Squash at the 2015 Pan American Games

Squash competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 17.[1] The venue for the competitions was Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), due to naming rights the venue were known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of six events were contested (three each for men and women).[2]

Squash at the XVII Pan American Games
Squash pictogram for the games
Venue	Exhibition Centre – Hall C
Dates	July 11–17, 2015
Competitors	56 from 13 nations
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Competition schedule

The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the squash competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the squash competitions:[3]

RR

Round robin

E

Eliminations

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Sat 11		Sun 12	Mon 13	Tue 14	Wed 15	Thu 16	Fri 17
Men's singles	E	¼	½	F
Men's doubles			E	E	F
Men's team					RR	RR	E	F
Women's singles	E	¼	½	F
Women's doubles			E	E	F
Women's team					RR	RR	E	F

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	1	2	6
2	Colombia (COL)	2	0	2	4
3	Canada (CAN)*	1	3	2	6
4	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	4	5
5	Peru (PER)	0	1	1	2
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		6	6	12	24

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez  Colombia	Diego Elías  Peru	Shawn Delierre  Canada
			César Salazar  Mexico
Men's doubles	Colombia (COL) Andrés Herrera Juan Vargas	Canada (CAN) Andrew Schnell Graeme Schnell	United States (USA) Christopher Gordon Chris Hanson
			Peru (PER) Andrés Duany Diego Elías
Men's team	Canada (CAN) Shawn Delierre Andrew Schnell Graeme Schnell	Mexico (MEX) Eric Gálvez Cesar Salazar Arturo Salazar	Argentina (ARG) Rodrigo Pezzota Robertino Pezzota Leandro Romiglio
			United States (USA) Christopher Gordon Chris Hanson Todd Harrity

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's singles	Amanda Sobhy  United States	Olivia Blatchford  United States	Samantha Cornett  Canada
			Samantha Terán  Mexico
Women's doubles	United States (USA) Natalie Grainger Amanda Sobhy	Canada (CAN) Samantha Cornett Nikki Todd	Colombia (COL) Catalina Peláez Laura Tovar Pérez
			Mexico (MEX) Samantha Terán Karla Urrutia
Women's team	United States (USA) Olivia Blatchford Natalie Grainger Amanda Sobhy	Canada (CAN) Samantha Cornett Nikki Todd Hollie Naughton	Mexico (MEX) Samantha Terán Karla Urrutia Diana Garcia
			Colombia (COL) Catalina Peláez Laura Tovar Pérez Karol Gonzalez

Participating nations

A total of 13 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

•  Argentina (6)
•  Brazil (3)
•  British Virgin Islands (1)
•  Canada (6)
•  Chile (6)
•  Colombia (6)
•  Ecuador (3)
•  Guatemala (6)
•  Guyana (3)
•  Mexico (6)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Peru (3)
•  United States (6)

Qualification

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

A total of 56 athletes qualified to compete at the Games (32 male, 24 female). Each country was allowed to enter a maximum of three male and three female athletes.[4] The top ten men's teams and top eight women's teams (including Canada) at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival will qualify for the games. A further two wildcards will be allocated (2 men). A nation may enter a maximum of two athletes per singles events, and one doubles per event.[2][5]

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "Exhibition Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
3. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
4. Cooper, Barb; Smith, Anne (17 June 2014). "Squash at the Pan Am Games Toronto 2015". www.slideshare.net/. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
5. "Sport Technical Manual Squash". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.