Jamaica at the 2015 Pan American Games

Jamaica at the
2015 Pan American Games
Jamaica at the; 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
in Toronto, Canada; 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	56 in 7 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Gareth Henry
Flag bearer (closing)
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 9
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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Jamaica competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.^[1]

The Jamaican team consisting of 56 athletes in 7 sports was announced on July 3, 2015 by the Jamaica Olympic Association.^[2]

Badminton player Gareth Henry was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Competitors[]

The following table lists Jamaica's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	21	20	41
Badminton	2	2	4
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Golf	1	0	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	4	5
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Total	29	27	56

Medalists[]

The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	O'Dayne Richards	Athletics	Men's shot put	July 21
Gold	Sherone Simpson	Athletics	Women's 100 m	July 22
Gold	Fedrick Dacres	Athletics	Men's discus throw	July 23
Silver	Alia Atkinson	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	July 17
Silver	Rasheed Dwyer	Athletics	Men's 200 m	July 24
Silver	Samantha Henry-Robinson Schillonie Calvert Simone Facey Sherone Simpson	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	July 25
Silver	Anastasia Le-Roy Verone Chambers Chrisann Gordon Bobby-Gaye Wilkins	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	July 25
Bronze	Roxroy Cato	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	July 23
Bronze	Simone Facey	Athletics	Women's 200 m	July 24

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	3	3	2	8
Swimming	0	1	0	1
Total	3	4	2	9

Medals by day
Day				Total
July 10	0	0	0	0
July 11	0	0	0	0
July 12	0	0	0	0
July 13	0	0	0	0
July 14	0	0	0	0
July 15	0	0	0	0
July 16	0	0	0	0
July 17	0	1	0	1
July 18	0	0	0	0
July 19	0	0	0	0
July 20	0	0	0	0
July 21	1	0	0	1
July 22	1	0	0	1
July 23	1	0	1	2
July 24	0	1	1	2
July 25	0	2	0	2
July 26	0	0	0	0
Total	3	4	2	9

Athletics[]

Jamaica qualified 50 athletes (25 men and 25 women).^[4] However, only 41 (21 men and 20 women) eventually competed as the organizers had to reduce the number of athletes competing because too many had been entered into the competition. Athlete was named to the team in the women's 4 × 400 m relay event, but did not compete in the semifinals or final.

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
PR = Pan American Games Record
PB = Personal best
SB = Seasonal best
NM = No mark
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men
Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jason Livermore	100 m	10.09	6 Q	10.10	=3	10.17	7
	100 m	10.14	=9 Q	10.35	14	Did not advance
Rasheed Dwyer	200 m	20.25	4 Q	19.80 PR	1 Q	19.90
Jason Livermore	200 m	21.02	=22	Did not advance
Ricardo Cunningham	800 m	N/A		1:49.22	=4 Q	1:48.65	4
	800 m	N/A		1:49.22	=4 Q	1:49.24	8
	110 metres hurdles	N/A		13.40	=3 Q	13.69	7
Dwight Thomas	110 metres hurdles	N/A		13.58	10	Did not advance
Roxroy Cato	400 metres hurdles	N/A		49.85	=2 Q	48.72 SB
Leford Green	400 metres hurdles	N/A		50.51	5 Q	49.42	6
Dexter Lee Jason Livermore Oshane Bailey*	4 × 100 metres relay	N/A		38.75	7 q	DNF
Dane Hyatt Javere Bell Ricardo Chambers Riker Hylton*	4 × 400 metres relay	N/A		3:03.72	6 Q	3:01.97	6

Athletes with stars competed in the heats only.

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Fedrick Dacres	Discus throw	N/A		64.80
Damar Forbes	Long jump	7.67	9 q	DNS
O'Dayne Richards	Shot put	N/A		21.69 NR
	Shot put	N/A		18.39	9

Women
Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Schillonie Calvert	100 m	11.27	12 Q	11.29	11	Did not advance
Sherone Simpson	100 m	11.18	10 q	11.02	3 Q	10.95 SB
Simone Facey	200 m	22.95	4 Q	22.64	2 Q	22.74
Kerron Stewart	200 m	22.97	6 Q	22.72	5 Q	23.07	5
Chrisann Gordon	400 m	N/A		52.47	5 Q	51.75	4
Anastasia Le-Roy	400 m	N/A		53.13	7 q	52.05	5
Kimarra McDonald	800 m	N/A		2:05.72	8 q	2:04.37	8
Kimberly Laing	100 metres hurdles	N/A		12.86	3 Q	12.95	4
	100 metres hurdles	N/A		Did not start
Samantha Elliott	400 metres hurdles	N/A		58.30	9	Did not advance
Ristananna Tracey	400 metres hurdles	N/A		58.62	11	Did not advance
Samantha Henry-Robinson Schillonie Calvert Simone Facey Kerron Stewart Sherone Simpson*	4 × 100 metres relay	N/A		42.82	1 Q	42.68
Anastasia Le-Roy Verone Chambers Chrisann Gordon Bobby-Gaye Wilkins	4 × 400 metres relay	N/A		3:30.29	3 Q	3:27.27

Athletes with stars competed in the heats only. Athletes who competed in the preliminaries were also awarded medals.

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
	High jump	1.80	=9
Kimberly Williamson	High jump	1.88	6
Shanieka Thomas	Triple jump	13.74	9
Danniel Thomas	Shot put	17.76 PB	5
Daina Levy	Hammer throw	NM

Badminton[]

Jamaica qualified a team of four athletes (two men and two women).^[5] The team was named on June 2, 2015.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gareth Henry	Singles	Bye	D’Souza (CAN) L (21–16, 16–21, 11–21)	Did not advance
	Singles	Bye	Cordón (GUA) L (12–21, 14–21)	Did not advance
Gareth Henry	Doubles	N/A	N/A	/ (ARG) W (21–15, 21–14)	Chew / Pongnairat (USA) L (14–21, 17–21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ruth Williams	Singles	Bye	Chou (MEX) L (14–21, 12–21)	Did not advance
Katherine Wynter	Singles	Bye	Ugalde (GUA) L (12–21, 14–21)	Did not advance
Ruth Williams Katherine Wynter	Doubles	N/A	N/A	Macias / Nishimura (PER) L (13–21, 7–21)	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Mixed doubles	Rank
Gareth Henry Katherine Wynter	Doubles	/ (ECU) W (23–21, 21–19)	Javier / Saturria (DOM) W (21–17, 17–21, 23–21)	Tjong / Vicente (BRA) L (11–21, 17–21)	Did not advance
Ruth Williams	Doubles	/ (VEN) W (21–14, 21–14)	Cuba / Winder (PER) L (19–21, 11–21)	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Jamaica received a reallocated spot in the men's BMX category.^[2]

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maliek Byndloss	Men's BMX	42.760	18	11	4 Q	48.100	8	Did not advance

Diving[]

Jamaica qualified one male diver.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yona Knight-Wisdom	3 m springboard	362.50	9 Q	380.00	10

Golf[]

Jamaica received a reallocated spot in the men's individual event.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
	Individual	77	80	76	81	314	30

Shooting[]

Jamaica received a reallocation quota in the men's rifle category.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dwayne Ford	50 metre rifle prone	577.8	28	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Jamaica qualified five swimmers (four women and one man).

Key

Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
FB = Qualified for the B Final
FA = Qualified for the A Final
DNS = Did not start

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Timothy Wynter	100 m freestyle	52.59	18 QB	52.23	14
	100 m backstroke	57.86	14 QB	57.47	13
	200 m backstroke	2:07.17	17 QB	2:07.78	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alia Atkinson	100 m freestyle	56.29	11 QB	DNS
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.46	3 QA	1:06.59
	200 m breaststroke	2:28.86	6 QA	2:27.15	4
	200 m individual medley	2:15.16	5 QA	2:18.02	8
	50 m freestyle	27.99	25	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:04.43	18	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:24.26	16 QB	2:23.65	16
Alia Atkinson	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:59.09	8 Q	3:56.01	8
Alia Atkinson	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:24.18	7 Q	4:14.58	7

Taekwondo[]

Jamaica qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman).^[7]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kenneth Edwards	Men's +80 kg	Philip Yun L 0–7	Did not advance
	Women's -49 kg	L 2–12	Did not advance

References[]

^ "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Walker, Howard (3 July 2015). "Jamaica names 65-member team to Pan Am Games". The Jamaica Observer. Kingston, Jamaica. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
^ "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ Stamp, Marc (3 July 2015). "JOA Announces Strong Team For Pan Am Games". The Daily Gleaner (Jamaica). Kingston Jamaica. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
^ "Toronto 2015 – Badminton Competition – Spot Allocation". www.badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan Am. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original (xls) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ "Badminton names team to PanAm Games". The Jamaica Observer. Kingston Jamaica. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[1] "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[team-2] Walker, Howard (3 July 2015). "Jamaica names 65-member team to Pan Am Games". The Jamaica Observer. Kingston, Jamaica. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

[3] "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[4] Stamp, Marc (3 July 2015). "JOA Announces Strong Team For Pan Am Games". The Daily Gleaner (Jamaica). Kingston Jamaica. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

[5] "Toronto 2015 – Badminton Competition – Spot Allocation". www.badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan Am. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original (xls) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[6] "Badminton names team to PanAm Games". The Jamaica Observer. Kingston Jamaica. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[7] "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

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