Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

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Qualification summary

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).

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.

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.

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.

Men

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