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]

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

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
Nation	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

RS:X men

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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**
2018 North American Championship	San Diego	November 8 – November 11	5	United States
2018 South American Championship	Florianópolis	November 18 – November 24	4	—
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

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

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

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

^ "49er added to Pan Am Games sports programme as athlete quote increased". www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Additional Medal Event at Pan Am". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule Sailing – 2019 Pan American Games, Lima, Peru" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ 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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[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.

[qualification-3] "Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule Sailing – 2019 Pan American Games, Lima, Peru" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[manual-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.

[6] "Status of NOC Qualification – 2019 Pan American Games – Sailing" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[7] "Record growth for 2019 Pan Am Games". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

[8] "26 nations to compete at the 2019 Panam Games". www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[rsx-9] Edmonds, Bas (6 March 2018). "RS:X and Techno Windsurfing South American Championships". www.sail-world.com/. Sail-World Canada. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[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.

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