2023 Pan American Surfing Games

The 2023 Pan American Surf Games, also known as 2023 PASA Games, was the sixteenth edition of the Pan American Surfing Games, the main competition organized by the Pan American Surf Association. It was held at Playa Santa Catalina in Soná District, Panama from 21 to 30 April 2023.[1]

Pan American Surf Games
Panama 2023
Host citySanta Catalina town
CountryPanama
OrganisersPan American Surf Association
Asociación Panameña de Surf
Edition16th
Nations19
Athletes234
SportSurfing
Events8 (4 men and 4 women)
Dates21–30 April
Opened byAlcides Hidalgo (Mayor of Soná)
Main venuePlaya Santa Catalina
WebsitePanama 2023

More than 270 athletes from 19 national teams competed in 8 surfing events; comprising Shortboard, Longboard, SUP surf and SUP race each for men and women.[2]

The competition awarded 42 individual qualification slots for the surfing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games.[2]

Defending champions Brazil won the competition again with a total of 12,430 points and 4 out of the 8 gold medals at stake. Argentina finished second with 11,540 points and 2 gold medals. Peru (11,338 points and 1 gold medal) and Canada (10,978 points and 1 gold medal) were third and fourth respectively.[3]

Schedule

The games were held over a 10-day period, from 21 to 30 April. The opening ceremony took place on 21 April, with the competitions starting on 22 April.[4][5][6]

QR1Qualifying round 1 QR2Qualifying round 2 QR3Qualifying round 3 QR4Qualifying round 4 SFSemi-finals FFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 22Sun 23[7]Mon 24[8]Tue 25[9]Wed 26[10]Thu 27[11]Fri 28[12]Sat 29[13]Sun 30[14]
Men's ShortboardQR1 (24)QR2 (12)QR3 (6)QR4 (4)SF (2)F (1)
Men's LongboardQR1 (12)QR2 (6)QR3 (4)SF (2)F (1)
Men's SUP surfQR1 (6)QR2 (3)SF (2)F (1)
Men's SUP raceF (1)
Women's ShortboardQR1 (16)QR2 (8)QR3 (4)SF (2)F (1)
Women's LongboardQR1 (8)QR2 (4)SF (2)F (1)
Women's SUP surfQR1 (6)QR2 (3)SF (2)F (1)
Women's SUP raceF (1)
Heats (Total 146)861822242121206

Participating nations

19 out of the 26 national associations affiliated to Pan American Surf Association entered the competition. Each nation was able to enter a maximun of 20 surfers (10 men and 10 women), with up to 4 surfers per gender in the Shortboard event and up to 2 surfers per gender in each Longboard, SUP surf and SUP race events.[1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Panama)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil4138
2 Argentina2046
3 Canada1304
4 Peru1203
5 Barbados0101
 Uruguay0101
7 Costa Rica0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Results

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze Copper
Shortboard
 Krystian Kymerson
 Brazil		17.04 pts Cody Young
 Canada		16.44 pts Leandro Usuna
 Argentina		14.10 pts Isauro Elizondo
 Panama		13.13 pts
Longboard
 Piccolo Clemente
 Peru		15.46 pts Julian Schweizer
 Uruguay		15.03 pts Carlos Bahia
 Brazil		14.73 pts Anthony Mesén
 Costa Rica		9.96 pts
SUP surf
 Finn Spencer
 Canada		15.00 pts Wellington Reis
 Brazil		13.86 pts Luiz Diniz
 Brazil		12.20 pts Jeffrey Spencer
 Canada		9.63 pts
SUP race
 Guilherme Batista
 Brazil		44:24 Itzel Delgado
 Peru		46:08 Franco Faccín
 Argentina		46:53 Santino Basaldella
 Argentina		47:09

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze Copper
Shortboard
 Silvana Lima
 Brazil		13.16 pts Chelsea Tuach
 Barbados		9.77 pts Lucía Indurain
 Argentina		9.50 pts Sanoa Olin
 Canada		7.60 pts
Longboard
 Chloé Calmon
 Brazil		11.00 pts Olivia Stokes
 Canada		8.40 pts Lia Díaz
 Costa Rica		4.77 pts Sindy Portillo
 El Salvador		4.50 pts
SUP surf
 Lucía Cosoleto
 Argentina		10.87 pts Vania Torres
 Peru		8.80 pts Aline Adisaka
 Brazil		8.77 pts Brissa Málaga
 Peru		2.40 pts
SUP race
 Juliana González
 Argentina		49:07 Lina Augaitis
 Canada		51:25 Natalia de la Lama
 Argentina		52:22 Maricarmen Rivera
 Puerto Rico		52:50

Final ranking per teams

The final ranking per teams was drawn up by adding each surfer's individual points earning in the events in which they competed. Surfers obtained points according to the final position they occupied in each event. In Open, Longboard and SUP surf events, the surfers eliminated before the final occupied a certain position, as follows:

  • Eliminated in round 1:
    • Men's Shortboard: 49th place (3rd place of each heat)
    • Women's Shortboard: 33th place (3rd place of each heat) and 49th place (4th place of each heat)
    • Men's Longboard: 25h place (3rd place of each heat)
    • Women's Longboard: 17th place (3rd place of each heat)
    • SUP surf for both genders: 13th place (3rd place of each heat) and 19th place (4th place of each heat)
  • Eliminated in round 2:
    • Men's Shortboard: 25th place (3rd place of each heat) and 37th place (4th place of each heat)
    • Women's Shortboard: 17th place (3rd place of each heat) and 25th place (4th place of each heat)
    • Men's Longboard: 13th place (3rd place of each heat) and 19th place (4th place of each heat)
    • Women's Longboard: 9th place (3rd place of each heat) and 3th place (4th place of each heat)
    • SUP surf for both genders: 7th place (3rd place of each heat) and 10th place (4th place of each heat)
  • Eliminated in round 3:
    • Men's Shortboard: 13th place (3rd place of each heat) and 19th place (4th place of each heat)
    • Women's Shortboard: 9th place (3rd place of each heat) and 13th place (4th place of each heat)
    • Men's Longboard: 9th place (3rd place of each heat)
  • Eliminated in round 4
    • Men's Shortboard: 9th place (3rd place of each heat)
  • Eliminated in semi-finals:
    • Shortboard, Longboard and SUP surf in both genders: 5th place (3rd place of each heat) and 7th place (4th place of each heat)

Non-initiators and non-finishers surfers received zero points. Points awarded according to the position were as follows:

1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)456789101112131415161718192021253348
1000860730670610583555528500488475462450438425413400395390385380360320240

The first place of the final ranking per teams was declared as the champion team of the 2023 Pan American Surfing Games.

Rank Team MS1MS2MS3MS4WS1WS2WS3WS4ML1ML2WL1WL2MSS1MSS2WSS1WSS2MSR1MSR2WSR1WSR2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brazil1000555390360100040036032073061010006108607307306101000555610012430
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Argentina7305555002407305003203205555004504505554501000555730670100073011540
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peru610500450360610555500240100050055550061055586067086042552845011338
4 Canada860360300240670610400360390360860610100067061039052850086040010978
5 Puerto Rico3603002402404004004003604503605003605554504504506105836705838721
6 Mexico50045045036050040036036039039040040061045045045043805555008413
7 Panama6706104502402402402402405005004504004504504504504884004884258381
8 Costa Rica500450360300500320320320670360730450488390——4624134133957841
9 Venezuela4503602402403603202402404504504004004883904884884503854753857699
10 Ecuador390360240240450360320320450450400400390—555488——438—6251
11 Chile390360360240450450360320610360555—390390————462—5697
12 El Salvador360300300240320320240240555360670———555—————4460
13 Uruguay390300240240320320240—860450500—————475———4335
14 Guatemala300240240240320240——390360400—————3953903903804285
15 Colombia360300300240555320240—390—500—488450————0—4143
16 Barbados390390300300860450——390360——————————3440
17 Nicaragua300240240240400———360———————————1780
18 Dominican Republic240240240240————360360——————————1680
19 United States144———400———————————————544

Note: "—" Denotes that there were no competitors for that position

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