Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games

Badminton at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue Atos Markham Pan Am Centre
Dates July 11–16, 2015
Competitors 84 from 18 nations
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Badminton competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be 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 will be 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

The Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre), in Markham, was the venue for the badminton competitions.

The competitions will take place 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 will have capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating + 1,000 temporary seats).[2] The venue will also host table tennis competitions later during the games. The venue will also host the water polo competitions, but in the other side of the centre (an Olympic sized pool).[4]

Competition schedule

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

PPreliminaries R64Round of 64 R32Round of 32 R16Round of 16 ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16
Men's singles R64 R32 R16¼ ½ F
Men's doubles R32 R16¼ ½ F
Women's singles R64 R32 R16¼ ½ F
Women's doubles R32 R16¼ ½ F
Mixed doubles R32 R16 ¼ ½ F

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 3 0 3 6
2 Canada 1 3 2 6
3 Guatemala 1 0 0 1
4 Brazil 0 2 1 3
5 Cuba 0 0 1 1
5 Dominican Republic 0 0 1 1
5 Mexico 0 0 1 1
5 Peru 0 0 1 1
Total 5 5 10 18

Medalists

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

Participating nations

A total of 18 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

A maximum total of 88 athletes (44 men and 44 women) will qualify to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of four athletes per gender. As host nation, Canada automatically qualifies a full team of eights athletes. All other athletes will qualify 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. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Markham Pan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. "Badminton". toronto2015.org. TO2015. 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. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. "Qualification System – Badminton" (PDF). http://www.badmintonpanam.org. TO2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  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.
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