Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's sunfish explained

Event:Women's sunfish
Games:2023
Venue:Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico
Dates:October 28 - November 4
Competitors:10
Nations:10
Gold:Caterina Aguirre
Goldnoc:PER
Silver:Philipine van Aanholt
Silvernoc:ARU
Bronze:María José Poncell
Bronzenoc:CHI
Next:2027

The women's sunfish competition of the sailing events at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago was held from October 28 to November 4 at the Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico.

Points were assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points were totaled from the top 9 results of the first 10 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 11 points were assigned for that race (as there were 10 sailors in this competition). The top 5 sailors at that point competed in the final race, with placings counting double for final score. The sailor with the lowest total score won.

Caterina Aguirre from Peru dominated the regatta with wins in all but one race to celebrate the gold medal. Philipine van Aanholt from Aruba won a hard-fought battle against María José Poncell from Chile to get the silver medal, leaving the bronze medal to the rival.[1]

Schedule

All times are (UTC-3).

DateTimeRound
October 28, 2023 16:26 Races 1 and 2
October 30, 2023 16:44 Races 3, 4 and 5
October 31, 2023 14:01 Race 6
November 1, 2023 16:14 Races 7 and 8
November 2, 2023 13:53 Races 9 and 10
November 4, 2023 12:40 Medal race

Results

The results were as below.[2]
Race M is the medal race.

RankAthleteNationRaceTotal PointsNet Points
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Caterina Aguirre1 1 1 1 1 11 (2) 1 1 2 13 11
Philipine van Aanholt(3) 3 22 2 33 3 3 2 6 32 29
María José Poncell2 2 3 4 4 2 2 (6) 2 4 8 39 33
4 Sofía D'Agostino6 5 4 3 3 5 4 (9) 5 5 4 53 44
5 Alejandra Montemayor4 (7) 6 7 6 75 4 4 3 11
STP
64 57
6 Ana Sofía Cifuentes7 6 (10) 6 8 6 6 1 6 9 65 55
7 Josselyn Montesdeoca9 4 8 5 (10) 8 8 5 7 8 72 62
8 Amanda Callahan8 (10) 5 8 7 4 7 7 9 7 72 62
9 Jaimet Vázquez(10) 8 7 9 5 9 9 8 8 6 79 69
10 Sabrina Prado5 9 9 (10) 910 10 10 10 10 92 82

Notes and References

  1. News: Vargas . Sebastian . United States and Argentina secure golds on the final day of Sailing.. . 5 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Women's Dinghy (Sunfish). 4 November 2023. www.santiago2023.org/. Panam Sports. 6 November 2023.