Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games
Taekwondo competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held between October 21 and 24, 2023 at the Contact Sports Center, located in Santiago.[1][2]
| Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games | |
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| Venue | Contact Sports Center |
| Start date | October 21, 2023 |
| End date | October 24, 2023 |
| No. of events | 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 122 from 26 nations |
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| Qualification | |||
| Kyorugi | |||
| Men | Women | Mixed | |
| 58 kg | 49 kg | ||
| 68 kg | 57 kg | ||
| 80 kg | 67 kg | ||
| +80 kg | +67 kg | ||
| Team | Team | ||
| Poomsae | |||
| Men | Women | Mixed | |
| Individual | Individual | Pairs | |
13 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Ten of these events are in Kyorugi (five per gender). In March 2023, PanamSports added a men's and women's team events to the sports program in the Kyorugi division.[3] A total of 136 athletes are scheduled to compete.[4]
Qualification
A total of up to 136 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 10 athletes (eight in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae). The host nation, Chile, automatically qualifies the maximum number of athletes (8) and is entered in each event. There will also eight wild card spots awarded in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae. The spots will be awarded at the qualification tournament held in Rio de Janeiro in March 2023.[4]
Participating nations
A total of 26 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Argentina (7)
Barbados (1)
Bolivia (2)
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Canada (9)
Chile (8)
Colombia (7)
Costa Rica (3)
Cuba (8)
Dominican Republic (6)
Ecuador (8)
El Salvador (1)
Guyana (1)
Haiti (2)
Honduras (2)
Independent Athletes Team (4)
Jamaica (1)
Mexico (12)
Nicaragua (3)
Panama (1)
Peru (6)
Puerto Rico (8)
Suriname (1)
United States (12)
Uruguay (2)
Venezuela (7)
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Chile* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Haiti | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Independent Athletes Team | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 | |
Kyorugi
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 kg |
Brandon Plaza Mexico |
Lucas Guzmán Argentina |
Jhon Deivi Reyes Colombia |
| Paulo Ricardo Melo Brazil | |||
| 68 kg |
Khalfani Harris United States |
Bernardo Pié Dominican Republic |
Tae-Ku Park Canada |
| José Luis Acuña Argentina | |||
| 80 kg |
Carl Nickolas United States |
Miguel Trejos Colombia |
Kelvin Calderón Cuba |
| Lucas Ostapiv Brazil | |||
| +80 kg |
Carlos Sansores Mexico |
Jonathan Healy United States |
Agustín Alves Argentina |
| Marc-André Bergeron Canada | |||
| Team |
Brazil Edival Pontes Maicon Andrade Paulo Ricardo Melo |
Chile Joaquín Churchill Ignacio Morales Aarón Contreras |
Mexico Uriel Gómez Carlos Navarro Bryan Salazar |
| Ecuador Adrián Miranda José Carlos Nieto Julio César Arroyo |
- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg |
Daniela Souza Mexico |
Andrea Ramírez Colombia |
Giulia Sendra Argentina |
| Melina Daniel United States | |||
| 57 kg |
Skylar Park Canada |
Maria Clara Pacheco Brazil |
Caitlyn Cox United States |
| Carolena Carstens Panama | |||
| 67 kg |
Leslie Soltero Mexico |
Ava Lee Haiti |
Claudia Gallardo Chile |
| Kristina Teachout United States | |||
| +67 kg |
Madelynn Gorman-Shore United States |
Gloria Mosquera Colombia |
Aliyah Shipman Haiti |
| Victoria Heredia Mexico | |||
| Team |
Dominican Republic Katherine Rodríguez Madelyn Rodríguez Mayerlin Mejía |
Mexico Victoria Heredia Fabiola Villegas Leslie Soltero |
Brazil Caroline Santos Maria Clara Pacheco Sandy Macedo |
| Cuba Arlettys Acosta Frislaidis Martínez Marlyn Pérez |
Poomsae
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |
William Arroyo Mexico |
Elian Ortega Nicaragua |
Luis Colon Puerto Rico |
| Hugo Del Castillo Peru | |||
| Women's individual |
Kaitlyn Reclusado United States |
María Higueros Independent Athletes Team |
Soo Lee Kim Mexico |
| Arelis Medina Puerto Rico | |||
| Mixed pairs |
Mexico William Arroyo Soo Lee Kim |
Nicaragua Elian Ortega Ingrid Darce |
Puerto Rico Luis Colón Arelis Medina |
| Ecuador Mario Troya Katlen Jerves |
References
- "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- Palmer, Dan (22 March 2023). "Team taekwondo event added to Santiago 2023 programme". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
