Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Last updated October 15, 2023

The following is about the qualification system and qualified countries for the Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games competition to be held in Santiago, Chile. The canoeing competitions will be held in Los Andes (slalom) and San Pedro de la Paz (sprint).^[1]

Qualification system

A total of 176 canoe and kayak athletes will qualify to compete. 126 will qualify in sprint (63 per gender) + four winners from the 2021 Junior Pan American Games and 46 in canoe slalom (23 per gender). The host nation (Chile) is guaranteed a boat in each event in the sprint discipline and in slalom (except the extreme events), however it must compete in the respective qualification tournaments.^[2]^[3]

Qualification timeline

Events	Date	Venue
2021 Junior Pan American Games	November 25–27	Cali
2022 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships	August 10–12	Dartmouth
2023 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships	April 28–30	Tres Coroas
2023 COPAC U-23 Championships	April 26–30	Santiago
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	June 24–26	Santo Domingo

Qualification summary

NOC	Slalom						Sprint				Total
	Men			Women			Men		Women		Athletes
	C1	K1	EK1	C1	K1	EK1	Canoe	Kayak	Canoe	Kayak	Athletes
Argentina	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	6	2	6	22
Belize								1			1
Brazil	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	13
Canada	1			1	1		3	6	3	6	21
Chile	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	3	4	19
Colombia							3		1	1	5
Cuba							3	4	3	4	14
Dominican Republic							1				1
Ecuador									1		1
Jamaica		1									1
Mexico			1		1		2	5	2	5	16
Paraguay	1			1							2
Peru	1	1			1		1			2	6
Puerto Rico								3			3
Trinidad and Tobago								2			2
United States	1		1			1	2	6	3	5	19
Uruguay								3			3
Venezuela	1	1		1		1	1		1		6
Total: 18 NOCs	9	9	5	9	9	5	22	43	22	43	174

Slalom

A total of 36 canoe slalom athletes (18 per gender) will qualify, along with 10 in extreme canoe slalom (five per gender).^[3] All qualification will be done at the 2023 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships. A nation can qualify a maximum of one athlete per event, meaning a nation can enter a maximum of six athletes (three men and three women).^[3] All athletes qualified in canoe slalom can contest the extreme event.^[3] A wild card quota is available for an each gender in a canoe slalom event, only if they have competed at the 2023 Pan American Championships.^[3]

Qualification table

Event	C1 Men	K1 Men	C1 Women	K1 Women	Extreme K1 Men	Extreme K1 Women
2023 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships^[4]^[5]	Chile Argentina Canada United States Brazil Paraguay ^[6] Peru Venezuela TBD	Chile Brazil Argentina Peru Venezuela Jamaica TBD TBD TBD	Chile Brazil Canada Paraguay Argentina Venezuela TBD TBD TBD	Chile Brazil Canada Argentina Mexico Peru TBD TBD TBD	Brazil United States Mexico Chile Argentina	United States Chile Argentina Brazil Venezuela
Total 10 NOC's	9	9	9	9	5	5

Sprint

The top six boats in the kayak events and top seven in the canoe events at the 2022 Pan American Championships qualify for the games. An athlete can qualify in only one boat, and if they compete in multiple events at the qualifier, their results are not counted in the smaller boat(s). The larger boats are awarded first, followed by the smaller ones, with all countries qualifying in the larger boats required to compete in any smaller boat(s) at the games. A total of 43 kayak and 22 canoe athletes will qualify per gender.^[2]^[7] All quotas were not awarded, and two additional qualification events, the COPAC U-23 Championships and the Central American and Caribbean Games were added.^[8]^[9]

Men's canoe

Event	Quotas	Athlete total	Qualified
Cali 2021	1	1	Jose Pelier (CUB)
Pan American Championships	3	9	Brazil Canada Colombia
	2	8	Argentina Cuba Mexico United States
	1	2	Chile Peru
U23 COPAC Championships	1	1	Venezuela
Central American and Caribbean Games	1	1	Dominican Republic
TOTAL		22

Men's kayak

Event	Quotas	Athlete total	Qualified
Cali 2021	1	1	Valentin Rossi (ARG)
Pan American Championships	6	12	Canada United States
	5	15	Argentina Mexico Chile
	4	4	Cuba
	3	6	Puerto Rico Uruguay
	2	4	Brazil Trinidad and Tobago
	1	1	Belize
TOTAL		43

Women's canoe

Event	Quotas	Athlete total	Qualified
Cali 2021	1	1	Katherin Nuevo (CUB)
Pan American Championships	3	9	Canada Chile Cuba
	2	6	Argentina Cuba Mexico
	1	3	Brazil Colombia Ecuador
U23 COPAC Championships	1	2	Venezuela TBD
Central American and Caribbean Games	1	1
TOTAL		22

Women's kayak

Event	Quotas	Athlete total	Qualified
Cali 2021	1	1	Isabel Aburto (MEX)
Pan American Championships	6	12	Argentina Canada
	5	5	United States
	4	12	Chile Cuba Mexico
	2	2	Peru
	1	2	Brazil Colombia
U23 COPAC Championships K2	2	4	Colombia Venezuela
U23 COPAC Championships K1	1	2	Ecuador Peru
Central American and Caribbean Games K2	2	2	Dominican Republic
Central American and Caribbean Games K1	1	1	Guatemala
TOTAL		43

Related Research Articles

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Costa Rica competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games</span> The Canoeing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games

Canoeing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games are scheduled to take place between October 27 and November 4, 2023 at the Aconcagua River in Los Andes (slalom) and Laguna Grande in San Pedro de la Paz (sprint).

Peru is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Peru's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since 1951, except for the second edition in 1955.

Paraguay is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Paraguay's 17th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games except 1959 and 1963.

Argentina is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Argentina's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1951.

The United States is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was the United States's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 1951.The team included 631 athletes.

Mexico is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Mexico's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Jamaica is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be Jamaica's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games.

This article details the qualifying phase for canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Similar to the previous editions, the International Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation (ICF) have established a qualification system for both slalom and sprint canoeing. The quota places have already been set for each event by ICF in October 2022.

References

↑ "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
1 2 "Santiago 2023 Pan American Games Qualification System Canoe Sprint". www.copaconline.com. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 "Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023 Sistema De Clasificación Canotaje Slalom Y Canotaje Slalom Extremo" [Santiago 2023 Pan American Games Qualification System Canoe Slalom and Extreme Canoe slalom]. www.copaconline.com (in Spanish). Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
↑ "Pan American Canoe Slalom - 2023" (PDF). www.canoagem.org.br/. Brazilian Confederation of Canoeing. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
↑ "PAN-AMERICAN KAYAK CROSS" (PDF). www.canoagem.org.br/. Brazilian Confederation of Canoeing. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
↑ "Ana Paula Fernandes y Leonardo Curcel alcanzaron la clasificación a Los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023" [Ana Paula Fernandes and Leonardo Curcel qualified for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games]. www.launion.com.py (in Spanish). La Unión - R800 AM. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
↑ "2022 Pan American Championships - Unofficial Results". www.adckc.ca. Atlantic Division Canoekayak Canada (ADCKC). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
↑ "Canoe Sprint" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org/. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
↑ "COPAC one to one Meeting" (PDF). www.copaconline.com/. COPAC. 11 March 2023. p. 14-15. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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[1] "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[sprint-2] 1 2 "Santiago 2023 Pan American Games Qualification System Canoe Sprint". www.copaconline.com. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[slalom-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023 Sistema De Clasificación Canotaje Slalom Y Canotaje Slalom Extremo" [Santiago 2023 Pan American Games Qualification System Canoe Slalom and Extreme Canoe slalom]. www.copaconline.com (in Spanish). Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[4] "Pan American Canoe Slalom - 2023" (PDF). www.canoagem.org.br/. Brazilian Confederation of Canoeing. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

[5] "PAN-AMERICAN KAYAK CROSS" (PDF). www.canoagem.org.br/. Brazilian Confederation of Canoeing. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

[6] "Ana Paula Fernandes y Leonardo Curcel alcanzaron la clasificación a Los Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023" [Ana Paula Fernandes and Leonardo Curcel qualified for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games]. www.launion.com.py (in Spanish). La Unión - R800 AM. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[7] "2022 Pan American Championships - Unofficial Results". www.adckc.ca. Atlantic Division Canoekayak Canada (ADCKC). Retrieved 27 November 2022.

[8] "Canoe Sprint" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org/. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

[9] "COPAC one to one Meeting" (PDF). www.copaconline.com/. COPAC. 11 March 2023. p. 14-15. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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