Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the Surfing at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification

A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Chile, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. In the shortboard category, a country can enter two athletes, with a maximum one in all other categories. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender). An athlete can only qualify one quota for their country.[1]

Qualification timeline

Events Date Venue
2022 ISA World SUP Championships October 28 – November 6, 2022 Puerto Rico San Juan
2022 ALAS Pro Tour January – December, 2022 Various
2023 Pan American Surfing Games April 21–30, 2023 Panama Santa Catalina
2023 ISA World Longboard Championships[2] May 7–13, 2023 El Salvador La Bocana and El Sunzal
2023 ISA World Surfing Games[3] May 30 – June 7, 2023 El Salvador La Bocana and El Sunzal

Qualification summary

The following is the qualification summary.[4]

Nation Men Women Total
Shortboard SUP surf SUP race Longboard Shortboard SUP surf SUP race Longboard Surfers
 Argentina 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 9
 Barbados 1 1
 Brazil 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 10
 Canada 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
 Chile 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 10
 Colombia 1 1 2
 Costa Rica 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8
 Ecuador 1 1 2
 El Salvador 1 1 1 3
 Mexico 2 1 1 1 5
 Nicaragua 1 1
 Panama 2 1 1 1 5
 Peru 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 10
 Puerto Rico 1 1 1 1 4
 United States 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Uruguay 1 1 1 3
 Venezuela 2 2
Total: 17 NOCs 16 9 10 9 16 9 10 9 88

Men

Shortboard

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2  Chile
 Chile
ISA World Surfing Games 5  Mexico
 Peru
 Peru
 Canada
 Mexico
PASA Surf Games 8  Brazil
 Argentina
 Panama
 Panama
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Costa Rica
 Venezuela
ALAS Latin Tour 1  Venezuela
TOTAL 16

SUP surf

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Chile
ISA World SUP Championships [5] 4  Brazil
 United States
 Mexico
 Peru
PASA Surf Games [6] 4  Canada
 Puerto Rico
 Argentina
 Costa Rica
TOTAL 9

SUP race

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Chile
ISA World SUP Championships[7] 4  United States
 Peru
 Brazil
 Argentina
PASA Surf Games [8][9] 5  Puerto Rico
 Canada
 Panama
 Uruguay
 Costa Rica
TOTAL 10

Longboard

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Chile
ISA World Longboard Championships 4  Brazil
 Peru
 Argentina
 United States
PASA Surf Games [6] 4  Uruguay
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Panama
TOTAL 9

Women

Shortboard

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 2  Chile
 Chile
ISA World Surfing Games 5  Brazil
 Canada
 Peru
 Costa Rica
 Peru
PASA Surf Games 8  Brazil
 Barbados
 Argentina
 Canada
 Colombia
 Mexico
 Argentina
 Costa Rica
ALAS Latin Tour 1  Ecuador
TOTAL 16

SUP surf

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Chile
ISA World SUP Championships [5] 4  Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
 United States
PASA Surf Games [9] 4  Peru
 Canada
 Ecuador
 El Salvador
TOTAL 9

SUP race

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Chile
ISA World SUP Championships[7] 4  United States
 Costa Rica
 Puerto Rico
 Brazil
PASA Surf Games [8][9] 5  Argentina
 Canada
 Mexico
 Peru
 Panama
TOTAL 10

Longboard

Event Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Chile
ISA World Longboard Championships 4  Peru
 Brazil
 United States
 Canada
PASA Surf Games [9] 4  Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Uruguay
 Puerto Rico
TOTAL 9

References

  1. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. ^ "ISA World Longboard Championship Returns in 2023, to be Hosted by Surf City El Salvador". www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ "ISA Announces Dates for 2023 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games". www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Los 88 de Santiago 2023" [The 88 of Santiago 2023]. www.pasasurf.org/ (in Spanish). Pan American Surf Association. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "ISAWSUPPC_2022-SUP_SURFING_Final_Results.pdf" (PDF). www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Santiago 2023 Qualification: Men's SUP Surf". www.pasasasurf.org/. Pan American Surf Association. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b "SUP TECHNICAL RACE" (PDF). www.isasurf.org/. International Surfing Association. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Juliana González and Guillerme Batista win the Technical SUP Race at the 2023 PASG". www.pasasurf.org/. Pan American Surf Association. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d "Santiago 2023 Qualification: Women's SUP Surf". www.pasasurf.org/. Pan American Surf Association. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.