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]