Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games
Bowling pictogram for the games
VenuePan Am Bowling Centre
DatesJuly 22–25
No. of events4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors56 from 15 nations
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Bowling competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 22 to 25 at the Planet Bowl (Pan Am Bowling Centre), due to naming rights the venue was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[1][2][3] A total of four events were contested (two each for men and women).[1]

During the men's doubles event Canadian bowler François Lavoie scored a perfect game in the fifth round, the first in Pan American Games history.[4][5]

Competition schedule

Bowling competition took place at Planet Bowl (Pan Am Bowling Centre)
Bowling competition took place at Planet Bowl (Pan Am Bowling Centre)

The following is the competition schedule for the bowling competitions:[6]

QQualifications ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals FFinal
Event↓/Date →Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25
Men's singlesQ¼½F
Women's singlesQ¼½F
Men's doublesQF
Women's doublesQF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1135
2 Colombia1113
3 Canada*1012
4 Brazil1001
5 Venezuela0112
6 Dominican Republic0101
Totals (6 entries)44614

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Marcelo Suartz
 Brazil		 Amleto Monacelli
 Venezuela		 Dan MacLelland
 Canada
Devin Bidwell
 United States
Men's doubles
  Canada
François Lavoie
Dan MacLelland		  Colombia
Jaime González
Manuel Otalora		  United States
Devin Bidwell
Tommy Jones
Women's singles
 Shannon Pluhowsky
 United States		 Aumi Guerra
 Dominican Republic		 Liz Johnson
 United States
Rocio Restrepo
 Colombia
Women's doubles
  Colombia
Clara Guerrero
Rocio Restrepo		  United States
Liz Johnson
Shannon Pluhowsky		  Venezuela
Patricia de Faria
Karen Marcano

Participation

A total of 15 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

A total of 56 bowlers will qualify to compete at the Games. Each country is allowed to enter a maximum of two male and two female athletes. Each gender has a quota of 14 nations (28 bowlers) for a total of 56 athletes.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pan Am Bowling Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Planet Bowl chosen as Pan Am Games' bowling venue". Etobicoke Guardian. Toronto, Canada. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Bitton, Tyler (23 July 2015). "Francois Lavoie rolls perfect game to lift Canada to bowling gold". www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Francois Lavoie, Dan MacLelland shatter five records to cruise to Men's Doubles gold medal". www.bowlingdigital.com/. Bowling Digital. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2022. Lavoie ended the 300 game jinx ended when he fired the first 300 game in Pan American Games history in the fifth game
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Wiseman, Lucas (16 September 2014). "Team USA wins team, sweeps all-events at PABCON". www.bowl.com/. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sport Technical Manual Bowling". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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