Jamaica at the 2015 Pan American Games

Jamaica at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	56 in 7 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Gareth Henry
Flag bearer (closing)	RasheedDwyer
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 9
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Jamaica competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. ^[1]

The Jamaican team consisting of 56 athletes in 7 sports was announced on July 3, 2015 by the Jamaica Olympic Association. ^[2]

Badminton player Gareth Henry was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony. ^[3]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	21	20	41
Badminton	2	2	4
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Golf	1	0	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	4	5
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Total	29	27	56

Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold O'Dayne Richards Athletics Men's shot put July 21  Gold Sherone Simpson Athletics Women's 100 m July 22  Gold Fedrick Dacres Athletics Men's discus throw July 23  Silver Alia Atkinson Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke July 17  Silver Rasheed Dwyer Athletics Men's 200 m July 24  Silver Samantha Henry-Robinson Schillonie Calvert Simone Facey Kerron Stewart Stewart Sherone Simpson Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay July 25  Silver Anastasia Le-Roy Verone Chambers Chrisann Gordon Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay July 25  Bronze Roxroy Cato Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles July 23  Bronze Simone Facey Athletics Women's 200 m July 24

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 3 3 2 8 Swimming 0 1 0 1 Total 3 4 2 9 Medals by day Day Total July 10 0 0 0 0 July 11 0 0 0 0 July 12 0 0 0 0 July 13 0 0 0 0 July 14 0 0 0 0 July 15 0 0 0 0 July 16 0 0 0 0 July 17 0 1 0 1 July 18 0 0 0 0 July 19 0 0 0 0 July 20 0 0 0 0 July 21 1 0 0 1 July 22 1 0 0 1 July 23 1 0 1 2 July 24 0 1 1 2 July 25 0 2 0 2 July 26 0 0 0 0 Total 3 4 2 9

Athletics

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

Jamaica qualified 50 athletes (25 men and 25 women). ^[4] However, only 41 (21 men and 20 women) eventually competed as the organizers had to reduce the number of athletes competing because too many had been entered into the competition. Athlete Jonique Day was named to the team in the women's 4 × 400 m relay event, but did not compete in the semifinals or final.

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
• NR = National record
• PR = Pan American Games Record
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Seasonal best
• NM = No mark
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jason Livermore	100 m	10.09	6 Q	10.10	=3	10.17	7
Sheldon Mitchell		10.14	=9 Q	10.35	14	did not advance
Rasheed Dwyer	200 m	20.25	4 Q	19.80 PR	1 Q	19.90
Jason Livermore		21.02	=22	did not advance
Ricardo Cunningham	800 m	—		1:49.22	=4 Q	1:48.65	4
Jowayne Hibbert		—		1:49.22	=4 Q	1:49.24	8
Tyler Mason	110 metres hurdles	—		13.40	=3 Q	13.69	7
Dwight Thomas		—		13.58	10	did not advance
Roxroy Cato	400 metres hurdles	—		49.85	=2 Q	48.72 SB
Leford Green		—		50.51	5 Q	49.42	6
Bernardo Brady Dexter Lee Jason Livermore Sheldon Mitchell Oshane Bailey*	4 × 100 metres relay	—		38.75	7 q	DNF
Jonia McDonald Dane Hyatt Javere Bell Ricardo Chambers Riker Hylton*	4 × 400 metres relay	—		3:03.72	6 Q	3:01.97	6

• Athletes with stars competed in the heats only.

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Fedrick Dacres	Discus throw	—		64.80
Damar Forbes	Long jump	7.67	9 q	DNS
O'Dayne Richards	Shot put	—		21.69 NR
Raymond Brown		—		18.39	9

Women

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Schillonie Calvert	100 m	11.27	12 Q	11.29	11	did not advance
Sherone Simpson		11.18	10 q	11.02	3 Q	10.95 SB
Simone Facey	200 m	22.95	4 Q	22.64	2 Q	22.74
Kerron Stewart		22.97	6 Q	22.72	5 Q	23.07	5
Chrisann Gordon	400 m	—		52.47	5 Q	51.75	4
Anastasia Le-Roy		—		53.13	7 q	52.05	5
Kimarra McDonald	800 m	—		2:05.72	8 q	2:04.37	8
Kimberly Laing	100 metres hurdles	—		12.86	3 Q	12.95	4
Monique Morgan		—		did not start
Samantha Elliott	400 metres hurdles	—		58.30	9	did not advance
Ristananna Tracey		—		58.62	11	did not advance
Samantha Henry-Robinson Schillonie Calvert Simone Facey Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson *	4 × 100 metres relay	—		42.82	1 Q	42.68
Anastasia Le-Roy Verone Chambers Chrisann Gordon Bobby-Gaye Wilkins	4 × 400 metres relay	—		3:30.29	3 Q	3:27.27

• Athletes with stars competed in the heats only. Athletes who competed in the preliminaries were also awarded medals.

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Saniel Atkinson-Grier	High jump	1.80	=9
Kimberly Williamson		1.88	6
Shanieka Thomas	Triple jump	13.74	9
Danniel Thomas	Shot put	17.76 PB	5
Daina Levy	Hammer throw	NM

Badminton

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

Jamaica qualified a team of four athletes (two men and two women). ^[5] The team was named on June 2, 2015. ^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gareth Henry	Singles	Bye	D’Souza  (CAN) L (21–16, 16–21, 11–21)	did not advance
Dayvon Reid		Bye	Cordón  (GUA) L (12–21, 14–21)	did not advance
Gareth Henry Dayvon Reid	Doubles	—	—	Diaz / Macagno  (ARG) W (21–15, 21–14)	Chew / Pongnairat  (USA) L (14–21, 17–21)	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ruth Williams	Singles	Bye	Chou  (MEX) L (14–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Katherine Wynter		Bye	Ugalde  (GUA) L (12–21, 14–21)	did not advance
Ruth Williams Katherine Wynter	Doubles	—	—	Macias / Nishimura  (PER) L (13–21, 7–21)	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Mixed doubles
Gareth Henry Katherine Wynter	Doubles	Zambrano / Zambrano  (ECU) W (23–21, 21–19)	Javier / Saturria  (DOM) W (21–17, 17–21, 23–21)	Tjong / Vicente  (BRA) L (11–21, 17–21)	did not advance
Dayvon Reid Ruth Williams		Sanchez Lama / Ortiz Prada  (VEN) W (21–14, 21–14)	Cuba / Winder  (PER) L (19–21, 11–21)	did not advance

Cycling

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

Jamaica received a reallocated spot in the men's BMX category. ^[2]

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maliek Byndloss	Men's BMX	42.760	18	11	4 Q	48.100	8	did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 Pan American Games

Jamaica qualified one male diver.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yona Knight-Wisdom	3 m springboard	362.50	9 Q	380.00	10

Golf

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

Jamaica received a reallocated spot in the men's individual event. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Ian Facey	Individual	77	80	76	81	314	30

Shooting

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

Jamaica received a reallocation quota in the men's rifle category. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dwayne Ford	50 metre rifle prone	577.8	28	did not advance

Swimming

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

Jamaica qualified five swimmers (four women and one man).

Key

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Timothy Wynter	100 m freestyle	52.59	18 QB	52.23	14
	100 m backstroke	57.86	14 QB	57.47	13
	200 m backstroke	2:07.17	17 QB	2:07.78	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alia Atkinson	100 m freestyle	56.29	11 QB	DNS
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.46	3 QA	1:06.59
	200 m breaststroke	2:28.86	6 QA	2:27.15	4
	200 m individual medley	2:15.16	5 QA	2:18.02	8
Trudian Patrick	50 m freestyle	27.99	25	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:04.43	18	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:24.26	16 QB	2:23.65	16
Alia Atkinson Danielle Boothe Trudian Patrick Breanna Roman	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:59.09	8 Q	3:56.01	8
Alia Atkinson Danielle Boothe Trudian Patrick Breanna Roman	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:24.18	7 Q	4:14.58	7

Taekwondo

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

Jamaica qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman). ^[7]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kenneth Edwards	Men's +80 kg	Philip Yun L 0–7	did not advance
Cyriese Hall	Women's -49 kg	Candelaria Martes L 2–12	did not advance

See also

• Jamaica at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

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