Belize at the 2019 Pan American Games

Belize at the
2019 Pan American Games
IOC codeBIZ
NOCBelize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
in Lima, Peru
26 July–11 August 2019
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Jordan Santos (opening)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

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

On July 19, 2019, the Belize team of six athletes (three per gender) was announced.[3][4][5] Triathlete Jordan Santos was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[6][7]

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) 0 1 1
Bodybuilding 1 0 1
Canoeing 1 2 3
Triathlon 1 0 1
Total 3 3 6

Athletics (track and field)

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

Belize received one wild card to enter one woman in the 100 metres event.[3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
Track event
Women
Athlete Event Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Hilary Gladden 100 m 12.19 19 did not advance

Bodybuilding

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

Belize qualified one male bodybuilder.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Prejudging Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Godfrey Alford Classic bodybuilding — did not advance
  • No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Canoeing

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

Belize qualified two canoe sprint athletes (one male and one female). Belize was later reallocated an additional female quota.[9]

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Amado Cruz Men's K-1 200 metres 39.371 7 SF 39.083 6 did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 metres 3.48.139 5 SF 3:57.633 6 did not advance
Ruth Cruz Women's K-1 200 metres 1:11.448 6 SF 1:08.216 8 did not advance
Francisca Cruz Women's K-1 500 metres 2.41.278 6 SF 2:37.758 8 did not advance
Francisca Cruz
Ruth Cruz 		Women's K-2 500 metres 2:35.585 5 SF 2:33.900 6 did not advance

Qualification Legend: F = Qualify to final (medal); SF = Qualify to semifinal. Position is within the heat

Triathlon

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

Belize received a wild card to enter one male triathlete.[3][10]

Men
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (8.88 km) Total Rank
Jordan Santos Individual Lapped

References

  1. ^ "Participating Countries". www.lima2019.pe/. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Our 41 Members". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Meet the Belize Delegation Heading to the Pan American Games". www.edition.channel5belize.com/. Great Belize Productions Ltd. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. ^ "The Pan Am Plan". 7 News Belize. Belize City, Belize. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ^ Humes, Aaron (23 July 2019). "Six of Belize's best headed to Pan American Games in Peru". Breaking Belize News. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Team Belize competes at Lima 2019 Pan American Games". San Pedro Sun. San Pedro, Belize. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Abanderados Lima 2019" [Flagbearers Lima 2019] (PDF). www.lima2019.pe/ (in Spanish). Lima 2019 Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games. 27 July 2019. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Lima 2019 Bodybuilding Quotas". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Confederation of Bodybuilding and Fitness. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  9. ^ Aline, Mona (5 June 2019). "COPAC is proud to announce the Quota Distribution for Canoe Sprint". www.copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  10. ^ "San Pedro's Jordan Santos to represent Belize at XVIII Pan American Games". San Pedro Sun. San Pedro, Belize. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.