Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification edit

A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Peru, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. In the open surf category, a country can enter two athletes, with a maximum one in all other categories. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender). An athlete can only qualify one quota for their country.[1]

Qualification timeline edit

Events Date Venue
2018 ISA World Surfing Games September 15–22, 2018   Tahara
2018 ISA World SUP Championships November 23 – December 2, 2018   Riyue Bay
ALAS Latin Tour January – December, 2018 Various
2018 PASA Surf Games December 2–9, 2018   Lima
2019 ISA World Longboard Championships May 26 – June 2, 2019   Biarritz

Qualification summary edit

The following is the qualification summary after the PASA Surf Games.[2][3][4]

Nation Men Women Total
Open surf SUP surf SUP race Longboard Open surf SUP surf SUP race Longboard Surfers
  Argentina 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 10
  Barbados 1 1
  Brazil 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
  Canada 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
  Chile 1 1 1 1 4
  Colombia 1 1 1 1 1 5
  Costa Rica 2 1 1 1 5
  Dominican Republic 1 1
  Ecuador 1 1 1 2 1 1 7
  El Salvador 1 1 2
  Mexico 1 1 1 1 1 5
  Panama 1 1
  Peru 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 10
  Puerto Rico 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
  United States 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
  Uruguay 1 1 2
  Venezuela 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Total: 17 NOCs 16 9 10 9 16 9 10 9 88

Men edit

Open surf edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2   Peru
  Peru
ISA World Surfing Games[5] 2   United States
  Canada
PASA Surf Games Top 2 (two per nation) 4   Costa Rica
  Costa Rica
  Argentina
  Argentina*
PASA Surf Games Ranked 3–8 (one per nation) 6   Venezuela
  Mexico
  Brazil
  Ecuador
  Chile
  Puerto Rico
ALAS Latin Tour 2   Uruguay
  Colombia
TOTAL 16
  • Argentina was one of the two nations to qualify through the Worlds, however later the country qualified two slots at the PASA Surf Games, meaning this spot was reallocated to the next best nation, Canada.

SUP surf edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
ISA World SUP Championships 1   Brazil
PASA Surf Games 7   Colombia
  Canada
  United States
  Puerto Rico
  Venezuela
  Argentina
  Dominican Republic
TOTAL 9

SUP race edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
ISA World SUP Championships 1   United States
PASA Surf Games 8   Brazil
  Colombia
  Argentina
  Mexico
  Ecuador
  Canada
  Puerto Rico
  Venezuela
TOTAL 10
  • APP Sup World Tour spot was reallocated to the best ranked athlete not qualified from the PASA Surf Games

Longboard edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
PASA Surf Games 7   Argentina
  Brazil
  Uruguay
  Puerto Rico
  Costa Rica
  Chile
  Ecuador
ISA World Longboard Championships 1
TOTAL 9

Women edit

Open edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2   Peru
  Peru
ISA World Surfing Games[5] 2   United States
  Canada
PASA Surf Games Top 2 (two per nation) 4 2   Costa Rica
  Costa Rica

  Ecuador
  Ecuador
PASA Surf Games Ranked 3–8 (one per nation) 6 5   Barbados[6]
  Chile
  Venezuela
  Puerto Rico
  Argentina
  Mexico
ALAS Latin Tour 2   Brazil
  El Salvador
Reallocation 3   Argentina
  Colombia
  Panama
TOTAL 16

SUP surf edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
ISA World SUP Championships 1   United States
PASA Surf Games 7   Colombia
  Brazil
  El Salvador
  Puerto Rico
  Argentina
  Ecuador
  Canada
TOTAL 9

SUP race edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
ISA World SUP Championships 1   United States
PASA Surf Games 8   Puerto Rico
  Canada
  Brazil
  Argentina
  Costa Rica
  Mexico
  Chile
  Venezuela
TOTAL 10
  • APP Sup World Tour spot was reallocated to the best ranked athlete not qualified from the PASA Surf Games

Longboard edit

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1   Peru
PASA Surf Games 7   Brazil
  Costa Rica
  Argentina
  Canada
  Mexico
  United States
  Ecuador
ISA World Longboard Championships 1   Venezuela
TOTAL 9

References edit

  1. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ Morgan, Liam (12 February 2019). "ISA reveal athletes qualified for Lima 2019 Pan American Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ Howard, Jake (12 February 2019). "Pan Am Games Surfers Announced". www.surfline.com/. Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Isa Confirms Athletes Qualified for Historic Debut of Surfing and Standup Paddle at Lima 2019 Pan American Games". www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Stacked Women's Heats to Decide 2018 UR ISA World Surfing Games World Team Champion". www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Tuach advances to the finals at Pan Am Games in Peru". The Daily Nation. Bridgetown, Barbados. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.