Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games
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]
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| Venue | Atos Markham Pan Am Centre |
| Dates | July 11–16, 2015 |
| Competitors | 84 from 18 nations |
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| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
Venue
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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)
| 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 |
 Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 nations) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
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 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.
Argentina (6)
Barbados (2)- Brazil (8)
- Canada (6)
Chile (4)- Cuba (7)
- Dominican Republic (4)
Ecuador (2)
El Salvador (2)- Guatemala (8)
Guyana (2)
Jamaica (4)- Mexico (8)
- Peru (8)
Suriname (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)- United States (8)
Venezuela (2)
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]
References
- "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- "Markham Pan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- "Badminton". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- Persico, Amanda (24 July 2014). "Pan Am building gets finishing touches in Markham". www.yorkregion.com/. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- "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.
- "Qualification System – Badminton" (PDF). badmintonpanam.org. TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- Li, Wanyee (10 July 2015). "Pan Am gold-medal favourites disqualified over Badminton Canada administrative error". CBC News. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
