The mixed doubles badminton event at the 2023 Pan American Games was held from October 21 to 25 at the Olympic Training Center, located in Ñuñoa, a suburb of Santiago.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion are Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu of Canada. The pair have since split up and Wu will be competing with new partner Ty Alexander Lindeman.
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| Venue | Olympic Training Center | ||||||||||||
| Start date | October 21, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| End date | October 25, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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Each National Olympic Committee could enter a maximum of two pairs into the competition. The athletes will be drawn into an elimination stage draw. Once a pair lost a match, they will be no longer able to compete. Each match will be contested as the best of three games.[3] A total of 50 athletes from 16 NOC's competed.
Qualification
editA total of 90 athletes (45 men and 45 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of four athletes per gender (five if qualified through the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. As host nation, Chile automatically qualified a full team of eights athletes. All other quotas will be awarded through the team world rankings as of May 2, 2023. Each nation's highest ranked athlete/pair's points in each of the five events will be added to determine a country's point total.[3]
Seeds
editThe following pairs were seeded:[4]
Vinson Chiu / Jennie Gai (USA) (final, silver medalists)
Ty Alexander Lindeman / Josephine Wu (CAN) (champions, gold medalists)
Fabrício Farias / Jaqueline Lima (BRA) (second round, withdrew)- Davi Silva / Sânia Lima (BRA) (semi-finals, bronze medalists)
Results
editFinal
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| 1 |  Vinson Chiu (USA) Jennie Gai (USA)
| 21 | 17 | 19 | ||
| 2 |  Ty Alexander Lindeman (CAN) Josephine Wu (CAN)
| 17 | 21 | 21 | ||
Top half
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Bottom half
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References
edit- ^ "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Seeded Entries". www.bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/. Badminton Pan Am. Retrieved 5 October 2023.