Qualification edit
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 edit
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament[4] | March 11–12 |  Aguascalientes
|
Qualification summary edit
| NOC | Men | Women | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 kg | 68 kg | 80 kg | +80 kg | 49 kg | 57 kg | 67 kg | +67 kg | ||
 Argentina |
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||
 Aruba |
X | X | 2 | ||||||
 Brazil |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
 Canada |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
 Chile |
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||
 Colombia |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
 Costa Rica |
X | 1 | |||||||
 Cuba |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | |
 Dominican Republic |
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||
 Ecuador |
X | X | 2 | ||||||
 El Salvador |
X | 1 | |||||||
 Guatemala |
X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||
 Haiti |
X | 1 | |||||||
 Honduras |
X | X | X | 3 | |||||
 Jamaica |
X | X | 2 | ||||||
 Mexico |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
 Nicaragua |
X | X | 2 | ||||||
 Panama |
X | X | 2 | ||||||
 Paraguay |
X | 1 | |||||||
 Peru |
X | X | X | 3 | |||||
 Puerto Rico |
X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
X | 1 | |||||||
 Suriname |
X | 1 | |||||||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
X | 1 | |||||||
 United States |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
 Uruguay |
X | X | X | 3 | |||||
 Venezuela |
X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | |
 Virgin Islands |
X | X | 2 | ||||||
| Total: 28 NOCs | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 109 |
Men edit
58 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 12 | Argentina Aruba Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic Guatemala Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
|
| Wildcard | 3 | Ecuador Panama Paraguay
|
| TOTAL | 16 |
68 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 12 | Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Guatemala Mexico Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
|
| TOTAL | 13 |
80 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 12 | Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Honduras Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
|
| Wildcard | 2 | Nicaragua Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
| TOTAL | 15 |
+80 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 12 | Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
|
| TOTAL | 13 |
Women edit
49 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 11 | Argentina Aruba Brazil Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico United States
|
| Wildcard | 1 | Venezuela
|
| TOTAL | 13 |
- The Argentinian athlete tested positive for doping, and Venezuela was given a wildcard to replace her.[5]
57 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 12 | Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Mexico Panama Peru United States Venezuela
|
| Wildcard | 1 | El Salvador Uruguay
|
| TOTAL | 15 |
67 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 12 | Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador Honduras Mexico Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
|
| Wildcard |  Bolivia Haiti
| |
| TOTAL | 14 |
- The Bolivian athlete was murdered and thus the nation decided to not use the wildcard spot.
+67 kg edit
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | Canada
|
| Pan American Games Qualification Tournament | 8 | Brazil Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Honduras Mexico Puerto Rico United States
|
| Wildcard | 1 | Virgin Islands
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
References edit
- ^ "Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games" (PDF). patu.org. Pan American Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "PATU Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am GamesMarch 11~12, 2015 / Aguascalientes, Mexico". scribd.com. Pan American Taekwondo Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Korram, Alex (20 March 2015). "Wild Cards for Toronto 2015". en.mastkd.com. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Keller, Francisco (30 March 2015). "Positive doping for an Argentine athlete". en.mastkd.com. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.