Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

See main article: Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games. 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	Dartmouth
2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships	April 26–28	Três Coroas

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
	width=33 colspan=3	Men !	Women			Men						Women						width=50 rowspan="2"	Boats !	width=50 rowspan="2"	Athletes
	width=33	K1!	width=33	C1!	width=33	EK1 !	width=33	K1 !	width=33	C1!	width=33	EK1!	width=33	K1 200 !	width=33	K1 1000 !	width=33	K2 1000 !	width=33	K4 500 !	width=33	C1 1000 !	width=33	C2 1000 !	width=33	K1 200 !	width=33	K1 500 !	width=33	K2 500 !	width=33	K4 500!	width=33	C1 200!	width=33	C2 500
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X			15	17
							X	X					X	X	X				5	3
	X		X																2	1
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X	16	15
	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	20
	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X		X	X	X	X	X	X	14	12
							X	X									X	X	4	3
	X	X																	2	1
							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12	12
							X	X	X		X								4	3
							X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X		9	6
							X	X									X		3	2
							X	X											2	1
	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	19
				X	X														2	1
	X	X		X	X								X	X	X	X			8	8
							X	X	X				X	X					5	3
							X	X	X										3	2
	X	X		X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		14	17
								X	X	X	X								4	5
	X	X		X	X	X					X	X	X	X	X	X			11	11
Total: 21 NOCs	10	9	5	9	9	4	16	16	11	7	11	6	12	12	10	8	9	6	170	165

Slalom

A total of 44 quota spots are available in slalom (34 in slalom and 10 in extreme). 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). One wild card spot will also be allocated A further 5 spots will be available for each extreme event. All athletes qualified in slalom can compete in the extreme events.^[3] At the end of qualification, one spot in kayak women, women's extreme kayak and men's canoe slalom along with the wild card quota (for a total of four quotas) were not used.^[4] ^[5]

Qualification table

width=170	Event!	width=120	K1 Men !	width=120	C1 Men !	width=120	K1 Women !	width=120	C1 Women!	width=120	Extreme K1 Men !	width=130	Extreme K1 Women

Total 11 NOC's	10	9	9	9	5	4

Countries in italics are double starters (the athlete qualified in another event but is also starting in the other event). Countries are listed in alphabetical order.
Note: Total quotas awarded were 40 (9 in men's kayak, 7 in men's canoe, 8 in both women's kayak and canoe, 5 in men's extreme and 4 in women's kayak). The total numbers above reflect double starters.
Other countries may double up until the conclusion of entries.

Sprint

A total of 125 quotas were distributed. 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. An athlete qualifying in event can compete in another event, as long as no other boat from their country is competing.^[3] ^[6]

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. Argentina qualified an extra slot in kayak (11 in total) which will need to be reallocated, leaving a total of 17 spots to be reallocated.

Three nations: Dominican Republic, Venezuela and host nation Peru received reallocated quotas even though they did not compete at the qualifiers.

Men's K4 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	6	24
Reallocation	1	1
TOTAL	7	25

Uruguay received an extra kayak slot to enter a boat.

Men's K2 1000m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5	10
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	4	align=center
Reallocation	2	3
TOTAL	11	13

Trinidad and Tobago received one extra athlete slot to enter in this event.

Men's K1 1000m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5	5
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	4	align=center
Entries from other events	5	align=center
Reallocation	1	1
Wildcard	1	1
TOTAL	16	7

Men's K1 200m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5	5
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	2	align=center
Entries from other events	9	align=center
TOTAL	17	5

Men's C2 1000m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	4	8
Reallocation	2	4
TOTAL	6	12

Colombia declined its two athlete quotas.

Men's C1 1000m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5	5
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	2	align=center
Entries from other events	2	align=center
Reallocation	2	2
TOTAL	10	7

Colombia declined its quota

Women's K4 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	6	24
Reallocation	2	8
TOTAL	8	32

Women's K2 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5 1	10 2
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	6	align=center
Entries from other events	2	align=center
Reallocation	1	1
TOTAL	10	10 3

Colombia declined its quota.
Belize was given an extra quota to compete in the event.

Women's K1 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5 3	5 3
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	6	align=center
Entries from other events	3	align=center
TOTAL	12	3

Women's K1 200m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5 2	5 2
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	4	align=center
Entries from other events	5	align=center
TOTAL	11	2

Women's C2 500m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	5	10
Reallocation	1	1
TOTAL	6	11

Mexico was given an extra quota to compete in the event.

Women's C1 200m

Competition	Boats	Athlete total
2018 Pan American Championship	6	6
2018 Pan American Championship required to compete	3	align=center
TOTAL	9	6

Notes and References

News: City of Lakes welcomes Pan-Am paddlers. 13 September 2018. CTV News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 13 September 2018. The championship runs until Sunday and serves as a qualifier for the 2019 Pan-American games in Peru.
Web site: Canadian success continues at Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships. Pavitt. Michael. 14 September 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 15 September 2018. In many disciplines, the Championships will serve as a qualifier for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima..
Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 29 May 2018.
Web site: COPAC is proud to announce the Quota Distribution for Canoe Slalom and Extreme Slalom. Aline. Mona. 28 May 2019. www.copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). 28 May 2019.
Web site: Accepted Quotas 2019 Lima Games Doubling options. 28 May 2019. www.copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). 28 May 2019.
Web site: COPAC is proud to announce the Quota Distribution for Canoe Sprint. Aline. Mona. 5 June 2019. www.copaconline.com/. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). 9 June 2019.