Fencing competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara is being held from October 24 to October 29 at the Multipurpose Gymnasium.[1] All 12 events will be on the schedule, meaning every team event will be contested, after reverting to Olympic only events in 2007.[1]
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 in San José, Costa Rica plus hosts Mexico in each team event qualify a three athletes 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]