El Salvador at the 2019 Pan American Games
El Salvador competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
On July 1, 2019, archer Roberto Hernández was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. On the same day the El Salvador Olympic Committee announced the full team of 56 athletes competing in 21 sports. Later three athletes were added to the team.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the games per sport/discipline.Sport | Men | Women | Total |
Archery | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Artistic swimming | 2 | 2 | |
Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Badminton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Basque pelota | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Beach volleyball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Bodybuilding | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bowling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Boxing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Roller sports | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Shooting | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Squash | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Surfing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Swimming | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Triathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 30 | 29 | 59 |
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 |
Roberto Hernández | Archery | Men's individual compound | ||
Paulina Zamora | Bodybuilding | Women's bikini fitness | ||
Yuri Rodriguez | Bodybuilding | Men's class bodybuilding | ||
Bryan Pérez | Surfing | Men's open surf |
Archery
At the first qualifier, El Salvador won two quota spots. El Salvador would later qualify a woman in the recurve category in the final qualification tournament.Artistic swimming
El Salvador qualified a duet of two athletes, marking the first time the country has competed in the sport since 2003.;Women
Athletics (track and field)
El Salvador qualified two male athletes.;Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
- NH = No height
- SB = Season's best
;Men
;Track event
;Field events
Badminton
El Salvador qualified a team of two badminton athletes.Basque pelota
El Salvador qualified one athlete in basque pelota.;Men
Beach volleyball
El Salvador qualified four beach volleyball athletes.Bodybuilding
El Salvador qualified a full team of two bodybuilders. In the sport's debut at the Pan American Games, the country won both gold medals on offer.- No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.
Bowling
;Men
- Julio Acosta
- Luis Bendeck
- Edith Quintanilla
- Sandra Quintanilla
Boxing
;Women
Fencing
El Salvador qualified one female fencer in the foil discipline, after Puerto Rico declined its quota.;Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
El Salvador qualified one male and one female artistic gymnast.;Men
;Women
Judo
El Salvador qualified one male judoka. Juan Diego Turcios qualified to competed in the 81 kg event, but did not make weight. Therefore he did not compete in the event.Roller sports
El Salvador qualified two women in the speed discipline.Speed
;WomenRowing
El Salvador qualified one female rower.;Women
Sailing
El Salvador qualified a spot in the men's laser event.;Men
Shooting
El Salvador qualified nine sport shooters. Later the country swapped one women's pistol quota for a men's pistol spot.;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Swimming
El Salvador qualified six swimmers, including three in the open water discipline.Squash
El Salvador qualified a men's team of three athletes, marking its return to the sport at the Pan American Games for the first time since 2011.;Men
;Singles and Doubles
;Team
Surfing
El Salvador qualified three surfers in the sport's debut at the Pan American Games.Tennis
El Salvador qualified three male tennis players.;Men
Triathlon
El Salvador received a wild card to enter one male triathlete.;Men
Weightlifting
El Salvador qualified three weightlifters.Wrestling
El Salvador received one wild card in the women's freestyle discipline.;Freestyle
;Women