Barbados at the 2015 Pan American Games

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

Barbados at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	BAR
NOC	Barbados Olympic Association
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	29 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Darian King
Flag bearer (closing)	Ramon Gittens
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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A team of 29 athletes (18 men and 11 women) competing in 10 sports was announced by the Barbados Olympic Association on July 2, 2015.^[2][3] This marked a reduction of 23 athletes from the last edition of the games in 2011. This is primarily because both field hockey teams (which consisted of 32 athletes in 2011) failed to qualify. Tennis player Darian King was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.^[4]

Competitors

The following table lists Barbados' delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	7	14
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	1	1
Golf	1	0	1
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Tennis	3	0	3
Triathlon	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	18	11	29

Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Ramon Gittens Athletics Men's 100m July 22  Bronze Akela Jones Athletics Women's high jump July 22  Bronze Shane Brathwaite Athletics Men's 100m hurdles July 24

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 1 2 3 Total 0 1 2 3 Medals by day Day Total July 22 0 1 1 2 July 24 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 2 3 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 1 1 2 Female 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 2 3

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified 14 athletes (seven of each gender) down from an initial list of 18, after organizers had to reduce team sizes to the quota of 680 athletes.^[5]

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
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Seasonal best
• DSQ = Disqualified
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Levi Cadogan	100 m	10.18	=13 Q	10.16 q	8	10.18	8
Ramon Gittens		10.03	4 Q	10.15 SB	=6 Q	10.07 SB
Burkheart Ellis	200 m	20.70	17	did not advance
Shane Brathwaite	110 m hurdles	—		13.36	2 Q	13.21
Greggmar Swift		—		13.40	3 Q	13.28	4
Shane Brathwaite Mario Burke Levi Cadogan Nicholas Deshong Burkheart Ellis	4 × 100 metres relay	—		38.65 NR	5 Q	38.79	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sonia Gaskin	800 m	—		2:09.01	12	did not advance
Kierre Beckles	100 m hurdles	—		13.14	10 Q	13.24	7
Akela Jones		—		13.10	8	did not advance
Tia-Adana Belle Nadia Cummins Sonia Gaskin Sade Sealy Sada Williams	4 × 400 metres relay	—		3:31.72 SB	7 Q	DSQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Akela Jones	High jump	1.91
	Long jump	6.60 PB	6

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games and Badminton at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified a team of two athletes (one man and one woman).^[6]

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
Dakeil Thorpe	Men's singles	Bye	Humblers (GUA) L (5–21, 7–21)	did not advance
Sabrina Scott	Women's singles	Bye	Haramara (MEX) L (3–21, 11–21)	did not advance
Dakeil Thorpe Sabrina Scott	Mixed doubles	—	Azcuy Perez / Reyes (CUB) L (13–21, 22–24)	did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games and Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified one male boxer.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adrian Biscette	Light heavyweight (81kg)	Mina (ECU) L TKO	did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games and Equestrian at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified one athlete.^[8]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Final
											Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Emily Kinch	Teddy du Bosquetiau	Individual	12	48	21	33	47	13	60	39	did not advance

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games and Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified one golfer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	To Par	Rank
James Johnson	Individual	79	76	72	71	298	+10	22

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified two shooters.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Michael Maskell	Men's Skeet	121	13	did not advance
Michelle Elliot	Women's Skeet	48	9	did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified three swimmers.

Key

• Note – Ranks given for swimming events are for all heats
• FB = Qualified for the B Finals

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Sobers	Men's 100 m freestyle	52.92	20	did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:53.11	17 FB	1:53.16	15
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:01.77	14 FB	4:00.25	15
Christopher Courtis	Men's 100 m Backstroke	58.15	15	57.93	15
	Men's 200 m Backstroke	2:09.73	20	did not advance
	Men's 200 m Individual Medley	2:12.33	19	did not advance
Lani Cabrera	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:07.41	17	did not advance
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:29.46	17	did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	—		9:16.88	16

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified three male athletes.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal/Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Darian King	Singles	Bye	Schnur (CAN) L (2–6, 4–6)	did not advance
Haydn Lewis		Bye	Podlipnik Castillo (CHI) L (1–6, 1–6)	did not advance
Seanon Williams		Arus (URU) L (6–7, 6–7)	did not advance
Darian King Haydn Lewis	Doubles	—		Martinez / Rodriguez Pace (VEN) W (7–6, 6–1)	Hach / Patiño (MEX) W (7–5, 7–5)	Andreozzi / Bagnis (ARG) L (6–3, 4–6, 10–8)	Escobar / Gómez (ECU) L (3–6, 0–6)	4

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games and Triathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified one male triathlete.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Jason Wilson	Individual	18:53	0:23	58:22	0:22	31:17	1:49.19	5

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games and Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Barbados received one wildcard.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brian Best	Men's 77 kg	115	11	DNF

See also

• Barbados at the 2015 Parapan American Games
• Barbados at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

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