26 nations to compete at the 2019 Pan Am Games
by World Sailing 18 May 2019 03:12 PDT
Trinidad and Tobago's Andrew Lewis - Hempel World Cup Series © Sailing Energy / World Sailing
Panam Sailing is pleased to announce that the overall distribution of country spots to all eleven of the sailing events in the 2019 Pan Am Games set to be held in Peru has been confirmed.
Sailing has experienced an overall 20% growth in participating countries from Toronto 2015. A record breaking 26 nations will be sending 168 athletes and 120 boats to compete in the 11 events at the Lima 2019 Games.
With the added attraction of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition Country Qualifications being offered in five events - the Men's and Women's One Person Dinghy, the Men's and Women's Skiff and the Mixed Multihull events - as well as the first-ever participation of Open Kiteboarding, a great regatta is expected in Paracas, Peru, in August.
The following Events, Equipment, boats and athletes will be in Peru:
| Event | Equipment | # of Boats | # Athletes |
| Men's Windsurfing | RS:X | 8 | 8 |
| Women's Windsurfing | RS:X | 8 | 8 |
| Men's One Person Dinghy | Laser Standard | 22 | 22 |
| Women's One Person Dinghy | Laser Radial | 18 | 18 |
| Open Dinghy | Sunfish | 13 | 13 |
| Mixed Two Person Dinghy | Snipe | 10 | 20 |
| Men's Skiff | 49er | 8 | 16 |
| Women's Skiff | 49erFX | 5 | 10 |
| Mixed Three Person Dinghy | Lightning | 7 | 21 |
| Mixed Multihull | Nacra 17 | 11 | 22 |
| Open Kiteboarding | Formula Kiteboard | 10 | 10 |
| Totals | 11 | 120 | 168 |
The table below lists the 26 nations that will be participating in the Games, along with the number of events in which they will be competing and the number of athletes they will be sending. National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have until 26 June 2019 to submit the names of all athletes.
| NOC | # of Events | # of Athletes |
| ARG | 11 | 17 |
| BRA | 11 | 17 |
| CHI | 7 | 12 |
| COL | 3 | 3 |
| ECU | 5 | 8 |
| PAR | 1 | 1 |
| PER | 11 | 17 |
| URU | 6 | 9 |
| VEN | 5 | 6 |
| ESA | 1 | 1 |
| GUA | 5 | 7 |
| MEX | 7 | 8 |
| ANT | 3 | 3 |
| ARU | 3 | 3 |
| BAR | 1 | 1 |
| BER | 2 | 3 |
| CAN | 9 | 14 |
| CAY | 1 | 1 |
| CUB | 6 | 7 |
| DOM | 2 | 2 |
| ISV | 1 | 1 |
| IVB | 1 | 1 |
| LCA | 2 | 2 |
| PUR | 3 | 5 |
| TTO | 2 | 2 |
| USA | 11 | 17 |
More information at www.PanamSailing.org (the full Games are 26 July to 11 August 2019)