| Noc: | CRC |
| Nocname: | Costa Rican Olympic Committee |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Date: | 10–26 July 2015 |
| Games: | Pan American Games |
| Location: | Toronto, Canada |
| Competitors: | 77 |
| Sports: | 24 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Roberto Sawyers |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Rank: | =28 |
Costa Rica competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1]
Track and field athlete Roberto Sawyers was named the flagbearer of the country at the opening ceremony.[2]
The following table lists Costa Rica's delegation per sport and gender.
| width=150 | Sport ! | width=60 | Men ! | width=60 | Women ! | width=60 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Athletics | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Beach volleyball | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Bowling | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Boxing | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Canoeing | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cycling | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Equestrian | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Football (soccer) | 0 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| Golf | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Racquetball | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Roller sports | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Synchronized swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 45 | 77 |
The following competitors from Costa Rica won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.|style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|
|style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | |||||
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Medals by day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Total | |||||
| July 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
See main article: Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games and Archery at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified one female archer based on its performance at the 2014 Pan American Championships.[3]
See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified nine athletes (seven men and two women).
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Gary Robinson | 200 m | 21.28 | 26 | Did not advance | |||
| Nery Brenes | 400 m | 45.85 | 3 Q | 44.85 SB | 4 | ||
| Georman Rivas | 1500 m | 3:51.46 PB | 12 | ||||
| Alvaro Sanabria | 10,000 m | 31:41.77 | 11 | ||||
| Gerald Drummond | 400 m hurdles | 53.47 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Nery Brenes Gary Robinson Gerald Drummond Jarlex Lynch Allen | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:05.11 NR | 8 q | 3:05.21 | 8 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Sharolyn Josephs | 100 m | 11.46 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m | 23.70 NR | 18 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sharolyn Scott | 400 metres hurdles | 58.30 SB | 8 Q | 58.65 | 7 | |||
See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified a women's pair for a total of two athletes.[4]
See main article: Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.
See main article: Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified four male boxers.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||
| David Jimenez | Flyweight | W 3–0 | L 1–2 | Did not advance | |||
| Eduardo Sanchez Ramirez | Light welterweight | W 2–1 | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 5 | ||
| Middleweight | W 2–1 | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 5 | |||
| Jose Moya Hernandez | Light heavyweight | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 5 | |||
See main article: Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.
| Athlete(s) | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Luis Mendez Rojas | Men's C-1 | DNF | 8 | 213.67 | 8 | 213.67 | 8 | 274.88 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Arnaldo Cespedes Perez | Men's K-1 | 166.17 | 8 | 101.14 | 5 | 101.14 | 5 | 116.42 | 6 | 106.98 | 5 | |
See main article: Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified seven cyclists (one man and six women).
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Fonseca | Men's cross-country | 1:37:56 | 8 | |
| Adriana Rojas | Women's cross-country | 1:45:20 | 12 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||
| Edith Guillén | align=left rowspan=3 | Road race | 2:07:53 | 17 |
| Milagro Mena Solano | 2:07:55 | 26 | ||
| María Vargas | 2:07:55 | 33 | ||
See main article: Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified a full dressage team of four athletes, however only 3 were selected to compete.[7]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Total | Score | Rank | Total | Rank | |||
| Anne Egerstrom | Amorino | align=left rowspan=3 | Individual | 66.053 | 25 | 63.552 | 28 | 129.605 | Did not advance | ||
| Christer Egerstrom | Bello Oriente | 66.790 | 22 | 66.658 | 23 Q | 133.448 | 68.675 | 20 | |||
| Michelle Batalla Navarro | Vivi Light | 61.868 | 35 | 62.026 | 33 | 123.894 | Did not advance | ||||
| Anne Egerstrom Christer Egerstrom Michelle Batalla Navarro | See above | Team | 194.711 | 9 | 192.236 | 9 | 386.947 | 9 | |||
See main article: Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified 1 fencer (1 woman).
See main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games. Costa Rica's women's football team (of 18 athletes) qualified to compete at the games after winning the Central American qualifying tournament.[8]
See main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament.
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See main article: Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified one male golfer.[9]
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification.
Costa Rica qualified one male gymnast.[10]
See main article: Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified one woman judoka.[11]
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games and Modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified 1 male athlete.
See main article: Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified a team of three men.[12]
See main article: Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games and Roller sports at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified two athletes (one male and one female) in the speed competitions.[13] Originally the country had qualified two female athletes in the speed events, but ultimately it chose to only send one.
| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time/Points | Rank | ||
| Carlos Montoya | Men's 200 m time trial | 17.621 | 9 | ||
| Men's 500 m | 39.635 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Men's 10,000 m points race | 4 | 6 | |||
| Jennifer Monterrey | Women's 200 m time trial | 19.848 | 9 | ||
| Women's 500 m | 44.664 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Women's 10,000 m points race | Did not start | ||||
See main article: Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica received a wildcard to enter one male shooter.[14]
See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified five swimmers (3 male and 2 female).
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan="3" | Esteban Araya | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:24.88 | 19 | Did not qualify | |
| 200 metre individual medley | 2:09.14 | 17 | Did not qualify | |||
| 400 metre individual medley | 4:31.52 | 15 FB | 4:33.80 | 16 | ||
| Rodolfo Sanchez Perez | align=left rowspan=2 | 10 km open water | 2:13:47.5 | 15 | ||
| Cristopher Segura | 2:11:42.5 | 14 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan="3" | Marie Meza | 50 metre freestyle | 26.74 | 19 | Did not qualify | |
| 100 metre freestyle | 58.89 | 22 | Did not qualify | |||
| 100 metre butterfly | 1:01.01 | 9 FB | DNS | |||
| Maria Astorga Perez | 10 km open water | 2:21:40.8 | 16 | |||
See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified a duet of two athletes.[15]
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified a team of one female athlete.[16]
See main article: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified one athlete in the men's singles event.[17]
See main article: Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified two triathletes, one per gender.
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo Chacón | Men's individual | 1:49:52 | 9 | |
| Alia Cardinale | Women's individual | 2:03:06 | 16 |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica qualified a team of 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).[18] [19]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Christopher Linton | Men's 94 kg | 127 | 11 | 167 | 11 | 294 | 11 | |
| Daysi Hutchinson | Women's 75 kg | 90 | 6 | 110 | 6 | 200 | 6 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Costa Rica received one wildcard.
