Brazil at the 2023 Pan American Games

Brazil at the
2023 Pan American Games
IOC codeBRA
NOCBrazilian Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile
20 October 2023 – 5 November 2023
Competitors619 in 40 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Fernando Scheffer & Luisa Stefani
Flag bearer (closing)Hugo Calderano & Nicole Pircio
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
66
Silver
73
Bronze
66
Total
205
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Brazil competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 November 2023.[1]

Racquetball and squash competitions were the only sports without Brazilian representation at these games.[2] With this, the delegation sent to represent Brazil, made up of 619 athletes, broke the record as the largest ever sent abroad in a sporting competition, 29 more than the record reached in 2015 Pan American Games, where 590 represented the country.[3]

Olympic medalists in 2020 Summer Olympics, the swimmer Fernando Scheffer and tennis player Luisa Stefani were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[4] Meanwhile, table tennis player Hugo Calderano and rhythmic gymnast Nicole Pircio were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.[5]

For the first time in the history of the Pan American Games, Brazil took the lead in the medal table for a few minutes. The feat took place shortly after Rayssa Leal won the gold medal and Pâmela Rosa won the silver in women's street skateboarding, as a discipline of roller sports.[6] At the end of the Pan, Brazil finished second in a row in the medals table, surpassing the Lima 2019 record with 66 gold medals, 73 silver medals and 66 bronze medals, with the majority of medals won by women.[7]

  1. ^ "¿QUIÉNES SOMOS?". www.santiago2023.org/. Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Lista dos 619 atletas brasileiros no Pan-Americano de Santiago-2023" [List of 619 Brazilian athletes at the Santiago 2023 Pan American]. www.olimpiadatododia.com.br (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Rayssa, Rebeca e as mulheres são protagonistas da delegação do Pan a 100 dias de Santiago" [Rayssa, Rebeca and the women are protagonists of the Pan American delegation 100 days from Santiago]. www.ge.globo.com.br (in Portuguese). GE. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Luisa Stefani e Fernando Scheffer serão os porta-bandeiras do Time Brasil na abertura de Santiago 2023" [Luisa Stefani and Fernando Scheffer will be flagbeares for Brazil Team at Santiago 2023 Opening Ceremony]. www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese). Comitê Olímpico do Brasil. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Calderano e Nicole Pircio serão os porta-bandeiras no encerramento" [Calderano and Nicole Pircio will be the flagbeares at the 2023 Closing Ceremony]. www.olimpiadatododia.com.br (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Rayssa Leal fatura 1º ouro do Brasil no Pan de Santiago, Pâmela é prata" [Rayssa Leal wins Brazil's 1st gold at the Pan de Santiago, Pâmela is silver]. www.ge.globo.com.br (in Portuguese). GE. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Brasil bate recordes no Pan de Santiago-2023 e consolida top-2" [Brazil breaks records at the Pan-American Games in Santiago 2023 and consolidates top-2]. www.olimpiadatododia.com.br (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.