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 Mexico 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). 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". scribd.com. Pan American Taekwondo Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ Korram, Alex (20 March 2015). "Wild Cards for Toronto 2015". en.mastkd.com. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ^ Keller, Francisco (30 March 2015). "Positive doping for an Argentine athlete". en.mastkd.com. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.