| Athletics at the V Parapan American Games | |
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| Venue | CIBC Athletics Stadium |
| Dates | August 10 - August 14 |
Athletics contests were held at the 2015 Parapan American Games from August 10 to 14 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto, Canada.
| Athletics at the V Parapan American Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | CIBC Athletics Stadium |
| Dates | August 10 - August 14 |
Athletics contests were held at the 2015 Parapan American Games from August 10 to 14 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium in Toronto, Canada.
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
| Heats | Final |
| Date | 10 Aug [1] | 11 Aug [2] | 12 Aug [3] | 13 Aug [4] | 14 Aug [5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heats / Finals | H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | F | |
| 100 metres | Men | T11 T12 T47 | T35 T36 T47 T53 T54 | T11 T12 T13 T37 T38 T42 T44 T52 | T37 T38 T64 | |||||
| Women | T12 | T38 | T47 | T11 T12 T52 | T53 | T47 | T36 T37 | |||
| 200 metres | Men | T36 | T11 | T12 | T38 T47 | T11 T36 T38 T52 | T37 T44 T47 | |||
| Women | T36 | T11 T47 | T37 | T12 | T38 T47 | T11 T12 | ||||
| 400 metres | Men | T11 T12 | T38 | T11 T12 T20 | T37 T47 T54 | T52 | T36 T53 | |||
| Women | T12 | T54 | T53 | T12 | T11 | T37 | T11 T38 T53 | |||
| 800 metres | Men | T53 | T54 | T53 T54 | T34 | |||||
| Women | T12 | T54 | ||||||||
| 1500 metres | Men | T13 T38 | T11 T12 T52 T54 | |||||||
| Women | T11 T12 | |||||||||
| 5000 metres | Men | T11 T54 | T12 | |||||||
| Women | T54 | |||||||||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Men | T11-13 | ||||||||
| High jump | Men | T42/44/47 | ||||||||
| Long jump | Men | T43/44 T38 | T20 T47 | T11/12 | T47 | T13 | ||||
| Women | T11/12 | T20/37/38 | ||||||||
| Shot put | Men | F20 | F46 F56/57 | F32/33/34 | F57 | F56 | ||||
| Women | F35/36 | F56/57 | F20/37/38 F53/54/55 | F11/12 | ||||||
| Discus throw | Men | F11 F37 F51/52/53/57 | F54/55/56 | F37/38/44 | F44 | |||||
| Women | F51/52 | F54/55 F56/57 | F57 | |||||||
| Javelin throw | Men | F11/12 | F53/54/55 | F34/57 F56 | F44 F46 | |||||
| Women | F37/38 | F34 | F53/54 | F11/12 F55/56 | ||||||
| Club throw | Women | F31/32/51 | ||||||||
Brazil won the most medals while the hosts, Canada, were third with a total of 43 medals. [6]
* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil | 34 | 28 | 18 | 80 |
| 2 |  United States | 19 | 21 | 13 | 53 |
| 3 |  Canada* | 19 | 11 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 |  Cuba | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 |  Mexico | 10 | 8 | 14 | 32 |
| 6 |  Colombia | 7 | 17 | 16 | 40 |
| 7 |  Argentina | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 |  Venezuela | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
| 9 |  Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Chile | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 114 | 114 | 111 | 339 | |
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