Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games

Athletics competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 19 to 26 at the newly built CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium, located on the campus of York University.^[1][2] The racewalking and marathon events were held on the temporary circuits around the Ontario Place West Channel. The sport of athletics is split into distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.^[3]

Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games
Athletics pictogram for the games
Venues	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium Ontario Place West Channel
Dates	July 19–26
No. of events	47 (24 men, 23 women)
Competitors	709 from 41 nations
«2011 2019»

Mirroring the Olympic athletics program, both men and women had very similar schedules of events. Men competed in 24 events and women in 23, as their schedule lacks the 50 km race walk. In addition, both the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon are reflected in the women's schedule by the 100 m hurdles and heptathlon, respectively.^[3]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the athletics competitions:^[4]

H Heats Q Qualification ½ Semifinals F Final
Men Event↓/Date → Sun 19 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 Sun 26 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m ½ F 800 m ½ F 1500 m ½ F 5000 m F 10,000 m F 110 m hurdles ½ F 400 m hurdles ½ F 3000 m steeplechase F 4 × 100 m relay ½ F 4 × 400 m relay ½ F Marathon F 20 km walk F 50 km walk F Long jump Q F Triple jump F High jump F Pole vault F Shot put F Discus throw F Javelin throw F Hammer throw F Decathlon F	Women Event↓/Date → Sat 18 Sun 19 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 100 m H ½ F 200 m H ½ F 400 m ½ F 800 m ½ F 1500 m ½ F 5000 m F 10,000 m F 100 m hurdles ½ F 400 m hurdles ½ F 3000 m steeplechase F 4 × 100 m relay ½ F 4 × 400 m relay ½ F Marathon F 20 km walk F Long jump Q F Triple jump F High jump F Pole vault F Shot put F Discus throw F Javelin throw F Hammer throw F Heptathlon F

Medal table

The CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium hosted the track and field competitions

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	13	15	13	41
2	Canada*	11	7	9	27
3	Cuba	5	3	1	9
4	Jamaica	3	3	2	8
5	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	6
6	Mexico	3	1	2	6
7	Brazil	2	5	6	13
8	Colombia	2	1	1	4
9	Bahamas	1	2	1	4
10	Ecuador	1	1	1	3
11	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
14	Argentina	0	1	2	3
	Barbados	0	1	2	3
16	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
	Grenada	0	1	0	1
	Guatemala	0	1	0	1
	Peru	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
21	Chile	0	0	2	2
	Uruguay	0	0	2	2
23	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		47	47	48	142

Medalists

Key
GR	Pan American Games record	AR	Area record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Andre De Grasse  Canada	10.05	Ramon Gittens  Barbados	10.07	Antoine Adams  Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.09
200 metres details	Andre De Grasse  Canada	19.88 PB	Rasheed Dwyer  Jamaica	19.90	Alonso Edward  Panama	19.90 SB
400 metres details	Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic	44.56 SB	Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago	44.70	Kyle Clemons  United States	44.84 PB
800 metres details	Clayton Murphy  United States	1:47.19	Rafith Rodríguez  Colombia	1:47.23	Ryan Martin  United States	1:47.73
1500 metres details	Andrew Wheating  United States	3:41.41	Nathan Brannen  Canada	3:41.66	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada	3:41.79
5000 metres details	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	13:46.47	David Torrence  United States	13:46.60	Víctor Aravena  Chile	13:46.94 PB
10,000 metres details	Mohammed Ahmed  Canada	28:49.96	Aron Rono  United States	28:50.83	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	28:51.57
110 m hurdles details	David Oliver  United States	13.07 GR	Mikel Thomas  Trinidad and Tobago	13.17 PB	Shane Brathwaite  Barbados	13.21 PB
400 m hurdles details	Jeffery Gibson  Bahamas	48.51 NR	Javier Culson  Puerto Rico	48.67	Roxroy Cato  Jamaica	48.72 SB
3000 m steeplechase details	Matthew Hughes  Canada	8:32.18	Alex Genest  Canada	8:33.83	Cory Leslie  United States	8:36.83
4 × 100 m relay details	United States BeeJay Lee Wallace Spearmon Kendal Williams Remontay McClain Sean McLean	38.27	Brazil Gustavo dos Santos Vítor Hugo dos Santos Bruno de Barros Aldemir da Silva Junior	38.68	Trinidad and Tobago Rondel Sorrillo Keston Bledman Emmanuel Callender Dan-Neil Telesford Mikel Thomas	38.69
4 × 400 m relay details	Trinidad and Tobago Renny Quow Jarrin Solomon Emanuel Mayers Machel Cedenio Jehue Gordon	2:59.60 SB	Cuba William Collazo Adrian Chacon Osmaidel Pellicier Yoandys Lescay	2:59.84 SB	United States Kyle Clemons James Harris Marcus Chambers Kerron Clement Jeshua Anderson	3:00.21
Marathon details	Richer Pérez  Cuba	2:17:04 PB	Raúl Pacheco  Peru	2:17:13	Mariano Mastromarino  Argentina	2:17:45
20 km walk details	Evan Dunfee  Canada	1:23:06	Inaki Gomez  Canada	1:24:25	Caio Bonfim  Brazil	1:24:43
50 km walk details	Andrés Chocho  Ecuador	3:50:13 SB	Erick Barrondo  Guatemala	3:55:57	Horacio Nava  Mexico	3:57:28
High jump details	Derek Drouin  Canada	2.37 m SB	Michael Mason  Canada	2.31 m	Donald Thomas  Bahamas	2.28 m
Pole vault details	Shawnacy Barber  Canada	5.80 m =GR	Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina	5.75 m NR	Mark Hollis  United States Jacob Blankenship  United States	5.40 m
Long jump † details	Jeffery Henderson  United States	8.54 m	Marquise Goodwin  United States	8.27 m	Emiliano Lasa  Uruguay	8.17 m
Triple jump details	Pedro Pablo Pichardo  Cuba	17.54 m	Leevan Sands  Bahamas	16.99 m SB	Ernesto Revé  Cuba	16.94 m
Shot put details	O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica	21.69 m GR, NR	Tim Nedow  Canada	20.53 m	Germán Lauro  Argentina	20.24 m
Discus throw details	Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica	64.80	Ronald Julião  Brazil	64.65 SB	Russell Winger  United States	62.64
Hammer throw details	Kibwé Johnson  United States	75.46 m	Roberto Janet  Cuba	74.78 m	Conor McCullough  United States	73.74 m
Javelin throw details	Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago	83.27 m	Riley Dolezal  United States	81.62 m SB	Júlio César de Oliveira  Brazil	80.94 m
Decathlon details	Damian Warner  Canada	8659 points GR NR	Kurt Felix  Grenada	8269 points PB	Luiz Alberto de Araújo  Brazil	8179 points SB

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Sherone Simpson  Jamaica	10.95 SB	Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador	10.99 AR	Barbara Pierre  United States	11.01
200 metres details	Kaylin Whitney  United States	22.65	Kyra Jefferson  United States	22.72	Simone Facey  Jamaica	22.74
400 metres details	Kendall Baisden  United States	51.27	Shakima Wimbley  United States	51.36	Kineke Alexander  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51.50
800 metres details	Melissa Bishop  Canada	1.59.62	Alysia Montaño  United States	1.59.76	Flávia de Lima  Brazil	2.00.40
1500 metres details	Muriel Coneo  Colombia	4.09.05 NR	Nicole Sifuentes  Canada	4:09.13	Sasha Gollish  Canada	4:10.11
5000 metres details	Juliana Paula dos Santos  Brazil	15:45.97 PB	Brenda Flores  Mexico	15:47.19	Kellyn Taylor  United States	15:52.78
10,000 metres details	Brenda Flores  Mexico	32:41.33 GR	Desiree Davila  United States	32:43.99 SB	Lanni Marchant  Canada	32:46.03
100 m hurdles details	Queen Harrison  United States	12.52 GR	Tenaya Jones  United States	12.84	Nikkita Holder  Canada	12.85
400 m hurdles details	Shamier Little  United States	55.50	Sarah Wells  Canada	56.17	Déborah Rodríguez  Uruguay	56.41
3000 m steeplechase details	Ashley Higginson  United States	9:48.12 GR	Shalaya Kipp  United States	9:49.96	Geneviève Lalonde  Canada	9:53.03
4 × 100 m relay details	United States Barbara Pierre LaKeisha Lawson Morolake Akinosun Kaylin Whitney	42.58 GR	Jamaica Samantha Henry-Robinson Kerron Stewart Schillonie Calvert Simone Facey Sherone Simpson	42.68	Canada Crystal Emmanuel Kimberly Hyacinthe Jellisa Westney Khamica Bingham	43.00
4 × 400 m relay details	United States Shamier Little Kyra Jefferson Shakima Wimbley Kendall Baisden Alysia Montaño	3:25.68	Jamaica Anastasia Le-Roy Verone Chambers Chrisann Gordon Bobby-Gaye Wilkins	3:27.27	Canada Brianne Theisen-Eaton Taylor Sharpe Sage Watson Sarah Wells Audrey Jean-Baptiste	3:27.74 SB
Marathon details	Adriana Aparecida da Silva  Brazil	2:35:40 GR	Lindsay Flanagan  United States	2:36:30	Rachel Hannah  Canada	2:41:06
20 km walk details	María Guadalupe González  Mexico	1:29:24 GR	Érica de Sena  Brazil	1:30:08	Paola Pérez  Ecuador	1:31:53 PB
High jump details	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.94 m	Priscilla Frederick  Antigua and Barbuda	1.91 m PB	Akela Jones  Barbados	1.91 m PB
Pole vault details	Yarisley Silva  Cuba	4.85 m GR	Fabiana Murer  Brazil	4.80 m	Jenn Suhr  United States	4.60 m
Long jump details	Christabel Nettey  Canada	6.90 m	Bianca Stuart  Bahamas	6.69 m	Sha'Keela Saunders  United States	6.66 m
Triple jump details	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia	15.08 m	Keila Costa  Brazil	14.50 m	Yosiris Urrutia  Colombia	14.38 m
Shot put details	Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago	18.67 m	Jillian Camarena-Williams  United States	18.65 m	Natalia Ducó  Chile	18.01 m
Discus throw details	Denia Caballero  Cuba	65.39 m	Yaime Pérez  Cuba	64.99 m	Gia Lewis-Smallwood  United States	61.26 m
Hammer throw details	Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela	71.61 m	Amber Campbell  United States	71.22 m	Sultana Frizell  Canada	69.51 m
Javelin throw details	Elizabeth Gleadle  Canada	62.83 m	Kara Winger  United States	61.44 m	Jucilene de Lima  Brazil	60.42 m
Heptathlon details	Yorgelis Rodríguez  Cuba	6332 points GR	Heather Miller  United States	6178 points	Vanessa Spínola  Brazil	6035 points

Participating nations

The lead pack in the Pan American Games women's marathon.

All 41 participating countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

•  Antigua and Barbuda (6)
•  Argentina (11)
•  Aruba (1)
•  Bahamas (29)
•  Barbados (14)
•  Belize (2)
•  Bermuda (5)
•  Bolivia (4)
•  Brazil (80)
•  British Virgin Islands (4)
•  Canada (88)
•  Cayman Islands (2)
•  Chile (37)
•  Colombia (22)
•  Costa Rica (9)
•  Cuba (58)
•  Dominica (4)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  Ecuador (16)
•  El Salvador (2)
•  Grenada (4)
•  Guatemala (7)
•  Guyana (3)
•  Haiti (6)
•  Honduras (1)
•  Jamaica (41)
•  Mexico (35)
•  Nicaragua (2)
•  Panama (6)
•  Paraguay (3)
•  Peru (13)
•  Puerto Rico (15)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (8)
•  Saint Lucia (2)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
•  Suriname (2)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (32)
•  United States (84)
•  Uruguay (5)
•  Venezuela (27)
•  Virgin Islands (5)

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 680 athletes will qualify to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of two athletes per event, granted they meet the qualification standard. Qualification times and standards can be set from January 1, 2014, to June 28, 2015. The winner of each event contested at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival will also qualify. Furthermore, a total of sixteen relay teams per event will qualify as well.^[5]

See also

• 2015 World Championships in Athletics
• Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics