Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games

Surfing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games were held between July 30th and August 4th, 2019 at Punta Rocas beach in the Punta Negra District of Peru.[1]

Surfing at the XVIII Pan American Games
Surfing pictogram
VenuePunta Rocas
DatesJuly 30 – August 4, 2019
Competitors88
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The sport of surfing will be making its Pan American Games debut. In July 2015, days before the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, the then Pan American Sports Organization added the sport to the Pan American Games sports program.[2] In 2016, the International Olympic Committee made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Surfing was added, but was already included in the 2019 program a year earlier.[3][4]

8 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Four per each gender A total of 88 surfers will qualify to compete at the games.[5]

The event will be used as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]


Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Peru*3317
2 Brazil2114
3 Colombia2002
4 United States1124
5 Argentina0112
6 Ecuador0101
 Uruguay0101
8 Canada0011
 El Salvador0011
 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (10 nations)88824

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open surf
Luca Mesinas
 Peru
Leandro Usuna
 Argentina
Bryan Pérez
 El Salvador
SUP surf
Giorgio Gómez
 Colombia
Tamil Martino
 Peru
Daniel Hughes
 United States
SUP race
Connor Baxter
 United States
Vinnicius Martins
 Brazil
Itzel Delgado
 Peru
Longboard
Benoit Clemente
 Peru
Julián Schweizer
 Uruguay
Cole Robbins
 United States

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open surf
Daniella Rosas
 Peru
Dominic Barona
 Ecuador
Ornella Pellizzari
 Argentina
SUP surf
Isabella Gómez
 Colombia
Vania Torres
 Peru
Nicole Pacelli
 Brazil
SUP race
Lena Guimarães
 Brazil
Candice Appleby
 United States
Mariecarmen Rivera
 Puerto Rico
Longboard
Chloé Calmon
 Brazil
María Fernanda Reyes
 Peru
Mathea Olin
 Canada

Qualification

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. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender).[5]

See also

References

  1. "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. Butler, Nick (7 July 2015). "Surfing added to Lima 2019 Pan American Games programme". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. Mather, Victor (9 June 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. New York City, New York. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. "International Surfing Association (ISA) Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.wkf.net/. International Surfing Association (ISA). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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