El Salvador at the 2023 Pan American Games

El Salvador competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was El Salvador's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games.

On 5 October 2023, the El Salvador Olympic Committee officially named the team of 80 athletes (35 men and 45 women) competing in 23 sports (e-sports total of 1 is not included).

Surfers Amado de Jesús Alvarado and Sindy Portillo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, archer Roberto Hernández and roller speed skater Ivonne Nochez were the country's flagbearers during the closing ceremony.

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

Archery
El Salvador qualified four archers during the 2022 Pan American Archery Championships. El Salvador also qualified two archers during the 2023 Copa Merengue.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Artistic swimming
El Salvador qualified a full team of nine artistic swimmers after finishing third in the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Athletics
El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).


 * Men
 * Pablo Ibáñez


 * Women
 * Nancy Sandoval

Badminton
El Salvador qualified a team of six athletes (three men and three women).


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Basketball

 * 3x3


 * Summary

Men's tournament
El Salvador qualified a men's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.


 * Roster


 * Emilio Abullarade
 * Kevin Campos
 * Pablo Figueroa
 * William Merino

Women's tournament
El Salvador qualified a women's team (of 4 athletes) by finishing as one of the six best non qualified teams in the FIBA 3x3 Rankings.


 * Roster


 * Adriana Rivas
 * Camila Lima
 * Laura Rivas
 * Paola Campos

Bowling
El Salvador qualified a team of two women through the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Boxing
El Salvador qualified one male boxer.


 * Men

Equestrian
El Salvador qualified one individual rider in Show-Jumping.

Artistic
El Salvador qualified two gymnasts in artistic (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Pan American Championships.

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Men

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified to apparatus final
 * Women

Judo
El Salvador qualified two male judokas.


 * Men

Karate
El Salvador qualified a team of 2 karatekas (one man and one woman) at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship.


 * Kumite

Roller sports
El Salvador qualified two athletes (one per gender).

Rowing
El Salvador qualified a team of 2 athletes (one per gender).


 * Men

Sailing
El Salvador qualified 2 boats for a total of 2 sailors.

Shooting
El Salvador qualified a total of nine shooters (five men and four women).


 * Men
 * Diego Santamaría
 * Israel Gutiérrez
 * Jorge Muñoz
 * Jorge Pimentel
 * José Gutiérrez


 * Women
 * Frida Sibrian
 * Johanna Pineda
 * Milena Morales
 * Ana Ramírez

Surfing
El Salvador qualified three surfers (one man and two women).


 * Artistic

Swimming
El Salvador qualified 11 athletes (five men and six women).


 * Men
 * Diego Alvarado
 * Elías Segovia
 * Nixon Hernández
 * José Campo
 * Xavier Ventura


 * Women
 * Celina Márquez
 * Elisa Funes
 * Fátima Portillo
 * Isabella Alas
 * Marina Espadoni
 * Ariana Valle

Table tennis
El Salvador qualified two table tennis players (one per gender) after receiving an invitation from ITTF America.

Taekwondo
El Salvador qualified one female athlete during the Pan American Games Qualification Tournament.

Kyorugi
 * Women

Tennis
El Salvador qualified a female tennis player.


 * Women

Volleyball

 * Beach

El Salvador qualified a men's and women's pair for a total of four athletes.

Weightlifting
El Salvador qualified two weightlifters (one per gender).

Wrestling
El Salvador qualified a female wrestler after receiving a wild card.

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


 * Women

E-sports
El Salvador qualified a male athlete.


 * Men
 * Obed Henríquez