Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification

A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the Pan American Taekwondo Union, to countries which did not qualify any athletes in the qualification tournament.^[1] Only five nations did qualify any athletes, which allowed for four countries to receive an additional quota through a wildcard.^[2][3]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2015 Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament[4]	March 11–12	Aguascalientes

Qualification summary

NOC	Men				Women				Total
	58 kg	68 kg	80 kg	+80 kg	49 kg	57 kg	67 kg	+67 kg
Argentina	X		X	X		X	X		5
Aruba	X				X				2
Brazil	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Canada	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Chile		X	X	X		X	X		5
Colombia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Costa Rica							X		1
Cuba		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Dominican Republic	X		X	X	X	X		X	6
Ecuador	X						X		2
El Salvador						X			1
Guatemala	X	X	X		X	X			5
Haiti							X		1
Honduras			X				X	X	3
Jamaica				X	X				2
Mexico	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Nicaragua	X		X						2
Panama	X					X			2
Paraguay	X								1
Peru	X				X	X			3
Puerto Rico	X	X	X		X		X	X	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			X						1
Suriname		X							1
Trinidad and Tobago		X							1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Uruguay		X		X		X			3
Venezuela	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		7
Virgin Islands				X				X	2
Total: 28 NOCs	16	13	15	13	13	15	14	10	109

Men

58 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina Aruba Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic Guatemala Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
Wildcard	3	Ecuador Panama Paraguay
TOTAL	16

68 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Guatemala Mexico Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
TOTAL	13

80 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Honduras Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
Wildcard	2	Nicaragua Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
TOTAL	15

+80 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
TOTAL	13

Women

49 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	11	Argentina Aruba Brazil Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico United States
Wildcard	1	Venezuela
TOTAL	13

• The Argentinian athlete tested positive for doping, and Venezuela was given a wildcard to replace her.^[5]

57 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Mexico Panama Peru United States Venezuela
Wildcard	1	El Salvador Uruguay
TOTAL	15

67 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	12	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador Honduras Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
Wildcard	2 1	Bolivia Haiti
TOTAL	14

• The Bolivian athlete was murdered and thus the nation decided to not use the wildcard spot.

+67 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Pan American Games Qualification Tournament	8	Brazil Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Honduras Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Wildcard	1	Virgin Islands
TOTAL	10

References

1. "Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games" (PDF). http://www.patu.org/. Pan American Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
2. "PATU Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am GamesMarch 11~12, 2015 / Aguascalientes, Mexico". https://www.scribd.com/. Pan American Taekwondo Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
3. Korram, Alex (20 March 2015). "Wild Cards for Toronto 2015". http://en.mastkd.com/. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
4. "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". http://mastkd.com/ (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
5. Keller, Francisco (30 March 2015). "Positive doping for an Argentine athlete". http://en.mastkd.com/. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.