Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games explained
| Event: | Sailing |
| Games: | 2019 |
| Venue: | Yacht Club Peruano |
| Dates: | August 3–10, 2019 |
| Competitors: | 168 |
| Nations: | 26 |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
Sailing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru took place between August 3 and 10, 2019 at the Yacht Club Peruano in the city of Paracas.[1]
Ten medal events were contested. Two of the events were for men, three for women, two were open (any gender can compete) and three are mixed (entries are required to include both genders). Eight of the events were carried over from the 2015 Games, with the Nacra 17 and Kites events replacing the Hobie 16 and J/24.[2] A total of 148 athletes across 106 boats qualified to compete at the games. On January 17, 2019, it was announced that an 11th medal event would be contested, the 49er, for men. A total of 168 sailors and 116 boats were scheduled to compete.[3] [4] [5]
The top placing athlete (not already qualified) from North America and South America in the men's laser and women's laser radial, qualified for the sailing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, along with the top two boats in the 49er, 49erfx and Nacra 17 events will also qualify.[6]
Medalists
Men's events
Women's events
Open events
Mixed events
Participating nations
A total of 26 countries qualified sailors, a record high.[7] [8] [9] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[10]
Qualification
See main article: Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification. A total of 168 sailors and 116 boats qualified to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of one boat in each of the ten events and a maximum of 17 athletes. Each event had different qualifying events that began in 2017. The host nation (Peru) automatically qualified in all ten events (17 athletes).[11] [12]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Pan American Schedule. 13 June 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 June 2019.
- Web site: Sailing Events Confirmed for 2019 Pan American Games. 26 May 2017. www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 25 April 2018.
- Web site: 49er added to Pan Am Games sports programme as athlete quote increased. 18 January 2019. www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 18 January 2019.
- Web site: Additional Medal Event at Pan Am. 17 January 2019. www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 18 January 2019.
- Web site: Lima 2019 to feature 49er class after Organising Committee increase sailing athlete quota. Diamond. James. 22 January 2019. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 22 January 2019.
- Web site: http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/FINAL20180315Tokyo2020QualificationSystemSailingeng-[23689.pdf World Sailing (WS) Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020]. 15 March 2018. www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 25 April 2018.
- Web site: Status of NOC Qualification – 2019 Pan American Games – Sailing. 15 May 2019. panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 16 May 2019.
- Web site: Record growth for 2019 Pan Am Games. 16 May 2019. www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 16 May 2019.
- Web site: 26 nations to compete at the 2019 Panam Games. 16 May 2019. www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 18 May 2019.
- Web site: Number of entries by NOC as of 3 August 2019. 3 August 2019. www.lima2019.pe. Lima 2019 Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games. 28 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200628164055/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SAL/PAG2019_SAL_C30_SAL-------------------------------.pdf. 28 June 2020.
- Web site: Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule Sailing – 2019 Pan American Games, Lima, Peru. 18 January 2019. panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 January 2019.
- Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018.
