Antigua and Barbuda at the 2015 Pan American Games

Antigua and Barbuda at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	ANT
NOC	Antigua and Barbuda National Olympic Committee
Website	antiguabarbudanoc.com
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	10 in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Daniel Bailey
Flag bearer (closing)	Miguel Francis
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Antigua and Barbuda competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1] The Chef de mission of the team was Howard Everton Cornelius.[2]

The Antigua and Barbuda team consisted of ten athletes across three sports.[3] This marked an increase of three from the last edition of the games in 2011. Track and field athlete Daniel Bailey was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.[4]

Priscilla Frederick, a high jumper won the country's only medal (silver), ranking the country 25th overall in the medal table.[5]

Competitors

The following table lists Antigua and Barbuda's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	1	6
Cycling	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	7	3	10

Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

The following competitors from Antigua and Barbuda won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Priscilla Frederick Athletics Women's High Jump July 22

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 0 1 Medals by day Day Total July 22 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 0 1

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Antigua and Barbuda's team consisted of five athletes (four men and one woman). The team was cut in half after the Pan American Sports Organization had to pare down the number of athletes after double the original quota qualified.[3]

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• PR = Pan American Record
• DSQ = Disqualified

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi Final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Bailey	Men's 100m	10.16	12	DSQ		did not advance
Miguel Francis	Men's 200m	20.21	3 Q	20.05	3 Q	20.20	6
Daniel Bailey Miguel Francis Cejhae Greene Chavaughn Walsh Jared Jarvis	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay	—		38.14 PR, NR	1 Q	DSQ

• Jarvis was named to the team but did not compete in either the heats or final.

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Priscilla Frederick	High Jump	1.91

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Antigua and Barbuda has qualified one male cyclist, and later received a wildcard quota in the women's events.[3]

Road

Tamiko Butler during the road race event.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Andre Simon	Men's road race	DNF
	Men's time trial	50:59.52	14
Tamiko Butler	Women's road race	2:07:56	27
	Women's time trial	30:19.17	12

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Antigua and Barbuda received two universality spots (one male and one female).[6]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Noah Mascoll-Gomes	Men's 100 m freestyle	52.90	19	did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:55.56	19	did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:13.55	18	did not advance
Samantha Roberts	Women's 50 m freestyle	27.91	24	did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:02.66	27	did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:17.25	20	did not advance

References

1. "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
2. "Toronto 2015 Chef de Mission Seminar". www.antiguaolympiccommittee.com/. The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
3. Baptiste, Neto (18 July 2015). "Athletic Association Boss Lobbies Pan Am Games For Additional Athlete". Daily Observer. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
4. "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.huffingtonpost.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
5. Baptiste, Neto (23 July 2015). "Antigua & Barbuda Wins Pan Am High Jump Silver Medal". Daily Observer. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
6. Baptiste, Neto (7 July 2015). "Greenaway backs small Pam Am team". Daily Observer. Retrieved 23 May 2017.