Guyana at the 2015 Pan American Games

Guyana at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	GUY
NOC	Guyana Olympic Association
Website	www.olympic.org/guyana
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	22 in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Onika George
Flag bearer (closing)	Priyanna Ramdhani
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Guyana competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. ^[1]

Guyana's team consisted of 22 athletes (19 men and three women) competing in five sports. ^[2] Swimmer Onika George was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony. ^[3]

Competitors

The following table lists Guyana's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	1	1	2
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Squash	3	0	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	19	3	22

Athletics

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

Guyana's track and field team consisted of three athletes (two men and one woman). ^[4]

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
• DNF = Did not finish
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Track events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adam Harris	Men's 100 m	DNF		did not advance
Winston George	Men's 400 m	—		46.39	5 q	45.58	6
Jenea McCammon	Women's 400 m hurdles	—		1:03.21	8	did not advance

Badminton

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

Guyana received two quota spots to enter one male and one female. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Narayan Ramdhani	Men's singles	Bye	Javier  (DOM) L (14–21, 18–21)	did not advance
Priyanna Ramdhani	Women's singles	Bye	Polanco  (DOM) L (5–21, 9–21)	did not advance
Narayan Ramdhani Priyanna Ramdhani	Mixed doubles	—	Araya / Chou  (CHI) L (14–21, 18–21)	did not advance

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games

Guyana qualified a men's rugby sevens team, after winning the 2014 NACRA Sevens held in December 2014. The team consisted of twelve athletes. ^{[6] [7]}

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Guyana announced their squad on July 1, 2015. ^[8]

• Lancelot Adonis
• Claudius Butts
• Avery Corbin
• Rickford Cummings
• Akeem Fraser
• Ryan Gonsalves
• Phibian Joseph
• Peobo Hamilton
• Patrick King
• Ronald Mayers
• Dwayne Schroeder
• Richard Staglon

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	3	0	0	81	14	+67	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Canada	3	2	0	1	78	35	+43	7
Brazil	3	1	0	2	52	50	+2	5
Guyana	3	0	0	3	5	117	−112	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

11 July 2015 12:17

Canada	45–0	Guyana
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

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11 July 2015 16:49

Argentina	41–0	Guyana
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

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11 July 2015 19:33

Brazil	31–5	Guyana
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Fifth through Eighth places

12 July 2015 16:05

Guyana	0–31	Chile
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Seventh place match

12 July 2015 18:50

Guyana	26–22	Mexico
	Report

Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Squash

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

Guyana qualified a men's squash team of three athletes. ^{[9] [10]}

Singles and Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sunil Seth	Men's singles	Mauricio Sedano  (GUA) W 3–0	Shawn Delierre  (CAN) L 0–3	did not advance			=9
Jason Ray Khalil		Nicolas Caballero  (PAR) L 0–3	did not advance				=17
Kristian Jeffrey Jason Ray Khalil	Men's doubles	—	Andrew Schnell / Graeme Schnell  (CAN) L 0–2	did not advance			=9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Classification round 1	Classification round 2
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sunil Seth Jason Ray Khalil Kristian Jeffrey	Men's team	Argentina L 0–3	Mexico L 1–2	—	3	Chile L 1–2	Ecuador L 0–3	10

Swimming

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

Guyana received two universality spots (one male and one female). ^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Omar Adams	Men's 50 m freestyle	26.58	20	did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	58.01	23	did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:15.58	21	did not advance
Onika George	Women's 50 m freestyle	29.03	27	did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:05.00	28	did not advance

See also

• Guyana at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
2. Campbell, Emmerson (9 July 2015). "Guyana's quest for Pan Am Games medals commences Saturday". Stabroek News . Georgetown, Guyana. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
4. Halley, Frederick (17 July 2015). "Pompey confident of exciting results at Pan Am Games". Guyana Chronicle . Retrieved 20 March 2016.
5. "XVII Pan American Games Badminton" (PDF). www.badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan Am. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
6. "Guyana men - Mexico women take Cup Finals". www.nacrugby.com/. North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA). 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
7. "Sevens teams confirmed for Pan American Games 2015". www.worldrugby.org/. World Rugby. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
8. Sookram, Stephan (1 July 2015). "National Sevens rugby team departs for Pan Am Games". Guyana Chronicle . Georgetown, Guyana. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
9. DaSilva, Michael (14 February 2015). "Seth, Arjoon and Fernandes confirmed for 2015 Pan American Games … Place open for another male player". Guyana Chronicle . Retrieved 14 February 2015.
10. Devers, Sean (21 March 2015). "Jason Ray Khalil preparing for Pan Am Games in Canada". Kaieteur News . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
11. "GASA names teams for Pan Am games and World C/Ships". Kaieteur News . Georgetown, Guyana. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.