Canoeing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games surrounding Toronto were held in two disciplines: the sprint, from 11 to 14 July and the slalom, from 18 to 19 July. The slalom competition were held at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. The sprint events were staged at the Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre in Welland.
At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This was the first time slalom was staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women also competed in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines.
The winners of the five canoe slalom competitions (besides the C-1 women event, which is not an Olympic event) qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If Brazil, the host nation of the Olympics, won any events, the runner up qualified instead.
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for the canoeing competitions:
HHeats½SemifinalsFFinal +Slalom Event↓/Date → Sat 18 Sun 19 Men's slalom C-1 H ½ F Men's slalom C-2 H ½F Men's slalom K-1 H ½ F Women's slalom C-1 H ½ F Women's slalom K-1 H ½ F
+Sprint Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Men's C-1 200 metres H½ F Men's C-1 1000 metres H½ F Men's C-2 1000 metres H½ F Men's K-1 200 metres H½ F Men's K-1 1000 metres H½ F Men's K-2 200 metres H½ F Men's K-2 1000 metres H½ F Men's K-4 1000 metres F Women's C-1 200 metres F Women's K-1 200 metres H½ F Women's K-1 500 metres H½ F Women's K-2 500 metres H½ F Women's K-4 500 metres F
Medal table
Medalists
Slalom Men's C-1Men's C-2Devin McEwanCasey EichfeldCharles CorreaAnderson OliveiraLucas RossiSebastián RossiMen's K-1Women's C-1Women's K-1
Sprint Men Men's C-1 200 mMen's C-1 1000 mMen's C-2 1000 mBenjamin RussellGabriel Beauchesne-SévignyErlon de Souza SilvaIsaquias QueirozSerguey TorresJosé Carlos BulnesMen's K-1 200 mMen's K-1 1000 m Men's K-2 200 mEzequiel Di GiacomoRubén RézolaFidel VargasReinier TorresHans Heinrich MallmannEdson Freitas da SilvaMark de JongePierre-Luc PoulinMen's K-2 1000 mJorge GarciaReinier TorresPablo de TorresGonzalo CarrerasCelso Dias de Oliveira JuniorVagner Junior SoutaMen's K-4 1000 m Jorge GarciaRenier MoraReinier TorresAlex Menendez Roberto MaehlerVagner Junior SoutaCelso Dias de Oliveira JuniorGilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro Daniel Dal BoJuan Ignacio CaceresPablo de TorresGonzalo Carreras
Women Yusmari MenganaYurieni GuerraSabrina AmeghinoAlexandra KeresztesiKarina AlanísMaricela Montemayor Émilie FournelKathleen FraserMichelle RussellHannah Vaughan Daniela MartinYurieni GuerraLisandra TorresJessica Hernandez Maria Magdalena GarroSabrina AmeghinoAlexandra KeresztesiBrenda Rojas
Participating nations A total of 17 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Qualification
A quota of 160 canoers (40 slalom and 120 sprint) were allowed to qualify. A maximum of fifteen athletes can compete for a nation in sprint, while a maximum of six can compete in slalom.
See also Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics
References