Honduras at the 2023 Pan American Games

Honduras at the 2023 Pan American Games
IOC code	HON
NOC	Honduran Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile 20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors	42 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Julio Horrego & Natalie Espinal
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked =31st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Honduras is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Honduras's 13th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since 1975.

On October 12, 2023, a team of 42 athletes (31 men and 11 women) competing in nine sports was named by the Honduran Olympic Committee.^[1] Swimmer Marcos Moneta and tennis player Natalie Espinal were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2][3]

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Kevin Mejía	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg	November 4

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Football	18	0	18
Rowing	1	0	1
Shooting	0	2	2
Swimming	4	3	7
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Tennis	1	2	3
Weightlifting	1	2	3
Wrestling	4	1	5
Total	32	11	43

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified one male field athlete.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Zachary Short	Men's shot put	17.81	10

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Mountain biking

Honduras qualified one male mountain biker at the 2023 Pan American Championships.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Luis López	Men's cross-country	1:26:59	14

Road

Honduras qualified one male road cyclist.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Luis López	Men's road race	3:48.31	29

Football

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Honduras men's	Men's tournament	Colombia L 0–2	United States L 1–2	Brazil L 0–3	4	Did not advance	Seventh place match  Dominican Republic W 3–1	7

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Honduras qualified a men's team of 18 athletes after finishing as the top ranked Central American team at the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in the Dominican Republic.^[5]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3	Fifth place match
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0	Seventh place match

Source: Santiago2023

23 October 2023 (2023-10-23)

13:00

Colombia	2–0	Honduras
Ruiz 16' Cortés 41'	Report

Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso

Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)

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26 October 2023 (2023-10-26)

15:00

United States	2–1	Honduras
Leyva 72' Ku-DiPietro 90'	Report	García 19'

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)

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29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)

13:00

Brazil	3–0	Honduras
Ronald 50' Martins 54' Lara 79'	Report

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Referee: José Matos Uzcategui (Venezuela)

Seventh place match

1 November 2023 (2023-11-01)

14:00

Dominican Republic	1–3	Honduras
Ciriaco 40'	Report	Miranda 11' Carter 45' Ochoa 88'

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Referee: Juan Andrade (Ecuador)

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games and Rowing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified one male rower.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elian Ávila	Single sculls	7:55.90	3 R	7:33.72	4 FC	—		7:39.33	14

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified two female shooters.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ashley Gallo	10 m air pistol	547	21	Did not advance
Sthephany Gallo		554	17	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified seven swimmers (four men and three women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriel Martínez	50 m freestyle	23.59	22	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.00	20	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:55.69	17 q	1:56.36	16
Diego Dulieu	400 m freestyle	4:02.45	15 q	4:02.86	13
	800 m freestyle	—		8:16.48	12
	1500 m freestyle	—		15:42.82	9
Julio Horrego	200 m breaststroke	Did not start		Did not advance
Carlos Vásquez	100 m butterfly	55.14	18	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:06.86	16 q	2:05.28	13
Diego Dulieu	10 km open water	—		1:53:30.8	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julimar Ávila	100 m freestyle	58.56	25	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:07.59	18 q	2:05.74	14
	100 m butterfly	1:03.36	21	Did not advance
Michell Ramírez	400 m freestyle	4:33.45	15 q	4:32.70	15
	800 m freestyle	—		9:36.50	14
	200 m butterfly	2:22.68	15 q	2:22.42	14
Paola Cwu	100 m breaststroke	1:20.43	23	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:51.90	21	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:33.54	24	Did not advance
Michell Ramírez	10 km open water	—		2:16:48.1	17

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified two athletes during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.^[6][7]

Kyorugi

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Ferrera	+80 kg	Álvarez (VEN) L 0–2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yosselyn Molina	–67 kg	Lee (HAI) L 0–2	Did not advance		Gallardo (CHI) L 0–2	Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified a total of three tennis players (one man and two women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Obando	Singles	Soriano (COL) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Natalie Espinal	Singles	Bye	Riera (ARG) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Daniela Obando		Valdés (CUB) W 6–0, 6–3	Lizarazo (COL) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Natalie Espinal Daniela Obando	Doubles	—	Bye	Licht / Rodriguez (URU) L 6–3, 6–7^(8–10), [10–12]	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alejandro Obando Natalie Espinal	Doubles	Boulais / Marino (CAN) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified three weightlifters (two men and one woman).^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jorge Hernández	–73 kg	128	9	166	5	294	8
Axel Pavón	–89 kg	140	9	180	8	320	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sofía Alemán	–59 kg	78	9	NM		DSQ

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Honduras qualified five wrestlers (four men and one woman) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships.^[9]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• VA – Decision by withdrawal

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Barrios	Freestyle 74 kg
Ariel Alfonso	Greco-Roman 87 kg
Kevin Mejía	Greco-Roman 97 kg
Gino Ávila	Greco-Roman 130 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Saidy Chávez	Freestyle 68 kg

See also

• Honduras at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Honduras at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

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5. Gutiérrez, Omar (3 July 2022). "Sub-20 de Honduras clasificó a tres torneos para el 2023 tras su participación en el Premundial" [U-20 from Honduras qualified for three tournaments for 2023 after participating in the World Cup]. La Prensa (in Spanish). San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
6. "El atleta nacional Miguel Ferrera clasifica en la categoría de +80 km de los Juegos Panamericanos de Santiago de Chile 2023" [The national athlete Miguel Ferrera classifies in the +80 km category of the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023]. Diez (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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8. "REF: Cupos Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023" [Quotas 2023 Pan American Games] (PDF). www.teamusa.org (in Spanish). Pan Am Pesas. 8 February 2023. p. 18-19. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
9. @uwwamericas (May 14, 2022). "All quotas qualified so far for Santiago 2023" (Tweet) – via Twitter.