Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Main article: Sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games

The following is the qualification system and summary of the sailing at the 2023 Pan American Games competition.

Qualification system

A total of 172 sailors (82 men and 90 women) will qualify to compete at the games. ^[1] 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). ^[1] Each event had different qualifying events that began in 2021. ^[1] The host nation (Chile) automatically qualified in all 13 events (19 athletes). ^[1] 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. ^[2] The winner of each sailing event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, directly qualified as well. ^[1] 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. ^[1] A total of four universality quotas were available (two each in the laser and laser radial events). ^[1]

Original allocation

Event	Host NOC	Cali 2021	Other NOC's	Boats	Athletes
IQFoil men	1	1	7	9	9
Laser men	1	1	15	17	17
49er men	1	—	8	9	18
Sunfish men	1	—	7	8	8
Kites men	1	—	7	8	8
IQFoil women	1	1	7	9	9
Laser women	1	1	15	17	17
49er women	1	—	7	8	16
Sunfish women	1	—	7	8	8
Kites women	1	—	7	8	8
Snipe mixed	1	—	7	8	16
Lightning mixed	1	—	7	8	24
Nacra 17 mixed	1	—	7	8	16
TOTAL	13	4	107	120	172

Qualification summary

A total of 28 countries qualified boats. ^[3]

Nation	Men					Women					Mixed			Total
	IQFoil	Laser	49er	Sunfish	Kites	IQFoil	Laser Radial	49erFX	Sunfish	Kites	Snipe	Lightning	Nacra 17	Boats	Athletes
Antigua and Barbuda		X			X									2	2
Argentina	X X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	19
Aruba	X	X							X					3	3
Bahamas		X												1	1
Barbados		X												1	1
Belize		X												1	1
Bermuda		X					X							2	2
Brazil	X	X	X		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	11	17
British Virgin Islands		X												1	1
Canada		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	10	15
Cayman Islands							X							1	1
Chile	X	X X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	13	18
Colombia	X				X				X	X				4	4
Cuba		X				X	X		X		X			5	6
Dominican Republic	X			X	X		X							4	4
Ecuador		X										X		2	4
El Salvador		X					X							2	2
Guatemala		X		X			X		X					4	4
Mexico	X		X		X	XX	X		X	X				8	9
Peru		X		X		X	X	X	X		X	X		8	12
Puerto Rico		X		X			X				X			4	5
Saint Lucia		X												1	1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines							X							1	1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	19
Uruguay			X				XX				X			4	6
Venezuela	X			X		X	X		X			X		6	8
Virgin Islands		X	X											2	3
Total: 27 NOCs	10	21	8	8	9	10	17	5	10	7	8	8	5	128	169

Qualified boats

Some events had their quotas moved to other events.

IQFoil men

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games	Cali	December 2–4	1	Marcos Quiroga  (ARG)
2022 South American Championship	Búzios	September 1–4	2	Brazil   Argentina [4]
2022 Central American and Caribbean Beach Games	Santa Marta	November 19–26	1	Aruba [5]
2023 US Open Series	Clearwater	February 2–5	3	United States   Venezuela   Dominican Republic [6]
2023 South American Championship	Mendoza	March 16–19	1	Colombia [7]
Reallocation	—	—	1	Mexico
TOTAL			10

Laser men

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games	Cali	December 2–4	1	Clemente Seguel  (CHI)
2022 North American Championship	Kingston	June 30–July 4	3	Puerto Rico   United States   Canada [8]
2023 US Open Series	Clearwater	February 2–5	5	Peru   Guatemala   El Salvador   Ecuador   Bermuda [6]
2023 Central-South American Championship [9]	Buenos Aires	February 15–21	4	Argentina   Brazil   Saint Lucia   Aruba
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador	June 23–July 8	1	British Virgin Islands [10]
Reallocation	—	—	5	Antigua and Barbuda   Bahamas   Barbados   Cuba   Virgin Islands
Universality	—	—	2	Belize   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
TOTAL			21

49er men

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2022 World Championship	Halifax	August 31–September 5	2	United States   Uruguay
2022 South American Championship	Buenos Aires	December 8–11	2 1	Argentina   Colombia
2023 US Open Series	Clearwater	February 2–5	4	Canada   Mexico   Brazil   Virgin Islands [6]
TOTAL			8

• Colombia declined its quota

Sunfish men

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2023 Midwinter [11]	Pensacola	March 29–April 1	3	Peru   United States   Canada
2023 South American Central and Caribbean Championship [12]	Paracas	April 24–29	3	Guatemala   Venezuela   Puerto Rico
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador	June 23–July 8	1	Dominican Republic
TOTAL			8

Kites men

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2022 Pan American Championship [13]	São Luís	November 7–13	1	Brazil
2022 Central American and Caribbean Beach Games [14]	Santa Marta	November 19–26	1	Antigua and Barbuda
2023 US Open Series	Clearwater	February 2–5	3	United States   Mexico   Canada [6]
2023 Pan American Championship [15]	Cabarete	March 6–12	2	Dominican Republic   Argentina
Reallocation	—	—	1	Colombia
TOTAL			9

IQFoil women

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games	Cali	December 2–4	1	Mariana Aguilar Chávez  (MEX)
2022 South American Championship	Búzios	September 1–4	2	Peru   Brazil [4]
2023 US Open Series	Clearwater	February 2–5	3	United States   Mexico   Canada [6]
2023 South American Championship	Mendoza	March 16–19	2	Argentina   Venezuela
Reallocation	—	—	1	Cuba
TOTAL			10

Laser radial women

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games	Cali	December 2–4	1	Dolores Fraschini  (URU)
2022 North American Championship	Kingston	June 30–July 4	3	Mexico   Bermuda [16]   Canada [8]
2023 US Open Series	Clearwater	February 2–5	5	United States   Peru   Cayman Islands [17]   Guatemala   Venezuela [6]
2023 Central-South American Championship [9]	Buenos Aires	February 15–21	4	Argentina   Brazil   Cuba   Uruguay
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador	June 23–July 8	1	Puerto Rico
Reallocation	—	—	3 2	Antigua and Barbuda   Dominican Republic   El Salvador
Universality	—	—	2 1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Trinidad and Tobago
TOTAL			17

49er FX women

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	10	—
2022 World Championship	Halifax	August 31–September 5	3	United States   Brazil   Canada
World Ranking	—	—	2	Argentina   Peru
TOTAL			5

• Chile declined its host quota
• One quota (two athlete spots) was reallocated to other events.

Sunfish women

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2023 Midwinter [11]	Pensacola	March 30–April 1	3	Peru   United States   Venezuela
2023 South American Central and Caribbean Championship [12]	Paracas	April 24–29	3	Argentina   Guatemala   Cuba
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador	June 23–July 8	1	Colombia
Reallocation	—	—	2	Aruba   Mexico
TOTAL			10

Kites women

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2022 Pan American Championship	São Luís	November 7–13	1	Brazil [13]
2023 US Open Series	Clearwater	February 2–5	3	United States   Argentina   Colombia [6]
2023 Pan American Championship [15]	Cabarete	March 6–12	3 2	Canada   Mexico
TOTAL			7

Snipe mixed

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2022 North American Championship	Toronto	September 9–11	2	Puerto Rico   United States
2023 Western Hemisphere & Asian Championship [18]	Algarrobo	March 14–19	2	Brazil   Argentina
2023 South American Championship [19]	Montevideo	April 4–9	2	Peru   Uruguay
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador	June 23–July 8	1	Cuba
TOTAL			8

Lightning mixed

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2022 World Championship [20]	Wrightsville Beach	May 16–21	1 2	Argentina   Canada
2022 North American Championship [21]	Long Island	September 14–18	2	United States   Ecuador
2023 South American Championship [22]	Guaratuba	December 3–7	2	Brazil   Peru
2023 Pacific Cup [23]	Algarrobo	April 6–9	2 1	Venezuela
TOTAL			8

• Only one boat was eligible at the 2023 Pacific Cup, the last spot was reallocated to Canada, the next best team at the 2022 Worlds.

Nacra 17 mixed

Event	Location	Date	Boats	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Chile
2022 World Championship	Halifax	August 31–September 5	4	Argentina   United States   Brazil   Canada
TOTAL			5

• One quota (two athlete spots) was reallocated to other events.

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