# Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification
## 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 | Men | Women | Women | Women | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open | Total | Total |
| Nation | RS:X | Laser | RS:X | Laser Radial | 49erFX | Sunfish | Snipe | Lightning | Hobie 16 | J/24 | Boats | Athletes |
| Argentina | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 9 | 16 |
| Aruba | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Bermuda | | X | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 18 |
| Canada | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 18 |
| Chile | | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 7 | 14 |
| Colombia | X | X | | | | | X | X | | | 4 | 7 |
| Cuba | | | | X | | | X | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Ecuador | | | | X | | X | X | X | | | 4 | 7 |
| El Salvador | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Guatemala | | X | | X | | X | | | X | | 4 | 5 |
| Mexico | X | X | X | X | | X | | | X | X | 7 | 11 |
| Peru | | X | X | X | | X | X | | | X | 6 | 10 |
| Puerto Rico | | X | | | | X | X | | X | | 4 | 5 |
| Saint Lucia | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | X | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | 9 | 14 |
| Uruguay | | X | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Venezuela | X | X | | X | | X | | | X | | 5 | 6 |
| Virgin Islands | | X | | | X | X | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| Total: 20 NOCs | 7 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 93 | 148 |

## RS:X men

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 26 – February 1 | 1 | Brazil |
| 2014 North American Championship | Cancun | February 19 – 23 | 2 | Mexico United States |
| 2014 South American Championship | Buenos Aires | December 3 – 7 | 2 | Argentina Venezuela |
| 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 25 – 31 | 1 | Colombia |
| TOTAL | | | 7 | |

## Laser Standard men

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 26 – February 1 | 1 | Brazil |
| 2014 North American Championship | Long Beach | June 12 – 15 | 4 | United States Virgin Islands Trinidad and Tobago Peru |
| 2014 South American Championship | Paracas | October 18 – 26 | 4 | Guatemala Argentina Chile El Salvador |
| 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 25 – 31 | 5 4 | Venezuela Dominican Republic Uruguay Puerto Rico Colombia |
| Wildcard | — | March 20, 2015 | 1 | Bermuda |
| Reallocation | — | — | 1 | Mexico |
| TOTAL | | | 16 | |
* The Dominican Republic declined the quota.

## RS:X women

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 26 – February 1 | 1 | Mexico |
| 2014 North American Championship | Cancun | February 19 – 23 | 1 | United States |
| 2014 South American Championship | Buenos Aires | December 3 – 7 | 2 | Brazil Argentina |
| 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 25 – 31 | 1 | Peru |
| TOTAL | | | 6 | |

## Laser Radial women

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 26 – February 1 | 1 | United States |
| 2014 North American Championship | Long Beach | June 12 – 15 | 4 | Peru Guatemala Venezuela Brazil |
| 2014 South American Championship | Paracas | October 18 – 26 | 4 | Chile Argentina Uruguay Aruba |
| 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 25 – 31 | 3 | Mexico Saint Lucia Bermuda |
| Wildcards | — | March 20, 2015 | 3 | Cuba Ecuador Trinidad and Tobago |
| TOTAL | | | 16 | |

## 49erFX women

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 South American Championship | Rio de Janeiro | November 5 – 8 | 3 | Brazil Argentina Chile |
| 2015 Miami Olympic Classes Regatta | Miami | January 25 – 31 | 2 | United States Virgin Islands |
| TOTAL | | | 6 | |

## Sunfish open

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 Midwinters | Pensacola | March 27 – 29 | 2 | Ecuador United States |
| 2014 North American Championship | Long Beach | July 28 – August 2 | 4 | Chile Peru Guatemala Mexico |
| 2014 South American and Caribbean Championship | Paracas | November 17 – 21 | 4 | Venezuela Brazil Argentina Puerto Rico |
| 2015 Midwinters | Melbourne | March 20 – 22 | 1 | Virgin Islands |
| TOTAL | | | 12 | |

## Snipe open

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2013 South American Championship | Montevideo | March 27 – 30 | 2 | Brazil Argentina |
| 2014 South American Championship | Porto Alegre | April 16 – 20 | 2 | Peru Chile |
| 2015 Midwinters | San Diego | September 6 – 13 | 5 | Puerto Rico United States Cuba Ecuador Colombia |
| TOTAL | | | 10 | |

## Lightning mixed

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 North American Championship | Sheboygan | August 9 – 15 | 3 | United States Chile Brazil |
| 2014 South American Championship | Salinas | December 4 – 7 | 3 | Argentina Ecuador Colombia |
| TOTAL | | | 7 | |

## Hobie 16 open

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 North American Championship | Delaware | September 22 – 26 | 3 | Puerto Rico United States Guatemala |
| 2014 South American Championship | Pernambuco | November 6 – 9 | 3 | Mexico Brazil Venezuela |
| TOTAL | | | 7 | |

## J/24 open

| Event | Location | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Canada |
| 2014 North American Championship | Puerto Vallarta | March 16 – 21 | 2 | Peru Mexico |
| 2014 Semana de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | October 11 – 13 | 1 | Argentina |
| 2014 South American Championship | La Punta-Callao | November 10 – 16 | 2 | Brazil Chile |
| TOTAL | | | 6 | |