2022 Pan American Surf Games – Men's Longboard

The men's longboard competition at the 2022 Pan American Surf Games was held at Playa Venao in Pedasí District, Panama from 9 to 12 August 2022.

Men's Longboard at the 2022 Pan American Surf Games
Venue	Playa Venao
Dates	9–12 August 2022
Winning score	13.26
Medalists
Jefson Silva   Brazil   Rodrigo Sphaier   Brazil   Nacho Pignataro   Uruguay

Competition format

The competition consisted of four rounds:

• Round 1: 8 heats, 4 heats of 4 surfers and 4 of 3. The top 2 in each heat (16 total) advanced to quarter-finals.
• Quarter-finals: 4 heats of 4 surfers each; the top 2 in each heat (8 total) advanced to semi-finals.
• Semi-finals: 2 heats of 4 surfers each; the top 2 in each heat (4 total) advanced to the final.
• Final: 1 heat of 4 surfers.

The length of each heat was 20 minutes. Scoring for each wave taken by the surfers is an average of 5 scores given by 5 judges, ranging from 0 to 10 points. The best two waves for each surfer counting and are added to obtain the total score.

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves												Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Jonathan Melendres	Mexico	6.67	4.20	4.57	5.80	6.87	6.37							13.54	QF
2	Surfiel Gil	Argentina	4.83	5.77	5.20	5.58	5.40	1.33	4.43	2.13					11.35	QF
3	Edwin Pérez	Panama	4.50	2.23	0.80	2.83									7.33	E
4	Saori Pérez	Dominican Republic	0.83	1.27	1.47	1.13	1.93	1.60	1.10	1.53	1.57	1.33	1.97	0.93	3.90	E

Heat 2

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves							Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Rodrigo Sphaier	Brazil	6.33	6.00	7.33	7.93	6.73			15.26	QF
2	Nicolás Ayala	Colombia	1.83	6.20	1.57	5.83	0.43	7.00	5.27	13.20	QF
3	Armando Colucci	Venezuela	3.83	0.60	2.17	2.43	0.87			6.26	E

Heat 3

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves									Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Julian Schweizer	Uruguay	6.00	4.93	6.57	5.33						12.57	QF
2	Dorian Torres	Costa Rica	3.17	4.23	4.67	4.17	4.00					8.90	QF
3	Alex Suárez	Ecuador	0.50	1.17	0.87	1.43	2.43	2.03	2.03	0.43	3.80	6.23	E
4	Carlos Escobar	Guatemala	1.00	0.83	2.77	1.10	2.03	0.90				4.80	E

Heat 4

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves									Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Lucas Garrido Lecca	Peru	4.67	7.33	4.73	5.27	0.67	5.67	7.10	6.33	6.00	14.43	QF
2	Rafael Cortez	Chile	3.17	5.17	3.37	4.57	3.00	4.43	5.80			10.97	QF
3	Miguel Flores	Puerto Rico	3.33	4.27	2.50	2.73	2.73	2.90	2.87	3.13		7.60	E

Heat 5

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves								Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Piccolo Clemente	Peru	5.00	6.17	7.00	6.60	8.83	6.47	4.27	6.03	15.83	QF
2	José Boza	Chile	2.33	4.23	4.63	4.40	3.23	5.53			10.16	QF
3	Rio Donaldson	Puerto Rico	4.00	3.57	3.47	3.73	3.33	4.83	3.83		8.83	E

Heat 6

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves							Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Nacho Pignataro	Uruguay	1.00	6.00	0.83	7.00	6.00	1.00		13.00	QF
2	Amado De Jesús Alvarado	El Salvador	4.50	7.00	3.67	5.00	5.03	4.13	2.73	12.03	QF
3	Marcelo Morán	Costa Rica	3.83	4.03	2.87	3.50	4.47			8.50	E
4	David Villamar	Ecuador	2.53	2.00	2.40	2.50	2.63	1.73	1.17	5.16	E

Heat 7

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves							Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Jefson Silva	Brazil	8.00	7.17	8.50	6.90	8.63	5.90	2.33	17.13	QF
2	César Rondón	Colombia	4.00	4.57						8.57	QF
3	José Antepaz	Venezuela	3.93	3.40	3.17	3.43	3.80			7.73	E

Heat 8

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves									Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Pablo Bonilla	Mexico	2.83	2.40	5.50	3.63	4.60					10.10	QF
2	Martín Perez	Argentina	3.43	2.50	4.20	5.03	4.17					9.23	QF
3	Agustín Cedeño	Panama	0.73	3.17	4.00	4.10	4.43	3.83	3.80	0.50	3.23	8.53	E
4	Cristian Padilla	Dominican Republic	0.83	2.50	4.20	3.17						7.37	E

Quarter-finals

Heat 9

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves										Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Rodrigo Sphaier	Brazil	6.50	7.83	3.57	7.07							14.90	SF
2	Dorian Torres	Costa Rica	2.67	2.57	0.67	5.67	5.10	3.83	6.10	2.10	2.33	0.93	11.77	SF
3	Jonathan Melendres	Mexico	4.00	0.50	2.60	5.80	1.63	2.57					9.80	E
4	Rafael Cortez	Chile	0.50	3.23	3.83	3.97	1.43	4.13	2.50	3.87			8.10	E

Heat 10

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves										Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Julian Schweizer	Uruguay	6.83	5.00	1.23	6.93	5.33						13.76	SF
2	Lucas Garrido Lecca	Peru	6.17	5.57	5.90	1.57	0.93						12.07	SF
3	Surfiel Gil	Argentina	1.60	1.90	5.17	1.50	3.90	2.03	1.57	1.37			9.07	E
4	Nicolás Ayala	Colombia	1.67	2.67	2.37	2.87	2.67	0.93	1.90	1.43	0.97	1.63	5.54	E

Heat 11

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves								Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Nacho Pignataro	Uruguay	0.83	6.00	4.50	2.43	5.30	5.83	4.67	0.90	11.83	SF
2	Piccolo Clemente	Peru	0.00 P1	3.25*	6.27	3.90	7.23	6.50			10.48	SF
3	Martín Perez	Argentina	3.17	3.60	2.73	3.30	1.90	1.83	3.97	0.50	7.57	E
4	César Rondón	Colombia	2.17	2.83	2.93	2.33	2.20				5.76	E

Heat 12

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves									Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Jefson Silva	Brazil	4.67	6.33	1.20	5.50	6.53	4.13	5.67			12.86	SF
2	José Boza	Chile	2.67	2.00	0.83	2.60	3.47	2.93	2.97	3.93	4.23	8.16	SF
3	Amado De Jesús Alvarado	El Salvador	2.27	0.93	1.07	3.37	2.77	0.73	3.27	2.87	1.57	6.64	E
4	Pablo Bonilla	Mexico	0.83	2.17	1.97	2.10	2.13	2.43	3.03	3.23		6.26	E

Semi-finals

Heat 13

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves									Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Rodrigo Sphaier	Brazil	0.83	8.00	6.47	6.93	6.87	6.53	1.27			14.93	F
2	Julian Schweizer	Uruguay	5.33	3.33	4.63	1.40	6.03	4.80				11.36	F
3	Piccolo Clemente	Peru	4.50	2.10	4.67	6.20	1.83	0.83	0.83	4.30		10.87	E
4	José Boza	Chile	0.90	2.63	3.67	4.03	4.57	1.23	4.13	4.17	3.30	8.74	E

Heat 14

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves								Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Jefson Silva	Brazil	8.00	0.67	7.27	8.27					16.27	F
2	Nacho Pignataro	Uruguay	2.83	1.33	7.30	6.93	2.70	2.67			14.23	F
3	Dorian Torres	Costa Rica	2.57	6.67	5.67	0.60	6.30	1.20	5.13	2.17	12.97	E
4	Lucas Garrido Lecca	Peru	4.00	1.77	5.67	4.13	5.43	3.00	5.93	6.23	12.16	E

Final

Heat 15

Rank	Surfer	Nation	Waves					Total score	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5
	Jefson Silva	Brazil	7.33	5.93	5.13			13.26
	Rodrigo Sphaier	Brazil	3.00	5.67	0.83	5.13	6.53	12.20
	Nacho Pignataro	Uruguay	6.07	3.43	3.90	3.33		9.97
4	Julian Schweizer	Uruguay	4.50	4.77	2.63	1.17	2.63	9.27