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

Events	Date	Venue
2018 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships^[1]^[2]	September 13–16 2018	Dartmouth
2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships	TBD	TBD

Qualification system

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

NOC	Slalom						Sprint												Total
	Men			Women			Men						Women						Boats	Athletes
	K1	C1	EK1	K1	C1	EK1	K1 200	K1 1000	K2 1000	K4 1000	C1 1000	C2 1000	K1 200	K1 500	K2 500	K4 500	C1 200	C2 500	Boats	Athletes
Argentina							X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X			8	12
Belize								X						X					2	2
Brazil							X	X	X	X	X	X		X			X	X	9	10
Canada							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	16
Chile							X				X		X	X	X	X	X	X	8	8
Colombia								X			X	X	X		X		X	X	7	9
Cuba							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12	12
Ecuador							X		X						X		X		4	6
Guatemala																	X		1	1
Jamaica								X											1	1
Mexico							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		10	13
Peru	X			X															2	2
Puerto Rico									X					X					2	3
Trinidad and Tobago								X											1	1
United States								X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		10	13
Uruguay								X	X										2	3
Total: 16 NOCs	9	8	9	8	5	5	7	8	9	6	8	5	7	9	8	6	9	5		169

Slalom

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). A further 5 spots will be available for each extreme event. All athletes qualified in slalom can compete in the extreme events.^[3]

Qualification table

Event	K1 Men	C1 Men	K1 Women	C1 Women	Extreme K1 Men	Extreme K1 Women
2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships	Peru		Peru
Total 1 NOC's	9	8	9	8	5	5

Sprint

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. The host nation must qualify to compete, and in the chance they do not qualify a single boat they will receive one wild card spot, however they must have competed at the qualifying tournament. Peru did not compete in the tournament and therefore will not receive any quotas in sprint. An athlete qualifying in event can compete in another event, as long as no other boat from their country is competing.^[3]

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.

Men's K4 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total	Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship	6	24	Canada Argentina Mexico Brazil Cuba United States
TOTAL	6	24

Men's K2 1000m

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
TOTAL	9	10

Men's K1 1000m

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
Wildcard	1	1	Jamaica
TOTAL	10	6

Men's K1 200m

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
TOTAL	7	5

Men's C2 1000m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total	Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship	5	10	Cuba Brazil Canada Mexico Colombia
TOTAL	5	10

Men's C1 1000m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total	Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship	6	6	Argentina Canada Chile Colombia Mexico United States
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	2	—	Cuba Brazil
TOTAL	8	6

Women's K4 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total	Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship	6	24	Canada Mexico Argentina Chile Cuba United States
TOTAL	6	24

Women's K2 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total	Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship	5 2	10 4	Ecuador Colombia
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	6	—	Canada Mexico Argentina Chile Cuba United States
TOTAL	8	10 4

Women's K1 500m

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
TOTAL	9	3

Women's K1 200m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total	Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship	5 3	5 3	Canada Argentina Colombia
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	4	—	Mexico Chile Cuba United States
TOTAL	7	3

Women's C2 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total	Qualified
2018 Pan American Championship	5	10	Canada Cuba Chile Brazil Colombia
TOTAL	5	10

Women's C1 200m

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

^ "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
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[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.

[manual-3] "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games
Qualification
Slalom
C-1	men	women
K-1	men	women
Extreme K-1	men	women
Sprint
C-1 200 m		women
C-2 500 m		women
C-1 1000 m	men
C-2 1000 m	men
K-1 200 m	men	women
K-1 500 m		women
K-1 1000 m	men
K-2 500 m		women
K-2 1000 m	men
K-4 500 m	men	women
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