Participating nations
12 out of the 26 national associations affiliated to Pan American Surf Association entered the competition.
| Host city | Miraflores District |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Organisers | Pan American Surf Association Federación Deportiva Nacional de Tabla |
| Edition | 12th |
| Nations | 12 |
| Athletes | 260 |
| Sport | Surfing |
| Events | 13 (7 men and 6 women) |
| Dates | 2–8 December |
| Main venue | Punta Roquitas beach |
The 2016 Pan American Surf Games, also referred to as PASA Games 2016 and officially named 2016 Claro Open Pan American Surfing Games for sponsorship reasons, was the twelfth edition of the Pan American Surf Games, the main competition organized by the Pan American Surf Association. It was held at Punta Roquitas beach in Miraflores District, Lima, Peru from 10 to 16 October 2016. [1]
About 260 athletes from 12 national teams competes in 13 surfing events; comprising Open (Shortboard), Longboard, SUP surf, SUP race, Bodyboard prone and Paddleboard race each for men and women, plus a Bodyboard dropknee event only for men. [2]
Defending champions Peru won the competition for the third time with a total of 13,825 points and 9 out of the 13 gold medals at stake. Chile finished second with 11,980 points and 2 gold medals. Ecuador (8,628 points) and Mexico (8,507 points and 1 gold medal) were third and fourth respectively. [3]
The games were held over a 7-day period, from 10 to 16 December. The opening ceremony took place on 10 October, with the competitions starting on 11 October.
| R1 | Round 1 | R2 | Round 2 | R3 | Round 3 | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | Tue 11 [4] | Wed 12 | Thu 13 | Fri 14 | Sat 15 [5] | Sun 16 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Open | R1 (24) | R2 (12) | R3 (6) | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | ||||||||
| Men's Bodyboard prone | R1 (12) | R2 (6) | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | |||||||||
| Men's Bodyboard dropknee | R1 (6) | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | ||||||||||
| Men's Longboard | QR1 (6) | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | ||||||||||
| Men's SUP surf | QF (4) | SF (2) | F (1) | |||||||||||
| Men's SUP race | F (1) | |||||||||||||
| Men's Paddleboard race | F (1) | |||||||||||||
| Women's Open | R1 (12) | R2 (6) | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | |||||||||
| Women's Bodyboard prone | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | |||||||||||
| Women's Longboard | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | |||||||||||
| Women's SUP surf | QF (3) | SF (2) | F (1) | |||||||||||
| Women's SUP race | F (1) | |||||||||||||
| Women's Paddleboard race | F (1) | |||||||||||||
| Heats (Total 149) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 22 | ||||||||
12 out of the 26 national associations affiliated to Pan American Surf Association entered the competition.
* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Peru * | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 |  Chile | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 |  Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Argentina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Copper | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Manuel Selman Chile | 16.67 pts | Guillermo Satt Chile | 16.40 pts | Joaquín del Castillo Peru | 15.33 pts | Adrián García Peru | 10.99 pts |
| Bodyboard prone | Jorge Hurtado Peru | 17.50 pts | Gabriel Brantes Chile | 15.50 pts | Yoshua Toledo Chile | 9.50 pts | Jordan Villalba Chile | 8.67 pts |
| Bodyboard dropknee | Pancho Galdós Peru | 12.40 pts | Ricardo Sotelo Peru | 8.07 pts | Manuel Rodríguez Peru | 7.00 pts | Pascual Rosales Ecuador | 5.93 pts |
| Longboard | Piccolo Clemente Peru | 15.73 pts | Julián Schweizer Uruguay | 9.23 pts | Jorge Vílchez Peru | 8.80 pts | Lucas Garrido Lecca Peru | 8.50 pts |
| SUP surf | José Gómez Peru | 18.30 pts | Renzo Lombardi Chile | 10.67 pts | Gerónimo Roger Argentina | 9.27 pts | Víctor Bazán Ecuador | 5.43 pts |
| SUP race | Itzel Delgado Peru | 27:56 | Julio González Mexico | 28:07 | Sebastián Barbero Argentina | 30:47 | David Villamar Ecuador | 31:15 |
| Paddleboard race | Sebastián Ríos Peru | 48:10 | Nicolas Undurraga Chile | 49:39 | Orlando Rufasto Peru | 50:26 | Pedro Bermúdez Peru | 55:00 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Copper | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Analí Gómez Peru | 13.43 pts | Daniella Rosas Peru | 10.22 pts | Melanie Giunta Peru | 9.47 pts | Dominic Barona Ecuador | 9.33 pts |
| Bodyboard prone | Macarena Lecaros Chile | 13.10 pts | Anaís Véliz Chile | 11.67 pts | Carolina Botteri Peru | 8.83 pts | Ángela López Peru | 7.03 pts |
| Longboard | Mafer Reyes Peru | 13.54 pts | Karen Mendiguetti Peru | 7.34 pts | Marien Blanco Puerto Rico | 6.43 pts | Carolina Thun Peru | 5.10 pts |
| SUP surf | Karen Jacobson Mexico | 13.00 pts | Natalia de la Lama Argentina | 12.37 pts | Lisette Prado Ecuador | 7.83 pts | Marina Loayza Peru | 5.37 pts |
| SUP race | Juliana González Argentina | 33:54 | Alejandra Brito Mexico | 35:57 | Valeria Salustri Costa Rica | 35:58 | Angélica Sánchez Mexico | 37:31 |
| Paddleboard race | Rocío Larrañaga Peru | 58:34 | Lorena Fica Chile | 59:32 | Vania Torres Peru | 1:00:20 | Aixa Sánchez Argentina | 1:03:10 |
The final ranking per teams was drawn up by adding the individual points earning by the best four surfers in the men's Open event, the best two surfers in the women's Open event and the best surfer in the remaining 11 events. Surfers obtained points according to the final position they occupied in each event.
Non-initiators and non-finishers surfers received zero points. Points awarded according to the position were as follows: [7]
| Rank |  |  |  | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 33 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 73 | 85 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 1000 | 860 | 730 | 670 | 610 | 583 | 555 | 528 | 500 | 488 | 475 | 462 | 450 | 438 | 425 | 413 | 400 | 395 | 390 | 385 | 380 | 360 | 320 | 300 | 240 | 180 | 144 | 120 |
The first place of the final ranking per teams was declared as the champion team of the 2016 Pan American Surf Games. [8]
| Rank | Team | MO1 | MO2 | MO3 | MO4 | WO1 | WO2 | MBB1 | WBB1 | MBD1 | ML1 | WL1 | MSS1 | WSS1 | MSR1 | WSR1 | MPR1 | WPR1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 730 | 670 | 610 | 555 | 1000 | 860 | 1000 | 730 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 670 | 1000 | 0 | 1000 | 1000 | 13,825 |
| Chile | 1000 | 860 | 610 | 480 | 610 | 450 | 860 | 1000 | 610 | 480 | 610 | 860 | 610 | 610 | 610 | 860 | 860 | 11,980 |
| Ecuador | 450 | 360 | 360 | 360 | 670 | 480 | 610 | 480 | 670 | 555 | 480 | 670 | 730 | 670 | 0 | 528 | 555 | 8,628 |
| 4 | Mexico | 300 | 240 | 240 | 144 | 450 | 390 | 555 | 555 | — | 610 | 610 | 610 | 1000 | 860 | 860 | 500 | 583 | 8,507 |
| 5 | Argentina | 390 | 390 | 240 | — | 555 | 450 | 390 | 610 | 450 | 390 | — | 730 | 860 | 730 | 1000 | 610 | 670 | 8,465 |
| 6 |  Colombia | 360 | 360 | 300 | 240 | 555 | — | 390 | — | 0 | 450 | — | — | 555 | 500 | 0 | — | 0 | 3,710 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 360 | 240 | 144 | — | 480 | — | 480 | 0 | 450 | 860 | 480 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,494 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 360 | 240 | 240 | — | 450 | 360 | 0 | — | 390 | 450 | 730 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,220 |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 300 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 450 | — | — | — | — | 730 | — | — | 1,480 |
| 10 |  Canada | 360 | 240 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 600 |
| 11 |  Venezuela | 240 | 144 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 528 |
| 12 |  Brazil | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 480 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 480 |
Note: "—" Denotes that there were no competitors for that position
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