Bahamas at the 2015 Pan American Games

Bahamas at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	BAH
NOC	Bahamas Olympic Committee
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	39 in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
Flag bearer (closing)	Ramon Miller
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6
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The Bahamas competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. ^[1]

On July 2, 2015, the Bahamas Olympic Committee named a provisional squad of 36 athletes in five sports (which was later increased to 38, after the approval of three additional track and field athletes). This marked an increase of 17 athletes from the last edition of the games in 2011. This also marked the country's debut in the sport of gymnastics at the Pan American Games. ^[2] Swimmer Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony. ^[3]

Bahamas finished the Games with a total of six medals (two of each kind), doubling the total the country won four years prior in Guadalajara.

Competitors

The following table lists Bahamas' delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	16	13	29
Boxing	3	0	3
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Swimming	1	4	5
Tennis	1	0	1
Total	21	18	39

Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

The following competitors from The Bahamas won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Swimming Women's 50m freestyle July 17  Gold Jeffery Gibson Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles July 23  Silver Leevan Sands Athletics Men's Triple Jump July 24  Silver Bianca Stuart Athletics Women's Long Jump July 24  Bronze Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Swimming Women's 100m freestyle July 14  Bronze Donald Thomas Athletics Men's High Jump July 25

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 2 1 4 Swimming 1 0 1 2 Total 2 2 2 6 Medals by day Day Total July 14 0 0 1 1 July 17 1 0 0 1 July 23 1 0 0 1 July 24 0 2 0 2 July 25 0 0 1 1 Total 2 2 2 6 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 1 1 3 Female 1 1 1 3 Total 2 2 2 6 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Swimming 1 0 1 2

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Bahamas qualified 29 athletes in track and field (16 men and 13 women).

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Seasonal best
• DNS = Did not start
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Johnathan Farquharson	100 m	10.48	20	did not advance
Shavez Hart		10.13	8 Q	10.18	11	did not advance
Elroy McBride	200 m	21.05	24	did not advance
Ramon Miller	400 m	—		48.54	16	did not advance
Latoy Williams		—		46.81	12	did not advance
Jeffery Gibson	400 m hurdles	—		50.74	8 Q	48.51 PB
Johnathan Farquharson Warren Fraser Shavez Hart Elroy McBride Teray Smith	4 x 100 metres relay	—		39.53	9	did not advance
Andretti Bain Jeffery Gibson Michael Matieu Ramon Miller Alonzo Russell Latoy Williams	4 x 400 metres relay	—		3:01:00	1 Q	3:00:34	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ryan Ingraham	High jump	—		2.25	6
Donald Thomas		—		2.28
Raymond Higgs	Long jump	DNS		—
Lathario Collie-Minns	Triple jump	—		16.08	=10
Leevan Sands		—		16.99 SB

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sheniqua Ferguson	200 m	23.03 SB	8 q	23.03	11	did not advance
Anthonique Strachan		23.10	10 Q	22.79	6 Q	DNF
Lanece Clarke	400 m	—		54.33	12	did not advance
Adanaca Brown	100 m hurdles	—		13.18	12	did not advance
Devynne Charlton		—		13.22	13	did not advance
Adanaca Brown Tayla Carter Devynne Charlton Carmiesha Cox Sheniqua Ferguson Anthonique Strachan	4 x 100 metres relay	—		44.34	5 Q	44.38	7
Christine Amertil Miriam Byfield Lanece Clarke Carmiesha Cox Shakeitha Henfield Katrina Seymour	4 x 400 metres relay	—		3:31.18 SB	5 Q	3:31.60	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Bianca Stuart	Long jump	6.61
Tamara Myers	Triple jump	13.57	10

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Bahamas qualified three male boxers. ^{[4] [5]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rashield Williams	Light welterweight	Feliciano  (USA) L 1–2	did not advance
Carl Hield	Welterweight	Palmetta  (ARG) L 0–3	did not advance
Kieshno Major	Super heavyweight	Pero  (CUB) L 0–3	did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Bahamas qualified one gymnast. ^{[6] [7]} This marked the country's debut in gymnastics at the Pan American Games. ^[8]

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Kianna Dean	All-Around	9.650	12.250	2.550	8.150	32.600	41	did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Bahamas qualified four female swimmers, and one male swimmer, for a total of five. ^[9]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• FA = Qualified for the A Finals
• FB = Qualified for the B Finals
• DNS = Did not start

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dustin Tynes	100 m breaststroke	1:03.15	11 FB	1:02.49	10
	200 m breaststroke	2:18.13	14 FB	2:18.14	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joanna Evans	400 m freestyle	4:15.51	4 FA	4:14.51	6
	800 m freestyle	—		8:37.18	5
Laura Morely	100 m breaststroke	1:14.70	13 FB	1:15.20	15
	200 m breaststroke	2:40.28	13 FB	2:42.99	13
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	50 m freestyle	24.31	1 FA	24.38
	100 m freestyle	54.00	2 FA	54.15
	100 m butterfly	59.33	6 FA	DNS
Ariel Weech	50 m freestyle	26.32	16 FB	26.28	15
	100 m freestyle	57.80	17 FB	57.79	15

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Bahamas qualified one athlete in the men's singles event. ^{[10] [11]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Philip Major	Singles	James  (GRN) L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6	did not advance

See also

• Bahamas at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

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