Suriname at the 2019 Pan American Games

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

Suriname at the 2019 Pan American Games
IOC code	SUR
NOC	Surinaams Olympisch Comité
in Lima, Peru 26 July–11 August, 2019
Competitors	6 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Dylan Darmohoetomo (opening)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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The Suriname team consisted of six athletes (five men and one woman) competing in four sports. Triple jumper Miguel Van Assen had to withdraw from the team due to injury.^[3] During the opening ceremony of the games, badminton player Dylan Darmohoetomo carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.^[4][5]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Badminton	2	0	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Total	5	1	6

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2019 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Suriname qualified a team of two male badminton athletes.^[6][7] Originally Suriname also qualified two women, but declined the quotas.^[8]

Men

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
Dylan Darmohoetomo	Singles	León (CHI) L 0–2 (20–22, 11–21)	did not advance
Sören Opti		Bye	Baque (ECU) W 2–1 (21–17, 13–21, 21–17)	Guerrero (CUB) L 0–2 (20–22, 9–21)	did not advance
Dylan Darmohoetomo Sören Opti	Doubles	—		Solís / Ramírez (GUA) L 0–2 (7–22, 9–21)	did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Jair Tjon En Fa competed in two events

Suriname qualified one male track cyclist.^[9]

Track

Men

Keirin

Key

• Note – Ranks given are within the heat
• QA – Qualified for Final A

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank
Jair Tjon En Fa	Keirin	2 QA	Bye	5

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final (5th-8th)
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jair Tjon En Fa	Sprint	10.166 70.824	5 Q	Estrada (GUA) W	Bye	Puerta (COL) L 10.519, L 10.453	—	2nd	6

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Renzo Tjon-A-Joe competed in two events

Suriname qualified one male swimmer and received a universality spot to enter one female.^[10]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• QA – Qualified for Final A

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Renzo Tjon-A-Joe	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.24	5 QA	22.58	8
	Men's 100 m freestyle	57.61	=8	did not advance
Evita Leter	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:18.44	20	did not advance

• Tjon-A-Joe did not compete in the swim-off in the 100 m freestyle event, thus he did not qualify for the either final.

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2019 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Suriname qualified one male taekwondo practitioner.^[11][12]

Kyorugi

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tosh Van Dijk	-68 kg	Morales (CHI) L DSQ	did not advance

See also

• Suriname at the 2020 Summer Olympics