Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualifying Criteria

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (épée, foil, or sabre) if it has qualified for the team event and 1 athlete per if it has not.

The top seven teams at the 2010 Pan American Championship plus hosts Mexico qualify a team for each respective team event, and two athletes for the individual event for that weapon. Also this championship qualified the top 2 athletes per event for the individual event if the country had not qualified through the team event.^[1]

Participating nations

Nation	Men						Women						Athletes
	Individual Épée	Team Épée	Individual Foil	Team Foil	Individual Sabre	Team Sabre	Individual Épée	Team Épée	Individual Foil	Team Foil	Individual Sabre	Team Sabre
Argentina	1		2	X	2	X	2	X			2	X	13
Brazil			2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	15
Canada	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	1		16
Chile	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X			15
Colombia	2	X			1								4
Costa Rica							1						1
Cuba	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Dominican Republic							1		1		2	X	5
El Salvador	2	X	1		1				1				6
Guatemala	1												1
Mexico	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Panama											2	X	3
Puerto Rico			1						2	X	1		5
United States	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Venezuela	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	2	X	18
Total athletes	18	24	18	24	18	24	18	24	18	24	18	24	156
Total NOCs	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	8	15 NOC's

Men's Épée

Team

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	San Jose	7 [2]	Cuba Canada United States Venezuela Chile Colombia El Salvador
TOTAL			8

Individual

Team Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Event	-	16	2 from each team.
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	2[3]	Argentina Guatemala

Men's Foil

Team

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	San Jose	7 [4]	United States Venezuela Canada Cuba Chile Brazil Argentina
TOTAL			8

Individual

Team Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Event	-	16	2 from each team.
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	2[5]	Puerto Rico El Salvador

Men's Sabre

Team

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	San Jose	7 [6]	United States Canada Venezuela Brazil Cuba Argentina Chile
TOTAL			8

Individual

Team Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Event	-	16	2 from each team.
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	2[7]	El Salvador Colombia

Women's Épée

Team

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	San Jose	7 [8]	Cuba Canada United States Venezuela Argentina Brazil Chile
TOTAL			8

Individual

Team Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Event	-	16	2 from each team.
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	2[9]	Dominican Republic Costa Rica

Women's Foil

Team

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	San Jose	7 [10]	United States Canada Venezuela Puerto Rico Cuba Chile Brazil
TOTAL			8

Individual

Team Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Event	-	16	2 from each team.
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	2[11]	El Salvador Dominican Republic

Women's Sabre

Team

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	San Jose	7 [12]	United States Canada Venezuela Argentina Brazil Cuba Dominican Republic Panama
TOTAL			8

Individual

Team Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Team Event	-	16	2 from each team.
2010 Pan American Fencing Championship	August 2–7, 2010	2[13]	Canada Puerto Rico

• Canada has withdrawn from the women's sabre team event, with Panama replacing the country in the event after finishing in ninth place at the 2010 Pan American Championship.^[14]

See also

Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games

References