Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

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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. Only five nations did qualify any athletes, which allowed for four countries to receive an additional quota through a wildcard.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2015 Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament	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.

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