Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games

Qualification system

A total of 80 synchronized swimmers 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.

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.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2014 South American Aquatics Championships	October 8–11, 2014	Mar del Plata
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 15–21, 2014	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's	8	12	82

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