El Salvador competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
On July 1, 2019, archer Roberto Hernández was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. On the same day the El Salvador Olympic Committee announced the full team of 56 athletes (29 men and 27 women) competing in 21 sports. Later three athletes (one man and two women) were added to the team.
The following is a gender-wise breakdown of the number of the country's competitors at the games per sport/discipline.
The following competitors from El Salvador won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are in bold text.
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At the first qualifier, El Salvador won two quota spots (one each in men's recurve compound). El Salvador would later qualify a woman in the recurve category in the final qualification tournament.
El Salvador qualified a duet of two athletes, marking the first time the country has competed in the sport since 2003.
El Salvador qualified two male athletes.
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El Salvador qualified a team of two badminton athletes (one per gender).
El Salvador qualified one athlete in basque pelota.
El Salvador qualified a full team of two bodybuilders (one male and one female). In the sport's debut at the Pan American Games, the country won both gold medals on offer.
El Salvador qualified a full team of two men and two women, for a total of four bowlers, by finishing among the top five at the PABCON Champion of Champions.
El Salvador qualified two women boxers.
El Salvador qualified one female fencer in the foil discipline, after Puerto Rico declined its quota.
El Salvador qualified one male and one female artistic gymnast.
El Salvador qualified one male judoka. Juan Diego Turcios qualified to compete in the 81 kg event, but did not make weight. Therefore he did not compete in the event.
El Salvador qualified two women in the speed discipline.
El Salvador qualified one female rower.
El Salvador qualified a spot in the men's laser event.
El Salvador qualified nine sport shooters (three men and six women). Later the country swapped one women's pistol quota for a men's pistol spot.
El Salvador qualified six swimmers (two men and four women), including three in the open water discipline.
El Salvador qualified a men's team of three athletes, marking its return to the sport at the Pan American Games for the first time since 2011.
El Salvador qualified three surfers (one man and two women) in the sport's debut at the Pan American Games.
El Salvador qualified three male tennis players.
El Salvador received a wild card to enter one male triathlete.
El Salvador qualified four beach volleyball athletes (two men and two women).
El Salvador qualified three weightlifters (two men and one woman).
El Salvador received one wild card in the women's freestyle discipline.