| Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
  Canoeing pictograms for the games | |
| Venues | Minden Wild Water Preserve (slalom) Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre (sprint) |
| Dates | July 11–19 |
| No. of events | 18 (11 men, 7 women) |
| Competitors | 150 from 17 nations |
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| Canoeing at the 2015 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Qualification | ||
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| C-1 | men | women |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
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| C-1 200 m | men | women |
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 200 m | men | women |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 200 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 500 m | women | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
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.[1] The slalom competition will be held at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills.[2][3] The sprint events were staged at the Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre in Welland.[4][5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
- ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Desrosiers, Matthew (2 August 2012). "Pan Am Games coming to Minden". Haliburton Highlande. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Minden Wild Water Preserve". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ Campbell, Wayne (26 October 2012). "Groundbreaking held for Welland International Flatwater Centre". Welland Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Canoe Slalom and Canoe Women events added to Pan-American Games in 2015". canoeicf.com. International Canoe Federation. February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Canoe Slalom" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2014.