Qualification system A total of 140 sailors and 85 boats will qualify 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 will have different qualifying events that began in 2013. 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.
Qualification summary The following qualification summary and countries qualified per event are final and as of March 23, 2015. Nation Men Women Open TotalRS:X Laser RS:X Laser Radial49erFX Sunfish Snipe Lightning Hobie 16 J/24 Boats Athletes XXXX XXXX X 916 X 11 X X 22 XXXXXXXXXX1018 XXXXXXXXXX1018 X XXXXX X714 XX XX 47 X X 23 X XXX 47 X 11 X X X X 45 XXXX X XX711 XXX XX X610 X XX X 45 X 11 X X 22 XXXXXXXXX 914 X X 22 XX X X X 56 X XX 34 Total: 20 NOCs 7166166121077693148
RS:X men Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 26 – February 1 1 2014 North American Championship Cancun February 19 – 23 2 2014 South American Championship Buenos Aires December 3 – 7 2 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 25 – 31 1 TOTAL 7
Laser Standard men Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 26 – February 1 1 2014 North American Championship Long Beach June 12 – 15 4 2014 South American Championship Paracas October 18 – 26 4 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 25 – 31 5 4 Wildcard March 20, 2015 1 Reallocation 1 TOTAL 16 The Dominican Republic declined the quota.
RS:X women Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 26 – February 1 1 2014 North American Championship Cancun February 19 – 23 1 2014 South American Championship Buenos Aires December 3 – 7 2 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 25 – 31 1 TOTAL 6
Laser Radial women Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 26 – February 1 1 2014 North American Championship Long Beach June 12 – 15 4 2014 South American Championship Paracas October 18 – 26 4 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 25 – 31 3 Wildcards March 20, 2015 3 TOTAL 16
49erFX women Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 South American Championship Rio de Janeiro November 5 – 8 3 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta Miami January 25 – 31 2 TOTAL 6
Sunfish open Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 Midwinters Pensacola March 27 – 29 2 2014 North American Championship Long Beach July 28 – August 2 4 2014 South American and Caribbean Championship Paracas November 17 – 21 4 2015 Midwinters Melbourne March 20 – 22 1 TOTAL 12
Snipe open Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2013 South American Championship Montevideo March 27 – 30 2 2014 South American Championship Porto Alegre April 16 – 20 2 2015 Midwinters San Diego September 6 – 13 5 TOTAL 10
Lightning mixed Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 North American Championship Sheboygan August 9 – 15 3 2014 South American Championship Salinas December 4 – 73 TOTAL 7
Hobie 16 open Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 North American Championship Delaware September 22 – 26 3 2014 South American Championship Pernambuco November 6 – 93 TOTAL 7
J/24 open Event Location Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 2014 North American Championship Puerto Vallarta March 16 – 21 2 2014 Semana de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires October 11 – 13 1 2014 South American Championship La Punta-Callao November 10 – 16 2 TOTAL 6
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