Water skiing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

Main article: Water skiing at the 2023 Pan American Games

The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the Water skiing at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification system

A total of 48 athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The host nation, Chile, automatically qualifies four athletes in water ski and two in wakeboard. The top seven nations at the 2022 Pan American Water Skiing Championship will each receive four athlete quotas. A further 7 spots are made available for wakeboard qualifiers in each event.[1]

Qualification timeline

Events	Date	Venue
2022 Pan American Wakeboard Championships	May 13–15	Nova Lima
2022 South American Games	October 7–9	Asuncion
2022 Pan American Water skiing championships	November 29 – December 3	Santiago

Qualification summary

NOC	Water skiing	Men's wakeboarding	Women's wakeboarding	Total athletes
Argentina	4	1	1	6
Brazil	2	1	1	4
Canada	4	1	1	6
Chile	4	1	1	6
Colombia	4	1	1	6
Dominican Republic	4			4
Mexico	4	1	1	6
Paraguay		1	1	2
Peru	2			2
United States	4	1	1	6
Total: 10 NOCs	32	8	8	48

Water skiing

Event	Qualified NOC's	Water skiers per NOC	Total
Host	Chile	4	4
2022 Pan American Championship[2]	United States  Canada  Argentina  Mexico  Dominican Republic  Colombia  Peru	4	24
2022 Pan American Championship	Peru  Brazil	2	2
TOTAL			32

• Peru declined two quotas. These were redistributed to Brazil.

Wakeboarding

A total of eight countries qualified in wakeboarding.

Event	Quotas	Qualified Men[3]	Qualified Women[4]
Host nation	1/1	Chile	Chile
2022 Pan American Championship	6/6	Mexico[5]  United States  Argentina  Brazil  Canada  Colombia	Argentina  United States  Brazil  Mexico  Colombia  Canada
2022 South American Games	1/1	Paraguay	Paraguay
TOTAL	8	8	8

References

1. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
2. "Campeonato Panamericano 2022 Overall Open Team classification Team results". www.iwwfed-ea.org/. International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
3. "Open Men Wakeboard Final results" (PDF). www.iwwfed-ea.org. International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
4. "Open Women Wakeboard Final results" (PDF). www.iwwfed-ea.org. International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
5. García, Gustavo (26 May 2022). "Patricio González está listo para Santiago 2023" [Patricio González is ready for Santiago 2023]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 March 2023.