Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2011 Pan American Games

Qualification Summary

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

Nation	Artistic		Rhythmic		Trampoline		Total
Nation	Men	Women	Individual	Group	Men	Women	Total
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
2010 Pan American Championship	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
2010 Pan American Championship ^[7]	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
2010 Pan American Championship ^[7]	Teams places 4-5	Mexico Puerto Rico	1
TOTAL			8

References

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