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.^[1]

Participating nations

Nation	Men						Women						Athletes
	Individual Épée	Team Épée	Individual Foil	Team Foil	Individual Sabre	Team Sabre	Individual Épée	Team Épée	Individual Foil	Team Foil	Individual Sabre	Team Sabre
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 [2]	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[3]	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 [4]	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[5]	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 [6]	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[7]	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 [8]	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[9]	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 [10]	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[11]	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 [12]	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[13]	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.^[14]

See also

Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games

References