Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification system

A total of 140 sailors and 85 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 eighteen athletes. Each event will have different qualifying events that began in 2013.^[1] However on December 22, 2014 the Pan American Sailing Federation announced the total quota was raised to 148 athletes and 93 boats (with the laser and laser standard events each receiving an additional four boats). This was done because the event became an Olympic qualifier.^[2]

Qualification summary

The following qualification summary and countries qualified per event are final and as of March 23, 2015.^[3]

Nation	Men		Women			Open					Total
	RS:X	Laser	RS:X	Laser Radial	49erFX	Sunfish	Snipe	Lightning	Hobie 16	J/24	Boats	Athletes
Argentina	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	9	16
Aruba				X							1	1
Bermuda		X		X							2	2
Brazil	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	18
Canada	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	18
Chile		X		X	X	X	X	X		X	7	14
Colombia	X	X					X	X			4	7
Cuba				X			X				2	3
Ecuador				X		X	X	X			4	7
El Salvador		X									1	1
Guatemala		X		X		X			X		4	5
Mexico	X	X	X	X		X			X	X	7	11
Peru		X	X	X		X	X			X	6	10
Puerto Rico		X				X	X		X		4	5
Saint Lucia				X							1	1
Trinidad and Tobago		X		X							2	2
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9	14
Uruguay		X		X							2	2
Venezuela	X	X		X		X			X		5	6
Virgin Islands		X			X	X					3	4
Total: 20 NOCs	7	16	6	16	6	12	10	7	7	6	93	148

RS:X men

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 26 – February 1	1	Brazil
2014 North American Championship	Cancun	February 19 – 23	2	Mexico United States
2014 South American Championship	Buenos Aires	December 3 – 7	2	Argentina Venezuela
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 25 – 31	1	Colombia
TOTAL			7

Laser Standard men

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 26 – February 1	1	Brazil
2014 North American Championship	Long Beach	June 12 – 15	4	United States Virgin Islands Trinidad and Tobago Peru
2014 South American Championship	Paracas	October 18 – 26	4	Guatemala Argentina Chile El Salvador
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 25 – 31	5 4	Venezuela Dominican Republic Uruguay Puerto Rico Colombia
Wildcard	N/A	March 20, 2015	1	Bermuda
Reallocation	N/A	N/A	1	Mexico
TOTAL			16

• The Dominican Republic declined the quota.

RS:X women

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 26 – February 1	1	Mexico
2014 North American Championship	Cancun	February 19 – 23	1	United States
2014 South American Championship	Buenos Aires	December 3 – 7	2	Brazil Argentina
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 25 – 31	1	Peru
TOTAL			6

Laser Radial women

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 26 – February 1	1	United States
2014 North American Championship	Long Beach	June 12 – 15	4	Peru Guatemala Venezuela Brazil
2014 South American Championship	Paracas	October 18 – 26	4	Chile Argentina Uruguay Aruba
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 25 – 31	3	Mexico Saint Lucia Bermuda
Wildcards	N/A	March 20, 2015	3	Cuba Ecuador Trinidad and Tobago
TOTAL			16

49erFX women

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 South American Championship	Rio de Janeiro	November 5 – 8	3	Brazil Argentina Chile
2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta	Miami	January 25 – 31	2	United States Virgin Islands
TOTAL			6

Sunfish open

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 Midwinters	Pensacola	March 27 – 29	2	Ecuador United States
2014 North American Championship	Long Beach	July 28 – August 2	4	Chile Peru Guatemala Mexico
2014 South American and Caribbean Championship	Paracas	November 17 – 21	4	Venezuela Brazil Argentina Puerto Rico
2015 Midwinters	Melbourne	March 20 – 22	1	Virgin Islands
TOTAL			12

Snipe open

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2013 South American Championship	Montevideo	March 27 – 30	2	Brazil Argentina
2014 South American Championship	Porto Alegre	April 16 – 20	2	Peru Chile
2015 Midwinters	San Diego	September 6 – 13	5	Puerto Rico United States Cuba Ecuador Colombia
TOTAL			10

Lightning mixed

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 North American Championship	Sheboygan	August 9 – 15	3	United States Chile Brazil
2014 South American Championship	Salinas	December 4 – 7	3	Argentina Ecuador Colombia
TOTAL			7

Hobie 16 open

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 North American Championship	Delaware	September 22 – 26	3	Puerto Rico United States Guatemala
2014 South American Championship	Pernambuco	November 6 – 9	3	Mexico Brazil Venezuela
TOTAL			7

J/24 open

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	Canada
2014 North American Championship	Puerto Vallarta	March 16 – 21	2	Peru Mexico
2014 Semana de Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires	October 11 – 13	1	Argentina
2014 South American Championship	La Punta-Callao	November 10 – 16	2	Brazil Chile
TOTAL			6

References

1. "2015 Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule" (PDF). http://panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
2. "Qualification System for Sailing, 2015 Pan American Games" (PDF). http://panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
3. "Status of NOC Qualification - 2015 Pan American Games Sailing Competition" (PDF). http://panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.