2023 ISA World Surfing Games

The 2023 ISA World Surfing Games took place across the La Bocana and El Sunzal waves at Surf City in El Salvador, from 30 May to 7 June 2023. The event was organised by the International Surfing Association (ISA).^[2][3][4]

2023 ISA World Surfing Games
Venue	La Bocana and El Sunzal
Location	Surf City, El Salvador
Date	30 May – 7 June 2023
Competitors	294[1] from 63 nations
← 2022 2024 →

Medal summary

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Alan Cleland  Mexico	Lucca Mesinas  Peru	Miguel Tudela  Peru
Women	Tatiana Weston-Webb  Brazil	Erin Brooks  Canada	Johanne Defay  France
Team Points	Peru Alonso Correa Lucca Mesinas Miguel Tudela Sol Aguirre Daniella Rosas Arena Rodríguez	France Maxime Huscenot Kauli Vaast Joan Duru Pauline Ado Johanne Defay Vahiné Fierro	Brazil Gabriel Medina Filipe Toledo João Chianca Luana Silva Silvana Lima Tatiana Weston-Webb

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Medal table

  *   Host nation (El Salvador)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Peru (PER)	1	1	1	3
2	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
3	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	0	1
4	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Olympic qualification

The event contributed towards qualification for the 2024 Olympics surfing competition in Teahupo'o, where surfing will make its second appearance as an Olympic sport. The highest-ranked eligible man and woman from each of Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania qualified for the Olympics.^[6][7]

Qualified athletes

Men  Jordy Smith (RSA)[note 1]  Kanoa Igarashi (JPN)[note 2]  Kauli Vaast (FRA)  Billy Stairmand (NZL)

Women  Sarah Baum (RSA)  Shino Matsuda (JPN)  Vahiné Fierro (FRA)  Saffi Vette (NZL)

Participating nations

The following countries sent delegations to the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games:^[8]

•  Afghanistan
•  Algeria
•  American Samoa
•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Barbados
•  Belgium
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  China
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Colombia
•  Costa Rica
•  Czech Republic
•  Dominican Republic
•  Ecuador
•  El Salvador
•  Finland
•  France
•  Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Greece
•  Guam
•  Guatemala
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Jamaica
•  Japan
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Mauritius
•  Mexico
•  Moldova
•  Morocco
•  Netherlands
•  New Zealand
•  Nicaragua
•  Norway
•  Panama
•  Peru
•  Philippines
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Puerto Rico
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Senegal
•  South Africa
•  South Korea
•  Spain
•  Switzerland
•  Thailand
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine
•  Uruguay
•  United States
•  United States Virgin Islands
•  Venezuela

Notes

1. If Jordy Smith qualifies via 2023 World Surf League placings and since Teva Bouchgua of Morocco (the second-highest finisher from Africa) failed to achieve a top 30 placings for this event, this qualification place will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible athlete, not yet qualified, regardless of continent, in this case it would be Alan Cleland of Mexico, as the champion of the men's event.
2. If Kanoa Igarashi qualifies via 2023 World Surf League placings, this qualification place will be taken by Reo Inaba of Japan, as the second-highest finisher from Asia.