Sailing at the 1991 Pan American Games

Sailing at the 1991 Pan American Games
«1987 1995»

Sailing at the 1991 Pan American Games was contested in Havana, Cuba, during the XI edition of the Games held from August 2 to 18, 1991. The programme featured a mix of men’s, women’s, and open events in classes such as Lechner A‑390 (Division II), Finn, 470, Laser, Laser Radial, Snipe, and Lightning. Competitors from nations across the Americas vied for medals in a total of 27 sailing contests, with the top-ranked countries securing golds, silvers, and bronzes across various events. The event formed part of the broader Games, which featured 4,519 athletes from 39 countries, reinforcing sailing’s place as a core Pan‑American sport since its inclusion in 1951.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lechner A-390 Div II	United States Ted Huang	Argentina Carlos Espinola	Canada Murray McCaig
Finn	Canada Lawrence Lemieux	Brazil Christoph Bergmann	Mexico Erick Mergenthaler
470	Canada Nigel Cochrane Jeff Eckard	Brazil Bernardo Arndt Eduardo Melchert	United States Morgan Larson Paul Kerner
Laser	Brazil Peter Tanscheit	United States Sam Kerner	Argentina José Campero

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lechner A-390 Div II	United States Lanee Butler	Canada Edithe Trepanier	Argentina María Espínola
Laser Radial	Canada Shona Moss	Brazil Marion Scheel	United States Karen Long
470	United States	Mexico Karla Gutiérrez Margarita Pasos	Brazil Monica Scheel Cláudia Swan

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snipe	Cuba	Brazil	United States Peter Commette Tarasa Davis
Lightning	United States| } Matt Fisher Steve Callison Sean Michael Fidler	Chile	Brazil

Place	Nation				Total
1	United States	4	1	3	8
2	Canada	3	1	1	5
3	Brazil	1	4	2	7
4	Cuba	1	0	0	1
5	Argentina	0	1	2	3
4	Mexico	0	1	1	2
5	Chile	0	1	0	1
Total		9	9	9	27