Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification
Main article: Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games
Qualification system
Forty athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top eight nations (including the host nation, Canada) at the 2014 Pan American Championship, will each receive four athlete quotas in water skiing. A further eight spots are made available for wakeboard qualifiers. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes in each gender in the water skiing competition.[1][2]
Qualification timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 Pan American Water Ski Championships[1] | April 14–19 |  Bogotá |
| 2015 Pan American Wakeboard Championships | February 12–15 |  Buenos Aires |
Qualification summary
| NOC | Water skiing | Wakeboarding | Total athletes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Canada | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 Chile | 4 | 4 | |
| Colombia | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | |
 Ecuador | 1 | 1 | |
 Guatemala | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 Peru | 4 | 4 | |
 United States | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 Venezuela | 1 | 1 | |
| Total: 12 NOCs | 31 | 8 | 40 |
Water skiing
Eight nations took part at the Pan American Championships, and thus all eight qualify a full team.[3]
| Event | Qualified NOC's | Water skiers per NOC |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Pan American Championship | Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Mexico Peru United States |
4 | 28 |
| 2014 Pan American Championship | Brazil |
1 | 1 |
| Reallocation | Dominican Republic Guatemala |
1 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 31 | ||
- Brazil sent one water ski athlete, the remaining slots were reallocated.
Wakeboarding
| Event | Qualified Noc's | Wakeboarders per NOC |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | Canada |
1 | 1 |
| 2014 Pan American Championship | Argentina Brazil Colombia Ecuador Mexico United States Venezuela |
1 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 8 | ||
References
- 1 2 "Canada Names Athletes Headed to Colombia for Pan Am Championships". http://www.waterski-wakeboard.ca/. Water Ski Wakeboard Canada. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sport Technical Manual Water skiing". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ↑ "Panamerican Championship 2014" (PDF). http://www.iwwfed-ea.org/. International Water Ski Fedeation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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