The following is about the qualification system and qualified countries for the Canoeing at the 2019 Pan American Games competition to be held in Lima, Peru.

Qualification timeline Events Date Venue 2018 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships September 13–16 Dartmouth 2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships April 26–28 Três Coroas

Qualification system A total of 169 canoe and kayak athletes will qualify to compete. 125 will qualify in sprint (60 per gender plus five wild cards) and 44 in canoe slalom (22 per gender). The host nation (Peru) is guaranteed two quotas in the slalom events and it must qualify in sprint. A nation may enter a maximum of 6 athletes in slalom (three per gender) and 16 in sprint. The 2018 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships and the 2019 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships will be used to distribute the quotas.

Qualification summary NOC Slalom Sprint TotalMen Women Men Women Boats AthletesK1C1EK1 K1 C1EK1K1200 K11000 K21000 K4500 C11000 C21000 K1200 K1500 K2500 K4500C1200C2500 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX 15 17 XX XXX 5 3 X X 2 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX 16 15 XX XX XXXXXXXXXXXX 15 20 XXXXXXXX X XXXXXX 14 12 XX XX 4 3 XX 2 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX 12 12 XXX X 4 3 XXX XXXXX X 9 6 XX X 3 2 XX 2 1 XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX 15 19 XX 2 1 XX XX XXXX 8 8 XXX XX 5 3 XXX 3 2 XX XX XXXXXXXXXX 14 17 XXXX 4 5 XX XXX XXXXXX 11 11 Total: 21 NOCs 10 9 5 9 9 4 16 16 11 7 11 6 12 12 10 8 9 6 170 165

Slalom A total of 44 quota spots are available in slalom (34 in slalom and 10 in extreme). The top 9 in each kayak event (including the host nation, Peru) will qualify along with the top 8 in each canoe event. An athlete can only compete in one slalom event (but can compete in two if the country has not qualified a spot in the other event). One wild card spot will also be allocated A further 5 spots will be available for each extreme event. All athletes qualified in slalom can compete in the extreme events. At the end of qualification, one spot in kayak women, women's extreme kayak and men's canoe slalom along with the wild card quota (for a total of four quotas) were not used.

Qualification table EventK1 Men C1 Men K1 Women C1 WomenExtreme K1 Men Extreme K1 Women Total 11 NOC's 10 9 9 9 5 4 Countries in italics are double starters (the athlete qualified in another event but is also starting in the other event). Countries are listed in alphabetical order. Note: Total quotas awarded were 40 (9 in men's kayak, 7 in men's canoe, 8 in both women's kayak and canoe, 5 in men's extreme and 4 in women's kayak). The total numbers above reflect double starters. Other countries may double up until the conclusion of entries.

Sprint A total of 125 quotas were distributed. An athlete can only qualify one boat for their country. In each discipline the competitions will start with the larger boats and work their way down till the last event. In the second event and onward (if applicable) for each discipline, places can only be qualified by athletes that have not already qualified. Countries qualified in the largest boat per discipline/gender are required to compete in the smaller boats as well (even if they do not qualify additional athletes). This is summarized per event below. There will be 5 wild card spots handed out to countries that failed to qualify, but competed at the qualification tournament. An athlete qualifying in event can compete in another event, as long as no other boat from their country is competing.

Only one country did not qualify: Jamaica. They will be awarded with a wild card slot in the event their athlete competed. The other four wild card spots will be reallocated. The USA qualified one more athlete than the maximum allowed in men's kayak. That spot will be reallocated. In both canoe disciplines, both filled their quotas. In women's kayak 11 quota spots need to be reallocated. Argentina qualified an extra slot in kayak (11 in total) which will need to be reallocated, leaving a total of 17 spots to be reallocated.

Three nations: Dominican Republic, Venezuela and host nation Peru received reallocated quotas even though they did not compete at the qualifiers.

Men's K4 500m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 6 24 Reallocation 1 1 TOTAL 7 25 Uruguay received an extra kayak slot to enter a boat.

Men's K2 1000m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 5 10 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 4 align=center Reallocation 2 3 TOTAL 11 13 Trinidad and Tobago received one extra athlete slot to enter in this event.

Men's K1 1000m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 5 5 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 4 align=center Entries from other events5 align=center Reallocation 1 1 Wildcard1 1 TOTAL 16 7

Men's K1 200m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 5 5 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 2 align=center Entries from other events9 align=center TOTAL 17 5

Men's C2 1000m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 4 8 Reallocation 2 4 TOTAL 6 12 Colombia declined its two athlete quotas.

Men's C1 1000m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 5 5 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 2 align=center Entries from other events2 align=center Reallocation 2 2 TOTAL 10 7 Colombia declined its quota

Women's K4 500m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 6 24 Reallocation 2 8 TOTAL 8 32

Women's K2 500m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 5 1 10 2 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 6 align=center Entries from other events2 align=center Reallocation 1 1 TOTAL 10 10 3 Colombia declined its quota. Belize was given an extra quota to compete in the event.

Women's K1 500m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 5 35 3 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 6 align=center Entries from other events3 align=center TOTAL 12 3

Women's K1 200m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 5 25 2 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 4 align=center Entries from other events5 align=center TOTAL 11 2

Women's C2 500m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 510 Reallocation 1 1 TOTAL 6 11 Mexico was given an extra quota to compete in the event.

Women's C1 200m Competition Boats Athlete total Qualified 2018 Pan American Championship 66 2018 Pan American Championship required to compete 3 align=center TOTAL 9 6

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