Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games

Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games
Sailing pictogram
Venue	Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico
Start date	October 28, 2023 (2023-10-28)
End date	November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)
No. of events	13 (5 men, 5 women, 3 mixed)
Competitors	171 from 27 nations
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Sailing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are schedule to take place between October 28 and November 5, 2023 at the Cofradia Nautica del Pacifico (Nautical Brotherhood of the Pacific in English) in the city of Algarrobo. ^{[1] [2]}

A total of 13 events will be contested, an increase of two from the 2019 Pan American Games. The sunfish event has been split in two, to have an event each for men and women. ^[3] Also, the kites event was split in two, with the men and women now competing in separate events. ^[4] The RS:X boat has also been replaced with the IQFoil.

A total of 172 sailors (82 men and 90 women) are scheduled to compete. ^[5]

The top two placing athletes (not already qualified) from North America and South America in the men's laser and women's laser radial, qualified for the sailing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France (with the sailing competitions scheduled to be held in Marseille, along with the top boat in each region in the windsurfing, kites, 49er, 49erfx and Nacra 17 events will also qualify. ^[6]

Qualification

Main article: Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 172 sailors (82 men and 90 women) will qualify to compete at the games. ^[5] A nation may enter a maximum of one boat in each of the 13 events and a maximum of 19 athletes (nine men and ten women). ^[5] Each event had different qualifying events that began in 2021. ^[5] The host nation (Chile) automatically qualified in all 13 events (19 athletes). ^[5] More women will qualify to compete for the first time ever, after the lightning class switched to a two women and one man format for each boat. ^[7] The winner of each sailing event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, directly qualified as well. ^[5] Countries earning a spot at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, can earn another boat in that respective event. The slot awarded at the games is to the athlete, and cannot be transferred to another athlete. ^[5] A total of four universality quotas were available (two each in the laser and laser radial events). ^[5]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Chile)

Rank	noc	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	3	2	9
2	Brazil	3	0	3	6
3	Argentina	2	1	2	5
4	Peru	2	1	0	3
5	Canada	1	2	1	4
6	Mexico	1	0	1	2
7	Chile*	0	2	2	4
8	Aruba	0	2	0	2
9	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
11	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Independent Athletes Team	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		13	13	13	39

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
IQFoil details	Mateus Isaac   Brazil	Ethan Westera   Aruba	Noah Lyons   United States
ILCA 7 details	Stefano Peschiera   Peru	Clemente Seguel   Chile	Juan Ignacio Maegli   Independent Athletes Team
49er details	United States Ian Barrows Hans Henken	Uruguay Hernán Umpierre Fernando Diz	Canada Will Jones Justin Barnes
Sunfish details	Lee Parkhill   Canada	Jean Paul de Trazegnies   Peru	Diego González   Chile
Kite details	Bruno Lobo   Brazil	Tiger Tyson   Antigua and Barbuda	Deury Corniel   Dominican Republic

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
IQFoil details	Mariana Aguilar Chávez   Mexico	Dominique Stater   United States	Demita Vega   Mexico
ILCA 6 details	Erica Reineke   United States	Sarah Douglas   Canada	Luciana Cardozo   Argentina
49erFX details	Brazil Martine Grael Kahena Kunze	Canada Alexandra Ten Hove Mariah Millen	United States Stephanie Roble Maggie Shea
Sunfish details	Caterina Romero   Peru	Philipine van Aanholt   Aruba	María José Poncell   Chile
Kite details	Daniela Moroz   United States	Catalina Turienzo   Argentina	Maria do Socorro Reis   Brazil

Mixed events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snipe details	Argentina Julio Alsogaray Marlena Sciarra	United States Ernesto Rodríguez Kathleen Tocke	Brazil Rafael Martins Juliana Duque
Lightning details	United States Allan Terhune Jr. Madeline Baldridge Sarah Chin	Chile Pedro Bertossi Paula Herman Carmina Malsch	Argentina Javier Conte Martina Silva Trinidad Silva
Nacra 17 details	Argentina Mateo Majdalani Eugenia Bosco	United States David Liebenberg Sarah Newberry-Moore	Brazil Samuel Albrecht Gabriela Nicolino

2024 Summer Olympics Qualification

Main article: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This event was a direct qualification event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A total of 28 quota places (14 for men and 14 for women) were awarded. ^[6]

Event	Qualification path	Quotas	NOCs
Men's IQFoil	Two NOCs of the highest placed North and South American country, will each earn one quota place.	2 (1 per NOC)	Aruba   Argentina
Men's Laser	Four NOCs of the two highest placed North and South American countries, will each earn one quota place.	4 (1 per NOC)	Aruba   Puerto Rico   Chile   Guatemala
Men's 49er	Two NOCs of the highest placed North and South American country, will each earn two quota places (one boat).	4 (2 per NOC)	Canada   Uruguay
Men's Kitesurfing	Two NOCs of the highest placed North and South American country, will each earn one quota place.	2 (1 per NOC)	Antigua and Barbuda   Colombia
Women's IQFoil	Two NOCs of the highest placed North and South American country, will each earn one quota place.	2 (1 per NOC)	United States   Argentina
Women's Laser radial	Four NOCs of the two highest placed North and South American countries, will each earn one quota place.	4 (1 per NOC)	Bermuda   Mexico   Peru   Uruguay
Women's 49erFX	Two NOCs of the highest placed North and South American country, will each earn two quota places (one boat).	4 (2 per NOC)	Canada   Brazil
Women's Kitesurfing	Two NOCs of the highest placed North and South American country, will each earn one quota place.	2 (1 per NOC)	Canada   Argentina
Mixed Nacra 17	Two NOCs of the highest placed North and South American country, will each earn two quota places, one per gender (one boat).	4 (2 per NOC)	United States   Brazil
Total quota places awarded		28

Summary

Nation	Men				Women				Mixed	Total
	IQFoil	Laser	49er	Kites	IQFoil	Laser Radial	49erFX	Kites	Nacra 17	Boats	Athletes
Antigua and Barbuda				X						1	1
Argentina	X				X			X		3	3
Aruba	X	X								2	2
Bermuda						X				1	1
Brazil							X		X	2	4
Canada			X				X	X		3	5
Chile		X								1	1
Colombia				X						1	1
Guatemala		X								1	1
Mexico						X				1	1
Peru						X				1	1
Puerto Rico		X								1	1
United States					X				X	2	3
Uruguay			X			X				2	3
Total: 14 NOCs	2	4	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	22	28

See also

• Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
3. Palmer, Dan (5 April 2021). "Extra sailing event added to Pan American Games programme for Santiago 2023". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
4. "Events confirmed for 2023 Panam Games". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
5. "Sailing Qualification System" (PDF). www.panamsailing. Pan Am Sailing. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
6. "World Sailing (WS) Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024" (PDF). www.sailing.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
7. "Lightning Class tackles gender issue for Pan Am Games". www.sailingscuttlebutt.com. Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

External links

• Results book