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1977 Pan Am Badminton Championships

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1977 Pan Am Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates22 April 1977 (1977-04-22)
24 April 1977 (1977-04-24)
Nations6
VenueUniversité de Moncton
LocationMoncton, Canada
Champions
Men's singlesMexico Roy Díaz González
Women's singlesCanada Wendy Clarkson
Men's doublesCanada John Czich
Canada Jamie McKee
Women's doublesUnited States Pam Bristol Brady
United States Judianne Kelly
Mixed doublesUnited States Bruce Pontow
United States Pam Bristol Brady
1978

The 1977 Pan Am Badminton Championships was the inaugural edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships. The tournament was held from 22 to 24 April 1977 at the University of Moncton in Moncton, Canada. The first six countries to compete in the Pan American Championships were the United States, Canada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico and Venezuela.[1]

The 1977 Devlin Cup was also held a day prior the championships and acted as a team event for the Pan American championships.[2]

Results summary

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In the men's singles event, Roy Díaz González won the gold medal after defeating Jamie McKee in the final.[3] In the women's singles final, Wendy Clarkson defeated compatriot Lesley Harris to win gold in the women's singles event.

In the men's doubles event, Jamie McKee won another gold medal when he partnered with John Czich to defeat compatriots Ian Johnson and Pat Tryon in the final.[4] In the final of the women's doubles event, Pam Bristol Brady and Judianne Kelly of the United States defeated fellow Americans Diana Osterhues and Janet Wilts 15–4, 15–9.

In mixed doubles, the gold medal was won by Bruce Pontow and Pam Bristol Brady with the silver medal awarded to Chris Kinard and Mike Walker.

Medal summary

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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Mexico Roy Díaz González Canada Jamie McKee United States Chris Kinard
United States Charles Coakley
Women's singles Canada Wendy Clarkson Canada Lesley Harris United States Judianne Kelly
Canada Tracy van Wassenhove
Men's doubles Canada John Czich
Canada Jamie McKee
Canada Ian Johnson
Canada Pat Tryon
Canada Greg Carter
Canada John Taylor
United States Chris Kinard
United States Mike Walker
Women's doubles United States Pam Bristol Brady
United States Judianne Kelly
United States Diana Osterhues
United States Janet Wilts
Canada Wendy Clarkson
Canada Tracy van Wassenhove
Canada Sharon Crawford
Canada Lesley Harris
Mixed doubles United States Bruce Pontow
United States Pam Bristol Brady
United States Mike Walker
United States Judianne Kelly
Canada Greg Carter
Canada Wendy Clarkson
United States Charles Coakley
United States Janet Wilts
Mixed team
(Devlin Cup)
 Canada
Jamie McKee
Sally Dalkin
Wendy Clarkson
Sharon Crawford
Tracy van Wassenhove
Greg Carter
Pat Tryon
Lesley Harris
Ian Johnson
John Czich
John Taylor
 United States
Charles Coakley
Chris Kinard
Bruce Pontow
Mike Walker
Pam Bristol Brady
Judianne Kelly
Diana Osterhues
Janet Wilts
Not awarded

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)*33511
2 United States (USA)23510
3 Mexico (MEX)1001
Totals (3 entries)661022

Results

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Men's singles

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Mexico Roy Díaz González 9 15 15
United States Mike Walker 15 2 8
Mexico Roy Díaz González 15 15
United States Charles Coakley 7 3
United States Charles Coakley 17 15
Canada John Czich 15 10
Mexico Roy Díaz González 17 11 15
Canada Jamie McKee 14 15 9
United States Chris Kinard 15 15
Mexico José Icaza 1 1
United States Chris Kinard 7 13
Canada Jamie McKee 15 15
Canada Ian Johnson 14 5
Canada Jamie McKee 15 15

Women's singles

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Canada Wendy Clarkson 11 11
United States Diana Osterhues 0 3
Canada Wendy Clarkson 11 11
United States Judianne Kelly 7 2
United States Judianne Kelly 11 11
Canada Janette Martin 3 1
Canada Wendy Clarkson 11 11
Canada Lesley Harris 5 1
United States Sally Dalkin 7 11 6
Canada Tracy van Wassenhove 11 3 11
Canada Tracy van Wassenhove 4 4
Canada Lesley Harris 15 15
Canada Janet Wilts 2 2
Canada Lesley Harris 11 11

Men's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
Canada John Czich
Canada Jamie McKee
15 15
Canada Greg Carter
Canada John Taylor
5 12
Canada John Czich
Canada Jamie McKee
15 18
Canada Ian Johnson
Canada Pat Tryon
8 15
United States Chris Kinard
United States Mike Walker
12 7
Canada Ian Johnson
Canada Pat Tryon
15 15

Women's doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
United States Diana Osterhues
United States Janet Wilts
15 17
Canada Wendy Clarkson
Canada Tracy van Wassenhove
5 14
United States Diana Osterhues
United States Janet Wilts
4 9
United States Pam Bristol Brady
United States Judianne Kelly
15 15
Canada Sharon Crawford
Canada Lesley Harris
4 15 5
United States Pam Bristol Brady
United States Judianne Kelly
15 7 15

Mixed doubles

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Semi-finals Final
          
United States Mike Walker
United States Judianne Kelly
7 18 15
Canada Wendy Clarkson
Canada Tracy van Wassenhove
15 17 9
United States Mike Walker
United States Judianne Kelly
5 15 16
United States Bruce Pontow
United States Pam Bristol Brady
15 10 18
United States Charles Coakley
United States Janet Wilts
6 15
United States Bruce Pontow
United States Pam Bristol Brady
15 18

Devlin Cup

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The Devlin Cup was a mixed team badminton tournament between the two Pan American countries, the United States and Canada. The biennial tournament was first held in 1956. In 1977, the tournament acted as a prelude and a team event to the Pan American championships. The tournament was later proposed to be merged with the Pan American Championships in the next few editions.[5]

Canada won the Cup for a third time, defeating the United States 3–2 in the tie.

Canada vs United States

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References

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  1. ^ World Badminton Vol. 3 (1977), issue 30, page 11
  2. ^ "Pan Am Mixed Team Championships". Badminton Pan America. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Bird title for Wendy". The Calgary Herald. 1977-04-25. p. 41. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  4. ^ Ferguson, Bob (1978-08-01). "Unknown soldier aims at medal in badminton". Ottawa Citizen. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  5. ^ "Clarkson sparkles in badminton win". The Calgary Herald. 1977-04-22. p. 48. Retrieved 2024-06-22.