Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games

Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games
Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games
	Sailing pictogram for the games
Venue	Royal Canadian Yacht Club ; Sugar Beach
Dates	July 12–19
No. of events	10 (2 men, 3 women, 5 open)
Competitors	148 from 20 nations
	«2011 2019»

Last updated April 07, 2024

Sailing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 12 to 19 at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club's ferry station and parking lot on the mainland side of the harbour.^[1]^[2] Spectator viewing areas were available for free on Sugar Beach and the surrounding boardwalk.^[3] A total of ten events were contested (two for men, three for women and five mixed gender events).^[2]

Competition schedule

The Royal Canadian Yacht Club was the venue for the sailing competitions. RoyalCanadianYacht.jpg — The Royal Canadian Yacht Club was the venue for the sailing competitions.

The following is the competition schedule for the sailing competitions:^[6]

P	Preliminary races	M	Medal race

Event↓/Date →	Sun 12	Mon 13	Tue 14	Wed 15	Thu 16	Fri 17	Sat 18	Sun 19
Men's RS:X	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Men's Laser	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Women's RS:X	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Women's Laser Radial	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Women's 49erFX	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Open Sunfish	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Open Snipe	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Lightning	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Hobie 16	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M
Open J/24	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M

Competition format

All ten classes contested a series of opening races and conclude with a medal race which consisted of the top 50% of the boats (with a five boat minimum). All boats competed in a twelve series opening race, except the RS:X and 49erFX (which competed in a sixteen race opening series). The first six days saw all boats compete in two races each except the RS:X and 49erFX, which competed in three races on the first four days of racing. The last two days of competition saw five medal races each.^[7]

Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	3	1	1	5
2	Brazil	2	2	2	6
3	Guatemala	2	0	0	2
4	United States	1	2	3	6
5	Puerto Rico	1	0	1	2
6	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
7	Canada*	0	2	1	3
8	Mexico	0	2	0	2
9	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
10	Chile	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	10	30

Medalists

Sailing during the games SailingTO2015.jpg — Sailing during the games

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
RS:X details	Ricardo Santos Brazil	David Mier Mexico	Mariano Reutemann Argentina
Laser details	Juan Ignacio Maegli Guatemala	Robert Scheidt Brazil	Lee Parkhill Canada

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
RS:X details	Patrícia Freitas Brazil	Demita Vega Mexico	Marion Lepert United States
Laser Radial details	Paige Railey United States	Dolores Moreira Uruguay	Fernanda Decnop Brazil
49erFX details	Argentina Maria Sol Branz Victoria Travascio	Brazil Martine Grael Kahena Kunze	United States Paris Henken Helena Scutt

Open events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sunfish details	Jonathan Martinetti Ecuador	Luke Ramsay Canada	Andrés Ducasse Chile
Snipe details	Puerto Rico Raúl Ríos Fernando Monllor	Argentina Diego Lipszyc Luis Soubie	United States Augie Diaz Kathleen Tocke
Lightning details	Argentina Javier Conte Nicolás Fracchia María Salerno	United States Justin Coplan Caroline Patten Danielle Prior	Brazil María Altimira Cláudio Biekarck Gunnar Ficker
Hobie 16 details	Guatemala Jason Hess Irene Abascal	United States Mark Modderman Grace Modderman	Puerto Rico Enrique Figueroa Franchesca Valdes
J/24 details	Argentina Matias Pereira Guillermo Bellinotto Federico Ambrus Juan Pereyra	Canada Terry McLaughlin Sandy Andrews David Ogden David Jarvis	Chile Matías Seguel Cristobal Lira Marc Jux Sergio Baeza Roth

Participating nations

A total of 21 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

A total of 140 sailors and 85 boats qualified 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 had different qualifying events that began in 2013.^[8] 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.^[5]

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References

↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
1 2 "Report to the Members of the Pan American Sailing Federation (PASAF) on the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 19 and 20 July 2014 in Toronto" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
↑ Ng, Callum (8 June 2015). "Venue Guide: Sugar Beach to become viewpoint for TO2015 sailing". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 6 April 2024.
↑ "10th Medal at Toronto2015 for 49FX=". panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
1 2 "Qualification System for Sailing, 2015 Pan American Games" (PDF). panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "Notice of Race 2015 Pan American Games Regatta" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation (PASAF). Retrieved 15 February 2015.
↑ "2015 Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule" (PDF). panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

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[1] "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[a-2] 1 2 "Report to the Members of the Pan American Sailing Federation (PASAF) on the meeting of the Executive Committee held on 19 and 20 July 2014 in Toronto" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[3] Ng, Callum (8 June 2015). "Venue Guide: Sugar Beach to become viewpoint for TO2015 sailing". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[4] "10th Medal at Toronto2015 for 49FX=". panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

[qualification-5] 1 2 "Qualification System for Sailing, 2015 Pan American Games" (PDF). panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

[6] "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[7] "Notice of Race 2015 Pan American Games Regatta" (PDF). panamsailing.org/. Pan American Sailing Federation (PASAF). Retrieved 15 February 2015.

[8] "2015 Qualifying System and Regatta Schedule" (PDF). panamsailing.org/ (2nd ed.). Pan American Sailing Federation. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

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