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Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games

Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games

The Sailing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games

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]

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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.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Peru)

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Medalists

Men's events

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Women's events

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Open events

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Participating nations

A total of 26 countries qualified sailors, a record high.[8][9][10] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[11]

Qualification

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).[12][3]

See also

References

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    "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.
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    "Sailing Events Confirmed for 2019 Pan American Games". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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    "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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    "49er added to Pan Am Games sports programme as athlete quote increased". www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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    "Additional Medal Event at Pan Am". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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    Diamond, James (22 January 2019). "Lima 2019 to feature 49er class after Organising Committee increase sailing athlete quota". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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    "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.
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    "Status of NOC Qualification – 2019 Pan American Games – Sailing" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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    "Record growth for 2019 Pan Am Games". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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    "26 nations to compete at the 2019 Panam Games". www.sailing.org/. World Sailing. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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    "Number of entries by NOC as of 3 August 2019" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima 2019 Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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    "Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule Sailing – 2019 Pan American Games, Lima, Peru" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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