Surfing_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games

Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games

Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games

Surfing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games

Surfing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games were held between 30 July and 4 August 2019 at the Punta Rocas [es] beach in the Punta Negra District of Peru.[1]

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The sport of surfing will be making its Pan American Games debut. In July 2015, days before the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, the then Pan American Sports Organization added the sport to the Pan American Games sports program.[2] In 2016, the International Olympic Committee made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Surfing was added, but was already included in the 2019 program a year earlier.[3][4]

8 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Four per each gender A total of 88 surfers will qualify to compete at the games.[5]

The event will be used as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]


Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Peru)

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Men's events

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Women's events

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Qualification

Main article: Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Peru, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender).[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. [2]
    Butler, Nick (7 July 2015). "Surfing added to Lima 2019 Pan American Games programme". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Tokyo 2020 event programme to see major boost for female, youth and urban appeal". www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. [4]
    Mather, Victor (9 June 2017). "Olympics Adds 3-on-3 Basketball and Mixed Gender Relays". The New York Times. New York City, New York. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. [6]
    "International Surfing Association (ISA) Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.wkf.net/. International Surfing Association (ISA). 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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