Sailing at the 1983 Pan American Games

Sailing at the 1983 Pan American Games
«1979 1987»

Sailing at the 1983 Pan American Games was one of the sports contested during the IX Pan American Games, held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 14 to 29, 1983. The sailing programme featured ten events, including men’s sailboard and Laser classes, alongside open-category competitions in J/24, 470, Lightning, Snipe, Soling, Star, and others. A total of eight nations reached the podium across these events, with the host country leading the medal table with five medals (four gold, one silver), followed closely by Brazil and the United States. The regattas took place under varied sea conditions in Caracas Bay and underscored sailing’s established presence as a recurring Pan American discipline since 1951.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sailboard	Nilo Dzib  Mexico	Doug Mart  United States	Raines Kobi  Canada
Laser class	Pedro Bulhões  Brazil	Andy Roy  Canada	Gonzalo José Campero  Argentina

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
J/24 class	United States	Canada	Argentina
470 class	Brazil	United States	Canada
Lightning class	Brazil	Chile	Argentina
Snipe class	United States	Argentina	Uruguay
Soling class	Brazil	Canada	United States
Star class	United States	Brazil	Canada

Place	Nation				Total
1	Brazil	4	1	0	5
2	United States	3	2	1	6
3	Mexico	1	0	0	1
4	Canada	0	3	3	6
5	Argentina	0	1	3	4
6	Chile	0	1	0	1
7	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24