# Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The main qualification event for sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships. The rest of the quota places will be awarded at the 2015 World Championships and at Continental Qualification Events.

## Qualification
### Timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships | September 8–21, 2014 | Santander |
| 2015 Laser World Championships | June 29 – July 8, 2015 | Kingston |
| 2015 Nacra 17 World Championship | July 3–11, 2015 | Aarhus |
| 2015 470 World Championships | October 10–17, 2015 | Haifa |
| 2015 RS:X World Championships | October 19–24, 2015 | Al-Mussanah |
| 2015 49er & 49erFX World Championships | November 16–21, 2015 | Buenos Aires |
| 2015 Laser Radial Women's World Championship | November 20–26, 2015 | Al-Mussanah |
| 2015 Finn World Championship | November 24–29, 2015 | Takapuna |
| Africa Qualification Events |||
| Africa Qualification Regatta (RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial) | December 4–11, 2015 | Algiers |
| Africa Qualification Regatta (470 Men) | January 12–17, 2016 | Cape Town |
| Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta (remaining events) | March 26 – April 2, 2016 | Palma de Mallorca |
| Asia Qualification Events |||
| ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao (Finn, 470, Nacra 17) | September 14–20, 2015 | Qingdao |
| 2016 Asian Sailing Championship (RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial, 49er, 49erFX) | March 5–12, 2016 | Abu Dhabi |
| Europe Qualification Events |||
| Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta (all events) | March 26 – April 2, 2016 | Palma de Mallorca |
| North & South America Qualification Events |||
| 2015 Pan American Games (Laser & Laser Radial) | July 12–19, 2015 | Toronto |
| ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami (all events) | January 25–30, 2016 | Miami |
| Oceania Qualification Events |||
| ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne (all events) | December 6–13, 2015 | Melbourne |

### Progress

| Event | 2014 WC | 2015 WC | AFR | ASI | OCE | EUR | NAM | SAM | Hosts | Tri. | Total |
| Men ||||||||||||
| Sailboard | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Laser class | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 46 |
| Finn class | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 470 class | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 49er class | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Women ||||||||||||
| Sailboard | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Laser Radial class | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| 470 class | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 49erFX class | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Mixed ||||||||||||
| Nacra 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 |

## Summary

| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Mixed | Total | Total |
| Nation | RS:X | Laser | Finn | 470 | 49er | RS:X | Laser Radial | 470 | 49erFX | Nacra 17 | Boats | Athletes |
| Algeria | X | | | | | X | X | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Angola | | X | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| Argentina | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | 9 | 13 |
| Aruba | | | | | | | X | | | X | 2 | 3 |
| Australia | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | 7 | 11 |
| Austria | | | | X | X | | | X | | X | 4 | 8 |
| Belarus | X | | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Belgium | | X | | | X | | X | | | | 3 | 4 |
| Bermuda | | X | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 15 |
| Canada | | X | X | X | | | X | | X | X | 6 | 9 |
| Cayman Islands | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Chile | | X | | X | X | | | X | X | | 5 | 9 |
| China | X | | X | X | | X | X | X | | | 6 | 8 |
| Colombia | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Cook Islands | | X | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Croatia | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | | | 6 | 8 |
| Cyprus | X | X | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | X | X | | | | | X | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Denmark | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | X | 7 | 11 |
| Egypt | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| El Salvador | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | | X | X | | | X | | | X | | 4 | 5 |
| Finland | | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | | 6 | 8 |
| France | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 15 |
| Germany | X | X | | X | X | | | X | X | X | 7 | 12 |
| Great Britain | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 15 |
| Greece | X | | X | X | | X | | | | X | 5 | 7 |
| Guatemala | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | X | | | | | X | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Hungary | X | X | X | | | X | X | | | | 5 | 5 |
| Ireland | | X | | | X | | X | | X | | 4 | 6 |
| Israel | X | | | X | | X | | X | | | 4 | 6 |
| Italy | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | 13 |
| Japan | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | 6 | 11 |
| Latvia | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | X | | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Malaysia | | X | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Mexico | X | X | | | | X | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Montenegro | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | 11 |
| New Zealand | | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | 7 | 12 |
| Norway | | X | X | | | X | X | | X | | 5 | 6 |
| Peru | | X | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Poland | X | X | | | X | X | | X | | | 5 | 7 |
| Portugal | X | X | | | X | | X | | | | 4 | 5 |
| Russia | X | X | | X | | X | | X | | | 5 | 7 |
| Saint Lucia | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Seychelles | X | X | X | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Singapore | X | X | | | | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | 10 |
| Slovenia | | | X | | | | | X | | | 2 | 3 |
| South Africa | | X | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| South Korea | X | X | | X | | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| Spain | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | 14 |
| Sweden | | X | X | X | | | X | | X | | 5 | 7 |
| Switzerland | X | | | X | X | | | X | | X | 5 | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | X | X | | | | X | X | | | | 4 | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Tunisia | | X | | | | | X | | | X | 3 | 4 |
| Turkey | X | | X | X | | X | X | | | | 5 | 6 |
| Ukraine | X | | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 15 |
| Uruguay | | | X | | | | X | | | X | 3 | 4 |
| Venezuela | X | X | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Virgin Islands | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Total: 66 NOCs | 36 | 46 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 275 | 380 |

## Men's events
### Windsurfer – RS:X

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Ricardo Santos |
| 2 | France | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Julien Bontemps | Pierre Le Coq |
| 3 | Poland | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Przemysław Miarczyński | Piotr Myszka |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Nick Dempsey | Nick Dempsey |
| 5 | Greece | 2014 Worlds | 6 | Byron Kokkalanis | Byron Kokkalanis |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Dorian van Rijsselberghe | Dorian van Rijsselberghe |
| 7 | Israel | 2014 Worlds | 11 | Nimrod Mashiah | Shahar Tzuberi |
| 8 | Germany | 2014 Worlds | 12 | Toni Wilhelm | Toni Wilhelm |
| 9 | Spain | 2014 Worlds | 13 | Iván Pastor | Iván Pastor |
| — | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 16 | JP Tobin | |
| 10 | China | 2014 Worlds | 17 | Wang Aichen | Wang Aichen |
| 11 | Cyprus | 2014 Worlds | 18 | Andreas Cariolou | Andreas Cariolou |
| 12 | Denmark | 2014 Worlds | 19 | Sebastian Fleischer | Sebastian Fleischer |
| 13 | Argentina | 2014 Worlds | 22 | Mariano Reutemann | Bautista Saubidet Birkner |
| 14 | Lithuania | 2014 Worlds | 23 | Juozas Bernotas | Juozas Bernotas |
| 15 | Italy | 2014 Worlds | 24 | Daniele Benedetti | Mattia Camboni |
| 16 | Russia | 2014 Worlds | 25 | Maksym Oberemko | Maksym Oberemko |
| 17 | Japan | 2014 Worlds | 26 | Makoto Tomizawa | Makoto Tomizawa |
| — | Norway | 2014 Worlds | 28 | Sebastian Wang-Hansen | |
| 18 | Switzerland | 2015 Worlds | 6 | Mateo Sanz Lanz | Mateo Sanz Lanz |
| 19 | South Korea | 2015 Worlds | 20 | Lee Tae-hoon | Lee Tae-hoon |
| 20 | Hungary | 2015 Worlds | 22 | Áron Gádorfalvi | Áron Gádorfalvi |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 2015 Worlds | 27 | Chun Leung Michael Cheng | Chun Leung Michael Cheng |
| 22 | Portugal | 2015 Worlds | 28 | João Rodrigues | João Rodrigues |
| 23 | Mexico | 2015 Worlds | 34 | David Mier | David Mier |
| 24 | Ukraine | 2015 Worlds | 36 | Oleksandr Tugaryev | Oleksandr Tugaryev |
| — | Sweden | 2015 Worlds | 52 | Adam Holm | |
| 25 | Chinese Taipei | 2015 Worlds | 58 | Chang Hao | Chang Hao |
| 26 | Turkey | 2015 Worlds | 68 | Pamir Saçkan | Onur Cavit Biriz |
| 27 | Czech Republic | 2015 Worlds | 75 | Karel Lavický | Karel Lavický |
| 28 | Algeria | Africa Regatta | 1 | Hamza Bouras | Hamza Bouras |
| 29 | Seychelles | Africa Regatta | 3 | Jean-Marc Gardette | Jean-Marc Gardette |
| 30 | Thailand | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 3 | Natthaphong Phonoppharat | Natthaphong Phonoppharat |
| 31 | Singapore | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 7 | Leonard Ong | Leonard Ong |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| 32 | Croatia | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 21 | Luka Mratović | Luka Mratović |
| 33 | Belarus | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 27 | Mikita Tsirkun | Mikita Tsirkun |
| — | Canada | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 20 | Zachary Plavsic | |
| 34 | United States | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 24 | Pedro Pascual | Pedro Pascual |
| 35 | Venezuela | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 31 | Daniel Flores | Daniel Flores |
| 36 | Colombia | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 36 | Santiago Grillo | Santiago Grillo |

### One-person dinghy – Laser

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Robert Scheidt |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Nicholas Heiner | Rutger van Schaardenburg |
| 3 | Australia | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Tom Burton | Tom Burton |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Nick Thompson | Nick Thompson |
| 5 | Germany | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Philipp Buhl | Philipp Buhl |
| 6 | France | 2014 Worlds | 6 | Jean-Baptiste Bernaz | Jean-Baptiste Bernaz |
| 7 | United States | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Charlie Buckingham | Charlie Buckingham |
| 8 | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 9 | Sam Meech | Sam Meech |
| 9 | Cyprus | 2014 Worlds | 10 | Pavlos Kontides | Pavlos Kontides |
| 10 | Sweden | 2014 Worlds | 13 | Jesper Stålheim | Jesper Stålheim |
| 11 | Italy | 2014 Worlds | 16 | Giovanni Coccoluto | Francesco Marrai |
| 12 | Croatia | 2014 Worlds | 22 | Tonči Stipanović | Tonči Stipanović |
| 13 | Norway | 2014 Worlds | 29 | Kristian Ruth | Kristian Ruth |
| 14 | Singapore | 2014 Worlds | 32 | Colin Cheng Xin Ru | Colin Cheng Xin Ru |
| 15 | Guatemala | 2014 Worlds | 33 | Juan Ignacio Maegli | Juan Ignacio Maegli |
| 16 | Tunisia | 2014 Worlds | 36 | Youssef Akrout | Youssef Akrout |
| 17 | Virgin Islands | 2014 Worlds | 37 | Cy Thompson | Cy Thompson |
| 18 | Ireland | 2014 Worlds | 38 | James Espey | Finn Lynch |
| 19 | Portugal | 2014 Worlds | 39 | Rui Silveira | Gustavo Lima |
| 20 | Belgium | 2014 Worlds | 42 | Wannes Van Laer | Wannes Van Laer |
| 21 | Canada | 2014 Worlds | 43 | Lee Parkhill | Lee Parkhill |
| 22 | Finland | 2014 Worlds | 45 | Kaarle Tapper | Kaarle Tapper |
| 23 | Denmark | 2014 Worlds | 47 | Thorbjørn Schierup | Michael Hansen |
| 24 | Poland | 2014 Worlds | 49 | Jonasz Stelmaszyk | Kacper Zieminski |
| 25 | Peru | 2015 Worlds | 24 | Stefano Peschiera | Stefano Peschiera |
| 26 | Argentina | 2015 Worlds | 28 | Julio Alsogaray | Julio Alsogaray |
| 27 | Estonia | 2015 Worlds | 31 | Karl-Martin Rammo | Karl-Martin Rammo |
| 28 | Chile | 2015 Worlds | 34 | Matías del Solar | Matías del Solar |
| 29 | South Korea | 2015 Worlds | 38 | Ha Jee-min | Ha Jee-min |
| 30 | South Africa | 2015 Worlds | 45 | Stefano Marcia | Stefano Marcia |
| 31 | Hungary | 2015 Worlds | 50 | Balázs Tomai | Benjámin Vadnai |
| 32 | Montenegro | 2015 Worlds | 52 | Milivoj Dukić | Milivoj Dukić |
| 33 | Spain | 2015 Worlds | 56 | Joaquín Blanco | Joaquín Blanco |
| 34 | Seychelles | Africa Regatta | 2 | Rodney Govinden | Rodney Govinden |
| 35 | Egypt | Africa Regatta | 4 | Ahmed Ragab | Ahmed Ragab |
| 36 | Malaysia | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 1 | Khairulnizam Afendy | Khairulnizam Afendy |
| 37 | Thailand | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 2 | Keerati Bualong | Keerati Bualong |
| 38 | Cook Islands | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | 23 | Taua Henry | Taua Henry |
| 39 | Russia | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 20 | Sergey Komissarov | Sergey Komissarov |
| 40 | Czech Republic | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 23 | Viktor Teplý | Viktor Teplý |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2015 Pan Am Games (NAM) | 9 | Andrew Lewis | Andrew Lewis |
| 42 | Mexico | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 43 | Yanic Gentry | Yanic Gentry |
| 43 | El Salvador | 2015 Pan Am Games (SAM) | 11 | Enrique Arathoon | Enrique Arathoon |
| 44 | Venezuela | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 58 | José Gutiérrez | José Gutiérrez |
| 45 | Angola | Tripartite | — | — | Manuel Lelo |
| 46 | Bermuda | Tripartite | — | — | Cameron Pimentel |

### Heavyweight one-person dinghy – Finn

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Jorge Zarif |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Giles Scott | Giles Scott |
| 3 | Croatia | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić |
| 4 | France | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Jonathan Lobert | Jonathan Lobert |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Josh Junior | Josh Junior |
| 6 | United States | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Caleb Paine | Caleb Paine |
| 7 | Norway | 2014 Worlds | 8 | Anders Pedersen | Anders Pedersen |
| 8 | Sweden | 2014 Worlds | 10 | Max Salminen | Max Salminen |
| 9 | Denmark | 2014 Worlds | 11 | Jonas Høgh Christensen | Jonas Høgh Christensen |
| 10 | Slovenia | 2014 Worlds | 12 | Vasilij Žbogar | Vasilij Žbogar |
| 11 | Australia | 2014 Worlds | 13 | Jake Lilley | Jake Lilley |
| 12 | Hungary | 2014 Worlds | 15 | Zsombor Berecz | Zsombor Berecz |
| 13 | Finland | 2014 Worlds | 16 | Tapio Nirkko | Tapio Nirkko |
| 14 | Netherlands | 2015 Worlds | 6 | Pieter-Jan Postma | Pieter-Jan Postma |
| 15 | Greece | 2015 Worlds | 9 | Ioannis Mitakis | Ioannis Mitakis |
| 16 | Estonia | 2015 Worlds | 11 | Deniss Karpak | Deniss Karpak |
| 17 | Uruguay | 2015 Worlds | 17 | Alejandro Foglia | Alejandro Foglia |
| 18 | Italy | 2015 Worlds | 24 | Giorgio Poggi | Giorgio Poggi |
| 19 | Seychelles | Princess Sofia (Africa) | 56 | Allan Julie | Allan Julie |
| 20 | China | ISAF World Cup (Asia) | 1 | Gong Lei | Gong Lei |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| 21 | Turkey | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 18 | Alican Kaynar | Alican Kaynar |
| 22 | Canada | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 13 | Tom Ramshaw | Tom Ramshaw |
| 23 | Argentina | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 10 | Facundo Olezza | Facundo Olezza |

### Two-person dinghy – 470

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Bruno Bethlem Henrique Haddad |
| 2 | Australia | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Mathew Belcher William Ryan | Mathew Belcher William Ryan |
| 3 | Croatia | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | Šime Fantela Igor Marenić |
| 4 | Greece | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis | Pavlos Kagialis Panagiotis Mantis |
| 5 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Luke Patience Elliot Willis | Luke Patience Chris Grube |
| 6 | United States | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Stuart McNay David Hughes | Stuart McNay David Hughes |
| 7 | Japan | 2014 Worlds | 6 | Tetsuya Matsunaga Yugo Yoshida | Kazuto Doi Kimihiko Imamura |
| 8 | Spain | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Jordi Xammar Joan Herp | Jordi Xammar Joan Herp |
| 9 | France | 2014 Worlds | 8 | Guillaume Pirouelle Valentin Sipan | Sofian Bouvet Jérémie Mion |
| 10 | Russia | 2014 Worlds | 10 | Pavel Sozykin Denis Gribanov | Pavel Sozykin Denis Gribanov |
| 11 | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 12 | Paul Snow-Hansen Daniel Willcox | Paul Snow-Hansen Daniel Willcox |
| 12 | Austria | 2014 Worlds | 13 | Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid | Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid |
| 13 | Switzerland | 2014 Worlds | 14 | Yannick Brauchli Romuald Hausser | Yannick Brauchli Romuald Hausser |
| 14 | Sweden | 2014 Worlds | 15 | Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström | Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström |
| 15 | Finland | 2015 Worlds | 5 | Joonas Lindgren Niklas Lindgren | Joonas Lindgren Niklas Lindgren |
| 16 | Germany | 2015 Worlds | 9 | Ferdinand Gerz Oliver Szymanski | Ferdinand Gerz Oliver Szymanski |
| 17 | Argentina | 2015 Worlds | 18 | Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente | Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente |
| 18 | Turkey | 2015 Worlds | 19 | Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar | Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar |
| 19 | South Africa | 2015 Worlds | 21 | Asenathi Jim Roger Hudson | Asenathi Jim Roger Hudson |
| 20 | Israel | 2015 Worlds | 24 | Dan Froyliche Eyal Levin | Dan Froyliche Eyal Levin |
| 21 | South Korea | 2015 Worlds | 29 | Kim Chang-ju Kim Ji-hoon | Kim Chang-ju Kim Ji-hoon |
| 22 | Angola | Africa Regatta | 6 | Matias Montinho Paixão Afonso | Matias Montinho Paixão Afonso |
| 23 | China | ISAF World Cup (Asia) | 1 | Wang Chao Lan Hao | Wang Wei Xu Zangjun |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| 24 | Ukraine | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 14 | Borys Shvets Pavlo Matsuyev | Borys Shvets Pavlo Matsuyev |
| 25 | Canada | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 7 | Jacob Saunders Graeme Saunders | Jacob Saunders Graeme Saunders |
| 26 | Chile | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 18 | Andres Ducasse Francisco Ducasse | Andres Ducasse Francisco Ducasse |

### Skiff – 49er

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Gabriel Borges Marco Grael |
| 2 | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Peter Burling Blair Tuke | Peter Burling Blair Tuke |
| 3 | Denmark | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Jonas Warrer Anders Thomsen | Jonas Warrer Christian Peter Lübeck |
| 4 | Australia | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen | Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen |
| 5 | Austria | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch | Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch |
| 6 | Portugal | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Jorge Lima José Costa | Jorge Lima José Costa |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 6 | John Pink Stuart Bithell | Dylan Fletcher Alain Sign |
| 8 | Ireland | 2014 Worlds | 8 | Ryan Seaton Matt McGovern | Ryan Seaton Matt McGovern |
| 9 | France | 2014 Worlds | 9 | Emmanuel Dyen Stéphane Christidis | Noé Delpech Julien d'Ortoli |
| 10 | Spain | 2014 Worlds | 10 | Carlos Paz Antón Paz Blanco | Diego Botín Iago López |
| 11 | Italy | 2014 Worlds | 12 | Stefano Cherin Andrea Tesei | Ruggero Tita Pietro Zucchetti |
| 12 | Poland | 2015 Worlds | 4 | Paweł Kołodziński Łukasz Przybytek | Paweł Kołodziński Łukasz Przybytek |
| 13 | Germany | 2015 Worlds | 5 | Erik Heil Thomas Plößel | Erik Heil Thomas Plößel |
| 14 | Argentina | 2015 Worlds | 6 | Klaus Lange Yago Lange | Klaus Lange Yago Lange |
| 15 | Croatia | 2015 Worlds | 12 | Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać | Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać |
| 16 | Belgium | 2015 Worlds | 19 | Yannick Lefèbvre Tom Pelsmaekers | Yannick Lefèbvre Tom Pelsmaekers |
| — | Canada | 2015 Worlds | 41 | David Mori Justin Barnes | |
| 17 | Switzerland | 2015 Worlds | 43 | Lucien Cujean Sébastien Schneiter | Lucien Cujean Sébastien Schneiter |
| — | | Princess Sofia (Africa) | | | |
| 18 | Japan | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 1 | Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi | Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| — | Sweden | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 14 | Victor Bergström Niclas During | |
| 19 | United States | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 13 | Thomas Barrows III Joseph Morris | Thomas Barrows III Joseph Morris |
| 20 | Chile | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 39 | Benjamín Grez Cristóbal Grez | Benjamín Grez Cristóbal Grez |

## Women's events
### Windsurfer – RS:X

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Patrícia Freitas |
| 2 | France | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Charline Picon | Charline Picon |
| 3 | Spain | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Marina Alabau | Marina Alabau |
| 4 | Israel | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Maayan Davidovich | Maayan Davidovich |
| 5 | China | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Wu Jiahui | Chen Peina |
| 6 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Bryony Shaw | Bryony Shaw |
| 7 | Italy | 2014 Worlds | 6 | Flavia Tartaglini | Flavia Tartaglini |
| 8 | Poland | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Zofia Noceti-Klepacka | Małgorzata Białecka |
| 9 | Netherlands | 2014 Worlds | 10 | Lilian de Geus | Lilian de Geus |
| 10 | Finland | 2014 Worlds | 15 | Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén | Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén |
| 11 | Russia | 2014 Worlds | 19 | Stefania Elfutina | Stefania Elfutina |
| — | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 21 | Natalia Kosinska | |
| 12 | Estonia | 2014 Worlds | 23 | Ingrid Puusta | Ingrid Puusta |
| 13 | Mexico | 2014 Worlds | 24 | Demita Vega | Demita Vega |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 2015 Worlds | 11 | Hei Man Hayley Chan | Sin Lam Sonia Lo |
| 15 | Japan | 2015 Worlds | 21 | Megumi Iseda | Megumi Iseda |
| 16 | Norway | 2015 Worlds | 29 | Maria Mollestad | Maria Mollestad |
| — | Australia | 2015 Worlds | 31 | Joanna Sterling | |
| 17 | Denmark | 2015 Worlds | 36 | Lærke Buhl-Hansen | Lærke Buhl-Hansen |
| 18 | Greece | 2015 Worlds | 38 | Angeliki Skarlatou | Angeliki Skarlatou |
| 19 | United States | 2015 Worlds | 39 | Farrah Hall | Marion Lepert |
| 20 | Turkey | 2015 Worlds | 47 | Dilara Uralp | Dilara Uralp |
| — | Sweden | 2015 Worlds | 48 | Fanny Baumann | |
| — | Germany | 2015 Worlds | 54 | Stefanie Schwarz | |
| 21 | Latvia | 2015 Worlds | 55 | Ketija Birzule | Ketija Birzule |
| 22 | Singapore | 2015 Worlds | 56 | Nicole Lim | Audrey Yong |
| 23 | Algeria | Africa Regatta | 1 | Katia Belabas | Katia Belabas |
| 24 | Thailand | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 2 | Siripon Kaewduangngam | Siripon Kaewduangngam |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| 25 | Hungary | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 35 | Sára Cholnoky | Sára Cholnoky |
| — | Canada | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 31 | Olivia Mew | |
| 26 | Argentina | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 26 | María Celia Tejerina | María Celia Tejerina |

### One-person dinghy – Laser Radial

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Fernanda Decnop |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Marit Bouwmeester | Marit Bouwmeester |
| 3 | Sweden | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Josefin Olsson | Josefin Olsson |
| 4 | Belgium | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Evi Van Acker | Evi Van Acker |
| 5 | Finland | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Tuula Tenkanen | Tuula Tenkanen |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Veronika Fenclová | Veronika Fenclová |
| 7 | Croatia | 2014 Worlds | 6 | Tina Mihelić | Tina Mihelić |
| 8 | Denmark | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Anne-Marie Rindom | Anne-Marie Rindom |
| 9 | France | 2014 Worlds | 8 | Mathilde de Kerangat | Mathilde de Kerangat |
| 10 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 9 | Alison Young | Alison Young |
| — | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 12 | Sara Winther | |
| 11 | China | 2014 Worlds | 13 | Zhang Dongshuang | Xu Lijia |
| 12 | United States | 2014 Worlds | 14 | Erika Reineke | Paige Railey |
| 13 | Italy | 2014 Worlds | 17 | Silvia Zennaro | Silvia Zennaro |
| 14 | Canada | 2014 Worlds | 18 | Isabella Bertold | Brenda Bowskill |
| 15 | Singapore | 2014 Worlds | 19 | Elizabeth Yue Ling Yin | Elizabeth Yue Ling Yin |
| 16 | Ireland | 2014 Worlds | 20 | Annalise Murphy | Annalise Murphy |
| 17 | Norway | 2014 Worlds | 21 | Marthe Enger Eide | Tiril Bue |
| 18 | Lithuania | 2014 Worlds | 22 | Viktorija Andrulytė | Gintarė Scheidt |
| 19 | Belarus | 2014 Worlds | 23 | Tatiana Drozdovskaya | Tatiana Drozdovskaya |
| 20 | Japan | 2015 Worlds | 8 | Manami Doi | Manami Doi |
| 21 | Australia | 2015 Worlds | 11 | Ashley Stoddart | Ashley Stoddart |
| 22 | Turkey | 2015 Worlds | 13 | Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş | Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş |
| 23 | Argentina | 2015 Worlds | 21 | Lucía Falasca | Lucía Falasca |
| 24 | Spain | 2015 Worlds | 23 | Alicia Cebrián | Alicia Cebrián |
| 25 | Tunisia | Africa Regatta | 1 | Ines Gmati | Ines Gmati |
| 26 | Algeria | Africa Regatta | 2 | Imène Cherif-Sahraoui | Imène Cherif-Sahraoui |
| 27 | Thailand | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 1 | Kamolwan Chanyim | Kamolwan Chanyim |
| 28 | Malaysia | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 2 | Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif | Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif |
| 29 | Cook Islands | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | 13 | Teau McKenzie | Teau McKenzie |
| 30 | Hungary | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 8 | Mária Érdi | Mária Érdi |
| 31 | Portugal | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 13 | Sara Carmo | Sara Carmo |
| 32 | Aruba | 2015 Pan Am Games (NAM) | 4 | Philipine van Aanholt | Philipine van Aanholt |
| 33 | Bermuda | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 40 | Cecilia Wollmann | Cecilia Wollmann |
| 34 | Uruguay | 2015 Pan Am Games (SAM) | 2 | Dolores Moreira | Dolores Moreira |
| 35 | Peru | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 36 | Paloma Schmidt | Paloma Schmidt |
| 36 | Cayman Islands | Tripartite | — | — | Florence Allan |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | Tripartite | — | — | Stephanie Devaux-Lovell |

### Two-person dinghy – 470

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Ana Barbachan Fernanda Oliveira |
| 2 | Austria | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar | Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | Jo Aleh Polly Powrie |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Hannah Mills Saskia Clark | Hannah Mills Saskia Clark |
| 5 | France | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance | Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance |
| 6 | Slovenia | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol | Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol |
| 7 | Netherlands | 2014 Worlds | 6 | Michelle Broekhuizen Marieke Jongens | Afrodite Kyranakou Anneloes van Veen |
| 8 | United States | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Annie Haeger Briana Provancha | Annie Haeger Briana Provancha |
| 9 | Japan | 2014 Worlds | 8 | Ai Kondo Miho Yoshioka | Ai Kondo Miho Yoshioka |
| 10 | Russia | 2014 Worlds | 11 | Alisa Kirilyuk Liudmila Dmitrieva | Alisa Kirilyuk Liudmila Dmitrieva |
| 11 | China | 2014 Worlds | 15 | Chen Shasha Gao Haiyan | Huang Lizhu Wang Xiaoli |
| 12 | Poland | 2015 Worlds | 6 | Agnieszka Skrzypulec Irmina Gliszczyńska | Agnieszka Skrzypulec Irmina Gliszczyńska |
| 13 | Germany | 2015 Worlds | 8 | Annika Bochmann Marlene Steinherr | Annika Bochmann Marlene Steinherr |
| 14 | Australia | 2015 Worlds | 9 | Carrie Smith Jaime Ryan | Carrie Smith Jaime Ryan |
| 15 | Spain | 2015 Worlds | 10 | Marina Gallego Fatima Reyes | Bàrbara Cornudella Sara López |
| 16 | Switzerland | 2015 Worlds | 11 | Linda Fahrni Maja Siegenthaler | Linda Fahrni Maja Siegenthaler |
| 17 | Italy | 2015 Worlds | 20 | Roberta Caputo Alice Sinno | Elena Berta Alice Sinno |
| — | | Princess Sofia (Africa) | | | |
| 18 | Singapore | ISAF World Cup (Asia) | 13 | Lee Shu Xian Priscilla Low | Jovina Choo Amanda Ng |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| 19 | Israel | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 9 | Nina Amir Gil Cohen | Nina Amir Gil Cohen |
| — | Canada | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 12 | Allison Surrette Alexandra Ten Hove | |
| 20 | Chile | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 9 | Nadja Horwitz Sofia Middleton | Nadja Horwitz Sofia Middleton |

### Skiff – 49erFX

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Martine Grael Kahena Kunze |
| 2 | Denmark | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Ida Marie Baad Nielsen Marie Thusgaard Olsen | Jena Mai Hansen Katja Salskov-Iversen |
| 3 | Italy | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Giulia Conti Francesca Clapcich | Giulia Conti Francesca Clapcich |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz | Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz |
| 5 | Germany | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Victoria Jurczok Anika Lorenz | Victoria Jurczok Anika Lorenz |
| 6 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Charlotte Dobson Sophie Ainsworth | Charlotte Dobson Sophie Ainsworth |
| 7 | Spain | 2014 Worlds | 8 | Támara Echegoyen Berta Betanzos | Támara Echegoyen Berta Betanzos |
| 8 | Sweden | 2014 Worlds | 9 | Lisa Ericson Hanna Klinga | Lisa Ericson Hanna Klinga |
| — | Australia | 2014 Worlds | 11 | Tess Lloyd Caitlin Eks | |
| 9 | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 12 | Alex Maloney Molly Meech | Alex Maloney Molly Meech |
| 10 | France | 2014 Worlds | 17 | Sarah Steyaert Julie Bossard | Sarah Steyaert Aude Compan |
| 11 | Argentina | 2015 Worlds | 11 | Victoria Travascio Maria Sol Branz | Victoria Travascio Maria Sol Branz |
| 12 | Singapore | 2015 Worlds | 13 | Griselda Khng Sara Tan | Griselda Khng Sara Tan |
| 13 | Canada | 2015 Worlds | 17 | Danielle Boyd Erin Rafuse | Danielle Boyd Erin Rafuse |
| 14 | Norway | 2015 Worlds | 18 | Ragna Agerup Maia Agerup | Ragna Agerup Maia Agerup |
| 15 | Ireland | 2015 Worlds | 19 | Andrea Brewster Saskia Tidey | Andrea Brewster Saskia Tidey |
| — | Croatia | 2015 Worlds | 24 | Enia Ninčević Marina Dujmović | |
| — | Austria | 2015 Worlds | 28 | Laura Schöfegger Elsa Lovrek | |
| 16 | Estonia | 2015 Worlds | 35 | Kätlin Tammiste Anna Maria Sepp | Kätlin Tammiste Anna Maria Sepp |
| — | | Princess Sofia (Africa) | | | |
| 17 | Japan | ASAF Cup (Asia) | 1 | Keiko Miyagawa Sena Takano | Keiko Miyagawa Sena Takano |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| 18 | Finland | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 9 | Camilla Cedercreutz Noora Ruskola | Camilla Cedercreutz Noora Ruskola |
| 19 | United States | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 17 | Paris Henken Helena Scutt | Paris Henken Helena Scutt |
| 20 | Chile | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 27 | Arantza Gumucio Begoña Gumucio | Arantza Gumucio Begoña Gumucio |

## Mixed events
### Multihull – Nacra 17

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Brazil | Host Country | — | — | Samuel Albrecht Isabel Swan |
| 2 | France | 2014 Worlds | 1 | Billy Besson Marie Riou | Billy Besson Marie Riou |
| 3 | Argentina | 2014 Worlds | 2 | Santiago Lange Cecilia Carranza Saroli | Santiago Lange Cecilia Carranza Saroli |
| 4 | Australia | 2014 Worlds | 3 | Jason Waterhouse Lisa Darmanin | Jason Waterhouse Lisa Darmanin |
| 5 | Italy | 2014 Worlds | 4 | Vittorio Bissaro Silvia Sicouri | Vittorio Bissaro Silvia Sicouri |
| 6 | New Zealand | 2014 Worlds | 5 | Gemma Jones Jason Saunders | Gemma Jones Jason Saunders |
| 7 | Switzerland | 2014 Worlds | 6 | Matías Bühler Nathalie Brugger | Matías Bühler Nathalie Brugger |
| 8 | Great Britain | 2014 Worlds | 7 | Lucy MacGregor Andrew Walsh | Ben Saxton Nicola Groves |
| 9 | Denmark | 2014 Worlds | 11 | Allan Nørregaard Line Just Emsvang | Allan Nørregaard Anette Viborg Andreasen |
| 10 | Austria | 2014 Worlds | 14 | Thomas Zajac Tanja Frank | Thomas Zajac Tanja Frank |
| 11 | Netherlands | 2014 Worlds | 18 | Coen de Koning Mandy Mulder | Coen de Koning Mandy Mulder |
| 12 | Germany | 2015 Worlds | 5 | Paul Kohlhoff Carolina Werner | Paul Kohlhoff Carolina Werner |
| 13 | Aruba | 2015 Worlds | 7 | Nicole van der Velden Thijs Visser | Nicole van der Velden Thijs Visser |
| 14 | Spain | 2015 Worlds | 9 | Iker Martínez Marina López | Fernando Echavarri Tara Pacheco |
| 15 | United States | 2015 Worlds | 19 | Matthew Whitehead Sarah Newbery | Bora Gulari Louisa Chafee |
| 16 | Tunisia | Princess Sofia (Africa) | 41 | Hedi Gharbi Rihab Hammami | Hedi Gharbi Rihab Hammami |
| 17 | Singapore | ISAF World Cup (Asia) | 1 | Justin Liu Denise Lim | Justin Liu Denise Lim |
| — | | ISAF World Cup (Oceania) | | | |
| 18 | Greece | Princess Sofia (Europe) | 16 | Michail Pateniotis Sofia Bekatorou | Michail Pateniotis Sofia Bekatorou |
| 19 | Canada | ISAF World Cup (NAM) | 15 | Luke Ramsay Nikola Girke | Luke Ramsay Nikola Girke |
| 20 | Uruguay | ISAF World Cup (SAM) | 33 | Pablo Defazio Mariana Foglia | Pablo Defazio Mariana Foglia |