Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games

Water skiing competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 20 to 23 at the Ontario Place West Channel.[1] The competition was split into two disciplines, water skiing and wakeboarding. Men and women will contest the water skiing events (four each in total) and the wakeboard board competition is only open to men. Therefore, there will be a total of nine medal events in the sport.[2]

Water skiing at the 2015 Pan American Games
Water skiing and wakeboarding pictogram for the games
VenuesOntario Place West Channel
DatesJuly 20–23
No. of events9 (5 men, 4 women)
Competitors39 from 12 nations
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Competition schedule edit

 
The Ontario Place West Channel, in Toronto, was the venue for the water skiing competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the water skiing competitions:[3]

P Preliminaries ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23
Men's jump P F
Men's slalom P F
Men's tricks P F
Men's overall F
Men's wakeboard ½ F
Women's jump P F
Women's slalom P F
Women's tricks P F
Women's overall F

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada*4509
2  United States3328
3  Chile1124
4  Peru1001
5  Argentina0033
6  Mexico0011
  Venezuela0011
Totals (7 entries)99927

Medalists edit

Men's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Jump
details
Ryan Dodd
  Canada
Rodrigo Miranda
  Chile
Felipe Miranda
  Chile
Slalom
details
Nate Smith
  United States
Jason McClintock
  Canada
Javier Julio
  Argentina
Tricks
details
Adam Pickos
  United States
Jaret Llewellyn
  Canada
Javier Julio
  Argentina
Overall
details
Felipe Miranda
  Chile
Jaret Llewellyn
  Canada
Javier Julio
  Argentina
Wakeboard
details
Rusty Malinoski
  Canada
Daniel Powers
  United States
Juan Mendez
  Venezuela

Women's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Jump
details
Regina Jaquess
  United States
Whitney McClintock
  Canada
Fernanda Naser
  Chile
Slalom
details
Whitney McClintock
  Canada
Regina Jaquess
  United States
Erika Lang
  United States
Tricks
details
Natalia Cuglievan
  Peru
Whitney McClintock
  Canada
Erika Lang
  United States
Overall
details
Whitney McClintock
  Canada
Regina Jaquess
  United States
Carolina Chapoy
  Mexico

Participating nations edit

A total of 12 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification edit

A total of 40 athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top 8 nations (including the host nation, Canada) at the 2014 Pan American Championship, will each receive four athlete quotas in water skiing. A further 8 spots are made available for wakeboard qualifiers. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes in each gender in the water skiing competition.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Ontario Place West Channel". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Canada Names Athletes Headed to Colombia for Pan Am Championships". waterski-wakeboard.ca/. Water Ski Wakeboard Canada. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Sport Technical Manual Water skiing". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.