Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games
Taekwondo pictogram for the games
Venue	Mississauga Sports Centre
Dates	July 19–22
No. of events	8 (4 men, 4 women)
Competitors	109 from 28 nations
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Taekwondo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 19 to 22 at the Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre) in Mississauga. ^[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games. ^{[2] [3]} A total of eight taekwondo events were held: four each for men and women. ^[4]

Competition schedule

The Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre), in Mississauga, was the venue for the taekwondo competitions (pictured here during the games)

The following is the competition schedule for the taekwondo competitions: ^[5]

E	Eliminations	R	Repechage	B	Bronze medal matches	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Wed 15				Thu 16				Fri 17				Sat 18
Men's 58 kg	E	R	B	F
Men's 68 kg					E	R	B	F
Men's 80 kg									E	R	B	F
Men's +80 kg													E	R	B	F
Women's 49 kg	E	R	B	F
Women's 57 kg					E	R	B	F
Women's 67 kg									E	R	B	F
Women's +67 kg													E	R	B	F

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	3	0	2	5
	United States	3	0	2	5
3	Mexico	2	4	1	7
4	Dominican Republic	0	2	1	3
5	Canada*	0	1	1	2
6	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
7	Colombia	0	0	4	4
8	Argentina	0	0	2	2
	Brazil	0	0	2	2
10	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		8	8	16	32

Medalists

During the competition

The following is the list of medallists per event. ^[6]

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg) details	Carlos Navarro   Mexico	Luisito Pie   Dominican Republic	Lucas Guzmán   Argentina
			Harold Avella   Colombia
Lightweight (68 kg) details	Saúl Gutiérrez   Mexico	Maxime Potvin   Canada	Miguel Trejos   Colombia
			Luis Colon III   Puerto Rico
Middleweight (80 kg) details	Jose Cobas   Cuba	Moisés Hernández   Dominican Republic	Steven López   United States
			René Lizárraga   Mexico
Heavyweight (+80 kg) details	Rafael Alba   Cuba	Carlos Rivas   Venezuela	Marc-Andre Bergeron   Canada
			Philip Yun   United States

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (49 kg) details	Yania Aguirre   Cuba	Itzel Manjarrez   Mexico	Iris Sing   Brazil
			Candelaria Martes   Dominican Republic
Lightweight (57 kg) details	Cheyenne Lewis   United States	Paulina Armeria   Mexico	Doris Patiño   Colombia
			Yamicel Nunez   Cuba
Middleweight (67 kg) details	Paige McPherson   United States	Victoria Heredia   Mexico	Daima Villalon   Cuba
			Alexis Arnoldt   Argentina
Heavyweight (+67 kg) details	Jackie Galloway   United States	María Espinoza   Mexico	Jessica Bravo   Colombia
			Raphaella Galacho   Brazil

Participating nations

A total of 28 nations qualified athletes. ^[7] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

•   Argentina  (6)
•   Aruba  (2)
•   Bolivia  (1)
•   Brazil  (8)
•   Canada  (8)
•   Chile  (5)
•   Colombia  (8)
•   Costa Rica  (1)
•   Cuba  (7)
•   Dominican Republic  (6)
•   Ecuador  (2)
•   El Salvador  (1)
•   Guatemala  (5)
•   Haiti  (1)
•   Honduras  (3)
•   Jamaica  (2)
•   Mexico  (8)
•   Nicaragua  (2)
•   Panama  (2)
•   Paraguay  (1)
•   Peru  (3)
•   Puerto Rico  (6)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  (1)
•   Suriname  (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago  (1)
•   United States  (8)
•   Uruguay  (2)
•   Venezuela  (6)
•   Virgin Islands  (2)

Qualification

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the Pan American Taekwondo Union, to countries which did not qualify any athletes at the qualification tournament. ^[8]

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "Mississauga Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015 . Retrieved 11 August 2014.
3. Colpitts, Iain (10 July 2013). "Pan Am excitement builds in Mississauga". Brampton Guardian . Brampton, Ontario: Metroland Media Group. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
4. "Taekwondo". toronto2015.org. TO2015 . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
5. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
6. "Medallists by event" (PDF). results.toronto2015.ets.net. TO2015. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
7. "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
8. "Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games" (PDF). patu.org. Pan American Taekwondo Union . Retrieved 19 January 2015.