Antigua and Barbuda at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Noc:ANT
Nocname:Antigua and Barbuda National Olympic Committee
Year:2015
Date:10–26 July 2015
Games:Pan American Games
Location:Toronto, Canada
Competitors:10
Sports:3
Flagbearer Open:Daniel Bailey
Flagbearer Close:Miguel Francis
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:0
Rank:25
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1979

Antigua and Barbuda competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1] The Chef de mission of the team was Howard Everton Cornelius.[2]

The Antigua and Barbuda team consisted of ten athletes across three sports. This marked an increase of three from the last edition of the games in 2011. Track and field athlete Daniel Bailey was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.[3]

Priscilla Frederick, a high jumper won the country's only medal (silver), ranking the country 25th overall in the medal table.[4]

Competitors

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

width=150Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Athletics51 6
Cycling11 2
Swimming11 2
Total 73 10

Medalists

The following competitors from Antigua and Barbuda won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

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Medals by sport
SportTotal
0 1 0 1
Total 0 1 0 1
Medals by day
DayTotal
July 22 0 1 01
Total 0 1 0 1

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Antigua and Barbuda's team consisted of five athletes (four men and one woman). The team was cut in half after the Pan American Sports Organization had to pare down the number of athletes after double the original quota qualified.[5]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemi FinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan="1"Daniel BaileyMen's 100m10.1612align=center colspan=2 DSQalign=center colspan=2 did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"Miguel FrancisMen's 200m20.213 Q20.053 Q20.206
align=left rowspan="1"Daniel Bailey
Miguel Francis
Cejhae Greene
Chavaughn Walsh
Jared Jarvis
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay38.14 PR, NR1 Qalign=center colspan=2 DSQ
Women

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games and Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Antigua and Barbuda has qualified one male cyclist, and later received a wildcard quota in the women's events.[5]

Road

AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Andre SimonMen's road raceDNF
Men's time trial50:59.5214
align=left rowspan=2Tamiko ButlerWomen's road race2:07:5627
Women's time trial30:19.1712

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Antigua and Barbuda received two universality spots (one male and one female).[6]

AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan="3"Noah Mascoll-GomesMen's 100 m freestyle52.9019did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle1:55.5619did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle4:13.5518did not advance
align=left rowspan="3"Samantha RobertsWomen's 50 m freestyle27.9124did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle1:02.6627did not advance
Women's 200 m freestyle2:17.2520did not advance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PASO Member National Olympic Committees . toronto2015.org . . 12 August 2014 . 30 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140630103334/http://www.toronto2015.org/about-us/paso . dead .
  2. Web site: Toronto 2015 Chef de Mission Seminar . . 3 December 2014 . www.antiguaolympiccommittee.com/ . . 3 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries. 10 July 2015. www.huffingtonpost.ca/. . 14 May 2015.
  4. News: Baptiste . Neto . 23 July 2015 . Antigua & Barbuda Wins Pan Am High Jump Silver Medal . Daily Observer. 27 July 2015 .
  5. News: Baptiste . Neto . 18 July 2015 . Athletic Association Boss Lobbies Pan Am Games For Additional Athlete . Daily Observer. 27 July 2015 .
  6. News: Baptiste . Neto . 7 July 2015 . Greenaway backs small Pam Am team. Daily Observer. 23 May 2017.