Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

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Qualification system[edit]

A total of 140 sailors and 85 boats will qualify to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of one boat in each of the ten events and a maximum of eighteen athletes. Each event will have different qualifying events that began in 2013.[1] However on December 22, 2014 the Pan American Sailing Federation announced the total quota was raised to 148 athletes and 93 boats (with the laser and laser standard events each receiving an additional four boats). This was done because the event became an Olympic qualifier.[2]

Qualification summary[edit]

The following qualification summary and countries qualified per event are final and as of March 23, 2015.[3]

Nation Men Women Open Total
RS:X Laser RS:X Laser Radial 49erFX Sunfish Snipe Lightning Hobie 16 J/24 Boats Athletes
 Argentina X X X X X X X X X 9 16
 Aruba X 1 1
 Bermuda X X 2 2
 Brazil X X X X X X X X X X 10 18
 Canada X X X X X X X X X X 10 18
 Chile X X X X X X X 7 14
 Colombia X X X X 4 7
 Cuba X X 2 3
 Ecuador X X X X 4 7
 El Salvador X 1 1
 Guatemala X X X X 4 5
 Mexico X X X X X X X 7 11
 Peru X X X X X X 6 10
 Puerto Rico X X X X 4 5
 Saint Lucia X 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago X X 2 2
 United States X X X X X X X X X 9 14
 Uruguay X X 2 2
 Venezuela X X X X X 5 6
 Virgin Islands X X X 3 4
Total: 20 NOCs 7 16 6 16 6 12 10 7 7 6 93 148

RS:X men[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 26 – February 1 1  Brazil
2014 North American Championship Mexico Cancun February 19 – 23 2  Mexico
 United States
2014 South American Championship Argentina Buenos Aires December 3 – 7 2  Argentina
 Venezuela
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 25 – 31 1  Colombia
TOTAL 7

Laser Standard men[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 26 – February 1 1  Brazil
2014 North American Championship United States Long Beach June 12 – 15 4  United States
 Virgin Islands
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Peru
2014 South American Championship Peru Paracas October 18 – 26 4  Guatemala
 Argentina
 Chile
 El Salvador
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 25 – 31 5 4  Venezuela
 Dominican Republic
 Uruguay
 Puerto Rico
 Colombia
Wildcard March 20, 2015 1  Bermuda
Reallocation 1  Mexico
TOTAL 16
  • The Dominican Republic declined the quota.

RS:X women[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 26 – February 1 1  Mexico
2014 North American Championship Mexico Cancun February 19 – 23 1  United States
2014 South American Championship Argentina Buenos Aires December 3 – 7 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 25 – 31 1  Peru
TOTAL 6

Laser Radial women[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 26 – February 1 1  United States
2014 North American Championship United States Long Beach June 12 – 15 4  Peru
 Guatemala
 Venezuela
 Brazil
2014 South American Championship Peru Paracas October 18 – 26 4  Chile
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Aruba
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 25 – 31 3  Mexico
 Saint Lucia
 Bermuda
Wildcards March 20, 2015 3  Cuba
 Ecuador
 Trinidad and Tobago
TOTAL 16

49erFX women[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 South American Championship Brazil Rio de Janeiro November 5 – 8 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta United States Miami January 25 – 31 2  United States
 Virgin Islands
TOTAL 6

Sunfish open[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 Midwinters United States Pensacola March 27 – 29 2  Ecuador
 United States
2014 North American Championship United States Long Beach July 28 – August 2 4  Chile
 Peru
 Guatemala
 Mexico
2014 South American and Caribbean Championship Peru Paracas November 17 – 21 4  Venezuela
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Puerto Rico
2015 Midwinters United States Melbourne March 20 – 22 1  Virgin Islands
TOTAL 12

Snipe open[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2013 South American Championship Uruguay Montevideo March 27 – 30 2  Brazil
 Argentina
2014 South American Championship Brazil Porto Alegre April 16 – 20 2  Peru
 Chile
2015 Midwinters United States San Diego September 6 – 13 5  Puerto Rico
 United States
 Cuba
 Ecuador
 Colombia
TOTAL 10

Lightning mixed[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 North American Championship United States Sheboygan August 9 – 15 3  United States
 Chile
 Brazil
2014 South American Championship Ecuador Salinas December 4 – 7 3  Argentina
 Ecuador
 Colombia
TOTAL 7

Hobie 16 open[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 North American Championship United States Delaware September 22 – 26 3  Puerto Rico
 United States
 Guatemala
2014 South American Championship Brazil Pernambuco November 6 – 9 3  Mexico
 Brazil
 Venezuela
TOTAL 7

J/24 open[edit]

Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Canada
2014 North American Championship Mexico Puerto Vallarta March 16 – 21 2  Peru
 Mexico
2014 Semana de Buenos Aires Argentina Buenos Aires October 11 – 13 1  Argentina
2014 South American Championship Peru La Punta-Callao November 10 – 16 2  Brazil
 Chile
TOTAL 6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2015 Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule" (PDF). panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Qualification System for Sailing, 2015 Pan American Games" (PDF). panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Status of NOC Qualification - 2015 Pan American Games Sailing Competition" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.