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competitions at the

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were held from July 11 to 16 at the

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(Atos Markham Pan Am Centre) in

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. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of five badminton events will be held: two each for men and women, along with a mixed doubles event.

Venue

The competitions took at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre (Markham Pan Am Centre) located in the city of

, about 31 kilometers from the

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. The arena had a capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating + 1,000 temporary seats). The venue also hosted

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later during the games. The venue hosted the

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, but in the other side of the centre (an Olympic sized pool).

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the badminton competitions:

Medal table

Medalists

Participating nations

A total of 18 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. El Salvador and Guyana made their sport debuts at the Pan American Games. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Qualification

A maximum total of 88 athletes (44 men and 44 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of four athletes per gender. As host nation, Canada automatically qualified a full team of eights athletes. All other athletes qualified through the team world rankings as of February 26, 2015.

Controversy

Badminton Canada mistakenly entered three time defending Pan American Championships gold medalists

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and

Derrick Ng Derrick Ng (born September 21, 1987) is a male Canadian badminton player from Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rock ...

in overlapping events, which is a

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rule violation. Badminton Canada launched an appeal, however it was ultimately unsuccessful. Therefore, both athletes had to be withdrawn from the games.

References

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