Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Racquetball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 19 to 26.^[1] The venue for the competitions was the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre) Hall C, due to naming rights the venue will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.^[2] The venue also staged the squash competitions. A total of six events were contested (three each for men and women).^[2] After the games, the four courts created for the games were disassembled and relocated to Regina, Saskatchewan.^[3]

Racquetball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Racquetball pictogram for the games
Venue	Exhibition Centre – Hall C
Dates	July 19–26
No. of events	6 (3 men, 3 women)
Competitors	55 from 13 nations
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Competition schedule

The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), Hall C, was the venue for the racquetball competitions

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

RR	Round robin	E	Eliminations	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Sun 19	Mon 20	Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24	Sat 25		Sun 26
Men's singles	RR	RR	RR	E	½	F
Men's doubles	RR	RR	RR	E	½	F
Men's team						E	E	½	F
Women's singles	RR	RR	RR	E	½	F
Women's doubles	RR	RR	RR	E	½	F
Women's team						E	E	½	F

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	4	1	2	7
2	United States	2	2	2	6
3	Argentina	0	2	0	2
4	Bolivia	0	1	2	3
5	Canada*	0	0	3	3
	Ecuador	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	12	24

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Rocky Carson  United States	Álvaro Beltrán  Mexico	Conrrado Moscoso  Bolivia
			Daniel De La Rosa  Mexico
Men's doubles details	United States Jansen Allen Jose Rojas	Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso Roland Keller	Canada Vincent Gagnon Tim Landeryou
			Mexico Álvaro Beltrán Javier Moreno
Men's team details	Mexico Álvaro Beltrán Daniel De La Rosa Javier Moreno	United States Jansen Allen Jake Bredenbeck Rocky Carson Jose Rojas	Bolivia Carlos Keller Roland Keller Conrrado Moscoso
			Canada Vincent Gagnon Mike Green Coby Iwaasa Tim Landeryou

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's singles details	Paola Longoria  Mexico	Maria Jose Vargas  Argentina	Maria Sotomayor  Ecuador
			Rhonda Rajsich  United States
Women's doubles details	Mexico Paola Longoria Samantha Salas	Argentina Maria Jose Vargas Veronique Guillemette	Ecuador Maria Sotomayor Maria P Muñoz
			United States Rhonda Rajsich Kim Russell
Women's team details	Mexico Paola Longoria Samantha Salas	United States Michelle Key Rhonda Rajsich Kim Russell	Canada Frédérique Lambert Jennifer Saunders
			Ecuador María Muñoz Maria Sotomayor

Participating nations

A total of 13 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

•  Argentina (4)
•  Bolivia (6)
•  Canada (8)
•  Chile (2)
•  Colombia (5)
•  Costa Rica (3)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Dominican Republic (2)
•  Ecuador (4)
•  Guatemala (4)
•  Mexico (6)
•  United States (7)
•  Venezuela (4)

Qualification

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

A total of 56 athletes will qualify to compete at the Games (30 male, 26 female). Each country is allowed to enter a maximum of four male and four female athletes.^[5]

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "Exhibition Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
3. "New courts give racquetball in Regina a boost". Regina Leader Post. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
5. "Qualification System – Racquetball" (.pdf). scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.