Qualification A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the Pan American Taekwondo Union, to countries which did not qualify any athletes in the qualification tournament. Only five nations did qualify any athletes, which allowed for four countries to receive an additional quota through a wildcard.

Qualification timeline Event Date Venue 2015 Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament March 11–12 Aguascalientes

Qualification summary NOC Men Women Total 58 kg 68 kg 80 kg +80 kg 49 kg 57 kg 67 kg +67 kg X XX XX 5 X X 2 XXXXXXXX8 XXXXXXXX8 XXX XX 5 XXXXXXXX8 X 1 XXXXXXX7 X XXXX X6 X X 2 X 1 XXX XX 5 X 1 X XX3 XX 2 XXXXXXXX8 X X 2 X X 2 X 1 X XX 3 XXX X XX6 X 1 X 1 X 1 XXXXXXXX8 X X X 3 XXXXXXX 7 X X2 Total: 28 NOCs 1613151313151410109

Men

58 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 12 Wildcard3 TOTAL 16

68 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 12 TOTAL 13

80 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 12 Wildcard2 TOTAL 15

+80 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 12 TOTAL 13

Women

49 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 11 Wildcard 1 TOTAL 13 The Argentinian athlete tested positive for doping, and Venezuela was given a wildcard to replace her.

57 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 12 Wildcard1 TOTAL 15

67 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 12 Wildcard2 1 TOTAL 14 The Bolivian athlete was murdered and thus the nation decided to not use the wildcard spot.

+67 kg Competition Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament 8 Wildcard1 TOTAL 10

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