The following is the qualification system and summary of the sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games competition.
[1][2] This meant the total quota rose to 168 sailors and 116 boats overall, with each nation allowed to enter a maximum of 17 athletes.
The host nation (Peru) automatically qualified in all eleven events (17 athletes).
[3][4] Originally, a total of 148 sailors and 106 boats were scheduled to qualify to compete at the games.
[6] A total of 26 nations qualified for the sailing competitions, the most ever for one single edition of the games.