Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games

Cycling competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held July 10 to 25, 2015 at four different venues.[1] The BMX competitions took place at the Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre in Toronto, the mountain biking competitions happened at the Hardwood Ski and Bike (Hardwood Mountain Bike Park) in Oro-Medonte, due to naming rights the venue was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] The road races happened in the streets of Downtown Toronto with the start and finish being adjacent to the Ontario Place West Channel. Finally the track cycling events occurred at the Milton Velodrome in Milton. The road cycling time trials happened in the streets surrounding the velodrome (Milton Time Trial Course).[3]

Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games

Cycling pictograms for the games
VenuesCentennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre (BMX)
Hardwood Mountain Bike Park (Mountain biking)
Ontario Place West Channel (Road races)
Milton Velodrome (Track)
Milton Time Trial Course (Road time trial)
DatesJuly 10–25
No. of events18 (9 men, 9 women)
Competitors227 from 24 nations
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Competition schedule

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The Milton Velodrome, in Milton, was the venue for the track cycling competitions, along with the starting/finishing line for the road cycling time trials.
 
The Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre was the venue for the BMX competitions

The following was the competition schedule for the cycling competitions:[4]

Q Qualification ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
BMX, mountain biking and road cycling
Event↓/Date → Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12 Wed 22 Sat 25
BMX
Men's BMX Q ¼ ½ F
Women's BMX Q ½ F
Mountain biking
Men's cross-country F
Women's cross-country F
Road cycling
Men's road race F
Men's time trial F
Women's road race F
Women's time trial F
Track cycling
Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19
Men's keirin H F
Men's omnium FL PR ER IP SR TT
Men's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Men's team pursuit H F
Men's team sprint H F
Women's keirin H F
Women's omnium FL PR ER IP SR TT
Women's sprint H ¼ ½ F
Women's team pursuit H F
Women's team sprint H F
FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race, ER = Elimination Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, SR = Scratch Race, TT = Time Trial

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada*114520
2  United States3238
3  Colombia3036
4  Venezuela1214
5  Cuba0314
6  Argentina0213
  Mexico0213
8  Ecuador0202
9  Trinidad and Tobago0101
10  Brazil0022
11  El Salvador0011
Totals (11 entries)18181854

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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Tory Nyhaug
  Canada
Alfredo Campo
  Ecuador
Nicholas Long
  United States
Women
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Felicia Stancil
  United States
Doménica Azuero
  Ecuador
Mariana Díaz
  Argentina

Mountain biking

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's cross-country
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Raphaël Gagné
  Canada
Catriel Soto
  Argentina
Stephen Ettinger
  United States
Women's cross-country
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Emily Batty
  Canada
Catharine Pendrel
  Canada
Erin Huck
  United States

Road cycling

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Women's road race at the 2015 Pan American Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's road race
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Miguel Ubeto
  Venezuela
Eric Marcotte
  United States
Guillaume Boivin
  Canada
Women's road race
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Jasmin Glaesser
  Canada
Marlies Mejías
  Cuba
Allison Beveridge
  Canada
Men's time trial
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Hugo Houle
  Canada
Ignacio Prado
  Mexico
Sean MacKinnon
  Canada
Women's time trial
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Kelly Catlin
  United States
Jasmin Glaesser
  Canada
Evelyn García
  El Salvador

Track cycling

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team pursuit
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  Colombia
Juan Esteban Arango
Arles Castro
Fernando Gaviria
Jhonatan Restrepo

  Argentina
Mauro Agostini
Maximiliano Richeze
Walter Pérez
Adrián Richeze
Juan Merlos
  Canada
Eric Johnstone
Sean MacKinnon
Rémi Pelletier-Roy
Edward Veal
Adam Jamieson
Women's team pursuit
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  Canada
Allison Beveridge
Laura Brown
Jasmin Glaesser
Kirsti Lay

  United States
Jennifer Valente
Sarah Hammer
Kelly Catlin
Lauren Tamayo
Ruth Winder
  Mexico
Sofía Arreola
Íngrid Drexel
Mayra Del Rocio Rocha
Lizbeth Salazar

Men's individual sprint
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Hugo Barrette
  Canada
Njisane Phillip
  Trinidad and Tobago
Hersony Canelón
  Venezuela
Women's individual sprint
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Monique Sullivan
  Canada
Kate O'Brien
  Canada
Juliana Gaviria
  Colombia
Men's team sprint
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  Canada
Hugo Barrette
Evan Carey
Joseph Veloce
  Venezuela
Hersony Canelón
César Marcano
Ángel Pulgar
  Brazil
Flávio Cipriano
Kacio Fonseca
Hugo Osteti
Women's team sprint
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  Canada
Kate O'Brien
Monique Sullivan
  Cuba
Lisandra Guerra
Marlies Mejías
  Colombia
Diana García
Juliana Gaviria
Men's keirin
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Fabián Puerta
  Colombia
Hersony Canelón
  Venezuela
Hugo Barrette
  Canada
Women's keirin
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Monique Sullivan
  Canada
Lisandra Guerra
  Cuba
Juliana Gaviria
  Colombia
Men's omnium
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Fernando Gaviria
  Colombia
Ignacio Prado
  Mexico
Gideoni Monteiro
  Brazil
Women's omnium
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Sarah Hammer
  United States
Jasmin Glaesser
  Canada
Marlies Mejías
  Cuba

Participation

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A total of 24 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

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A total of 228 cyclists qualified to compete at the games (146 in road and track combined, 36 in mountain biking and 38 in BMX). A nation was able to enter at most 24 athletes (16 among road and track cycling, four in mountain biking and four in BMX). The host nation (Canada) automatically entered a full team of 24 athletes (14 male and 10 female).[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ Persaud, Travis (17 July 2014). "Oro-Medonte biking facility ready to host Pan Am Games". Barrie Examiner. Sun Media. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ Gregory, Michael (17 June 2014). "Milton to host Pan Am Games cycling time trial events". InsideHalton.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Qualification System – Cycling" (PDF). www.copaci.org/. Pan American Cycling Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.