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.Fencing technical manual
Participating nations Nation Men Women AthletesIndividual ÉpéeTeam ÉpéeIndividual Foil Team FoilIndividual SabreTeam SabreIndividual Épée Team ÉpéeIndividual FoilTeam FoilIndividual SabreTeam Sabre 1 2X2X2X 2X13 2X2X2X2X2X15 2X2X2X2X2X1 16 2X2X2X2X2X 15 2X 1 4 1 1 2X2X2X2X2X2X18 1 1 2X5 2X1 1 1 6 1 1 2X2X2X2X2X2X18 2X3 1 2X1 5 2X2X2X2X2X2X18 2X2X2X2X2X2X18 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 EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation - -12010 Pan American Fencing ChampionshipAugust 2–7, 2010 San Jose7 Men's team Épée results TOTAL 8
Individual Team Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Team Event - 16 2 from each team. 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship August 2–7, 2010 2Men's individual Épée results
Men's Foil Team EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation - -12010 Pan American Fencing ChampionshipAugust 2–7, 2010 San Jose7 Men's team Foil results TOTAL 8
Individual Team Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Team Event - 16 2 from each team. 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship August 2–7, 2010 2Men's individual Foil results
Men's Sabre Team EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation - -12010 Pan American Fencing ChampionshipAugust 2–7, 2010 San Jose7 Men's team Sabre results TOTAL 8
Individual Team Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Team Event - 16 2 from each team. 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship August 2–7, 2010 2Men's individual Sabre results
Women's Épée Team EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation - -12010 Pan American Fencing ChampionshipAugust 2–7, 2010 San Jose7 Women's team Épée results TOTAL 8
Individual Team Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Team Event - 16 2 from each team. 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship August 2–7, 2010 2Women's individual Épée results
Women's Foil Team EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation - -12010 Pan American Fencing ChampionshipAugust 2–7, 2010 San Jose7 Women's team Foil results TOTAL 8
Individual Team Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Team Event - 16 2 from each team. 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship August 2–7, 2010 2Women's individual Foil results
Women's Sabre Team EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation - -12010 Pan American Fencing ChampionshipAugust 2–7, 2010 San Jose7 Women's team Sabre results TOTAL 8
Individual Team Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Team Event - 16 2 from each team. 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship August 2–7, 2010 2Women's individual Sabre results
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.Equipo de sable femenino irá a Guadalajara
See also Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games
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