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

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]

EventHost NOCOther NOC'sBoatsAthletes
RS:X men1788
Laser standard men1212122
49er men17816
RS:X women1788
Laser radial women1171818
49erFX women14510
Sunfish open1121313
Kites open191010
Snipe mixed191020
Lightning mixed16721
Nacra 17 mixed1101122
TOTAL11105116168

Qualification summary

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]

NationMenWomenOpenTotal
RS:XLaser49erRS:XLaser Radial49erFXSunfishKitesSnipeLightningNacra 17BoatsAthletes
 Antigua and BarbudaXXX33
 ArgentinaXXXXXXXXXXX1117
 ArubaXXX33
 BarbadosX11
 BermudaXX23
 BrazilXXXXXXXXXXX1117
 British Virgin IslandsX11
 CanadaXXXXXXXXX914
 Cayman IslandsX11
 ChileXXXXXXX712
 ColombiaXXXX46
 CubaXXXXXX67
 Dominican RepublicXX22
 EcuadorXXXXX58
 El SalvadorX11
 GuatemalaXXXXX57
 MexicoXXXXXXX78
 ParaguayX11
 PeruXXXXXXXXXXX1117
 Puerto RicoXXX35
 Saint LuciaXX22
 Trinidad and TobagoXX22
 United StatesXXXXXXXXXXX1117
 UruguayXXXXXX69
 VenezuelaXXXXX56
 Virgin IslandsX11
Total: 26 NOCs82288185131010711120168

Qualified boats

RS:X men

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 South American Championship[9] ParacasMarch 1 – March 44 Aruba
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Venezuela
2018 North American Championship CancunMay 23 – May 274 3 Mexico
 United States
 Canada
UniversalityN/AN/A1 Cuba
TOTAL8
  • Canada declined its quota, and it was awarded to Cuba as a universality spot.

Laser standard men

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 South American Championship Rapel LakeFebruary 21 – February 252 Argentina
 Brazil
 Trinidad and Tobago
2018 North American Championship Alamitos BayJuly 12 – July 156 United States
 Guatemala
 Canada
 Mexico
 El Salvador
 Saint Lucia
2019 South American Championship ParacasMarch 4 – March 93 Ecuador
 Colombia
 Uruguay
 Chile
UniversalityN/AApril 11, 20192 8 Aruba
 Bermuda
 British Virgin Islands
 Paraguay
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Cayman Islands
 Cuba
 Venezuela
TOTAL22
  • 4 additional universality spots were awarded after reallocation to the last four nations listed above.

49er men

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2019 North American Championship MiamiJanuary 27 – February 33 Canada
 United States
 Mexico
UniversalityN/AN/A54 Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Uruguay
TOTAL8
  • Trinidad and Tobago declined its spot and the two athlete spots were reallocated to the men's laser event.

RS:X women

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 South American Championship[9] ParacasMarch 1 – March 42 Argentina
 Brazil
2018 North American Championship CancunMay 23 – May 275 4 Mexico
 United States
 Cuba
 Canada
ReallocationN/AApril 11, 20191 Venezuela
TOTAL8
  • Only 4 eligible countries competed at the 2018 North American Championship, meaning the last spot is yet to be determined.

Laser radial women

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 South American Championship Rapel LakeFebruary 21 – February 252 Argentina
 Uruguay
2018 North American Championship Alamitos BayJuly 12 – July 157 6 Canada
 United States
 Mexico
 Guatemala
 Saint Lucia
 Puerto Rico

 Cuba
2019 South American Championship ParacasFebruary 27 – March 33 Brazil
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Chile
 Venezuela
UniversalityN/AApril 11, 20192 5 Barbados
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Virgin Islands
 Aruba
 Antigua and Barbuda
TOTAL18
  • Puerto Rico and Colombia declined their spots. These two spots were awarded as universality spots to Aruba and Antigua and Barbuda

49erFX women

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2019 Pan-American Championship MiamiJanuary 27 – February 37 4 Argentina
 Brazil
 Canada
 United States
UniversalityN/AN/A2N/A
TOTAL8 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

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 Midwinter Championship[10] Panama CityMarch 21 – March 233 Guatemala
 Argentina
 Ecuador
2018 South American & Caribbean Championship[11] BarranquillaApril 28 – May 12 Puerto Rico
 Cuba
2018 North American Championship WaukeganAugust 1 – August 43 United States
 Mexico
 Colombia
2019 South American Championship ParacasFebruary 27 – March 33 Canada
 Brazil
 Chile
UniversalityN/AMay 15, 20191 Dominican Republic
TOTAL13

Kites open

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 North American Championship San DiegoNovember 8 – November 115  Canada
 Mexico
 Dominican Republic
 Antigua and Barbuda**
 United States
2018 South American Championship FlorianópolisNovember 18 – November 244N/A
 Uruguay
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Colombia
ReallocationN/AN/A2N/A
TOTAL10
  • 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

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 South American Championship Porto AlegreMarch 24 – March 316 Brazil
 Uruguay
 Argentina
 Puerto Rico
 Chile
 Ecuador
2018 North American Championship San DiegoOctober 6 – October 83 United States
 Guatemala
2018 Western Hemisphere Championiship Buenos AiresOctober 20 – October 271 Cuba
TOTAL10

Lightning mixed

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2017 South American Championship SalinasNovember 17 – November 201 Argentina
2018 North American Championship San DiegoJuly 25 – July 284 United States
 Chile
 Ecuador
 Canada
2018 South American Championship PucónJanuary 3 – January 6, 20192 Brazil
 Colombia
TOTAL8

Nacra 17 mixed

EventLocationDateBoatsQualified
Host nationN/AN/A1 Peru
2018 South American Championship FlorianópolisNovember 18 – November 243 Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
2019 North American Championship MiamiJanuary 27 – February 35 Bermuda
 Canada
 Guatemala
 Puerto Rico
 United States
UniversalityN/AN/A2 Chile
 Venezuela
TOTAL11
  • An extra universality spot was awarded as a boat quota was reallocated from the women's 49erfx event.

References

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  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.
  5. Diamond, James (22 January 2019). "Lima 2019 to feature 49er class after Organising Committee increase sailing athlete quota". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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