Honduras at the 2015 Pan American Games

Honduras at the
2015 Pan American Games
Honduras at the; 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	HON
NOC	Comité Olímpico Hondureño
Website	cohonduras.com
in Toronto, Canada; 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	19 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Kevin Mejía
Flag bearer (closing)	Rolando Palacios
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
	1975; 1979; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

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

On July 3, 2015, wrestler Kevin Mejía, was named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors[edit]

The following table lists Honduras' delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Boxing	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	2	3
Taekwondo	1	2	3
Tennis	2	0	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	4	0	4
Total	12	7	19

Medalists[edit]

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Kevin Mejia	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg	July 16

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Wrestling	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Medals by day
Day				Total
July 16	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Athletics[edit]

Honduras qualified one athlete.

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
DSQ = Disqualified

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rolando Palacios	100 m	DSQ
Rolando Palacios	200 m	21.19	25	Did not advance

Boxing[edit]

Honduras qualified one male boxer.^[3] The boxer later tested positive for positive for drugs and was withdrawn from the competition.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Merin Zalazar	Lightweight (60kg)	Bye	Rosario (COL) L WO	Did not advance

Equestrian[edit]

Honduras qualified one athlete in dressage.^[5]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total score	Rank
Karen Atala	Weissenfals	Individual	63.316	30	62.000	35	Did not advance

Gymnastics[edit]

Honduras qualified one female gymnast.^[6] Kaisa Chirinos did not compete after injuring her thumb during training.

Artistic
Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Kaisa Chirinos	All-Around	Did not start

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Judo[edit]

Honduras qualified one male judoka.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramon Pileta	+100 kg	Martin Rygielski (CAN) W 1000–0001	Pedro Pineda (VEN) L 0004–1003	—	Joshua Santos (PER) W 1001–0001	Alex Garcia (CUB) L 0004–1001	5

Shooting[edit]

Honduras received one wildcard.^[8]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Claudia Fajardo Rodriguez	10 metre air pistol	350	24	Did not advance

Swimming[edit]

Honduras qualified three swimmers.

Key

Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
FB = Qualified for the B Final
DNS = Did not start

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Allan Gutierrez	Men's 50 metre freestyle	23.62	11 FB	23.61	15
	Men's 100 metre freestyle	52.16	16 FB	52.59	=15
	Men's 100 metre butterfly	55.52	16 FB	55.21	14
Karen Vilorio	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:04.29	14 FB	1:05.06	14
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:18.45	12 FB	2:19.42	14
	Women's 200 metre individual medley	2:25.87	13 FB	2:24.72	14
	Women's 400 metre individual medley	5:03.69	11 FB	DNS
Emma Quintanilla	Women's 10 km open water	—		2:27:08.4	18

Taekwondo[edit]

Honduras qualified a team of three athletes (one man and two women).^[9]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Ferrera	Men's -80kg	Chris Iliesco (CAN) L 3–5	Did not advance
Yosselyn Molina	Women's -67kg	Katherine Alvarado (CRC) L 1–5	Did not advance
Keyla Ávila	Women's +67kg	Nathalie Iliesco (CAN) L 0–8	Did not advance

Tennis[edit]

Honduras received one wildcard spot in the men's singles event, the country later received a reallocated men's spot.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Alejandro Obando	Singles	Luz (BRA) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Kenny Turcios	Singles	Saborío (CRC) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Alejandro Obando Kenny Turcios	Doubles	—		Banzer / Zeballos (BOL) L 1–6, 5–7	Did not advance

Weightlifting[edit]

Honduras qualified one male weightlifter.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Cristopher Pavon	−94 kg	145	10	180	9	325	9

Wrestling[edit]

Honduras qualified four male wrestlers.

Men's

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals / Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kevin Bonilla	Freestyle 57 kg	Bonne (CUB) L 0–10	Did not advance	Mejias (VEN) L 0–7	5
Jefrin Mejia	Greco-Roman 66 kg	Guallpa (ECU) W 10–2	Saddoris (USA) L 0–8	Molina (PER) L 4–9	5
Oscar Martinez	Greco-Roman 85 kg	Anderson (USA) L 0–8	Did not advance	Vera (CUB) L 0–8	5
Kevin Mejia	Greco-Roman 98 kg	Rocha (MEX) W 6–0	Perez (VEN) W 8–2	Lugo (CUB) L 0–4

References[edit]

^ "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ "Luchador Kevin Mejía será abanderado en Toronto 2015" [Wrestler Kevin Mejia will be the flagbearer in Toronto 2015]. www.teleprensa.com/ (in Spanish). TelePremsa. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
^ "61 men and 23 women boxers qualified to Toronto 2015 PanAm Games (10 – 26 July)". www.aiba.org/. International Boxing Association (amateur). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ Butler, Nick (29 July 2015). "Venezuelan weightlifter set to be stripped of Pan American Games gold after becoming 17th doping case". www.insidethegames.biz/. Insidethegames. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ "Qualification Procedure & Competition Format for the 2015 Pan-American Game (Dressage)" (PDF). www.fei.org/. International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). 9 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ "Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Femenina" [Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Women's Artistic Gymnastics] (PDF). www.upag-gymnastics.com/ (in Spanish). Pan American Gymnastics Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ "Pan American Judo Rankings" (PDF). www.cpjudo.com/. Pan American Judo Confederation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ "Final distribution as April 7, 2015 by Countries and Disciplines for Toronto 2015" (PDF). www.conatiro.org/. Shooting Confederation of the Americas. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com/ (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ "2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Masculina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for men's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[1] "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[2] "Luchador Kevin Mejía será abanderado en Toronto 2015" [Wrestler Kevin Mejia will be the flagbearer in Toronto 2015]. www.teleprensa.com/ (in Spanish). TelePremsa. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

[3] "61 men and 23 women boxers qualified to Toronto 2015 PanAm Games (10 – 26 July)". www.aiba.org/. International Boxing Association (amateur). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[4] Butler, Nick (29 July 2015). "Venezuelan weightlifter set to be stripped of Pan American Games gold after becoming 17th doping case". www.insidethegames.biz/. Insidethegames. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

[5] "Qualification Procedure & Competition Format for the 2015 Pan-American Game (Dressage)" (PDF). www.fei.org/. International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). 9 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[6] "Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Femenina" [Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Women's Artistic Gymnastics] (PDF). www.upag-gymnastics.com/ (in Spanish). Pan American Gymnastics Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[7] "Pan American Judo Rankings" (PDF). www.cpjudo.com/. Pan American Judo Confederation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

[8] "Final distribution as April 7, 2015 by Countries and Disciplines for Toronto 2015" (PDF). www.conatiro.org/. Shooting Confederation of the Americas. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[9] "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com/ (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[10] "2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[11] "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Masculina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for men's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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