Guyana is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Guyana's 17th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the third edition in 1959.

On October 14, a final team of 19 athletes competing in eight sports was announced by the Guyana Olympic Association. Boxer Desmond Amsterdam and badminton athlete Priyanna Ramdhani were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, javelin thrower Leslain Baird was the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

Competitors The following is the list of the number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 2 3 5Badminton 0 1 1Boxing 4 1 5Swimming 1 1 2Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 0 1 1Weightlifting 1 1 2 Total 10 9 19

Medallists

The following Guyanese competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

MedalNameSportEventDate Jasmine Abrams Athletics Women's 100 metres Emanuel Archibald Athletics Men's 100 metres Leslain Baird Athletics Men's javelin throw

Archery

Guyana qualified one archer during the 2023 Copa Merengue. This will mark the country's Pan American Games debut in the sport.

Men AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreDevin PermaulIndividual recurve61129L 0–6Did not advance

Athletics

Guyana qualified five track and field athletes (two men and three women).

Key Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target NR = National record GR = Games record PB = Personal best NM = No mark N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events AthleteEventSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankEmanuel ArchibaldMen's 100 m10.353 q10.31Men's 200 m21.085 q21.388Jasmine AbramsWomen's 100 m11.602 Q11.52Keliza Smith11.7814Did not advanceAliyah AbramsWomen's 400 m51.822 Q52.665

Field event AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionLeslain BairdMen's javelin throw78.23

Badminton

Guyana qualified one female athlete.

Women AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPriyanna RamdhaniSinglesL 6–21, 0–11Did not advance

Boxing

Guyana qualified two male boxers, both of whom qualified through the final Pan American Games qualifier held in Cali, Colombia. The boxing event was an open entry event, which allowed Guyana to enter a further two male and one female boxers.

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKeevin AllicockMen's 57 kgW L 0–5Did not advanceJoel WilliamsonMen's kg L 0–5Did not advanceDesmond AmsterdamMen's 80 kgL 0–5Did not advanceEmmanuel PompeyMen's 92 kgL1–4Did not advanceAlesha JackmanWomen's 66 kgL Did not advance

Swimming

Guyana qualified two swimmers (one per gender).

Men Raekwon Noel

Women Aleka Persaud

Table tennis

Guyana qualified one male table tennis athlete at the final qualification tournament in Lima, Peru. Guyana would be later awarded a wildcard in the women's singles event, bringing the team size up to two athletes (one per gender).

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankShemar BrittonMen's singlesL 1–4 (4–11, 8–11, 8–11, 11–6, 3–11)Did not advanceChelsea EdghillWomen's singlesL 0–4 (4–11, 6–11, 4–11, 8–11)Did not advanceShemar BrittonChelsea EdghillMixed doublesL 1–4 (8–11, 7–11, 8–11, 11–7, 8–11)Did not advance

Taekwondo

Guyana qualified one female athlete during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.

Kyorugi Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal/ OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankCeili Peterson–49 kgL 1–2Did not advance

Weightlifting

Guyana was awarded a wildcard to send one male weightlifter. Guyana later received an additional quota for a women's weightlifter, meaning the team size was two athletes (one man and one woman).

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankShammah NoelMen's 89 kg100141451424514Krystol ChanderbanWomen's 59 kg6516781514315

Demonstration sports Esports

Guyana qualified one female athlete. This athlete is not included in the total, because esports is a demonstration sport.

Women Hemchandra Persaud

See also Guyana at the 2023 Parapan American Games Guyana at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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