1989 Pan Am Badminton Championships

1989 Pan Am Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates4–10 December
Nations8
VenueCentro Deportivo Chapultepec A.C.
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Champions
Men's singles John Goss
Women's singles Doris Piché
Men's doubles Chris Jogis
Benny Lee
Women's doubles Chantal Jobin
Doris Piché
Mixed doubles Mike Bitten
Doris Piché
1987 1991

The 1989 Pan Am Badminton Championships (Spanish: Campeonato Panamericano de Bádminton 1989) was the sixth edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships. The tournament was held from 4 to 10 December at the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec A.C. in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] Eight countries competed in the championships.

Six out of the eight competing countries competed in the mixed team event. Uruguay and Guatemala only sent players to compete in the individual events.

Canada dominated the championships with five gold medals, three silver medals and six bronze medals.[2] The United States finished second on the medal table with one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal.[3]

The Peruvian contingent won a silver medal and three bronze medals. Jamaica won their first ever medal at the Pan American Championships when Maria Leyow and Terry Walker clinched bronze in the women's team event. Hosts Mexico finished the championships without a medal.

Medal summary

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles John Goss Chris Jogis Bryan Blanshard
Gustavo Salazar
Women's singles Doris Piché Marie-Helene Loranger Heather Ostrom
Chantal Jobin
Men's doubles Chris Jogis
Benny Lee
Gustavo Salazar
Germán Valdez
Mike Bitten
Bryan Blanshard
Jaimie Dawson
John Goss
Women's doubles Chantal Jobin
Doris Piché
Marie-Helene Loranger
Heather Ostrom
Linda Safarik-Tong
Erika von Heiland
Maria Leyow
Terry Walker
Mixed doubles Mike Bitten
Doris Piché
John Goss
Chantal Jobin
Jaimie Dawson
Heather Ostrom
Federico Valdez
Gloria Jiménez
Mixed team  Canada
John Goss
Bryan Blanshard
Mike Bitten
Jaimie Dawson
Doris Piché
Chantal Jobin
Marie-Helene Loranger
Heather Ostrom
 United States
Chris Jogis
Benny Lee
Thomas Carmichael Jr.
Karl Knudsen
Ann French
Joy Kitzmiller
Linda Safarik-Tong
Erika von Heiland
 Peru
Gustavo Salazar
Federico Valdez
Germán Valdez
Mario Carulla
Ximena Bellido
Gloria Jiménez
Maria Theresa Montero

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)53614
2 United States (USA)1214
3 Peru (PER)0134
4 Jamaica (JAM)0011
Totals (4 entries)661123

Individual results

Men's singles

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
John Goss 15 15
Benny Lee 10 3
John Goss 15 15
Gustavo Salazar 8 4
Fernando de la Torre 14 7
Gustavo Salazar 18 15
John Goss 18 15
Chris Jogis 17 10
Bryan Blanshard 15 2 15
Gerardo Cedillo 7 15 13
Bryan Blanshard 15 0r
Chris Jogis 12 0
Jaimie Dawson 12 17 8
Chris Jogis 15 14 15

Women's singles

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Doris Piché 11 11
Debra O'Connor 3 2
Doris Piché 11 11
Heather Ostrom 3 3
Heather Ostrom 11 11
Linda French 3 2
Doris Piché 11 5 11
Marie-Helene Loranger 5 11 5
Chantal Jobin 6 11 11
Linda Safarik-Tong 11 5 6
Chantal Jobin 0 6
Marie-Helene Loranger 11 11
María Luna 2 8
Marie-Helene Loranger 11 11

Men's doubles

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Mike Bitten
Bryan Blanshard
15 15
Mario Carulla
Federico Valdez
12 7
Mike Bitten
Bryan Blanshard
Gustavo Salazar
Germán Valdez
w / o
Gustavo Salazar
Germán Valdez
15 11 15
Robert Richards
Paul Leyow
6 15 9
Gustavo Salazar
Germán Valdez
7 8
Chris Jogis
Benny Lee
15 15
John Goss
Jaimie Dawson
15 18
Fernando de la Torre
Bernardo Monreal
8 16
John Goss
Jaimie Dawson
9 8
Chris Jogis
Benny Lee
15 15
Kenneth Erichsen
Renato Rosales
0 9
Chris Jogis
Benny Lee
15 15

Women's doubles

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Chantal Jobin
Doris Piché
15 15
Virginia Chariandy
Debra O'Connor
5 5
Chantal Jobin
Doris Piché
15 15
Linda Safarik-Tong
Erika von Heiland
7 4
Linda Safarik-Tong
Erika von Heiland
15 15
Claudia Cruz
Norma Hernandez
1 7
Chantal Jobin
Doris Piché
15 15
Marie-Helene Loranger
Heather Ostrom
4 8
Marie-Helene Loranger
Heather Ostrom
15 15
Deborah Binns
Maria Theresa Montero
11 1
Marie-Helene Loranger
Heather Ostrom
15 15
Maria Leyow
Terry Walker
11 1
Maria Leyow
Terry Walker
15 15
Ximena Bellido
Gloria Jiménez
10 11

Mixed doubles

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Mike Bitten
Doris Piché
15 15
Karl Knudsen
Joy Kitzmiller
7 6
Mike Bitten
Doris Piché
15 15
Federico Valdez
Gloria Jiménez
8 7
Federico Valdez
Gloria Jiménez
16 18 15
Robert Richards
Maria Leyow
17 13 1
Mike Bitten
Doris Piché
15 8 15
John Goss
Chantal Jobin
9 15 3
John Goss
Chantal Jobin
15 15
Fernando de la Torre
María Luna
3 3
John Goss
Chantal Jobin
15 15
Jaimie Dawson
Heather Ostrom
2 8
Benny Lee
Ann French
5 11
Jaimie Dawson
Heather Ostrom
15 15

Team event

Group stage

Knockout stage

Canada won the mixed team final by defeating the United States 4–1. In the match for third place, Peru defeated Jamaica 3–2.

Semi-finals Final
      
 Canada 5
 Peru 0
 Canada 4
 United States 1
 Jamaica 0
 United States 5 Third place
 Peru 3
 Jamaica 2

References

  1. ^ World Badminton No. 1. Vol. 18. International Badminton Federation. 1990. p. 20.
  2. ^ "1989 Pan American Team Championships". Badminton Canada. 1989-12-08. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  3. ^ "Pan Am Mixed Team Championships – Badminton Pan America". Retrieved 2024-07-31.