Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system and summary of the sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games competition.

Qualification system edit

On January 17, 2019, it was announced that an 11th medal event (the 49er for men) was added to the list of medal events, with two additional boats being added in the Nacra 17 event.[1][2] This meant the total quota rose to 168 sailors and 116 boats overall, with each nation allowed to enter a maximum of 17 athletes. The host nation (Peru) automatically qualified in all eleven events (17 athletes).[3] Each event will have different qualifying events that began in 2017.[3][4]

Originally, a total of 148 sailors and 106 boats were scheduled to qualify to compete at the games. A nation was allowed to enter a maximum of one boat in each of the ten events and a maximum of 15 athletes.[5]

Event Host NOC Other NOC's Boats Athletes
RS:X men 1 7 8 8
Laser standard men 1 21 21 22
49er men 1 7 8 16
RS:X women 1 7 8 8
Laser radial women 1 17 18 18
49erFX women 1 4 5 10
Sunfish open 1 12 13 13
Kites open 1 9 10 10
Snipe mixed 1 9 10 20
Lightning mixed 1 6 7 21
Nacra 17 mixed 1 10 11 22
TOTAL 11 105 116 168

Qualification summary edit

The following qualification summary and countries qualified per event are as of May 15, 2019 (after all spots have been allocated).[6] A total of 26 nations qualified for the sailing competitions, the most ever for one single edition of the games.[7][8]

Nation Men Women Open Total
RS:X Laser 49er RS:X Laser Radial 49erFX Sunfish Kites Snipe Lightning Nacra 17 Boats Athletes
  Antigua and Barbuda X X X 3 3
  Argentina X X X X X X X X X X X 11 17
  Aruba X X X 3 3
  Barbados X 1 1
  Bermuda X X 2 3
  Brazil X X X X X X X X X X X 11 17
  British Virgin Islands X 1 1
  Canada X X X X X X X X X 9 14
  Cayman Islands X 1 1
  Chile X X X X X X X 7 12
  Colombia X X X X 4 6
  Cuba X X X X X X 6 7
  Dominican Republic X X 2 2
  Ecuador X X X X X 5 8
  El Salvador X 1 1
  Guatemala X X X X X 5 7
  Mexico X X X X X X X 7 8
  Paraguay X 1 1
  Peru X X X X X X X X X X X 11 17
  Puerto Rico X X X 3 5
  Saint Lucia X X 2 2
  Trinidad and Tobago X X 2 2
  United States X X X X X X X X X X X 11 17
  Uruguay X X X X X X 6 9
  Venezuela X X X X X 5 6
  Virgin Islands X 1 1
Total: 26 NOCs 8 22 8 8 18 5 13 10 10 7 11 120 168

Qualified boats edit

RS:X men edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 South American Championship[9]   Paracas March 1 – March 4 4   Aruba
  Brazil
  Argentina
  Venezuela
2018 North American Championship   Cancun May 23 – May 27 4 3   Mexico
  United States
  Canada
Universality 1   Cuba
TOTAL 8
  • Canada declined its quota, and it was awarded to Cuba as a universality spot.

Laser standard men edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 South American Championship   Rapel Lake February 21 – February 25 2   Argentina
  Brazil
  Trinidad and Tobago
2018 North American Championship   Alamitos Bay July 12 – July 15 6   United States
  Guatemala
  Canada
  Mexico
  El Salvador
  Saint Lucia
2019 South American Championship   Paracas March 4 – March 9 3   Ecuador
  Colombia
  Uruguay
  Chile
Universality April 11, 2019 2 8   Aruba
  Bermuda
  British Virgin Islands
  Paraguay
  Antigua and Barbuda
  Cayman Islands
  Cuba
  Venezuela
TOTAL 22
  • 4 additional universality spots were awarded after reallocation to the last four nations listed above.

49er men edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2019 North American Championship   Miami January 27 – February 3 3   Canada
  United States
  Mexico
Universality 54   Argentina
  Brazil
  Chile
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Uruguay
TOTAL 8
  • Trinidad and Tobago declined its spot and the two athlete spots were reallocated to the men's laser event.

RS:X women edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 South American Championship[9]   Paracas March 1 – March 4 2   Argentina
  Brazil
2018 North American Championship   Cancun May 23 – May 27 5 4   Mexico
  United States
  Cuba
  Canada
Reallocation April 11, 2019 1   Venezuela
TOTAL 8
  • Only 4 eligible countries competed at the 2018 North American Championship, meaning the last spot is yet to be determined.

Laser radial women edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 South American Championship   Rapel Lake February 21 – February 25 2   Argentina
  Uruguay
2018 North American Championship   Alamitos Bay July 12 – July 15 7 6   Canada
  United States
  Mexico
  Guatemala
  Saint Lucia
  Puerto Rico

  Cuba
2019 South American Championship   Paracas February 27 – March 3 3   Brazil
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Chile
  Venezuela
Universality April 11, 2019 2 5   Barbados
  Colombia
  Ecuador
  Virgin Islands
  Aruba
  Antigua and Barbuda
TOTAL 18
  • Puerto Rico and Colombia declined their spots. These two spots were awarded as universality spots to Aruba and Antigua and Barbuda

49erFX women edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2019 Pan-American Championship   Miami January 27 – February 3 7 4   Argentina
  Brazil
  Canada
  United States
Universality 2
TOTAL 8 5
  • No eligible boat competed in the 2018 South American Championship, therefore the quotas are transferred to the other qualifying tournament.
  • The eighth boat was reallocated to the Nacra event.
  • Two additional boat spots were allocated, with two athlete quotas each being reallocated to the laser and laser radial events as universality spots.

Sunfish open edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 Midwinter Championship[10]   Panama City March 21 – March 23 3   Guatemala
  Argentina
  Ecuador
2018 South American & Caribbean Championship[11]   Barranquilla April 28 – May 1 2   Puerto Rico
  Cuba
2018 North American Championship   Waukegan August 1 – August 4 3   United States
  Mexico
  Colombia
2019 South American Championship   Paracas February 27 – March 3 3   Canada
  Brazil
  Chile
Universality May 15, 2019 1   Dominican Republic
TOTAL 13

Kites open edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 North American Championship   San Diego November 8 – November 11 5   Canada
  Mexico
  Dominican Republic
  Antigua and Barbuda**
  United States
2018 South American Championship   Florianópolis November 18 – November 24 4
  Uruguay
  Brazil
  Argentina
  Colombia
Reallocation 2
TOTAL 10
  • For the North American Championship the top four in the men's competition will qualify, along with the top two women. Only one woman competed and was eligible for a spot.
  • For the South American Championship the top three in the men's competition will qualify, along with the top two women. Only two eligible nations competed at the event.
  • If a country qualifies in both events, the men's competition will take precedence.
  • ** Antigua and Barbuda was awarded an additional spot as the only non-qualified country at the conclusion of qualifiers.
  • The last two quotas were reallocated as one boat to the 49er event.

Snipe mixed edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 South American Championship   Porto Alegre March 24 – March 31 6   Brazil
  Uruguay
  Argentina
  Puerto Rico
  Chile
  Ecuador
2018 North American Championship   San Diego October 6 – October 8 3   United States
  Guatemala
2018 Western Hemisphere Championship   Buenos Aires October 20 – October 27 1   Cuba
TOTAL 10

Lightning mixed edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2017 South American Championship   Salinas November 17 – November 20 1   Argentina
2018 North American Championship   San Diego July 25 – July 28 4   United States
  Chile
  Ecuador
  Canada
2018 South American Championship   Pucón January 3–6, 2019 2   Brazil
  Colombia
TOTAL 8

Nacra 17 mixed edit

Event Location Date Boats Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
2018 South American Championship   Florianópolis November 18 – November 24 3   Brazil
  Argentina
  Uruguay
2019 North American Championship   Miami January 27 – February 3 5   Bermuda
  Canada
  Guatemala
  Puerto Rico
  United States
Universality 2   Chile
  Venezuela
TOTAL 11
  • An extra universality spot was awarded as a boat quota was reallocated from the women's 49erfx event.

References edit

  1. ^ "49er added to Pan Am Games sports programme as athlete quote increased". www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Additional Medal Event at Pan Am". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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  4. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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  6. ^ "Status of NOC Qualification – 2019 Pan American Games – Sailing" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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  8. ^ "26 nations to compete at the 2019 Panam Games". www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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  10. ^ "Peru's Alonso Collantes wins 2018 USSCA National Championship at Midwinters". www.sunfishclass.org/. International Sunfish Class Association. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Jean Paul de Trazegnies Wins 2018 ISCA South American & Caribbean Championship". www.sunfishclass.org/. International Sunfish Class Association. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.