title: Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification
text: # Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification
  
  ## Qualifying criteria
  
  An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (épée, foil, or sabre) if it has qualified for the team event and 1 athlete per if it has not.
  
  The top seven teams at the 2010 Pan American Championship plus hosts Mexico qualified a team for each respective team event, and two athletes for the individual event for that weapon. Also this championship qualified the top 2 athletes per event for the individual event if the country had not qualified through the team event.
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Athletes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nation | Individual Épée | Team Épée | Individual Foil | Team Foil | Individual Sabre | Team Sabre | Individual Épée | Team Épée | Individual Foil | Team Foil | Individual Sabre | Team Sabre | Athletes |
  | Argentina | 1 | | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | | | 2 | X | 13 |
  | Brazil | | | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 15 |
  | Canada | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 1 | | 16 |
  | Chile | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | | | 15 |
  | Colombia | 2 | X | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 |
  | Costa Rica | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
  | Cuba | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
  | Dominican Republic | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | X | 5 |
  | El Salvador | 2 | X | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 6 |
  | Guatemala | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
  | Mexico | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
  | Panama | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | X | 3 |
  | Puerto Rico | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | X | 1 | | 5 |
  | 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 |
  | Total athletes | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 156 |
  | Total NOCs | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 15 NOCs |
  
  ## Men's Épée
  
  ### Team
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | Cuba Canada United States Venezuela Chile Colombia El Salvador |
  | TOTAL | | | 8 | |
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Argentina Guatemala |
  
  ## Men's Foil
  
  ### Team
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Venezuela Canada Cuba Chile Brazil Argentina |
  | TOTAL | | | 8 | |
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Puerto Rico El Salvador |
  
  ## Men's Sabre
  
  ### Team
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Canada Venezuela Brazil Cuba Argentina Chile |
  | TOTAL | | | 8 | |
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | El Salvador Colombia |
  
  ## Women's Épée
  
  ### Team
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | Cuba Canada United States Venezuela Argentina Brazil Chile |
  | TOTAL | | | 8 | |
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Dominican Republic Costa Rica |
  
  ## Women's Foil
  
  ### Team
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Canada Venezuela Puerto Rico Cuba Chile Brazil |
  | TOTAL | | | 8 | |
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | El Salvador Dominican Republic |
  
  ## Women's Sabre
  
  ### Team
  
  | Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Canada Venezuela Argentina Brazil Cuba Dominican Republic Panama |
  | TOTAL | | | 8 | |
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
  | 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Canada Puerto Rico |
  
  * Canada has withdrawn from the women's sabre team event, with Panama replacing the country in the event after finishing in ninth place at the 2010 Pan American Championship.
  