Honduras at the 2015 Pan American Games

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

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

Competitors

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

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

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

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

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rolando Palacios	100 m	DSQ
	200 m	21.19	25	Did not advance

Boxing

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

Honduras qualified one male boxer.^[3] The boxer later tested positive for positive for drugs and was withdrawn from the competition.^[4]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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Merin Zalazar	Lightweight (60kg)	Bye	Rosario (COL) L WO	Did not advance

Equestrian

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

Honduras qualified one athlete in dressage.^[5]

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

Gymnastics

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

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			F	V	UB	BB
Kaisa Chirinos	All-Around	Did not start

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final

Judo

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

Honduras qualified one male judoka.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		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

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

Honduras received one wildcard.^[8]

Women

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

Swimming

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

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
		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

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

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

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		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

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

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
		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		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

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

Honduras qualified one male weightlifter.^[11]

Men

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

Wrestling

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

Honduras qualified four male wrestlers.

Men's

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals / Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

See also

• Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

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