Guyana at the 2015 Pan American Games

Guyana competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1]

Guyana at the
2015 Pan American Games
IOC codeGUY
NOCGuyana Olympic Association
Websitewww.olympic.org/guyana
in Toronto, Canada
10–26 July 2015
Competitors22 in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Onika George
Flag bearer (closing)Priyanna Ramdhani
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Guyana's team consisted of 22 athletes (19 men and three women) competing in five sports.[2] Swimmer Onika George was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.[3]

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 1 3
Badminton 1 1 2
Rugby sevens 12 0 12
Squash 3 0 3
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 19 3 22

Athletics

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Guyana's track and field team consisted of three athletes (two men and one woman).[4]

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
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Track events
Athlete Event Round 1 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Adam Harris Men's 100 m DNF did not advance
Winston George Men's 400 m 46.39 5 q 45.58 6
Jenea McCammon Women's 400 m hurdles 1:03.21 8 did not advance

Badminton

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Guyana received two quota spots to enter one male and one female.[5]

Athlete Event First round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Narayan Ramdhani Men's singles Bye   Javier (DOM)
L (14–21, 18–21)
did not advance
Priyanna Ramdhani Women's singles Bye   Polanco (DOM)
L (5–21, 9–21)
did not advance
Narayan Ramdhani
Priyanna Ramdhani
Mixed doubles   Araya /
Chou (CHI)

L (14–21, 18–21)
did not advance

Rugby sevens

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Guyana qualified a men's rugby sevens team, after winning the 2014 NACRA Sevens held in December 2014. The team consisted of twelve athletes.[6][7]

Men's tournament

Guyana announced their squad on July 1, 2015.[8]

Group B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  Argentina 3 3 0 0 81 14 +67 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
  Canada 3 2 0 1 78 35 +43 7
  Brazil 3 1 0 2 52 50 +2 5
  Guyana 3 0 0 3 5 117 −112 3
Source: [citation needed]
11 July 2015
12:17
Canada  45–0  Guyana
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
16:49
Argentina  41–0  Guyana
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
19:33
Brazil  31–5  Guyana
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto
Fifth through Eighth places
12 July 2015
16:05
  Guyana0–31  Chile
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto
Seventh place match
12 July 2015
18:50
  Guyana26–22  Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Squash

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Guyana qualified a men's squash team of three athletes.[9][10]

Singles and Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sunil Seth Men's singles   Mauricio Sedano (GUA)
W 3–0
  Shawn Delierre (CAN)
L 0–3
did not advance =9
Jason Ray Khalil   Nicolas Caballero (PAR)
L 0–3
did not advance =17
Kristian Jeffrey
Jason Ray Khalil
Men's doubles   Andrew Schnell
/ Graeme Schnell (CAN)
L 0–2
did not advance =9
Team
Athlete Event Group Stage Classification round 1 Classification round 2
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sunil Seth
Jason Ray Khalil
Kristian Jeffrey
Men's team   Argentina
L 0–3
  Mexico
L 1–2
3   Chile
L 1–2
  Ecuador
L 0–3
10

Swimming

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Guyana received two universality spots (one male and one female).[11]

Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Omar Adams Men's 50 m freestyle 26.58 20 did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 58.01 23 did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 2:15.58 21 did not advance
Onika George Women's 50 m freestyle 29.03 27 did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:05.00 28 did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ^ Campbell, Emmerson (9 July 2015). "Guyana's quest for Pan Am Games medals commences Saturday". Stabroek News. Georgetown, Guyana. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ^ Halley, Frederick (17 July 2015). "Pompey confident of exciting results at Pan Am Games". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. ^ "XVII Pan American Games Badminton" (PDF). www.badmintonpanam.org/. Badminton Pan Am. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Guyana men - Mexico women take Cup Finals". www.nacrugby.com/. North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA). 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Sevens teams confirmed for Pan American Games 2015". www.worldrugby.org/. World Rugby. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. ^ Sookram, Stephan (1 July 2015). "National Sevens rugby team departs for Pan Am Games". Guyana Chronicle. Georgetown, Guyana. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  9. ^ DaSilva, Michael (14 February 2015). "Seth, Arjoon and Fernandes confirmed for 2015 Pan American Games … Place open for another male player". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  10. ^ Devers, Sean (21 March 2015). "Jason Ray Khalil preparing for Pan Am Games in Canada". Kaieteur News. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  11. ^ "GASA names teams for Pan Am games and World C/Ships". Kaieteur News. Georgetown, Guyana. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.