Panama at the 2015 Pan American Games

Panama competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.^[1]

Panama at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	PAN
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Panamá
Website	www.conpanama.org
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	44 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Édgar Crespo
Flag bearer (closing)	Eileen Grench
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Swimmer Édgar Crespo was the flagbearer of the country at the opening ceremony.^[2][3]

Panama finished the competition with two medals, one silver and one bronze, and was ranked 24th overall.^[4]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	5	6
Bowling	2	0	2
Fencing	0	1	1
Football (soccer)	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Modern pentathlon	2	0	2
Shooting	4	0	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Triathlon	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	34	10	44

Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Alvis Almendra Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg July 15  Bronze Alonso Edward Athletics Men's 200m July 24 Medals by sport Sport Total Wrestling 0 0 1 0 Athletics 0 0 0 1 Total 0 1 1 2 Medals by day Day Total July 15 0 1 0 0 July 24 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 1 2

Athletics

Alonso Edward, pictured here at the 2012 Summer Olympics won a bronze medal in the 200 m event.

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

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• SB = Seasonal best

Men

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alonso Edward	200 m	20.39 Q	7	20.09 Q	=4	19.90 SB

Women

Track

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Ferris	1500 m	—		4:23.96 SB	8
	3000 m steeplechase	—		10:40.10	9
Yvette Lewis	100 m hurdles	12.92 Q	4	13.29	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Kashany Rios	High jump	1.70	16
Aixa Middleton	Discus throw	50.62	9

Bowling

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

Panama qualified two male bowlers.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Qualification															Round robin				Semifinals		Finals
		Block 1 (Games 1–6)						Block 2 (Games 7–12)						Total	Average	Rank	Total	Average	Grand Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12								Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Narvaez	Men's	214	176	225	155	199	191	164	220	250	158	212	234	2398	199.8	15	did not advance						15
Carlos Olmos		212	209	200	186	184	199	170	155	190	181	185	234	2305	192.1	20	did not advance						20

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Block 1 (Games 1–6)								Block 2 (Games 7–12)								Grand Total	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Average	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Average
Juan Narvaez Carlos Olmos	Men's	227	201	172	155	169	171	1095	182.5	198	236	195	206	177	179	2286	190.5	4709	11
		172	205	243	207	158	199	1184	197.3	188	199	256	181	234	181	2423	201.9

Fencing

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

Panama 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
Eileen Grench	Women's Sabre	4	2	Giulia Gasparin (BRA) W 15–4	Alejandra Benítez (VEN) L 8–15	did not advance		6

Football

Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

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

Panama's men's U-22 football team qualified to compete at the games after winning the Central American qualifying tournament.^[5] The roster for Panama was as follows.^[6]

Head coach: Leonardo Pipino

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Jaime De Gracia		Tauro
2	2DF	Richard Dixon		Chorrillo
3	2DF	Josué Flores		Chorrillo
4	2DF	Carlos Rodriguez		Chepo
5	3MF	Francisco Narbón		James Madison University
6	2DF	Fidel Escobar		Sporting San Miguelito
7	3MF	Jairo Jiménez		Elche B
8	3MF	Pedro Jeanine		San Francisco
9	4FW	Cecilio Waterman		Fenix
10	3MF	Jhamal Rodríguez		Chorrillo
11	4FW	Jorman Aguilar		Independiente
12	1GK	Elieser Powell		Chorrillo
13	2DF	Jan Vargas		Tauro
14	2DF	Michael Murillo		San Francisco
15	2DF	Richard Peralta		Alianza
16	3MF	José Muñoz		Alianza
17	3MF	Josiel Núñez		Plaza Amador
18	4FW	Yoel Bárcenas		Arabe Unido

Group A

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

Source: Toronto 2015
(H) Hosts

July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)

17:35

Panama	2–1	Peru
Aguilar 47' Escobar 90' (pen.)	Report	Maldonado 54'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

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July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)

20:35

Panama	0–0	Canada
	Report

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

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July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20)

17:35

Brazil	3–3	Panama
Luciano 24', 25' Clayton 37'	Report	Aguilar 40', 51' Escobar 56' (pen.)

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)

Semifinals

July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23)

20:35

Mexico	2–1	Panama
Zaldívar 2' Cisneros 61'	Report	Núñez 59'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Bronze medal match

July 25, 2015 (2015-07-25)

13:05

Brazil	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Panama
Luciano 76' (pen.), 115' (pen.) Lucas Piazon 99'	Report	Núñez 45+2'

Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium, Hamilton

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Gymnastics

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

Panama has qualified two gymnasts.

Artistic

Men

Panama has qualified one male artistic gymnast.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Kevin Espinosa	All-Around	12.500	11.750	9.300	12.650	11.350	10.550	68.100	33	did not advance

Women

Panama has qualified one female artistic gymnast.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Isabella Amado Medrano	All-Around	14.050	11.850	12.350	13.200	51.450	14 Q	13.650	10.950	11.750	12.150	48.500	18

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Modern pentathlon

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

Panama has qualified a team of 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman). However, Panama did not register its female athlete for this event.

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
Missael Aguilar	Men's	13	19	194	2:48.77	28	194	DNS	—	0	15:22.09	27	378	766	27
Jose Guitian		13	18	194	2:28.16	24	256	71.35	11	276	13:57.82	21	463	1189	17

Shooting

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

Panama qualified four shooters.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition / Score	Rank
David Muñoz	10 m air pistol	577	1 Q	—		114.7	6
Francisco Yanisselly		547	30	—		did not advance
David Muñoz	25 m rapid fire pistol	DNS		—		did not advance
Francisco Yanisselly		DNS		—		did not advance
David Muñoz	50 m pistol	530	15	—		did not advance
Francisco Yanisselly		503	25	—		did not advance
Manuel Garcia	Trap	84	26	did not advance
Eduardo Taylor		94	25	did not advance
Manuel Garcia	Double trap	83	19	did not advance
Eduardo Taylor		102	16	did not advance

Swimming

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

Panama qualified two swimmers (one man and one woman).

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• FA = Qualified for the A Final
• FB = Qualified for the B Final

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Édgar Crespo	Men's 100m breaststroke	1:02:01	8 FA	1:01:88	8
Maria Fernanda Far	Women's 200m butterfly	2:18.57	12 FB	2:18:75	14
	Women's 400m Individual Medley	5:10.85	13 FB	5:06.36	12

Taekwondo

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

Panama qualified a team of one female athlete, and also received a wildcard to enter a male athlete.^[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Victor Gonzalez	Men's -58kg	Venilton Torres (BRA) L 1–14	did not advance
Carolena Carstens	Women's -57kg	Celina Proffen (ARG) L 2–3	did not advance

Triathlon

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

Panama has received a wildcard to enter one male triathlete.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Billy Gordon	Individual	20:26	0:25	DNF

Weightlifting

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

Panama qualified one male and one female weightlifter.^[13][14]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ariel Batista	Men's 69 kg	120	10	145	11	265	10
Rocio Navarro Castillo	Women's 69 kg	87	8	110	9	197	8

Wrestling

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

Panama qualified two male wrestlers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yohar Munoz	Freestyle 74 kg	Jevon Balfour (CAN) L 0–10	did not advance			7
Alvis Almendra	Greco-Roman 75 kg	—	Maximiliano Prudenzano (ARG) W 9–0	Carlos Muñoz (COL) W 2–2	Andy Bisek (USA) L 0–8

See also

• Panama at the 2016 Summer Olympics