74	19	Did not qualify
	100 metre freestyle	58.89	22	Did not qualify
	100 metre butterfly	1:01.01	9 FB	DNS
Maria Astorga Perez	10 km open water	—		2:21:40.8	16

Synchronized swimming

Main articles: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified a duet of two athletes.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Fiorella Calvo Natalia Jenkis	Women's duet	67.5680	10	70.2333	10th	137.1813	10

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified a team of one female athlete.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katherine Alvarado	Women's -67kg	Yosselyn Molina (HON) W 5–1	Katherine Dumar (COL) W 8–2	Victoria Heredia (MEX) L 2–3	—	Daima Villalon (CUB) L 3–9	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified one athlete in the men's singles event.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Julian Saborio	Singles	Turcios (HON) W (6–3, 7–5)	Barrientos (COL) L (6–4, 2–6, 2–6)	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified two triathletes, one per gender.

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Leonardo Chacón	Men's individual	1:49:52	9
Alia Cardinale	Women's individual	2:03:06	16

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica qualified a team of 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).^[19][20]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christopher Linton	Men's 94 kg	127	11	167	11	294	11
Daysi Hutchinson	Women's 75 kg	90	6	110	6	200	6

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Costa Rica received one wildcard.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal match	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Johnathan Scott	74 kg	Bye	Blanco (ECU) L 0–10	Did not advance	Bye	Sarco (VEN) L 0–10	Did not advance

See also

• Costa Rica at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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