▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁Summer ▁Par al ym p ics . ▁The ▁Pan aman ian ▁deleg ation ▁to ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro ▁consisted ▁of ▁two ▁athlet es : ▁shot ▁put ▁thro wer ▁Francisco ▁C ede ño ▁Al m eng or ▁and ▁j avel in ▁thro wer ▁I v eth ▁Val des ▁Rom ero . ▁Al m eng or ▁ranked ▁ele vent h ▁out ▁of ▁twelve ▁athlet es ▁in ▁the ▁men ' s ▁shot ▁put ▁F 5 4 – 5 5 ▁competition ▁and ▁Rom ero ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁women ' s ▁j avel in ▁F 5 5 – F 5 6 ▁event . ▁ ▁Background ▁Pan ama ▁first ▁entered ▁the ▁Par al ym pic ▁movement ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁Summer ▁Par al ym p ics ▁in ▁Barcelona , ▁Spain , ▁and ▁the ▁country ▁has ▁participated ▁in ▁every ▁Summer ▁Par ay mp ic ▁Games ▁since . ▁This ▁made ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro ▁their ▁sevent h ▁appearance ▁at ▁a ▁Summer ▁Par al ym pi ad . ▁Enter ing ▁the ▁Rio ▁Par al ym p ics , ▁Pan ama ▁has ▁won ▁eight ▁Par al ym pic ▁med als ▁but ▁none ▁since ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Ath ens ▁Summer ▁Games . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Summer ▁Par al ym p ics ▁were ▁held ▁from ▁ 7 – 1 8 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁with ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 4 , 3 2 8 ▁athlet es ▁representing ▁ 1 5 9 ▁National ▁Par al ym pic ▁Comm