Karate at the 2015 Pan American Games

Karate at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue Mississauga Sports Centre
Dates July 23–25, 2015
Competitors 80 quota limit
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Karate competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 23 to 25 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] The competition was held under the kumite discipline, with men and women each competing in five events each.[4] A total of ten karate events will be held: five each for men and women.[4]

Competition schedule

Karate at the
2015 Pan American Games
Men Women
  60 kg     50 kg  
67 kg 55 kg
75 kg 61 kg
84 kg 68 kg
+84 kg +68 kg

The following is the competition schedule for the karate competitions:[5]

RRRound robin ½Semifinals FFinal
Event↓/Date → Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25
Men's 60 kg RR ½ F
Men's 67 kg RR ½ F
Men's 75 kg RR ½ F
Men's 84 kg RR ½ F
Men's +84 kg RR ½ F
Women's 50 kg RR ½ F
Women's 55 kg RR ½ F
Women's 61 kg RR ½ F
Women's 68 kg RR ½ F
Women's +68 kg RR ½ F

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Brazil 3 0 2 5
2 Ecuador 2 0 2 4
3 Argentina 2 0 1 3
4 Dominican Republic 1 3 0 4
5 United States 1 0 2 3
6 Peru 1 0 1 2
7 Venezuela 0 2 3 5
8 Canada 0 2 2 4
9 Chile 0 1 2 3
9 Mexico 0 1 2 3
11 El Salvador 0 1 0 1
12 Cuba 0 0 2 2
13 Colombia 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 20 40

Medalists

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

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 kg
Douglas Brose
 Brazil
Jovanni Martínez
 Venezuela
Andrés Rendón
 Colombia
Brandis Miyazaki
 United States
67 kg
Julián Pinzás
 Argentina
Deivis Ferreras
 Dominican Republic
Maikel Noriega
 Cuba
Daniel Vargas
 Mexico
75 kg
Thomas Scott
 United States
Alexander Nicastro
 Venezuela
Patrice Boily-Martineau
 Canada
Franco Icasati
 Argentina
84 kg
Miguel Amargós
 Argentina
Jorge Merino
 El Salvador
Andres Loor
 Ecuador
César Herrera
 Venezuela
+84 kg
Franklin Mina
 Ecuador
Anel Castillo
 Dominican Republic
Jander Tiril
 Cuba
Brian Irr
 United States

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 kg
Ana Villanueva
 Dominican Republic
Gabriela Bruna
 Chile
Jusleen Virk
 Canada
Aline Souza
 Brazil
55 kg
Valéria Kumizaki
 Brazil
Kate Campbell
 Canada
Jessy Reyes
 Chile
Alessandra Vindrola
 Peru
61 kg
Alexandra Grande
 Peru
Karina Díaz
 Dominican Republic
Daniela Lepín
 Chile
Merillela Arreola
 Mexico
68 kg
Natália Brozulatto
 Brazil
Xhunashi Caballero
 Mexico
Priscilla Lazo Nieto
 Ecuador
Omaira Molina
 Venezuela
+68 kg
Valeria Echever
 Ecuador
Camélie Boisvenue
 Canada
Yeisy Piña Ordaz
 Venezuela
Isabela dos Santos
 Brazil

Participating nations

A total of 14 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 80 karatekas will qualify to compete at the games (eight per weight category). There will be four qualification events for athletes to qualify, and the host nation is automatically qualified in each of the ten weight categories. A nation may enter a maximum of one athlete per weight category.[6][7]

References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 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. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Karate". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. "2014 North American Karate Cup" (PDF). sportdata.org/. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  7. "Sport Technical Manual Karate". scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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