Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games

Surfing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held between July 30th and August 4th, 2019 at Punta Rocas in the Punta Negra District.[1]

Surfing at the XVIII Pan American Games
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VenuePunta Rocas
DatesJuly 30 – August 4, 2019
Competitors88
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The sport of surfing will be making its Pan American Games debut. In July 2015, days before the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, the then Pan American Sports Organization added the sport to the Pan American Games sports program.[2] In 2016, the International Olympic Committee made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Surfing was added, but was already included in the 2019 program an year earlier.[3][4]

8 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Four per each gender A total of 88 surfers will qualify to compete at the games.[5]

The event will be used as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]


Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Peru*3317
2 Brazil2114
3 Colombia2002
4 United States1124
5 Argentina0112
6 Ecuador0101
 Uruguay0101
8 Canada0011
 El Salvador0011
 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (10 nations)88824

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open surf
 Luca Mesinas
 Peru		 Leandro Usuna
 Argentina		 Bryan Pérez
 El Salvador
SUP surf
 Giorgio Gómez
 Colombia		 Tamil Martino
 Peru		 Daniel Hughes
 United States
SUP race
 Connor Baxter
 United States		 Vinnicius Martins
 Brazil		 Itzel Delgado
 Peru
Longboard
 Benoit Clemente
 Peru		 Julián Schweizer
 Uruguay		 Cole Robbins
 United States

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open surf
 Daniella Rosas
 Peru		 Dominic Barona
 Ecuador		 Ornella Pellizzari
 Argentina
SUP surf
 Isabella Gómez
 Colombia		 Vania Torres
 Peru		 Nicole Pacelli
 Brazil
SUP race
 Lena Guimarães
 Brazil		 Candice Appleby
 United States		 Mariecarmen Rivera
 Puerto Rico
Longboard
 Chloé Calmon
 Brazil		 María Fernanda Reyes
 Peru		 Mathea Olin
 Canada

Qualification
Main article: Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Peru, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender).[5]

See also

References
  1. "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. Butler, Nick (7 July 2015). "Surfing added to Lima 2019 Pan American Games programme". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. Mather, Victor (9 June 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. New York City, New York. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. "International Surfing Association (ISA) Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.wkf.net/. International Surfing Association (ISA). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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