1997 Pan Am Badminton Championships

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1997 Pan Am Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates15 – 21 September
Nations11
VenueWinnipeg Canoe Club
Location Winnipeg, Canada
Champions
Men's singles Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han
Women's singles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien
Men's doubles Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han
Women's doubles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milaine Cloutier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbyn Hermitage
Mixed doubles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Iain Sydie
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien
1993 2001

The 1997 Pan Am Badminton Championships was the ninth edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships. The tournament was held from 15 to 21 September at the Winnipeg Canoe Club in Winnipeg, Canada. [1] The tournament also served as a test event for the 1999 Pan American Games badminton events. Eleven countries competed in the championships. [2] [3]

Contents

Medal summary

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres Flag of Peru.svg Mario Carulla
Flag of Guatemala.svg Kenneth Erichsen
Women's singles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien Flag of Peru.svg Lorena Blanco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charmaine Reid
Men's doubles Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Edstrom
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hales
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bryan Moody
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Olynyk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marlon Samuel
Women's doubles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milaine Cloutier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbyn Hermitage
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cindy Arthur
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Wong
Flag of Peru.svg Sandra Jimeno
Flag of Peru.svg Doriana Rivera
Flag of Jamaica.svg Nigella Saunders
Flag of Jamaica.svg Terry Walker
Mixed doubles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Iain Sydie
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Olynyk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbyn Hermitage
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bobby Milroy
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Wong
Mixed teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Stuart Arthur
Mike Beres
Bobby Milroy
Bryan Moody
Brent Olynyk
Marlon Samuel
Iain Sydie
Cindy Arthur
Milaine Cloutier
Caroline Gibbings
Robbyn Hermitage
Denyse Julien
Charmaine Reid
Kara Solmundson
Jennifer Wong
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Howard Bach
Mike Edstrom
Chris Hales
Kevin Han
Andrea Edstrom
Shannon Hsu
Eileen Tang
Yeping Tang
Stephanie Wo
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Mario Carulla
Oscar Corpancho
José Iturriaga
Ximena Bellido
Lorena Blanco
Sandra Jimeno
Doriana Rivera

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)*43613
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)2204
3Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)0134
4Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)0011
Totals (4 entries)661022

Individual results

Men's singles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han 1515
Flag of Peru.svg Mario Carulla 4 4
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han 11 1515
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres 154 6
Flag of Guatemala.svg Kenneth Erichsen 9 6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres 1515

Women's singles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien 1111
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson 9 4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien 1111
Flag of Peru.svg Lorena Blanco 1 0
Flag of Peru.svg Lorena Blanco 115 12
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charmaine Reid 7 1110

Men's doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bryan Moody
12 4
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Edstrom
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hales
1515
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Edstrom
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hales
10 7
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han
1515
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han
1515
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Olynyk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marlon Samuel
6 2

Women's doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milaine Cloutier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbyn Hermitage
1515
Flag of Peru.svg Sandra Jimeno
Flag of Peru.svg Doriana Rivera
1 5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milaine Cloutier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbyn Hermitage
1515
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cindy Arthur
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Wong
10 10
Flag of Jamaica.svg Nigella Saunders
Flag of Jamaica.svg Terry Walker
1 5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cindy Arthur
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Wong
1515

Mixed doubles

Semi-finals Final
          
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Iain Sydie
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien
1515
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Olynyk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbyn Hermitage
6 7
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Iain Sydie
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien
1715
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson
14 8
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bobby Milroy
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jennifer Wong
4 9
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson
1515

Team event

Group stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4Third place
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 3
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2

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