The winner of the last two events, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez , took part again and started the tournament in second place. He also reached the final, in which, as in 2015, he met Diego Elías . Elías won the game with 11: 6, 7:11, 12:10 and 11: 8 and thus secured not only his first gold medal but also Peru's first gold medal in squash at the Pan American Games. Bronze went to the losing semi-finalists César Salazar and Robertino Pezzota .