Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 50 kg

The women's 50 kg competition of the karate events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 3 at the Contact Sports Center (Centro de Entrenamiento de los Deportes de Contacto) in Santiago, Chile.^[1][2]

Women's 50 kg at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Contact Sports Center
Dates	November 4
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Yorgelis Salazar   Venezuela   Yamina Lahyanssa   Canada   Barbara Morales   Independent Athletes Team   Yamila Benitez   Argentina
«2019 2027»

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 4, 2023	10:00	Pool matches
November 4, 2023	16:04	Semifinals
November 4, 2023	17:14	Final

Results

The athletes with the two best scores of each pool advance to the semifinals.^[3]

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	Yorgelis Salazar (VEN)	3	3	0	9
2	Yamina Lahyanssa (CAN)	3	2	1	6
3	Penelope Polanco (DOM)	3	1	2	3
4	Fernanda Vega (CHI)	3	0	3	0

	Score
Yorgelis Salazar (VEN)	3–0	Penelope Polanco (DOM)
Fernanda Vega (CHI)	1–2	Yamina Lahyanssa (CAN)
Yorgelis Salazar (VEN)	9–1	Fernanda Vega (CHI)
Penelope Polanco (DOM)	0–2	Yamina Lahyanssa (CAN)
Penelope Polanco (DOM)	8–1	Fernanda Vega (CHI)
Yorgelis Salazar (VEN)	10–3	Yamina Lahyanssa (CAN)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	Yamila Benitez (ARG)	4	3	1	9
2	Barbara Morales (EAI)	4	3	1	9
3	Claudia de la Cruz (PER)	4	3	1	9
4	Doralvis Delgado (USA)	4	1	3	3
5	Gabriella Izaguirre (ESA)	4	0	4	0

	Score
Gabriella Izaguirre (ESA)	1–2	Claudia de la Cruz (PER)
Yamila Benitez (ARG)	2–2	Barbara Morales (EAI)
Gabriella Izaguirre (ESA)	1–3	Doralvis Delgado (USA)
Claudia de la Cruz (PER)	2–1	Yamila Benitez (ARG)
Gabriella Izaguirre (ESA)	3–5	Barbara Morales (EAI)
Claudia de la Cruz (PER)	1–0	Doralvis Delgado (USA)
Gabriella Izaguirre (ESA)	0–9	Yamila Benitez (ARG)
Doralvis Delgado (USA)	0–2	Barbara Morales (EAI)
Claudia de la Cruz (PER)	3–4	Barbara Morales (EAI)
Yamila Benitez (ARG)	1–0	Doralvis Delgado (USA)

Finals

The results were as follows:^[4]

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Yorgelis Salazar (VEN)	8
	Barbara Morales (EAI)	2
					Yorgelis Salazar (VEN)	5
					Yamina Lahyanssa (CAN)	2
	Yamila Benitez (ARG)	0
	Yamina Lahyanssa (CAN)	0

References

1. "Venues". www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. "Karate Women's 50 kg pool results" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2023.
4. "Karate Women's 50 kg bracket" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2023.