Karate at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification summary[]

The following nations qualified:^[1]

NOC	Men					Women					Total
	60kg	67kg	75kg	84kg	84+kg	50kg	55kg	61kg	68kg	68+kg
Argentina					X			X		X	3
Brazil	X				X	X	X		X	X	6
Canada				X	X			X		X	4
Chile	X		X			X	X		X	X	6
Colombia	X			X		X					3
Costa Rica									X		1
Cuba		X	X				X		X		4
Dominican Republic	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X		8
Ecuador		X	X				X				3
El Salvador	X	X	X	X	X						5
Guatemala						X	X			X	3
Mexico	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Netherlands Antilles								X			1
Panama								X			1
Peru	X	X	X	X				X			5
Puerto Rico					X					X	2
Trinidad and Tobago					X						1
United States	X	X	X			X	X		X		6
Uruguay				X							1
Venezuela		X		X	X	X		X	X	X	7
Total: 20 NOCs	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	80

Qualification by category[]

-60kg Men[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2
1	Guadalajara	2	Douglas Brose
2	Montreal	1
TOTAL		8

-67kg Men[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2	6
1	Guadalajara	2
2	Montreal	1
TOTAL		8

-75kg Men[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2	Dionicio Gustavo
1	Guadalajara	2	Javier Zamora
2	Montreal	1	Tom Scott
TOTAL		8

-84kg Men[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2
1	Guadalajara	2
2	Montreal	1
TOTAL		8

84+kg Men[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2
1	Guadalajara	2
2	Montreal	1
TOTAL		8

-50kg Women[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2	Ana Villanueva
1	Guadalajara	2
Automatic 3	Guadalajara	1	5
TOTAL		8

-55kg Women[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2	Valeria Kumizaki
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2
1	Guadalajara	2	Jacqueline Factos Shannon Nishi
Automatic 3	Guadalajara	1	5
TOTAL		8

-61kg Women[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2	Alexandra Grande
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2
1	Guadalajara	2
2	Montreal	1
TOTAL		8

-68kg Women[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1	Yadira Lira
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2
1	Guadalajara	2
2	Montreal	1	Cheryl Murphy
TOTAL		8

-68+kg Women[]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	1	Xhunashi Caballero
2010 South American Games	Medellín	2
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez	2
1	Guadalajara	2
Automatic 3	Guadalajara	1	5
TOTAL		8

• ^1 Countries may only enter athletes in which they have not qualified in.
• ^2 Open to athletes from Canada and the United States only.
• ^3 If an athlete from either Canada or the United States qualify through the Pan American Championship, the other nation automatically gets the North American spot. If both nations qualify, then the top three from the Pan American Championships will earn the spots.
• ^4 If an athlete is injured they may be replaced by another athlete from the same country.
• ^5 There has been a late change in the qualification system which the Canadian federation has appealed.^[2]
• ^6 Jesús Rodríguez of Puerto Rico had originally won the spot, but withdrew due to an injury. El Salvador's Carlos Galán will replace him.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Results from the 2011 Pan American Championship
• North American Cup results