Qualification system
editA total of 156 fencers qualified to compete at the games. Each nation could enter a team of up to eighteen fencers (a team consisting of three athletes in each event). A maximum of two fencers per country could be entered in the individual events, and one team in the team events. All qualification were done at the 2015 Pan American Championships, where the top 7 teams plus two individuals in each event will qualify. Hosts Canada were automatically qualified with a full team of 18 athletes.[1] All nations qualifying in a team event, could enter only 2 athletes in the individual event.
Qualification timeline
editEvent | Date | Venue |
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2015 Pan American Championships | April 18–23 | Santiago, Chile |
Qualification summary
editNOC | Men | Women | Total | ||||||||||
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Ind. épée | Team épée | Ind. foil | Team foil | Ind. sabre | Team sabre | Ind. épée | Team épée | Ind. foil | Team foil | Ind. sabre | Team sabre | ||
Argentina | 2 | X | 1 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 1 | 14 | ||
Brazil | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
Canada | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
Chile | 1 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 10 | |||||
Colombia | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 1 | 13 | |||
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Cuba | 2 | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 14 | ||
Dominican Republic | 2 | X | 2 | X | 6 | ||||||||
El Salvador | 2 | X | 3 | ||||||||||
Guatemala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 15 | ||
Panama | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Peru | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 2 | X | 3 | ||||||||||
United States | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
Venezuela | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Total: 17 NOCs | 18 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 155 |
Men
editÉpée
editCompetition | Fencers per NOC | Total | Qualified |
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Host nation | 3 | 3 | Canada |
2015 Pan American Championship team event | 3 | 21 | United States Venezuela Argentina Cuba Colombia Brazil Mexico |
2015 Pan American Championship individual event | 1 | 2 | Chile Guatemala |
Total | 26 |
Foil
editCompetition | Fencers per NOC | Total | Qualified |
---|---|---|---|
Host nation | 3 | 3 | Canada |
2015 Pan American Championship team event | 3 | 21 | United States Brazil Mexico Chile Venezuela Colombia Puerto Rico |
2015 Pan American Championship individual event | 1 | 2 | Cuba Argentina |
Total | 26 |
Sabre
editCompetition | Fencers per NOC | Total | Qualified |
---|---|---|---|
Host nation | 3 | 3 | Canada |
2015 Pan American Championship team event | 3 | 21 | United States Venezuela Mexico Argentina Brazil Colombia Chile |
2015 Pan American Championship individual event | 1 | 2 | Virgin Islands Cuba |
Total | 26 |
Women
editÉpée
editCompetition | Fencers per NOC | Total | Qualified |
---|---|---|---|
Host nation | 3 | 3 | Canada |
2015 Pan American Championship team event | 3 | 21 | United States Venezuela Cuba Dominican Republic Argentina Colombia Brazil |
2015 Pan American Championship individual event | 1 | 2 | Costa Rica Peru |
Total | 26 |
Foil
editCompetition | Fencers per NOC | Total | Qualified |
---|---|---|---|
Host nation | 3 | 3 | Canada |
2015 Pan American Championship team event | 3 | 21 | United States Venezuela Brazil Mexico Chile Argentina Cuba |
2015 Pan American Championship individual event | 1 | Colombia | |
Total | 25 |
Sabre
editCompetition | Fencers per NOC | Total | Qualified |
---|---|---|---|
Host nation | 3 | 3 | Canada |
2015 Pan American Championship team event | 3 | 21 | United States Mexico Venezuela Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Brazil |
2015 Pan American Championship individual event | 1 | 2 | Argentina Panama |
Total | 26 |
References
edit- ^ "Qualification System – Fencing". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.