Honduras at the 2019 Pan American Games

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

Honduras at the 2019 Pan American Games
IOC code	HON
NOC	Honduran Olympic Committee
Website	cohonduras.com
in Lima, Peru 26 July–11 August, 2019
Competitors	44 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Pedro Espinosa (opening)
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

In July 2019, the Honduran Olympic Committee released a full list of 44 athletes (32 men and 12 women) competing in 14 sports.^[3]

During the opening ceremony of the games, equestrian athlete Pedro Espinosa 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
Athletics (track and field)	1	0	1
Bodybuilding	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Equestrian	1	1	2
Football	18	0	18
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Shooting	0	2	2
Swimming	3	4	7
Table tennis	1	0	1
Tennis	2	0	2
Taekwondo	1	2	3
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	32	12	44

Medalists

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 Honduras national under-23 football team Alex Güity Enrique Facussé Cristopher Meléndez Elvin Oliva José Antonio García Ricky Zapata Elison Rivas Denil Maldonado Carlos Pineda Kervin Arriaga Rembrandt Flores José Pinto Jorge Álvarez José Reyes Kilmar Peña Aldo Fajardo Darixon Vuelto Douglas Martínez Football Men's tournament August 10  Bronze Kevin Mejía Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg August 7

Medals by sport Sport Total Football 0 1 0 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 1 2

Athletics (track and field)

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

Honduras entered one male athlete.^[3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round

Men

Field event

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Zachary Short	Shot put	18.62	10

Bodybuilding

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

Honduras qualified a full team of two bodybuilders (one male and one female).^[6][7]

Athlete	Event	Prejudging		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jose Garcia Rodriguez	Men's classic bodybuilding	—		did not advance
Sandra Alvarado	Women's bikini fitness	—		39	4

• No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Cycling

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

Honduras qualified one male cyclist.^[3][8]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Luis Enrique Lopez	Road race	4:09:03	21
	Time trial	49:42.18	15

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Luis Enrique Lopez	Cross-country	1:33:08	11

Equestrian

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

Honduras qualified two equestrians.^[9][10]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Grand Prix Freestyle / Intermediate I Freestyle
			Grand Prix / Prix St. Georges		Grand Prix Special / Intermediate I		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Karen Atala	D'Esprit Joli	Individual	59.324	35	59.000	33	118.324	33	did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pedro Espinosa	Hipolita	Individual	33.00	14	34.80	17	4.00	11	71.80	15

Football

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Honduras qualified a men's team of 18 athletes.^[11][12]

Roster

The 18-man squad was announced on 22 July 2019.^[13]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Alex Güity	(1997-07-20)20 July 1997 (aged 22)	0	0	Olimpia
	1GK	Enrique Facussé	(1998-12-30)30 December 1998 (aged 20)	0	0	Kentucky Wildcats
	2DF	Cristopher Meléndez	(1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	Motagua
	2DF	Elvin Oliva	(1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	Olimpia
	2DF	José Antonio García	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 20)	0	0	Olimpia
	2DF	Ricky Zapata	(1997-11-23)23 November 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	Real Sociedad
	2DF	Elison Rivas	(1999-11-20)20 November 1999 (aged 19)	0	0	Real España
	2DF	Denil Maldonado	(1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 21)	0	0	Motagua
	3MF	Carlos Pineda	(1997-09-23)23 September 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	Olimpia
	3MF	Kervin Arriaga	(1998-01-05)5 January 1998 (aged 21)	0	0	Platense
	3MF	Rembrandt Flores	(1997-05-12)12 May 1997 (aged 22)	0	0	Olimpia
	3MF	José Pinto	(1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	Olimpia
	3MF	Jorge Álvarez	(1998-01-28)28 January 1998 (aged 21)	0	0	Olimpia
	3MF	José Reyes	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	Olimpia
	4FW	Kilmar Peña	(1997-03-09)9 March 1997 (aged 22)	0	0	Lobos UPNFM
	4FW	Aldo Fajardo	(1997-11-13)13 November 1997 (aged 21)	0	0	Platense
	4FW	Darixon Vuelto	(1998-01-15)15 January 1998 (aged 21)	0	0	Real España
	4FW	Douglas Martínez	(1997-06-05)5 June 1997 (aged 22)	0	0	Real Monarchs

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Fifth place match
4	Peru (H)	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	Seventh place match

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Hosts

Jamaica	1–3	Honduras
Beckford 46'	Report	Vuelto 71', 80' Martínez 78'

29 July 2019 (2019-07-29)

17:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

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Honduras	2–2	Peru
Vuelto 90'+2' Maldonado 90'+7'	Report	Quevedo 15' Guivin 62'

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)

20:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Felipe González (Chile)

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Uruguay	3–0	Honduras
Arriaga 34' (o.g.) Ramírez 75' (pen.) Fernández 84'	Report

4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)

17:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

Semifinals

Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Honduras
Venegas 40'	Report	Reyes 79'
Penalties
Govea Vásquez López Macías	2–4	Martínez Vuelto Reyes Maldonado

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)

17:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

Gold medal match

Honduras	1–4	Argentina
Martínez 42'	Report	Urzi 7' Valenzuela 58' Necul 61' Vera 65'

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10)

20:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos

Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

Judo

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

Honduras qualified one female judoka.^[14]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cergia David	63 kg	De Lucía (ARG) L 00S3–100	did not advance

Rowing

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

Honduras qualified one male rower.^[3][15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Franklin Acosta	Single sculls	7:58.25	5 R	8:03.59	4 FC	did not qualify		Not held	13

Qualification Legend: FC=Final C R=Repechage

• Results given are within the heat.
• Final C was not held, and Acosta finished 13th overall.

Shooting

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

Honduras qualified two female sport shooters.^[16]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sthephany Gallo	10 m air pistol	528	27	did not advance
	25 m pistol	522	24	did not advance
Pamela Ramirez	10 m air pistol	520	29	did not advance
	25 m pistol	431	27	did not advance

Swimming

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

Honduras qualified seven swimmers (three men and four women).^[17]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• NR – National record
• QB – Qualified for Final B

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marco Flores	50 m freestyle	23.55	21	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.21	22	did not advance
Julio Horrego	100 m breaststroke	1:02.94 NR	15 QB	1:02.37 NR	12
	200 m breaststroke	2:18.21	13 QB	2:17.90	12
	200 m individual medley	2:07.78	18	did not advance
Carlos Vasquez Moreno	100 m butterfly	56.01	17	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:03.37	16 QB	2:02.74	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julimar Avila	50 m freestyle	26.69 NR	13 QB	26.91	15
	100 m freestyle	58.15	14 QB	57.74 NR	12
	100 m butterfly	1:03.35	17	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:25.12	14 QB	2:22.43 NR	12
Sara Pastrana	200 m freestyle	2:06.65	13 QB	2:06.40	12
	400 m freestyle	4:28.68	14 QB	4:27.11	13
Jennifer Ramirez Posada	800 m freestyle	—		9:39.09	13
	200 m butterfly	2:24.83	14 QB	2:24.50	14
Ana Pastrana Lizano	400 m individual medley	5:16.93	11 QB	Disqualified

Table tennis

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

Honduras qualified one male table tennis athlete. José You qualified at the individual qualification tournament by winning his side of the bracket of the first draw. You lived in trained in Taiwan for the last 20 years.^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
José You	Singles	Jha (USA) L 0–4	did not advance

Taekwondo

Miguel Ferrera, picture here at the 2016 Summer Olympics, competed in the 80 kg taekwondo event

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

Honduras qualified three taekwondo practitioners (one man and two women).^[19][20]

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Miguel Ferrera	Men's 80 kg	Iliesco (CAN) W 8–8	Hernández (DOM) L 7–15	did not advance
Yosselyn Molina	Women's 67 kg	Kraayeveld (CAN) L 4–16	did not advance
Keyla Ávila	Women's +67 kg	Fernandez (VEN) L 0–1	did not advance

Tennis

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

Honduras qualified two male tennis players.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alejandro Obando	Singles	Granja (CUB) L 4–6, 1–6	did not advance
Keny Turcios		Zeballos (BOL) L 3–6, 6–4, 1–6	did not advance
Alejandro Obando Keny Turcios	Doubles	—	Bye	González / Mejía (COL) L 4–6, 2–6	did not advance

Weightlifting

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

Honduras received a wild card for a male weightlifter.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jorge Hernández	73 kg	125	7	165	7	290	7

Wrestling

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

Honduras qualified two wrestlers (one man and one woman).^[22]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kevin Mejía	Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg	Loango (COL) W 7–0	Hancock (USA) L 0–10	—	Barreiro (CAN) W 8–0
Saidy Chávez	Women's freestyle 68 kg	Garnica (MEX) L 0–2F	did not advance