Historically! Ecuador won the best medals at the Pan American Games, and 6 tricolors managed to qualify for the Olympic Games. OO. Paris 2024

Roberto Espinoza Mogro, special envoy

SANTIAGO

The Santiago 2023 Pan American Games ended this Sunday, with the Ecuadorian national team adding 36 medals (7 gold, 12 silver and 17 bronze) in 16 days of competition in various sports fields.

A historic record for the Tricolor, as its biggest harvests at these Games were 32 medals in Toronto 2015 (7 gold, 9 silver, 16 bronze); In Lima 2019, he reached 31 (10 gold, 7 silver and 14 bronze). Already in Chile 2023, the record for the number of medals won was broken.

At the first edition of the Pan American Games in Buenos Aires in 1951, Ecuador won gold with Jacinta Sandiford in the high jump, making her a national sports hero as she was the first Ecuadorian to win an international title. In the same edition, Augusto Cires won a bronze medal in archery, individually in the rifle category.

The leader of the medal table in Santiago was the United States with 286 medals (124 gold, 75 silver and 87 bronze); Followed by Brazil, 205 (66 gold, 73 silver and 66 bronze); Mexico, 142 (52 gold, 38 silver and 52 bronze); and Canada, 164 (46 gold, 55 silver and 63 bronze).

Tricolors who got a ticket to the Olympic Games. OO.

During these days of competition in Santiago 2023, qualifications for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 were achieved by: José Rodríguez and María José Palacios, in boxing; Julio Mendoza, in riding; Diana Durango, in archery; Andrés Torres and María Sol Naranjo, in the pentathlon. (D)

Medals and athletes

Golden (7)

silver (7)

bronze (12)