A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 2 athlete per gender. There is a maximum of 64 competitors allowed (32 per gender).^[1]

Qualification summary

Nation	Men's Individual	Men's Pair	Women's Individual	Women's Pair	Total
Aruba			2	X	2
Bahamas			2	X	2
Bermuda	2	X	2	X	4
Bolivia	2	X			2
Brazil	2	X	2	X	4
Canada	2	X	2	X	4
Chile			2	X	2
Colombia	2	X	2	X	4
Costa Rica	2	X	2	X	4
Dominican Republic	2	X	2	X	4
Ecuador	2	X			2
El Salvador	2	X	2	X	4
Guatemala	2	X	2	X	4
Mexico	2	X	2	X	4
Panama	2	X			2
Peru	2	X	2	X	4
Puerto Rico	2	X	2	X	4
United States	2	X	2	X	4
Venezuela	2	X	2	X	4
Total athletes	32	32	32	32	64
Total NOCs	16	16	16	16	19 NOC's

Men

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2009 PABCON Senior Pan American Championship[1]	Sep 20 - Sep 27, 2009	San Juan	15	Bermuda  Bolivia  Brazil  Canada  Colombia  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador  Guatemala  Panama  Peru  Puerto Rico  United States  Venezuela
TOTAL			16

Women

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Mexico
2009 PABCON Senior Pan American Championship[1]	Sep 20 - Sep 27, 2009	San Juan	15	Aruba  Bahamas[2]  Bermuda  Brazil  Canada  Chile  Colombia  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Guatemala  Panama  Peru1  Puerto Rico  United States  Venezuela
TOTAL			16

^1 While the Netherlands Antilles originally qualified, they declined participation and were replaced by Peru.^[3]

See also

• Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games

References