2022 ISA World Surfing Games

2022 ISA World Surfing Games
Location	Huntington Beach, California, United States
Date	September 16–24, 2022
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The 2022 ISA World Surfing Games took place in Huntington Beach, California, from September 16 to 24, 2022. The event was organized by the International Surfing Association (ISA), and it was the first time it had been held in "Surf City, USA" since 2006. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Kanoa Igarashi   Japan	Rio Waida   Indonesia	Jackson Baker   Australia
Women	Kirra Pinkerton   United States	Pauline Ado   France	Sally Fitzgibbons   Australia
Aloha Cup	France Gatien Delahaye Tessa Thyssen Vahiné Fierro Timothé Bisso	United States Griffin Colapinto Zoë McDougall Gabriela Bryan Kolohe Andino	Argentina Leandro Usuna Ornella Pellizzari Lucía Indurain Santiago Muñiz
Team Points	United States Kolohe Andino Griffin Colapinto Nat Young Gabriela Bryan Zoë McDougall Kirra Pinkerton	Australia Jackson Baker Liam O'Brien Callum Robson Sally Fitzgibbons Sophie McCulloch India Robinson	France Timothé Bisso Mihimana Braye Gatien Delahaye Pauline Ado Vahiné Fierro Tessa Thyssen

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Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)*	2	1	0	3
2	France  (FRA)	1	1	1	3
3	Japan  (JPN)	1	0	0	1
4	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	2	3
5	Indonesia  (INA)	0	1	0	1
6	Argentina  (ARG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Olympic qualification

The event counted towards qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (surfing events to be held in Teahupo'o, Tahiti). The winning men's and women's national teams earned a qualification slot for their respective country. This was in addition to the maximum quota of two athletes per country. Japan won a qualification slot for the men's event, while the United States won a qualification slot for the women's event. ^{[5] [6]}

Participating nations

The following countries sent delegations to the 2022 ISA World Surfing Games: ^[7]

•   Afghanistan
•   Algeria
•   American Samoa
•   Argentina
•   Australia
•   Barbados
•   Belgium
•   Brazil
•   Canada
•   Chile
•   China
•   Chinese Taipei
•   Colombia
•   Costa Rica
•   Denmark
•   Dominican Republic
•   Ecuador
•   El Salvador
•   Finland
•   France
•   Germany
•   Great Britain
•   Greece
•   Indonesia
•   Iran
•   Ireland
•   Israel
•   Italy
•   Jamaica
•   Japan
•   Lithuania
•   Mexico
•   Netherlands
•   New Zealand
•   Nicaragua
•   Norway
•   Panama
•   Peru
•   Poland
•   Portugal
•   Puerto Rico
•   Saudi Arabia
•   Senegal
•   South Africa
•   South Korea
•   Spain
•   Switzerland
•   Turkey
•   Ukraine
•   United States
•   Venezuela

See also

• 2022 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship

References

1. "2022 ISA World Surfing Games Returning to Huntington Beach, USA". International Surfing Association. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
2. "Huntington Beach to stage 2022 World Surfing Games". Inside The Games. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
3. "Final Results WSG 2022" (PDF). International Surfing Association. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
4. "Igarashi and Pinkerton win World Surfing Games titles, help book Paris 2024 spots". Inside The Games. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
5. "Here's How the Qualifying Process Works For the 2024 Olympics at Teahupo'o". The Inertia. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
6. "Japan and USA win the first Paris 2024 Olympic quota spots through performance at 2022 ISA World Surfing Games". Olympics. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. "Teams". isasurf.org. Retrieved 2022-09-17.

External links

• International Surfing Association