This article details the qualifying phase for sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics . 350 quota places for the Games are entitled to the sailors coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated regattas supervised by World Sailing. Host nation Japan has been guaranteed one quota place in each of the ten classes.
The qualification period commences at the 2018 Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, where about forty percent of the total quota will be awarded to the highest finishing NOCs. Six places will be available in the men's Laser and women's Laser Radial classes at the 2018 Asian Games and 2019 Pan American Games, whereas sixty-one more will be distributed to the sailors at the World Championships for all boats in 2019. Moving towards 2021 because of the consequent Olympic postponement and the COVID-19 pandemic, continental qualification regattas will be held to decide the remainder of the total quota, while two spots each in the one-person dinghy classes will be granted to eligible NOCs through the Tripartite Commission Invitation.
Timeline Event Date Venue 2018 Sailing World Championships July 30 – August 12, 2018 Aarhus 2018 Asian Games August 18 – September 2, 2018 Jakarta 2019 Finn European Championships May 10–18, 2019 Athens 2019 Laser World Championships July 1–9, 2019 Sakaiminato 2019 Women's Laser Radial World Championships July 16–24, 2019 2019 Pan American Games July 26 – August 11, 2019 Paracas 2019 470 World Championships August 2–9, 2019 Enoshima 2019 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships September 22–28, 2019 Torbole 2019 Nacra 17 World Championships December 3–8, 2019 Auckland 2019 49er & 49er FX World Championships Africa Qualification Events 2019 African Sailing Championships (RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial) October 6–12, 2019 Algiers 2020 African Sailing Championships (470) January 12–18, 2020 Luanda 2021 Lanzarote International Regatta (Nacra 17) March 23–28, 2021 Lanzarote 2021 Mussanah Open Championships (49er and 49erFX) April 1–8, 2021 Al-Mussanah 2021 Finn Gold Cup May 4–12, 2021 Porto Asia Qualification Events 2019 Sailing World Cup Enoshima (Finn) August 25 – September 1, 2019 Enoshima 2019 Asian Sailing Championships (470) December 16–21, 2019 Shenzhen 2021 Asian Sailing Championships (Nacra 17) March 1–6, 2021 Shanghai 2021 Mussanah Open Championships (RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial, 49er, 49erFX) April 1–8, 2021 Al-Mussanah Europe Qualification Events 2020 RS:X European Championships November 22–28, 2020 Vilamoura 2021 470 World Championships March 5–13, 2021 2021 Lanzarote International Regatta (49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17) March 23–28, 2021 Lanzarote 2021 Vilamoura International Regatta (Laser and Laser Radial) April 17–24, 2021 Vilamoura 2021 Finn Gold Cup May 4–12, 2021 Porto North America Qualification Events 2019 Pan American Games (49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17) July 26 – August 11, 2019 Paracas 2020 Sailing World Cup Miami (RS:X, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, and 470) January 19–25, 2020 Miami South America Qualification Events 2019 Pan American Games (49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17) July 26 – August 11, 2019 Paracas 2019 Copa Brasil (Laser, Laser Radial, Finn) November 25–30, 2019 Rio de Janeiro 2020 South American Sailing Championships (RS:X) February 9–15, 2020 Mar del Plata 2020 South American Sailing Championships (470) February 11–17, 2020 Oceania Qualification Events 2019 Finn Gold Cup December 16–21, 2019 Melbourne 2020 Sail Melbourne International (470) January 17–21, 2020 2020 Nacra 17 World Championships February 8–15, 2020 Geelong 2020 49er & 49er FX World Championships 2020 Laser World Championships February 9–16, 2020 Melbourne 2020 Women's Laser Radial World Championships February 21–28, 2020 2020 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships February 23–29, 2020 Sorrento
Quota places Below are the number of boats. 470, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 classes have crew of 2 people per boat. Event Hosts MenRS:X class 10 0 0 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 25Laser class 14 1 2 5 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 35Finn class 8 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 19470 class 8 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1949er class 8 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 19 WomenRS:X class 11 0 0 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 27Laser Radial class 18 1 2 10 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 44470 class 8 0 0 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2149erFX class 8 0 0 7 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 21 MixedNacra 17 8 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 20
Qualification summary
Nation Men Women Mixed TotalRS:X Laser Finn 470 49er RS:X Laser Radial 470 49erFX Nacra 17 Boats Athletes 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 8 11 8 13 3 6 2 2 3 4 8 13 6 9 1 1 8 12 3 4 4 4 1 1 5 8 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 5 9 14 6 10 10 15 6 2 2 3 3 4 4 34 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 15 2 2 3 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 7 10 6 10 6 8 2 2 4 5 6 9 3 5 1 2 5 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 3 2 3 3 4 10 15 6 9 4 6 3 3 1 1 2 4 6 8 9 13 2 3 1 1 Total: 65 NOCs 25 35 19 19 19 27 44 21 21 20 250 350
Men's events
Windsurfer – RS:X # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Makoto Tomizawa 2018 Worlds 1 Dorian van Rijsselberghe Kiran Badloe 2018 Worlds 3 Louis Giard Thomas Goyard 2018 Worlds 4 Kieran Holmes-Martin Tom Squires 2018 Worlds 5 Pawel Tarnowski Piotr Myszka 2018 Worlds 6 Mattia Camboni Mattia Camboni 2018 Worlds 7 Byron Kokkalanis Byron Kokkalanis 2018 Worlds 9 Bi Kun Bi Kun 2018 Worlds 13 Iván Pastor Ángel Granda 10 2018 Worlds 14 Ofek Elimelech Yoav Cohen 11 2018 Worlds 17 Sebastian Wang-Hansen Endre Funnemark 12 2019 Worlds 9 Cho Won-woo Cho Won-woo 13 2019 Worlds 13 Michael Cheng Michael Cheng 14 2019 Worlds 23 Artem Javadav Mikita Tsirkun 15 2019 Worlds 25 Mateo Sanz Lanz Mateo Sanz Lanz 16 2019 Worlds 33 Juozas Bernotas Juozas Bernotas 17 2019 Worlds 42 Pedro Pascual Pedro Pascual 18 2019 Worlds 43 Andreas Cariolou Andreas Cariolou 19 2019 Worlds 46 Karel Lavický Karel Lavický 20 2019 Worlds 54 Onur Cavit Biriz Onur Cavit Biriz 21 2019 African 1 Hamza Bouras Hamza Bouras 22 2021 Mussanah Open (Asia) 1 Natthaphong Phonoppharat Natthaphong Phonoppharat — 2020 Worlds (Oceania) 54 Antonio Cozzolino 23 2020 European 20 Aleksandr Askerov Aleksandr Askerov 24 2020 World Cup (NAM) 2 Ignacio Berenguer Ignacio Berenguer 25 2020 South American 1 Francisco Saubidet Francisco Saubidet
One-person dinghy – Laser # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Kenji Nanri 2018 Worlds 1 Pavlos Kontides Pavlos Kontides 2018 Worlds 2 Matthew Wearn Matthew Wearn 2018 Worlds 3 Philipp Buhl Philipp Buhl 2018 Worlds 4 Sam Meech Sam Meech 2018 Worlds 5 Elliot Hanson Elliot Hanson 2018 Worlds 6 Hermann Tomasgaard Hermann Tomasgaard 2018 Worlds 9 Jean-Baptiste Bernaz Jean-Baptiste Bernaz 2018 Worlds 11 Charlie Buckingham Charlie Buckingham 10 2018 Worlds 12 Kaarle Tapper Kaarle Tapper 11 2018 Worlds 17 Karl-Martin Rammo Karl-Martin Rammo 12 2018 Worlds 19 João Pedro Souto Robert Scheidt 13 2018 Worlds 20 Tonči Stipanović Tonči Stipanović 14 2018 Worlds 21 Stefano Peschiera Stefano Peschiera 15 2018 Worlds 22 Ha Jee-min Ha Jee-min 16 2018 Asian Games 2 Khairulnizam Afendy Khairulnizam Afendy 17 2019 Worlds 13 Jesper Stålheim Jesper Stålheim 18 2019 Worlds 14 Francisco Guaragna Francisco Guaragna 19 2019 Worlds 17 Sergey Komissarov Sergey Komissarov 20 2019 Worlds 20 Benjámin Vadnai Benjámin Vadnai 21 2019 Worlds 26 Žan Luka Zelko Žan Luka Zelko — 2019 Worlds 30 Eliot Merceron 22 2019 Worlds 34 Wannes Van Laer Wannes Van Laer 23 2019 Pan American 1 Juan Ignacio Maegli Juan Ignacio Maegli 24 2019 Pan American 4 Enrique Arathoon Enrique Arathoon 25 2019 African 1 Rodney Govinden Rodney Govinden 26 2019 African 2 Aly Badawy Aly Badawy 27 2021 Mussanah Open (Asia) 1 Ryan Lo Ryan Lo 28 2021 Mussanah Open (Asia) 2 Vishnu Saravanan Vishnu Saravanan 29 2020 Worlds (Oceania) 115 Eroni Leilua Eroni Leilua 30 2020 Worlds (Oceania) 123 Teariki Numa Teariki Numa 31 Vilamoura Int'l Regatta (Europe) 9 Joel Rodríguez Joel Rodríguez — Vilamoura Int'l Regatta (Europe) 11 Duko Bos 32 2020 World Cup (NAM) 4 Andrew Lewis Andrew Lewis 33 2019 Copa Brasil (SAM) 1 Clemente Seguel Clemente Seguel 34 Tripartite Milivoj Dukić 35 Tripartite Luc Chevrier
Heavyweight one-person dinghy – Finn # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Kazumasa Segawa 2018 Worlds 1 Zsombor Berecz Zsombor Berecz 2018 Worlds 2 Max Salminen Max Salminen 2018 Worlds 3 Pieter-Jan Postma Nicholas Heiner 2018 Worlds 4 Josh Junior Josh Junior 2018 Worlds 5 Tom Ramshaw Tom Ramshaw 2018 Worlds 7 Facundo Olezza Facundo Olezza 2018 Worlds 8 Edward Wright Giles Scott 2018 Worlds 9 Alican Kaynar Alican Kaynar 10 2019 European (Worlds) 7 Jorge Zarif Jorge Zarif 11 2019 European (Worlds) 9 Anders Pedersen Anders Pedersen 12 2019 European (Worlds) 11 Caleb Paine Luke Muller 13 2019 European (Worlds) 13 Ioannis Mitakis Ioannis Mitakis 14 2021 Finn Gold Cup (Africa) 44 Leo Davis Leo Davis 15 2019 World Cup (Asia) 19 He Chen He Chen 16 2019 Finn Gold Cup (Oceania) 5 Jake Lilley Jake Lilley 17 2021 Finn Gold Cup (Europe) 2 Joan Cardona Joan Cardona 18 2020 World Cup (NAM) 6 Juan Ignacio Pérez Juan Ignacio Pérez 19 2019 Copa Brasil (SAM) 4 Andres Lage Andres Lage
Two-person dinghy – 470 # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Keiju OkadaJumpei Hokazono 2018 Worlds 1 Kevin PeponnetJérémie Mion Kevin PeponnetJérémie Mion 2018 Worlds 3 Jordi XammarNicolás Rodríguez Jordi XammarNicolás Rodríguez 2018 Worlds 4 Anton DahlbergFredrik Bergström Anton DahlbergFredrik Bergström 2018 Worlds 5 Mathew BelcherWilliam Ryan Mathew BelcherWilliam Ryan 2018 Worlds 7 Stuart McNayDavid Hughes Stuart McNayDavid Hughes 2018 Worlds 9 Giacomo FerrariGiulio Calabrò Giacomo FerrariGiulio Calabrò 2018 Worlds 11 Luke PatienceChris Grube Luke PatienceChris Grube 2018 Worlds 12 Paul Snow-HansenDaniel Willcox Paul Snow-HansenDaniel Willcox 10 2019 Worlds 4 Panagiotis MantisPavlos Kagialis Panagiotis MantisPavlos Kagialis 11 2019 Worlds 11 Pavel SozykinDenis Gribanov Pavel SozykinDenis Gribanov 12 2019 Worlds 12 Xu ZangjunWang Chao Xu ZangjunWang Yang 13 2019 Worlds 13 Deniz ÇınarAteş Çınar Deniz ÇınarAteş Çınar 14 2019 African 1 Matias MontinhoPaixão Afonso Matias MontinhoPaixão Afonso 15 2019 Asian 1 Park Gun-wooCho Sung-min Park Gun-wooCho Sung-min 16 Sail Melbourne Int'l (Oceania) 1 Tyler PaigeAdrian Hoesch Tyler PaigeAdrian Hoesch 17 2021 Worlds (Europe) 2 Diogo CostaPedro Costa Diogo CostaPedro Costa 18 2020 World Cup (NAM) 23 Jacob SaundersOliver Bone Jacob SaundersOliver Bone 19 2020 South American 1 Geison DzioubanovGustavo Thiesen Henrique HaddadBruno Bethlem
Skiff – 49er