Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Taekwondo at the XVII Pan American Games
	Taekwondo pictogram for the games
Venue	Mississauga Sports Centre
Dates	July 19–22, 2015
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 (CUB)	3	0	2	5
1	United States (USA)	3	0	2	5
3	Mexico (MEX)	2	4	1	7
4	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	2	1	3
5	Canada (CAN)*	0	1	1	2
6	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
7	Colombia (COL)	0	0	4	4
8	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	2	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
10	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		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)	Carlos Navarro Mexico	Luisito Pie Dominican Republic	Lucas Guzmán Argentina
Flyweight (58 kg)	Carlos Navarro Mexico	Luisito Pie Dominican Republic	Harold Avella Colombia
Lightweight (68 kg)	Saúl Gutiérrez Mexico	Maxime Potvin Canada	Miguel Angel Trejos Colombia
Lightweight (68 kg)	Saúl Gutiérrez Mexico	Maxime Potvin Canada	Luis Colon III Puerto Rico
Middleweight (80 kg)	Jose Cobas Cuba	Moisés Hernández Dominican Republic	Steven López United States
Middleweight (80 kg)	Jose Cobas Cuba	Moisés Hernández Dominican Republic	René Lizárraga Mexico
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Rafael Alba Cuba	Carlos Rivas Venezuela	Marc-Andre Bergeron Canada
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Rafael Alba Cuba	Carlos Rivas Venezuela	Philip Yun United States

Women's events

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

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]

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References

"Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
"Mississauga Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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.
"Taekwondo". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
"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.
"Medallists by event" (PDF). results.toronto2015.ets.net. TO2015. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
"Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
"Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games" (PDF). patu.org. Pan American Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

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[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. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[7] "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 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.