Athletics Canada records best-ever Pan Am Games

The Canadian track and field team took full advantage of a supportive and vocal home crowd to win a record 26 Pan Am Games medals and a record 11 gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Previous bests were 7 gold medals from the 2007 edition of the Games,­ and 24 overall podiums at the 1967 Pan Am Games held in Winnipeg.

Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., led the way with gold in the 100-metres and 200-metres. In the 200 Andre set a new Canadian record of 19.88 seconds. Damian Warner of London, Ont., won gold in the decathlon with 8659 points, establishing a new Pan Am Games record and a new Canadian record. Shawn Barber of Toronto won gold in the pole vault equaling the Pan Am Games record of 5.80-metres. Sarah Wells of Unionville, Ont., won a pair of medals, she won silver in the 400-metre hurdles and bronze as the anchor with the 4x400-metres relay.   

 

Pan Am Games medallists

Gold

Mohammed Ahmed, 10000m

Shawn Barber, pole vault =Pan Am Games record

Melissa Bishop, 800m

Andre De Grasse, 100m

Andre De Grasse, 200m Canadian record

Evan Dunfee, 20km race walk

Derek Drouin, high jump

Elizabeth Gleadle, javelin

Matthew Hughes, 3000m steeplechase

Christabel Nettey, long jump

Damian Warner, decathlon Pan Am Games record / Canadian record

 

Silver

Nathan Brannen, 1500m

Alex Genest, 3000m steeplechase

Inaki Gomez, 20km race walk

Mike Mason, high jump

Tim Nedow, shot put

Nicole Sifuentes, 1500m

Sarah Wells, 400m hurdles

 

Bronze

Sultana Frizell, hammer throw

Sasha Gollish, 1500m

Nikkita Holder, 100m hurdles

Geneviève Lalonde, 3000m steeplechase

Lanni Marchant, 10000m

Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, 1500m

Women’s 4x100m (Crystal Emmanuel, Kim Hyacinthe, Jellisa Westney, Khamica Bingham)

Women’s 4x400m (Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Taylor Sharpe, Sage Watson, Sarah Wells)

 

Busy August for national teams

The Panamerican Junior Championships take place this weekend in Edmonton. Athletics Canada named a team of 63 athletes to compete at this event. AthleticsCanada.tv will carry the Panamerican Juniors live.

The NACAC Athletics Senior Championships run August 7 through 9 in San José, Costa Rica with 20 athletes representing Canada.

The Parapan Am Games begin August 7, with athletics competition taking place August 10 through 14. The athletics Parapan Am Games team will be named later this week.

Then finally at the end of August the 2015 IAAF World Championships take place in Beijing, China August 22 to 30.

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