Squash at the 2015 Pan American Games

Squash
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueExhibition Centre – Hall C
DatesJuly 11–17, 2015
Competitors56 from 13 nations
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Squash at the
2015 Pan American Games
Singles   men   women  
Doubles   men   women  
Team   men   women  

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

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]

RRRound robin EEliminations ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
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 RRRR E F
Women's singles E ¼ ½ F
Women's doubles E E F
Women's team RRRR E F

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 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
Total 6 6 12 24

Medalists

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Colombia Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Colombia (COL)
Peru Diego Elías
Peru (PER)
Canada Shawn Delierre
Canada (CAN)
Mexico César Salazar
Mexico (MEX)
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 Galvez
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
United States Amanda Sobhy
United States (USA)
United States Olivia Blatchford
United States (USA)
Canada Samantha Cornett
Canada (CAN)
Mexico Samantha Teran
Mexico (MEX)
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.

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.[2] 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][4]

References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Exhibition Centre". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. "Sport Technical Manual Squash". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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