Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification system

A total of 80 synchronized swimers will qualify to compete at the games. 8 teams of nine athletes (including one reserve) along with an additional four duets will qualify to compete at the games. The host nation is automatically qualified with a team of nine athletes. A NOC may enter a maximum of nine athletes, if it has qualified a team and two athletes if it has qualified only a duet.[1]

Canada as host nation and the United States, as being the only member located in zone 3 automatically qualify a full team. The South American region and the Central American and Caribbean region will qualify three teams and five duets each. Therefore a total of eight teams and twelve duets will qualify. All countries qualifying a team will also qualify a duet, the pair most consist of two athletes that compete in the team event.[1]

Qualification timeline

Event Date Venue
2014 South American Aquatics Championships October 8–11, 2014 Argentina Mar del Plata
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games[2] November 15–21, 2014 Mexico Veracruz

Qualification summary

NOC Team Duet Athletes
Argentina X X 9
Aruba X X 9
Brazil X X 9
Canada X X 9
Chile X 2
Colombia X 2
Costa Rica X 2
Cuba X X 9
Guatemala X 2
Mexico X X 9
Peru X 9
United States X X 9
Venezuela X 2
Total: 13 NOC's81282

Team

Competition Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1 Canada
Qualified automatically 1 United States
2014 South American Championships 3 Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
Peru
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games 3 Mexico
Aruba
Cuba
Total 8

Duet

Competition Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1 Canada
Qualified automatically 1 United States
2014 South American Championships 3 Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
2 Venezuela
Chile
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games 3 Mexico
Aruba
Cuba
2 Costa Rica
Puerto Rico
Guatemala
Total 12

References

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