Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games

Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games
Badminton pictogram for the games
VenueAtos Markham Pan Am Centre
DatesJuly 11–16
No. of events5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors84 from 18 nations
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Badminton competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 16 at the Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre) in Markham.[1] Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of five badminton events will be held: two each for men and women, along with a mixed doubles event.[3]

Venue

Main article: Venues of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games
The Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre), in Markham, was the venue for the badminton competitions.

The competitions took at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre (Markham Pan Am Centre) located in the city of Markham, about 31 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena had a capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating + 1,000 temporary seats).[2] The venue also hosted table tennis competitions later during the games. The venue hosted the water polo competitions, but in the other side of the centre (an Olympic sized pool).[4]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the badminton competitions:[5]

P Preliminaries R64 Round of 64 R32 Round of 32 R16 Round of 16 ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16
Men's singles R64 R32 R16 ¼ ½ F
Men's doubles R32 R16 ¼ ½ F
Women's singles R64 R32 R16 ¼ ½ F
Women's doubles R32 R16 ¼ ½ F
Mixed doubles R32 R16 ¼ ½ F

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States3036
2 Canada*1326
3 Guatemala1001
4 Brazil0213
5 Cuba0011
 Dominican Republic0011
 Mexico0011
 Peru0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

Medalists

During the competition
During the competition
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		Kevin Cordón
 Guatemala 		Andrew D'Souza
 Canada 		Osleni Guerrero
 Cuba
Howard Shu
 United States
Women's singles
details 		Michelle Li
 Canada 		Rachel Honderich
 Canada 		Iris Wang
 United States
Jamie Subandhi
 United States
Men's doubles
details 		 United States
Phillip Chew
Sattawat Pongnairat 		 Brazil
Hugo Arthuso
Daniel Paiola 		 Dominican Republic
Willian Cabrera
Nelson Javier
 Mexico
Job Castillo
Lino Muñoz
Women's doubles
details 		 United States
Eva Lee
Paula Lynn Obañana 		 Brazil
Lohaynny Vicente
Luana Vicente 		 Canada
Rachel Honderich
Michelle Li
 Canada
Alex Bruce
Phyllis Chan
Mixed doubles
details 		 United States
Phillip Chew
Jamie Subandhi 		 Canada
Toby Ng
Alex Bruce 		 Brazil
Alex Yuwan Tjong
Lohaynny Vicente
 Peru
Mario Cuba
Katherine Winder

Participating nations

A total of 18 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. El Salvador and Guyana made their sport debuts at the Pan American Games.

Qualification

Main article: Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A maximum total of 88 athletes (44 men and 44 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of four athletes per gender. As host nation, Canada automatically qualified a full team of eights athletes. All other athletes qualified through the team world rankings as of February 26, 2015.[6]

Controversy

Badminton Canada mistakenly entered three time defending Pan American Championships gold medalists Adrian Liu and Derrick Ng in overlapping events, which is a World Badminton Federation rule violation. Badminton Canada launched an appeal, however it was ultimately unsuccessful. Therefore, both athletes had to be withdrawn from the games.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Markham Pan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Badminton". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ^ Persico, Amanda (24 July 2014). "Pan Am building gets finishing touches in Markham". www.yorkregion.com/. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Qualification System – Badminton" (PDF). badmintonpanam.org. TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  7. ^ Li, Wanyee (10 July 2015). "Pan Am gold-medal favourites disqualified over Badminton Canada administrative error". CBC News. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 10 July 2015.