Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

The following is about the qualification system and qualified countries for the Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games competition to be held in Lima, Peru.

Qualification timeline

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Events Date Venue
2018 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships[1][2] September 13–16   Dartmouth
2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships April 26–28   Três Coroas

Qualification system

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A total of 169 canoe and kayak athletes will qualify to compete. 125 will qualify in sprint (60 per gender plus five wild cards) and 44 in canoe slalom (22 per gender).[3] The host nation (Peru) is guaranteed two quotas in the slalom events and it must qualify in sprint. A nation may enter a maximum of 6 athletes in slalom (three per gender) and 16 in sprint.[3] The 2018 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships and the 2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships will be used to distribute the quotas.

Qualification summary

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NOC Slalom Sprint Total
Men Women Men Women Boats Athletes
K1 C1 EK1 K1 C1 EK1 K1
200
K1
1000
K2
1000
K4
500
C1
1000
C2
1000
K1
200
K1
500
K2
500
K4
500
C1
200
C2
500
  Argentina X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 17
  Belize X X X X X 5 3
  Bolivia X X 2 1
  Brazil X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16 15
  Canada X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 20
  Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14 12
  Colombia X X X X 4 3
  Costa Rica X X 2 1
  Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X 12 12
  Dominican Republic X X X X 4 3
  Ecuador X X X X X X X X X 9 6
  Guatemala X X X 3 2
  Jamaica X X 2 1
  Mexico X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 19
  Paraguay X X 2 1
  Peru X X X X X X X X 8 8
  Puerto Rico X X X X X 5 3
  Trinidad and Tobago X X X 3 2
  United States X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14 17
  Uruguay X X X X 4 5
  Venezuela X X X X X X X X X X X 11 11
Total: 21 NOCs 10 9 5 9 9 4 16 16 11 7 11 6 12 12 10 8 9 6 170 165

Slalom

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A total of 44 quota spots are available in slalom (34 in slalom and 10 in extreme). The top 9 in each kayak event (including the host nation, Peru) will qualify along with the top 8 in each canoe event. An athlete can only compete in one slalom event (but can compete in two if the country has not qualified a spot in the other event). One wild card spot will also be allocated A further 5 spots will be available for each extreme event. All athletes qualified in slalom can compete in the extreme events.[3] At the end of qualification, one spot in kayak women, women's extreme kayak and men's canoe slalom along with the wild card quota (for a total of four quotas) were not used.[4][5]

Qualification table

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Event K1 Men C1 Men K1 Women C1 Women Extreme K1 Men Extreme K1 Women
2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships   Argentina
  Bolivia
  Brazil
  Canada
  Chile
  Costa Rica
  Mexico
  Peru
  United States
  Venezuela
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Canada
  Chile
  Costa Rica
  Mexico
  Peru
  United States
  Venezuela
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Canada
  Chile
  Mexico
  Paraguay
  Peru
  United States
  Venezuela
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Canada
  Chile
  Mexico
  Paraguay
  Peru
  United States
  Venezuela
  Argentina
  Bolivia
  Brazil
  Chile
  Mexico
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Chile
  Venezuela
Total 11 NOC's 10 9 9 9 5 4
  • Countries in italics are double starters (the athlete qualified in another event but is also starting in the other event). Countries are listed in alphabetical order.
  • Note: Total quotas awarded were 40 (9 in men's kayak, 7 in men's canoe, 8 in both women's kayak and canoe, 5 in men's extreme and 4 in women's kayak). The total numbers above reflect double starters.
  • Other countries may double up until the conclusion of entries.

Sprint

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A total of 125 quotas were distributed. An athlete can only qualify one boat for their country. In each discipline the competitions will start with the larger boats and work their way down till the last event. In the second event and onward (if applicable) for each discipline, places can only be qualified by athletes that have not already qualified. Countries qualified in the largest boat per discipline/gender are required to compete in the smaller boats as well (even if they do not qualify additional athletes). This is summarized per event below. There will be 5 wild card spots handed out to countries that failed to qualify, but competed at the qualification tournament. An athlete qualifying in event can compete in another event, as long as no other boat from their country is competing.[3][6]

Only one country did not qualify: Jamaica. They will be awarded with a wild card slot in the event their athlete competed. The other four wild card spots will be reallocated. The USA qualified one more athlete then the maximum allowed in men's kayak. That spot will be reallocated. In both canoe disciplines, both filled their quotas. In women's kayak 11 quota spots need to be reallocated. Argentina qualified an extra slot in kayak (11 in total) which will need to be reallocated, leaving a total of 17 spots to be reallocated.

Three nations: Dominican Republic, Venezuela and host nation Peru received reallocated quotas even though they did not compete at the qualifiers.

Men's K4 500m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 6 24   Canada
  Argentina
  Mexico
  Brazil
  Cuba
  United States
Reallocation 1 1   Uruguay
TOTAL 7 25
  • Uruguay received an extra kayak slot to enter a boat.

Men's K2 1000m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 10   Argentina
  Uruguay
  United States
  Puerto Rico
  Ecuador
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 4   Canada
  Mexico
  Brazil
  Cuba
Reallocation 2 3   Dominican Republic
  Trinidad and Tobago
TOTAL 11 13
  • Trinidad and Tobago received one extra athlete slot to enter in this event.

Men's K1 1000m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 5   Uruguay
  Colombia
  United States
  Belize
  Trinidad and Tobago
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 4   Canada
  Mexico
  Brazil
  Cuba
Entries from other events 5   Argentina
  Chile
  Dominican Republic
  Ecuador
  Puerto Rico
Reallocation 1 1   Guatemala
Wildcard 1 1   Jamaica
TOTAL 16 7

Men's K1 200m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 5   Ecuador
  Argentina
  Canada
  Chile
  Mexico
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 2   Brazil
  Cuba
Entries from other events 9   Belize
  Colombia
  Dominican Republic
  Guatemala
  Jamaica
  Puerto Rico
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Uruguay
  United States
TOTAL 17 5

Men's C2 1000m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 4 8   Cuba
  Brazil
  Canada
  Mexico
  Colombia
Reallocation 2 4   Ecuador
  Venezuela
TOTAL 6 12
  • Colombia declined its two athlete quotas.

Men's C1 1000m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 5   Argentina
  Canada
  Chile
  Colombia
  Mexico
  United States
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 2   Cuba
  Brazil
Entries from other events 2   Ecuador
  Venezuela
Reallocation 2 2   Dominican Republic
  Peru
TOTAL 10 7
  • Colombia declined its quota

Women's K4 500m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 6 24   Canada
  Mexico
  Argentina
  Chile
  Cuba
  United States
Reallocation 2 8   Peru
  Venezuela
TOTAL 8 32

Women's K2 500m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 1 10 2   Ecuador
  Colombia
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 6   Canada
  Mexico
  Argentina
  Chile
  Cuba
  United States
Entries from other events 2   Peru
  Venezuela
Reallocation 1 1   Belize
TOTAL 10 10 3
  • Colombia declined its quota.
  • Belize was given an extra quota to compete in the event.

Women's K1 500m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 3 5 3   Brazil
  Puerto Rico
  Belize
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 6   Canada
  Mexico
  Argentina
  Chile
  Cuba
  United States
Entries from other events 3   Ecuador
  Peru
  Venezuela
TOTAL 12 3

Women's K1 200m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 2 5 2   Canada
  Argentina
  Colombia
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 4   Mexico
  Chile
  Cuba
  United States
Entries from other events 5   Belize
  Brazil
  Ecuador
  Peru
  Venezuela
TOTAL 11 2

Women's C2 500m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 5 10   Canada
  Cuba
  Chile
  Brazil
  Colombia
Reallocation 1 1   Mexico
TOTAL 6 11
  • Mexico was given an extra quota to compete in the event.

Women's C1 200m

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Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship 6 6   Brazil
  Canada
  Ecuador
  Guatemala
  Mexico
  United States
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 3   Cuba
  Chile
  Colombia
TOTAL 9 6

References

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  1. ^ "City of Lakes welcomes Pan-Am paddlers". CTV News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. The championship runs until Sunday and serves as a qualifier for the 2019 Pan-American games in Peru
  2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (14 September 2018). "Canadian success continues at Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 15 September 2018. In many disciplines, the Championships will serve as a qualifier for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.
  3. ^ a b c d "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ Aline, Mona (28 May 2019). "COPAC is proud to announce the Quota Distribution for Canoe Slalom and Extreme Slalom". www.copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Accepted Quotas 2019 Lima Games Doubling options" (PDF). www.copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. ^ Aline, Mona (5 June 2019). "COPAC is proud to announce the Quota Distribution for Canoe Sprint". www.copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 9 June 2019.