Table tennis competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 19 to 25 at the Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre) in Markham.[1] Due to naming rights, the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of four table tennis events were held: two each for men and women.[3]
| Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
 Table tennis pictogram for the games | |
| Venue | Atos Markham Pan Am Centre |
| Dates | July 19–25 |
| No. of events | 4 (2 men, 2 women) |
| Competitors | 80 from 16 nations |
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The winners of each the individual events, provided they are not already qualified, qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]
Venue
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The competitions took place at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre (Markham Pan Am Centre) located in the city of Markham, about 31 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena had capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating 1,000 temporary seats).[2] The venue also hosted badminton competitions earlier during the games. The venue also hosted the water polo competitions, but in the other side of the centre (an Olympic sized pool).[5]
Competition schedule
editThe following is the competition schedule for the table tennis competitions:[6]
| P | Preliminaries | R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | P | P | P | R32 | R16 | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Men's team | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Women's singles | P | P | P | R32 | R16 | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Women's team | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Canada* | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |  Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
Medalists
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Participating nations
editA total of 16 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Qualification
editA total of 80 athletes (40 men and 40 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per gender. As host nation, Canada automatically qualified a full team of six athletes. All other athletes qualified at the qualification tournament in March 2015.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Markham Pan Am Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Table tennis". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Table tennis" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Persico, Amanda (24 July 2014). "Pan Am building gets finishing touches in Markham". www.yorkregion.com/. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Qualification System – Table tennis". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.