Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Taekwondo at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Mississauga Sports Centre
Dates	July 19–22, 2015
Competitors	109 from 28 nations
«2011	2019»

Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games
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

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)	Carlos Navarro Mexico (MEX)	Luisito Pie Dominican Republic (DOM)	Lucas Guzman Argentina (ARG)
			Harold Avella Colombia (COL)
Lightweight (68 kg)	Saúl Gutiérrez Mexico (MEX)	Maxime Potvin Canada (CAN)	Miguel Angel Trejos Colombia (COL)
			Luis Colon III Puerto Rico (PUR)
Middleweight (80 kg)	Jose Cobas Cuba (CUB)	Moisés Hernández Dominican Republic (DOM)	Steven López United States (USA)
			Rene Lizarraga Mexico (MEX)
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Rafael Alba Cuba (CUB)	Carlos Rivas Venezuela (VEN)	Marc-Andre Bergeron Canada (CAN)
			Philip Yun United States (USA)

Women's events

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

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.

• 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

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). http://www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
2. "Mississauga Sports Centre". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 11 August 2014. External link in |website= (help)
3. Colpitts, Iain (10 July 2013). "Pan Am excitement builds in Mississauga". Brampton Guardian (Brampton, Ontario: Metroland Media Group). Retrieved 11 August 2014.
4. "Taekwondo". http://www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
5. "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)
6. "Medallists by event" (PDF). http://www.results.toronto2015.ets.net/. TO2015. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
7. "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". http://mastkd.com/ (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
8. "Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games" (PDF). http://www.patu.org/. Pan American Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 19 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)