Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games explained

Event:Surfing
Games:2023
Venue:Punta de Lobos
Competitors:88
Nations:TBD
Num Events:8 (4 men, 4 women)
Prev:2019
Next:2027

Surfing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games are scheduled to be held between October 24 and 30, 2023 at Punta de Lobos beach in the Pichilemu commune of Chile.[1]

8 medal events are scheduled to be contested (four per each gender). A total of 88 surfers will qualify to compete at the games.

The longboard event will be used as a qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2]

Qualification

See main article: Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification. A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Chile, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. In the shortboard category, a country can enter two athletes, with a maximum one in all other categories. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender). An athlete can only qualify one quota for their country.[3]

Participating nations

A total of 9 countries qualified athletes so far.

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's events

Shortboard
SUP surf
SUP race
Longboard

Women's events

Shortboard
SUP surf
SUP race
Longboard

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venues. www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 28 October 2022.
  2. News: Franceschi Neto, Virgilio. How to qualify for surfing at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained. International Olympic Committee. 17 August 2022. 25 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Qualification System manual. 11 April 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 10 October 2022.