# 2018 Pan American Surf Games

The 2018 Pan American Surf Games, also referred to as PASA Games 2018 and officially named 2018 Pan American Claro Games for sponsorship reasons, was the fourteenth edition of the Pan American Surf Games the main competition organized by the Pan American Surf Association. It was held at Punta Rocas Beach in Punta Negra District, Lima, Peru from 2 to 8 December 2018.
270 athletes from 20 national teams competes in 8 surfing events; comprising Open (shortboard), Longboard, SUP surf and SUP race each for men and women.
Defending champions Peru won the competition for the fifth time with a total of 12,502 points and 2 out of the 8 gold medals at stake. Brazil finished second with 11,953 points and 1 gold medal. Argentina (9,986 points) and Costa Rica (9,623 points and 1 gold medal) were third and fourth respectively.

## Schedule

The games were held over a 7-day period, from 2 to 8 December. The opening ceremony took place on 2 December, with the competitions starting on 3 December.
| QR1 | Qualifying round 1 | QR2 | Qualifying round 2 | QR3 | Qualifying round 3 | QR4 | Qualifying round 4 | SF | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 |
| Men's Open | | | | | QR1 (16) | QR1 (16) | QR1 (2) | QR2 (7) | QR2 (2) | QR3 (6) | QR4 (3) | SF (2) | F (1) |
| Men's Longboard | | | | QR1 (8) | QR2 (4) | QR2 (4) | SF (2) | SF (2) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) |
| Men's SUP surf | | | | QR1 (8) | | | QR2 (4) | QR2 (4) | SF (2) | SF (2) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) |
| Men's SUP race | | | | | | | SF (2) | SF (2) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) |
| Women's Open | QR1 (12) | QR2 (6) | QR3 (3) | | | | SF (2) | SF (2) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) |
| Women's Longboard | | | | QR1 (6) | QR2 (3) | QR2 (3) | SF (2) | SF (2) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) |
| Women's SUP surf | | | | QR1 (5) | QR1 (1) | QR2 (3) | | | SF (2) | SF (2) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) |
| Women's SUP race | | | | | | | SF (2) | SF (2) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) | F (1) |
| Heats (Total 123) | 12 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |

## Participating nations

20 out of the 26 national associations affiliated to Pan American Surf Association entered the competition. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 20 surfers (10 men and 10 women), with up to 4 surfers per gender in the Open event and up to 2 surfers per gender in each Longboard, SUP surf and SUP race events.
* Argentina (18)
* Barbados (4)
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Dominican Republic (6)
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Panama
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Uruguay
* United States
* United States Virgin Islands
* Venezuela

## Medal table

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Peru* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Colombia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

## Results
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | Copper | Copper |
| Open details | Francisco Bellorin Venezuela | 14.17 pts | Anthony Fillingim Costa Rica | 12.20 pts | Alonso Correa Peru | 10.70 pts | Jhonathan Corzo Mexico | 10.07 pts |
| Longboard details | Piccolo Clemente Peru | 16.50 pts | Surfiel Gil Argentina | 14.27 pts | Lucas Garrido Lecca Peru | 13.30 pts | Wenderson De Almeida Brazil | 12.73 pts |
| SUP surf details | Giorgio Gómez Colombia | 13.46 pts | Luis Diniz Brazil | 12.20 pts | Caio Vaz Brazil | 11.93 pts | Finn Spencer Canada | 10.67 pts |
| SUP race details | Itzel Delgado Peru | 24:58:60 | Vinnicius Martins Brazil | 25:02:20 | Giorgio Gómez Colombia | 25:16:85 | Zane Schweitzer United States | 25:29:89 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | Copper | Copper |
| Open details | Brisa Henessys Costa Rica | 14.50 pts | Dominic Barona Ecuador | 14.17 pts | Daniella Rosas Peru | 10.40 pts | Chelsea Tuach Barbados | 8.47 pts |
| Longboard details | Chloe Gama Brazil | 15.34 pts | Atalanta Batista Brazil | 12.47 pts | Brisa Henessys Costa Rica | 6.97 pts | Mafer Reyes Peru | 6.50 pts |
| SUP surf details | Izzi Gómez Colombia | 11.90 pts | Vania Torres Peru | 8.77 pts | Nicole Pacelli Brazil | 8.53 pts | Brissa Malaga Peru | 5.67 pts |
| SUP race details | April Zilg United States | 27:52:71 | Maricarmen Rivera Puerto Rico | 28:08:84 | Lina Augaitis Canada | 28:11:16 | Lena Ribeiro Brazil | 28:41:93 |

### Final ranking per teams

The final ranking per teams was drawn up by adding each surfer's individual points earning in the events in which they competed. Surfers obtained points according to the final position they occupied in each event. In Open, Longboard and SUP surf events, the surfers eliminated before the final occupied a certain position, as follows:
* Eliminated in round 1 (Open events): 33th place (3rd place of each heat) and 49th place (4th place of each heat)
* Eliminated in round 1 (Longboard and SUP surf) and round 2 (Open): 17th place (3rd place of each heat) and 25th place (4th place of each heat)
* Eliminated in quarter-finals: 9th place (3rd place of each heat) and 13th place (4th place of each heat)
* Eliminated in semi-finals: 5th place (3rd place of each heat) and 7th place (4th place of each heat)
Non-initiators and non-finishers surfers received zero points. Points awarded according to the position were as follows:
| | | | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 33 | 48 |
| 1000 | 860 | 730 | 670 | 610 | 583 | 555 | 528 | 500 | 488 | 475 | 462 | 450 | 438 | 425 | 413 | 400 | 395 | 390 | 385 | 380 | 360 | 320 | 240 |
The first place of the final ranking per teams was declared as the champion team of the 2018 Pan American Surf Games.
| Rank | Team | MO1 | MO2 | MO3 | MO4 | WO1 | WO2 | WO3 | WO4 | ML1 | ML2 | WL1 | WL2 | MSS1 | MSS2 | WSS1 | WSS2 | MSR1 | MSR2 | WSR1 | WSR2 | Total |
| | Peru | 730 | 555 | 488 | 488 | 730 | 555 | 488 | 390 | 1000 | 730 | 670 | 610 | 610 | 500 | 860 | 670 | 1000 | 528 | 500 | 400 | 12,502 |
| | Brazil | 610 | 450 | 345 | 345 | 450 | 360 | 300 | 300 | 670 | 610 | 1000 | 860 | 860 | 730 | 730 | 610 | 860 | 610 | 670 | 583 | 11,953 |
| | Argentina | 555 | 450 | 450 | 300 | 555 | 450 | 360 | 360 | 860 | 500 | 610 | 450 | 500 | 400 | 555 | 488 | 583 | 488 | 610 | 462 | 9,986 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 860 | 488 | 555 | — | 1000 | 450 | 390 | 390 | 555 | 500 | 730 | 390 | 450 | 360 | 390 | 390 | 390 | 380 | 555 | 400 | 9,623 |
| 5 | United States | 390 | 300 | 210 | 210 | 390 | 390 | 360 | 360 | 450 | 400 | 555 | 390 | 610 | 555 | 555 | 390 | 670 | 413 | 1000 | 370 | 8,968 |
| 6 | Canada | 390 | 390 | 300 | 210 | 488 | 450 | 390 | 360 | 400 | 360 | 555 | 450 | 670 | 555 | 450 | 450 | 475 | 380 | 730 | 475 | 8,928 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 610 | 450 | 345 | 345 | 860 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 500 | 400 | 488 | 450 | 400 | 400 | 488 | 390 | 500 | 390 | 380 | 370 | 8,666 |
| 8 | Mexico | 670 | 345 | 345 | 210 | 488 | 360 | 360 | 300 | 450 | 400 | 555 | 488 | 450 | 400 | 450 | 390 | 555 | 462 | 528 | 425 | 8,631 |
| 9 | Venezuela | 1000 | 300 | 210 | 210 | 610 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 450 | 450 | 500 | 400 | 450 | 390 | 425 | 370 | 438 | 380 | 8,283 |
| 10 | Chile | 450 | 390 | 300 | 300 | 610 | 360 | 300 | 300 | 500 | 360 | 488 | 450 | 400 | 400 | 450 | 450 | 400 | 400 | 488 | 390 | 8,186 |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 450 | 345 | 300 | 210 | 555 | 450 | 360 | — | 555 | 400 | — | — | 500 | 450 | 555 | 488 | 450 | 438 | 860 | 450 | 7,816 |
| 12 | Colombia | 345 | 300 | 300 | 210 | 450 | 300 | — | — | 360 | 360 | 390 | — | 1000 | 360 | 1000 | — | 730 | 360 | 413 | 390 | 7,268 |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | — | — | — | — | 450 | 360 | — | — | 450 | 400 | — | — | 370 | 350 | — | — | 3,580 |
| 14 | Uruguay | 360 | 240 | 240 | 240 | — | — | — | — | 610 | 400 | — | — | 360 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,840 |
| 15 | El Salvador | 390 | 300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 450 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 610 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,750 |
| 16 | Barbados | 345 | 300 | — | — | 670 | 360 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,675 |
| 17 | Guatemala | 300 | 210 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 360 | 350 | — | — | 1,220 |
| 18 | Jamaica | 300 | 210 | 210 | 210 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 930 |
| 19 | Panama | 390 | — | — | — | 360 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 750 |
| 20 | United States Virgin Islands | 210 | 210 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 420 |
Note: "—" Denotes that there were no competitors for that position