Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

The top eighteen teams with the combined scores at the 2009 and 2010 Pan American Championship would qualify athletes, with the teams finishing higher, qualifying more athletes. Mexico as hosts enters a full team for each gender. Each nation may only enter a maximum of two athletes per weight category.[1]

Qualification timeline

EventDateVenue
2009 Pan American ChampionshipJune 3 to May 8, 2011 Chicago[2]
2010 Pan American ChampionshipMay 23 to May 31, 2011 Guatemala City[3]

Summary

NOCMenWomenTotal athletes
 Argentina224
 Brazil224
 Canada213
 Chile33
 Colombia7613
 Costa Rica11
 Cuba729
 Dominican Republic5611
 Ecuador6511
 El Salvador213
 Guatemala426
 Haiti11
 Honduras112
 Mexico7613
 Nicaragua112
 Panama11
 Peru123
 Puerto Rico4610
 United States6511
 Uruguay11
 Venezuela7512
Total athletes6856124
Total NOCs191721

Men

Event Athlete(s) per NOC Total Athletes Qualified
Host Nation 7 7  Mexico
Nations ranked 1-3 7 21  Cuba
 Colombia
 Venezuela
Nations ranked 4-6 6 18  Ecuador
 United States
 Dominican Republic*
Nations ranked 7-8 4 8  Guatemala
 Puerto Rico
Nations ranked 9-12 2 8  Argentina
 Brazil
 El Salvador
 Canada
Nations ranked 13-18 1 6  Chile
 Panama
 Haiti
 Nicaragua
 Honduras
 Uruguay
Wild card/Unused quotas 1 1  Costa Rica
 Peru*
TOTAL69
  • Dominican Republic declined one quota.
    • Chile withdrawn due to drug failure

Women

Event Athlete(s) per NOC Total Athletes Qualified
Host Nation 6 6  Mexico
Nations ranked 1-3 6 18  Colombia
 Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
Nations ranked 4-6 5 15  Ecuador
 Venezuela
 United States
Nations ranked 7-10 2 8  Chile
 Guatemala
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Honduras***
Nations ranked 11-18 1 8  Nicaragua
 El Salvador
 Peru
 Canada
 Cuba
 Aruba
 Barbados
Wild card/Unused quotas 1 1  Chile[4]
 Cuba
 Peru
TOTAL56
  • Aruba had originally qualified a team of one female athlete, however that athlete (Jennifer Pifter) tested positive for drugs and was suspended. The athlete was replaced by an athlete from Honduras.[5]

References


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