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 Hosts MenSailboard 18 6 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 36Laser class 23 9 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 46Finn class 12 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 23470 class 13 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2649er class 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 20 WomenSailboard 13 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 26Laser Radial class 19 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 37470 class 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2049erFX class 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 20 MixedNacra 17 10 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 20

Summary Nation Men Women Mixed TotalRS:X Laser Finn 470 49er RS:X Laser Radial 470 49erFX Nacra 17 Boats Athletes X X X 3 3 X X 2 3 X XX X X X X X X 9 13 X X 2 3 X X X X X X X 7 11 X X X X 4 8 X X 2 2 X X X 3 4 X X 2 2 X X X X X X X X X X 10 15 X XX X X X 6 9 X 1 1 X X X X X 5 9 X X X X X X 6 8 X 1 1 X X 2 2 X X X X X X 6 8 X X 2 2 XX X 3 3 X X X X X X X X 7 11 X 1 1 X 1 1 X X X X 4 5 X X X X X X 6 8 X X X X X X X X X X 10 15 X X X X X X X 7 12 X X X X X X X X X X 10 15 X X X X X 5 7 X 1 1 X X 2 2 X XX XX 5 5 X X X X 4 6 X X X X 4 6 X X X X X X X X X 9 13 X X X X X X X 6 11 X 1 1 X X 2 2 X X 2 2 X X X 3 3 X 1 1 X X X X X X X X 8 11 X X X X X X X 7 12 X X X X X 5 6 X X 2 2 X X X X X 5 7 X X X X 4 5 X X X X X 5 7 X 1 1 X X X 3 3 X X X X X X X 7 10 X X 2 3 X X 2 3 X X X 3 4 X X X X X X X X X 9 14 X X X X X 5 7 X X X X X 5 9 X 1 1 X X X X 4 4 X 1 1 X X X 3 4 X XX X X 5 6 X X 2 3 X X X X X XX X X X 10 15 X X X 3 4 X X 2 2 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 Host Country Ricardo Santos 2014 Worlds 1 Julien Bontemps Pierre Le Coq 2014 Worlds 2 Przemysław Miarczyński Piotr Myszka 2014 Worlds 5 Nick Dempsey Nick Dempsey 2014 Worlds 6 Byron Kokkalanis Byron Kokkalanis 2014 Worlds 7 Dorian van Rijsselberghe Dorian van Rijsselberghe 2014 Worlds 11 Nimrod Mashiah Shahar Tzuberi 2014 Worlds 12 Toni Wilhelm Toni Wilhelm 2014 Worlds 13 Iván Pastor Iván Pastor — 2014 Worlds 16 JP Tobin 10 2014 Worlds 17 Wang Aichen Wang Aichen 11 2014 Worlds 18 Andreas Cariolou Andreas Cariolou 12 2014 Worlds 19 Sebastian Fleischer Sebastian Fleischer 13 2014 Worlds 22 Mariano Reutemann Bautista Saubidet Birkner 14 2014 Worlds 23 Juozas Bernotas Juozas Bernotas 15 2014 Worlds 24 Daniele Benedetti Mattia Camboni 16 2014 Worlds 25 Maksym Oberemko Maksym Oberemko 17 2014 Worlds 26 Makoto Tomizawa Makoto Tomizawa — 2014 Worlds 28 Sebastian Wang-Hansen 18 2015 Worlds 6 Mateo Sanz Lanz Mateo Sanz Lanz 19 2015 Worlds 20 Lee Tae-hoon Lee Tae-hoon 20 2015 Worlds 22 Áron Gádorfalvi Áron Gádorfalvi 21 2015 Worlds 27 Chun Leung Michael Cheng Chun Leung Michael Cheng 22 2015 Worlds 28 João Rodrigues João Rodrigues 23 2015 Worlds 34 David Mier David Mier 24 2015 Worlds 36 Oleksandr Tugaryev Oleksandr Tugaryev — 2015 Worlds 52 Adam Holm 25 2015 Worlds 58 Chang Hao Chang Hao 26 2015 Worlds 68 Pamir Saçkan Onur Cavit Biriz 27 2015 Worlds 75 Karel Lavický Karel Lavický 28 Africa Regatta 1 Hamza Bouras Hamza Bouras 29 Africa Regatta 3 Jean-Marc Gardette Jean-Marc Gardette 30 ASAF Cup (Asia) 3 Natthaphong Phonoppharat Natthaphong Phonoppharat 31 ASAF Cup (Asia) 7 Leonard Ong Leonard Ong — ISAF World Cup (Oceania) 32 Princess Sofia (Europe) 21 Luka Mratović Luka Mratović 33 Princess Sofia (Europe) 27 Mikita Tsirkun Mikita Tsirkun — ISAF World Cup (NAM) 20 Zachary Plavsic 34 ISAF World Cup (NAM) 24 Pedro Pascual Pedro Pascual 35 ISAF World Cup (SAM) 31 Daniel Flores Daniel Flores 36 ISAF World Cup (SAM) 36 Santiago Grillo Santiago Grillo

One-person dinghy – Laser # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Robert Scheidt 2014 Worlds 1 Nicholas Heiner Rutger van Schaardenburg 2014 Worlds 2 Tom Burton Tom Burton 2014 Worlds 3 Nick Thompson Nick Thompson 2014 Worlds 4 Philipp Buhl Philipp Buhl 2014 Worlds 6 Jean-Baptiste Bernaz Jean-Baptiste Bernaz 2014 Worlds 7 Charlie Buckingham Charlie Buckingham 2014 Worlds 9 Sam Meech Sam Meech 2014 Worlds 10 Pavlos Kontides Pavlos Kontides 10 2014 Worlds 13 Jesper Stålheim Jesper Stålheim 11 2014 Worlds 16 Giovanni Coccoluto Francesco Marrai 12 2014 Worlds 22 Tonči Stipanović Tonči Stipanović 13 2014 Worlds 29 Kristian Ruth Kristian Ruth 14 2014 Worlds 32 Colin Cheng Xin Ru Colin Cheng Xin Ru 15 2014 Worlds 33 Juan Ignacio Maegli Juan Ignacio Maegli 16 2014 Worlds 36 Youssef Akrout Youssef Akrout 17 2014 Worlds 37 Cy Thompson Cy Thompson 18 2014 Worlds 38 James Espey Finn Lynch 19 2014 Worlds 39 Rui Silveira Gustavo Lima 20 2014 Worlds 42 Wannes Van Laer Wannes Van Laer 21 2014 Worlds 43 Lee Parkhill Lee Parkhill 22 2014 Worlds 45 Kaarle Tapper Kaarle Tapper 23 2014 Worlds 47 Thorbjørn Schierup Michael Hansen 24 2014 Worlds 49 Jonasz Stelmaszyk Kacper Zieminski 25 2015 Worlds 24 Stefano Peschiera Stefano Peschiera 26 2015 Worlds 28 Julio Alsogaray Julio Alsogaray 27 2015 Worlds 31 Karl-Martin Rammo Karl-Martin Rammo 28 2015 Worlds 34 Matías del Solar Matías del Solar 29 2015 Worlds 38 Ha Jee-min Ha Jee-min 30 2015 Worlds 45 Stefano Marcia Stefano Marcia 31 2015 Worlds 50 Balázs Tomai Benjámin Vadnai 32 2015 Worlds 52 Milivoj Dukić Milivoj Dukić 33 2015 Worlds 56 Joaquín Blanco Joaquín Blanco 34 Africa Regatta 2 Rodney Govinden Rodney Govinden 35 Africa Regatta 4 Ahmed Ragab Ahmed Ragab 36 ASAF Cup (Asia) 1 Khairulnizam Afendy Khairulnizam Afendy 37 ASAF Cup (Asia) 2 Keerati Bualong Keerati Bualong 38 ISAF World Cup (Oceania) 23 Taua Henry Taua Henry 39 Princess Sofia (Europe) 20 Sergey Komissarov Sergey Komissarov 40 Princess Sofia (Europe) 23 Viktor Teplý Viktor Teplý 41 2015 Pan Am Games (NAM) 9 Andrew Lewis Andrew Lewis 42 ISAF World Cup (NAM) 43 Yanic Gentry Yanic Gentry 43 2015 Pan Am Games (SAM) 11 Enrique Arathoon Enrique Arathoon 44 ISAF World Cup (SAM) 58 José Gutiérrez José Gutiérrez 45 Tripartite Manuel Lelo 46 Tripartite Cameron Pimentel

Heavyweight one-person dinghy – Finn # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Jorge Zarif 2014 Worlds 1 Giles Scott Giles Scott 2014 Worlds 2 Ivan Kljaković Gašpić Ivan Kljaković Gašpić 2014 Worlds 4 Jonathan Lobert Jonathan Lobert 2014 Worlds 5 Josh Junior Josh Junior 2014 Worlds 7 Caleb Paine Caleb Paine 2014 Worlds 8 Anders Pedersen Anders Pedersen 2014 Worlds 10 Max Salminen Max Salminen 2014 Worlds 11 Jonas Høgh Christensen Jonas Høgh Christensen 10 2014 Worlds 12 Vasilij Žbogar Vasilij Žbogar 11 2014 Worlds 13 Jake Lilley Jake Lilley 12 2014 Worlds 15 Zsombor Berecz Zsombor Berecz 13 2014 Worlds 16 Tapio Nirkko Tapio Nirkko 14 2015 Worlds 6 Pieter-Jan Postma Pieter-Jan Postma 15 2015 Worlds 9 Ioannis Mitakis Ioannis Mitakis 16 2015 Worlds 11 Deniss Karpak Deniss Karpak 17 2015 Worlds 17 Alejandro Foglia Alejandro Foglia 18 2015 Worlds 24 Giorgio Poggi Giorgio Poggi 19 Princess Sofia (Africa) 56 Allan Julie Allan Julie 20 ISAF World Cup (Asia) 1 Gong Lei Gong Lei — ISAF World Cup (Oceania) 21 Princess Sofia (Europe) 18 Alican Kaynar Alican Kaynar 22 ISAF World Cup (NAM) 13 Tom Ramshaw Tom Ramshaw 23 ISAF World Cup (SAM) 10 Facundo Olezza Facundo Olezza

Two-person dinghy – 470 # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Bruno BethlemHenrique Haddad 2014 Worlds 1 Mathew BelcherWilliam Ryan Mathew BelcherWilliam Ryan 2014 Worlds 2 Šime FantelaIgor Marenić Šime FantelaIgor Marenić 2014 Worlds 3 Pavlos KagialisPanagiotis Mantis Pavlos KagialisPanagiotis Mantis 2014 Worlds 4 Luke PatienceElliot Willis Luke PatienceChris Grube 2014 Worlds 5 Stuart McNayDavid Hughes Stuart McNayDavid Hughes 2014 Worlds 6 Tetsuya MatsunagaYugo Yoshida Kazuto DoiKimihiko Imamura 2014 Worlds 7 Jordi XammarJoan Herp Jordi XammarJoan Herp 2014 Worlds 8 Guillaume PirouelleValentin Sipan Sofian BouvetJérémie Mion 10 2014 Worlds 10 Pavel SozykinDenis Gribanov Pavel SozykinDenis Gribanov 11 2014 Worlds 12 Paul Snow-HansenDaniel Willcox Paul Snow-HansenDaniel Willcox 12 2014 Worlds 13 Florian ReichstädterMatthias Schmid Florian ReichstädterMatthias Schmid 13 2014 Worlds 14 Yannick BrauchliRomuald Hausser Yannick BrauchliRomuald Hausser 14 2014 Worlds 15 Anton DahlbergFredrik Bergström Anton DahlbergFredrik Bergström 15 2015 Worlds 5 Joonas LindgrenNiklas Lindgren Joonas LindgrenNiklas Lindgren 16 2015 Worlds 9 Ferdinand GerzOliver Szymanski Ferdinand GerzOliver Szymanski 17 2015 Worlds 18 Lucas CalabreseJuan de la Fuente Lucas CalabreseJuan de la Fuente 18 2015 Worlds 19 Deniz ÇınarAteş Çınar Deniz ÇınarAteş Çınar 19 2015 Worlds 21 Asenathi JimRoger Hudson Asenathi JimRoger Hudson 20 2015 Worlds 24 Dan FroylicheEyal Levin Dan FroylicheEyal Levin 21 2015 Worlds 29 Kim Chang-juKim Ji-hoon Kim Chang-juKim Ji-hoon 22 Africa Regatta 6 Matias MontinhoPaixão Afonso Matias MontinhoPaixão Afonso 23 ISAF World Cup (Asia) 1 Wang ChaoLan Hao Wang WeiXu Zangjun — ISAF World Cup (Oceania)    24 Princess Sofia (Europe) 14 Borys ShvetsPavlo Matsuyev Borys ShvetsPavlo Matsuyev 25 ISAF World Cup (NAM) 7 Jacob SaundersGraeme Saunders Jacob SaundersGraeme Saunders 26 ISAF World Cup (SAM) 18 Andres DucasseFrancisco Ducasse Andres DucasseFrancisco Ducasse

Skiff – 49er