# Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Taekwondo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 19 to 22 at the Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre) in Mississauga. Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of eight taekwondo events were held: four each for men and women.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the taekwondo competitions:
| E | Eliminations | R | Repechage | B | Bronze medal matches | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 15 | Wed 15 | Wed 15 | Wed 15 | Thu 16 | Thu 16 | Thu 16 | Thu 16 | Fri 17 | Fri 17 | Fri 17 | Fri 17 | Sat 18 | Sat 18 | Sat 18 | Sat 18 |
| Men's 58 kg | E | R | B | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 68 kg | | | | | E | R | B | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 80 kg | | | | | | | | | E | R | B | F | | | | |
| Men's +80 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | E | R | B | F |
| Women's 49 kg | E | R | B | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 57 kg | | | | | E | R | B | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 67 kg | | | | | | | | | E | R | B | F | | | | |
| Women's +67 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | E | R | B | F |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Mexico | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |

## Medalists

The following is the list of medallists per event.

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (58 kg) details | Carlos Navarro Mexico | Luisito Pie Dominican Republic | Lucas Guzmán Argentina |
| Flyweight (58 kg) details | Carlos Navarro Mexico | Luisito Pie Dominican Republic | Harold Avella Colombia |
| Lightweight (68 kg) details | Saúl Gutiérrez Mexico | Maxime Potvin Canada | Miguel Trejos Colombia |
| Lightweight (68 kg) details | Saúl Gutiérrez Mexico | Maxime Potvin Canada | Luis Colon III Puerto Rico |
| Middleweight (80 kg) details | Jose Cobas Cuba | Moisés Hernández Dominican Republic | Steven López United States |
| Middleweight (80 kg) details | Jose Cobas Cuba | Moisés Hernández Dominican Republic | René Lizárraga Mexico |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Rafael Alba Cuba | Carlos Rivas Venezuela | Marc-Andre Bergeron Canada |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Rafael Alba Cuba | Carlos Rivas Venezuela | Philip Yun United States |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (49 kg) details | Yania Aguirre Cuba | Itzel Manjarrez Mexico | Iris Sing Brazil |
| Flyweight (49 kg) details | Yania Aguirre Cuba | Itzel Manjarrez Mexico | Candelaria Martes Dominican Republic |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Cheyenne Lewis United States | Paulina Armeria Mexico | Doris Patiño Colombia |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Cheyenne Lewis United States | Paulina Armeria Mexico | Yamicel Nunez Cuba |
| Middleweight (67 kg) details | Paige McPherson United States | Victoria Heredia Mexico | Daima Villalon Cuba |
| Middleweight (67 kg) details | Paige McPherson United States | Victoria Heredia Mexico | Alexis Arnoldt Argentina |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Jackie Galloway United States | María Espinoza Mexico | Jessica Bravo Colombia |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Jackie Galloway United States | María Espinoza Mexico | Raphaella Galacho Brazil |

## Participating nations

A total of 28 nations qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Argentina (6)
* Aruba (2)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (8)
* Canada (8)
* Chile (5)
* Colombia (8)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (7)
* Dominican Republic (6)
* Ecuador (2)
* El Salvador (1)
* Guatemala (5)
* Haiti (1)
* Honduras (3)
* Jamaica (2)
* Mexico (8)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Panama (2)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (3)
* Puerto Rico (6)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Suriname (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (8)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (6)
* Virgin Islands (2)

## Qualification

A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the Pan American Taekwondo Union, to countries which did not qualify any athletes at the qualification tournament.