Nicaragua at the 2011 Pan American Games
IOC code	NIC
NOC	Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense
Website	www.ind.gob.ni/comiteolimpico.php
in Guadalajara 14–30 October 2011
Competitors	31[2] in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Dalia Tórrez Zamora[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Nicaragua competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 30, 2011. Nicaragua's contingent was made up of 50 people including 31 athletes competing in 11 different sports. The Chef de mission of the team was Eduardo Abdullah.^[3]

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
800 m	Edgard Alejandro Cortez			1:59.02	7th	Did not advance
Marathon	Simas Alberto Castro					2:47:25	17th

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
400 m hurdles	Jessica Aguilera	1:03.75	7th	Did not advance

Field events

Event	Athletes	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Javelin throw	Dalila Rugama			46.82 m.	14th

Nicaragua qualified two athletes in the paleta rubber pairs 30m fronton category.

Athlete(s)	Event	Series 1	Series 2	Series 3	Series 4	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Oscar Bustillo Victor Bustillo	Paleta Rubber Pairs 30m Fronton	Fernando Celaya (CHI) & Pedro De Orte L 0-2	Enrique Blas (GUA) & Juan Diego Blas L 0-2	Fernando Ergueta (ARG) & Javier Nicosia L 0-2	Tomas Fernandez (CRC) & Jorge Lopez W 2-0	Did not advance

Nicaragua qualified a men's and women's team in the beach volleyball competition.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dany López Gerald Umaña	Men	Aldo Miramontes (MEX)  Juan Virgen (MEX) L 12-21, 15-21	Cristian Redmann (CAN)  Bejamin Saxton (CAN) L 22-24, 16-21	Guillermo Williman (URU)  Nicolas Zanotta (URU) L 11-21, 13-23	Did not advance
Amalia Hernández Lollette Rodríguez	Women	Bibiana Candelas (MEX)  Mayra García (MEX) L 5-21, 12-21	Fabiana Gómez (URU)  Lucia Guigou (URU) L 12-21, 15-21	Nathalia Alfaro (CRC)  Ingrid Morales (CRC) L 14-21, 15-21	Did not advance

Nicaragua qualified a boxing team of four athletes.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marvin Solano	Flyweight	Eddie Valenzuela (GUA) L 10 – 22	Did not advance
Julio Laguna	Lightweight	Yasniel Toledo (CUB) L RSC Round1 3:00	Did not advance
Luis Amador	Light welterweight	Valentino Knowles (BAH) L 7 – 17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ledy Mayorga	Light heavyweight	Alma Nora Ibarra (MEX) L 3 – 16	Did not advance

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felipe Jarquin Vicente Vanega	Coxless pair (M2-)	7:23.41	5th R	7:25.16	5th qB	7:21.78	3rd B
Felipe Jarquin Hector Potoy Eddy Vanega Vicente Vanega	Coxless four (M4-)	6:49.04	4th R	6:41.26	5th qB	6:34.64	1st B

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Vanega Maria Vanega	Double sculls (W2x)	8:52.91	4th R	8:56.17	5th	Did not advance

Men

Event	Athlete	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
10 m air pistol	Jaime Ramon Davila	542- 4x	32nd	Did not advance
	Pablo Alejandro Guerrero	521- 4x	33rd	Did not advance
10 m air rifle	Walter Antonio Martínez	569-20x	22nd	Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol	Jaime Ramon Davila	508- 6x	14th	Did not advance
50 m pistol	Jaime Ramon Davila	520-10x	23rd	Did not advance
	Pablo Alejandro Guerrero	477- 4x	28th	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	Walter Antonio Martínez	573-21x	24th	Did not advance
50 m rifle three positions	Walter Antonio Martínez	1094- 29x	20th	Did not advance

Nicaragua qualified three swimmers.^[4]

Men

Event	Athletes	Heats		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
200 m Butterfly	Victor Lopez Cantera	2:10.22	15th qB	2:09.19	7th B
10 km marathon	Omar Núñez			2:19:16.8	16th

Women

Event	Athletes	Heats		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
100 m butterfly	Dalia Tórrez Zamora	1:08.65	23rd	Did not advance

Nicaragua received a wild card to send one male taekwondo athlete.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Michael Antonio Rodriguez	Heavyweight (-80kg)	Sebastian Crismanich (ARG) L 0 – 12	Did not advance

Nicaragua received a wild card in the men's triathlon event.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Francisco Lopez	Individual	DNF

Nicaragua qualified one male athlete and one female athlete.

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total	Rank
		Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3
Eddy Fernando Peña	Men's 69 kg	105	110	115	130	140	147	250	8th
Silvia Artola	Women's 48 kg	65	70	73	92	97	100	170	5th

Nicaragua qualified one athlete in the 55 kg men's Greco-Roman category.

Men

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alberto Mendieta	55 kg	Gustavo Balart (CUB) L PO 0 – 3		Bronze medal match:  Juan Carlos Lopez (COL) L PP 1 – 3