Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification summary[]

* Artistic Gymnastics, NOCs with 6 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.

Nation	Artistic		Rhythmic		Trampoline		Total
	Men	Women	Individual	Group	Men	Women
Argentina	6	2	2				10
Bolivia		1					1
Brazil	6	6	2	6	2	2	24
Canada	6	6	2	6	2	2	24
Chile	2	2	1				5
Colombia	6	6	1				13
Costa Rica	1	1					2
Cuba	2	6	2	6	1		17
Dominican Republic	1	1					2
Ecuador	2	2					4
El Salvador	1						1
Guatemala	1	1	1				3
Mexico	6	6	1		1	1	15
Peru	2	1					3
Puerto Rico	6	2				1	9
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1					2
United States	6	6	2	6	2	2	24
Uruguay		1					1
Venezuela	2	6	2	6			16
Total: 19 NOCs	57	57	16	30	8	8	176

Artistic Gymnastics[]

Qualification for the artistic gymnastics competition will be done in teams, and is summarized below. The qualifying competition was the 2010 Pan American Championship in Guadalajara. Each nation can send a maximum of 12 athletes (6 male and 6 female). ^[1][2]

Men[]

Event	Criterion	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
2010 Pan American Championship	Teams places 1-7	United States  Brazil  Canada  Colombia  Puerto Rico  Mexico  Argentina	6
	Teams places 8-12	Venezuela  Cuba  Chile  Ecuador  Peru	2
	Individual all around 5 countries not already qualified.	Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala  Costa Rica	1
TOTAL			57

Women[]

Event	Criterion	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
2010 Pan American Championship	Teams places 1-7	United States  Canada  Brazil  Mexico  Venezuela  Colombia  Cuba**	6
	Teams places 8-11*	Argentina  Ecuador  Puerto Rico  Chile	2
	Individual all around 7 countries not already qualified.*	Guatemala  Peru  Costa Rica  Trinidad and Tobago  Dominican Republic  Uruguay  Panama**  Bolivia**	1
TOTAL			55

• There were only 11 teams that competed at the Pan American Championship, so the remaining two spots go into the individual qualification.
  • Cuba decided to send only four out of six athletes qualified. Panama also withdrew its athlete. Bolivia was given a wildcard to enter the competition.

Rhythmic Gymnastics[]

Qualification for the rhythmic gymnastics competition will be done in teams, and is summarized below. The qualifying competition was the 2010 Pan American Championship in Guadalajara. Each nation can send a maximum of 8 athletes. ^[3][4]

Individual[]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
2010 Pan American Championship	10 (2 each)	Canada  Brazil  Venezuela  Cuba  United States  Argentina
	5 (1 each)	Mexico**  Guatemala  Colombia  Chile
TOTAL	15

* The top 6 countries in the group competition (see below) will qualify 2 athletes each. The remaining 4 places are given to countries not already qualified with a maximum of one gymnast per country.
** Mexico qualified two spots, but was stripped when one athlete tested positive for drug usage. Argentina the next best placed country was upgraded to send two athletes.^[5]

Group[]

Each country qualifying a group can enter 6 athletes each.

Event	Criterion	Qualified
2010 Pan American Championship	Top 5	Canada  Brazil  Venezuela  Cuba  United States
TOTAL	5

Trampoline[]

There is a quota of 16 athletes (8 male and 8 female). The top three overall teams at the 2010 Pan American Championship will qualify 2 athletes each while, places four and five will qualify one athlete each.^[6]

Men[]

Event	Criterion	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
2010 Pan American Championship [7]	Teams places 1-3	Canada  Brazil  United States	2
	Teams places 4-5	Mexico  Cuba	1
TOTAL			8

Women[]

Event	Criterion	Qualified	Athletes per NOC
2010 Pan American Championship [7]	Teams places 1-3	Canada  Brazil  United States	2
	Teams places 4-5	Mexico  Puerto Rico	1
TOTAL			8

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