Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games
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| Table tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games | |
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| Venue | Atos Markham Pan Am Centre |
| Dates | July 19–25 |
| No. of events | 4 (2 men, 2 women) |
| Competitors | 80 from 16 nations |
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| Singles | men | women |
| Team | men | women |
Table tennis competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 19 to 25 at the Markham Pan Am Centre (Atos Markham Pan Am Centre) in Markham.[1] Due to naming rights, the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of four table tennis events were held: two each for men and women.[3]
The winners of each the individual events, provided they are not already qualified, qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]
The competitions took place at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre (Markham Pan Am Centre) located in the city of Markham, about 31 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena had capacity of 2,000 people per session (1,000 permanent seating + 1,000 temporary seats).[2] The venue also hosted badminton competitions earlier during the games. The venue also hosted the water polo competitions, but in the other side of the centre (an Olympic sized pool).[5]
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for the table tennis competitions:[6]
| P | Preliminaries | R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | ||||||
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| Men's singles | P | P | P | R32 | R16 | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Men's team | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Women's singles | P | P | P | R32 | R16 | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||
| Women's team | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
Medal table
* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Brazil | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Canada* | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |  Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
Medalists
Participating nations
A total of 16 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
