Bowling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Bowling Centre
DatesJuly 22–23
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Winning score5607
Medalists
Gold medal   Canada
Silver medal   Colombia
Bronze medal   United States
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The men's doubles competition of the bowling events at the 2015 Pan American Games was held on July 22 and 23 at 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]

Canadian pair François Lavoie and Dan MacLelland went onto secure the gold medal, with Lavoie scoring a perfect game in the fifth round, the first in Pan American Games history.[4][5]

Schedule edit

 
During the competition

All times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC-3).

Date Time Round
July 22, 2015 10:05 1–6 Games
July 23, 2015 15:05 7–12 Games

Qualification edit

A total of 14 countries qualified two bowlers each through various events. This is summarized below.

Event Vacancies Qualified Bowlers
per NOC
Total
Host nation 1   Canada 2 2
South American Games 4   Colombia
  Venezuela
  Argentina
  Brazil
2 8
Pan American Sports Festival 7   United States
  Mexico
  Costa Rica
  Puerto Rico
  Dominican Republic
  Panama
  Aruba
2 14
Central American and Caribbean Games 2   El Salvador
  Guatemala
2 4
TOTAL 28

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's doubles   Canada
François Lavoie
Dan MacLelland
  Colombia
Jaime González
Manuel Otalora
  United States
Devin Bidwell
Tommy Jones

Results edit

Rank Nation Atthlete Total Grand Total[6] Notes
    Canada François Lavoie
Dan MacLelland
2677
2930
5607
    Colombia Jaime González
Manuel Otalora
2574
2715
5289
    United States Devin Bidwell
Tommy Jones
2521
2682
5203
4   Mexico Alejandro Cruz
Mario Quintero
2601
2580
5181
5   Venezuela Amleto Monacelli
Ildemaro Ruiz
2662
2500
5162
6   Costa Rica Rodolfo Madriz
James Stanley
2543
2507
5050
7   Dominican Republic Manuel Fernandez
Alex Prats
2446
2527
4973
8   Puerto Rico Cristian Azcona
Jean Pérez
2446
2519
4965
9   Brazil Charles Robini
Marcelo Suartz
2397
2529
4926
10   El Salvador Julio Acosta
Giancarlo Mateucchi
2262
2467
4729
11   Panama Juan Narvaez
Carlos Olmos
2286
2423
4709
12   Guatemala Armando Batres
José Morales
2245
2310
4555
13   Aruba Bryan Helmeyer
Jason Odor
2263
2238
4501
14   Argentina Ricardo Dalla Rosa
Ruben Favero
2187
2176
4363

References edit

  1. ^ "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. ^ "Men's doubles Bowling final results" (PDF). TO2015. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2022.