Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games

Sailing at the XVIII Pan American Games
Sailing pictogram
Venue Yacht Club Peruano
Dates August 3–10, 2019
Competitors 148
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Sailing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held between August 3rd and 10th, 2019 at the Yacht Club Peruano in the city of Paracas.

Ten medal events are scheduled to be contested. Two of the events are for men, three for women, two are open (any gender can compete) and three are mixed (entries are required to include both genders). Eight of the events are carried over from the 2015 Games, with the Nacra 17 and Kites events replacing the Hobie 16 and J/24.[1] A total of 148 athletes across 106 boats will qualify to compete at the games.[2]

The top placing athlete from North America and South America in the men's laser and women's laser radial, will all qualify for the sailing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]


Medalists

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
RS:X
Laser

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
RS:X
Laser Radial
49erFX

Open events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sunfish
Kites

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snipe
Lightning
Nacra 17

Qualification

A total of 148 sailors and 106 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 15 athletes. Each event will have different qualifying events that began in 2017. The host nation (Peru) automatically qualified in all ten events (15 athletes).[4][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sailing Events Confirmed for 2019 Pan American Games". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "World Sailing (WS) Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule Sailing – 2019 Pan American Games, Lima, Peru" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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