Costa Rica at the 2023 Pan American Games

Costa Rica is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Costa Rica's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games except 1963.

Racquetball athlete Andrés Acuña and taekwondo athlete Nishy Lee Lindo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, track athlete Andrea Vargas was the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Artistic swimming
Costa Rica qualified a team of two artistic swimmers at the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Badminton
Costa Rica qualified one male athlete.


 * Men

Basque pelota
Costa Rica qualified a female pelotari through the 2023 Pan American Basque Pelota Tournament.


 * Women

Boxing
Costa Rica qualified four female boxers.

Cycling
Costa Rica qualified a total of 10 cyclists (six men and four women).

BMX

 * Freestyle

Mountain biking
Costa Rica qualified 4 athletes at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Road
Costa Rica qualified 1 road cyclist after winning the event in the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Costa Rica qualified 1 cyclist at the Central American Championships. Costa Rica also qualified 3 cyclists at the Pan American Championships.

Track
Costa Rica qualified a female track cyclist.


 * Sprint

Women's tournament
Costa Rica qualified a women's team of 18 athletes after finishing as the top ranked Central American team at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. Key:
 * Summary
 * A.E.T – After extra time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Artistic
Costa Rica qualified three gymnasts in artistic (one man and two women) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Men

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Women

Rhythmic
Costa Rica qualified one individual gymnast.


 * Individual

Judo
Costa Rica has qualified 2 judokas (one man and one woman).

Racquetball
Costa Rica qualified four racquetball athletes (two men and two women).

Rowing
Costa Rica qualified a female rower.


 * Women

Surfing
Costa Rica qualified eight surfers (four men and four women).


 * Artistic


 * Race

Taekwondo
Costa Rica qualified 3 athletes (one man and two women) during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.

Kyorugi

Triathlon
Costa Rica qualified a triathlon team of three athletes (one man and two women).

Weightlifting
Costa Rica qualified four weightlifters (two men and two women).

Wrestling
Costa Rica qualified one male wrestler (Freestyle 97 kg) through the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.

Key:
 * VT – Victory by fall.
 * PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
 * SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 9 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
 * ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
 * VA – Decision by withdrawal


 * Men