Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Taekwondo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 19 to 22 at the Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre) in Mississauga.[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2][3] A total of eight taekwondo events were held: four each for men and women.[4]

Taekwondo at the XVII Pan American Games
Taekwondo pictogram for the games
VenueMississauga Sports Centre
DatesJuly 19–22, 2015
Competitors109 from 28 nations
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Competition schedule

The Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre), in Mississauga, was the venue for the taekwondo competitions (pictured here during the games)

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

EEliminations RRepechage BBronze medal matches FFinal
Event↓/Date →Wed 15Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18
Men's 58 kgERBF
Men's 68 kgERBF
Men's 80 kgERBF
Men's +80 kgERBF
Women's 49 kgERBF
Women's 57 kgERBF
Women's 67 kgERBF
Women's +67 kgERBF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)3025
 United States (USA)3025
3 Mexico (MEX)2417
4 Dominican Republic (DOM)0213
5 Canada (CAN)*0112
6 Venezuela (VEN)0101
7 Colombia (COL)0044
8 Argentina (ARG)0022
 Brazil (BRA)0022
10 Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
Totals (10 nations)881632

Medalists

During the competition

The following is the list of medallists per event.[6]

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg)
Carlos Navarro
 Mexico
Luisito Pie
 Dominican Republic
Lucas Guzmán
 Argentina
Harold Avella
 Colombia
Lightweight (68 kg)
Saúl Gutiérrez
 Mexico
Maxime Potvin
 Canada
Miguel Angel Trejos
 Colombia
Luis Colon III
 Puerto Rico
Middleweight (80 kg)
Jose Cobas
 Cuba
Moisés Hernández
 Dominican Republic
Steven López
 United States
René Lizárraga
 Mexico
Heavyweight (+80 kg)
Rafael Alba
 Cuba
Carlos Rivas
 Venezuela
Marc-Andre Bergeron
 Canada
Philip Yun
 United States

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (49 kg)
Yania Aguirre
 Cuba
Itzel Manjarrez
 Mexico
Iris Sing
 Brazil
Candelaria Martes
 Dominican Republic
Lightweight (57 kg)
Cheyenne Lewis
 United States
Paulina Armeria
 Mexico
Doris Patiño
 Colombia
Yamicel Nunez
 Cuba
Middleweight (67 kg)
Paige McPherson
 United States
Victoria Heredia
 Mexico
Daima Villalon
 Cuba
Alexis Arnoldt
 Argentina
Heavyweight (+67 kg)
Jackie Galloway
 United States
María Espinoza
 Mexico
Jessica Bravo
 Colombia
Raphaella Galacho
 Brazil

Participating nations

A total of 28 nations qualified athletes.[7] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the Pan American Taekwondo Union, to countries which did not qualify any athletes at the qualification tournament.[8]

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. "Mississauga Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. Colpitts, Iain (10 July 2013). "Pan Am excitement builds in Mississauga". Brampton Guardian. Brampton, Ontario: Metroland Media Group. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. "Taekwondo". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  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. "Medallists by event" (PDF). results.toronto2015.ets.net. TO2015. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  7. "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  8. "Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games" (PDF). patu.org. Pan American Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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