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Ecuador participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. It was one of the most successful Pan American Games for Ecuador in which they won 9 total medals.

Medals

Gold

Weightlifting

• Men's 105 kg: Boris Burov
• Women's 58 kg: María Escobar

Silver

Weightlifting

• Women's +75 kg: Seledina Nieve

Bronze

Karate

• Women's Kata: Yessenia Reyes

Taekwondo

• Women's 57 kg: Elizabeth Franco

Results by event

Athletics

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mónica Amboya	Women's 1500 m	—	—	4:27.22	9
Silvia Paredes	Women's 5000 m	—	—	17:46.03	9
Richard Arias	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—	—	9:21.91	7

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Silvio Guerra	Men's marathon	DNF	—
Martha Tenorio	Women's marathon	DNF	—
Jefferson Pérez	Men's 20 km race walk	1:23:06
Fausto Quinde	Men's 20 km race walk	DNF	—

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Patricio Calero	Light flyweight	Bye	Perez (VEN) L 5–12	did not advance
Germán Torres	Flyweight	Jimenez (ESA) W 28–13	Gamboa (CUB) L RSCO–2	did not advance
Walter Tadeo	Featherweight	Gaudet (CAN) L 5–14	did not advance
Ramiro Quiñonez	Lightweight	Díaz (DOM) L 5–23	did not advance
Eduardo Beltrán	Light heavyweight	Bye	Hernández (CUB) L RSC–1	did not advance
Beber Espinoza	Super heavyweight	Bye	López Núñez (CUB) L RSC–2	did not advance

Swimming

Men's competitions

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julio Santos	50 m freestyle	23.33	9	23.39	9
Felipe Delgado	50 m freestyle	23.62	12	23.48	12

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Race			Total
		Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Rank
Carlos Loor	Men's individual	20:04.200	59:31.600	41:46.900	02:02:26	24
Juan Enderica	Men's individual	21:00.800	—	—	DNF	—
Angel Mogrovejo	Men's individual	21:32.700	—	—	DNF	—

See also

• Ecuador at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

• Ecuadorian Olympic Committee