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Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games
Taekwondo pictogram for the games
VenueMississauga Sports Centre
DatesJuly 19–22
No. of events8 (4 men, 4 women)
Competitors109 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

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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

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba3025
 United States3025
3 Mexico2417
4 Dominican Republic0213
5 Canada*0112
6 Venezuela0101
7 Colombia0044
8 Argentina0022
 Brazil0022
10 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (10 entries)881632

Medalists

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During the competition

The following is the list of medallists per event.[6]

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg)
details
Carlos Navarro
 Mexico
Luisito Pie
 Dominican Republic
Lucas Guzmán
 Argentina
Harold Avella
 Colombia
Lightweight (68 kg)
details
Saúl Gutiérrez
 Mexico
Maxime Potvin
 Canada
Miguel Trejos
 Colombia
Luis Colon III
 Puerto Rico
Middleweight (80 kg)
details
Jose Cobas
 Cuba
Moisés Hernández
 Dominican Republic
Steven López
 United States
René Lizárraga
 Mexico
Heavyweight (+80 kg)
details
Rafael Alba
 Cuba
Carlos Rivas
 Venezuela
Marc-Andre Bergeron
 Canada
Philip Yun
 United States

Women's events

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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

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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

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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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  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.