Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 2 athlete per gender. There is a maximum of 64 competitors allowed (32 per gender).^[1]

Qualifying Summary[]

Nation	Men's Individual	Men's Pair	Women's Individual	Women's Pair	Total
Aruba			2	X	2
Bahamas			2	X	2
Bermuda	2	X	2	X	4
Bolivia	2	X			2
Brazil	2	X	2	X	4
Canada	2	X	2	X	4
Chile			2	X	2
Colombia	2	X	2	X	4
Costa Rica	2	X	2	X	4
Dominican Republic	2	X	2	X	4
Ecuador	2	X			2
El Salvador	2	X	2	X	4
Guatemala	2	X	2	X	4
Mexico	2	X	2	X	4
Panama	2	X			2
Peru	2	X	2	X	4
Puerto Rico	2	X	2	X	4
United States	2	X	2	X	4
Venezuela	2	X	2	X	4
Total athletes	32	32	32	32	64
Total NOCs	16	16	16	16	19 NOC's

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
^[1]	Sep 20 - Sep 27, 2009	San Juan	15	Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Panama Peru Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
TOTAL			16

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
^[1]	Sep 20 - Sep 27, 2009	San Juan	15	Aruba Bahamas^[2] Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala ~~Panama~~ Peru¹ Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
TOTAL			16

^1 While the Netherlands Antilles originally qualified, they declined participation and were replaced by Peru.^[3]