Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Taekwondo at the XVII Pan American Games
Taekwondo pictogram.svg
Venue Mississauga Sports Centre
Dates July 19–22, 2015
Competitors 109 from 28 nations
Taekwondo at the
2015 Pan American Games
Taekwondo pictogram.svg
Men Women
  58 kg     49 kg  
  68 kg     57 kg  
  80 kg     67 kg  
  +80 kg     +67 kg  

Taekwondo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be 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 will be held: four each for men and women.[4]

Competition schedule

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The Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre), in Mississauga, was the venue for the taekwondo competitions.

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

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 3 0 2 5
 Cuba (CUB) 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
 Brazil (BRA) 0 0 2 2
10  Puerto Rico (PUR) 0 0 1 1
Total 8 8 16 32

Medalists

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 Guzman
 Argentina
Harold Avella
 Colombia
Lightweight (68 kg)
details
Saúl Gutiérrez
 Mexico
Maxime Potvin
 Canada
Miguel Angel Trejos
 Colombia
Luis Colon III
 Puerto Rico
Middleweight (80 kg)
details
Jose Cobas
 Cuba
Moisés Hernández
 Dominican Republic
Steven López
 United States
Rene Lizarraga
 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 have qualified athletes.[7] The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

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Qualification

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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

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