Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Qualification system

A total of 125 weightlifters (69 male and 56 women) will qualify to compete at the games. Qualification was done at the 2013 and 2014 Pan American Championships, where nations had points assigned per athlete's finishing position. The totals of both Championships were added and quotas were then awarded to the top 20 men's teams and 18 women's teams. A further two wildcards (one for each gender) was awarded.[1]

Qualification timeline

Event Date Venue
2013 Pan American Weightlifting Championships June 22–30, 2013 Venezuela Isla Margarita, Venezuela
2014 Pan American Weightlifting Championships May 26 – June 2, 2014 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Qualification summary

NOC Men Women Total athletes
Argentina 1 1 2
Aruba 1 1
Barbados 1 1
Bolivia 1 1
Brazil 4 4 8
Canada 7 6 13
Chile 2 3 5
Colombia 7 6 13
Costa Rica 1 1 2
Cuba 7 1 8
Dominican Republic 5 6 11
Ecuador 5 4 9
El Salvador 1 1 2
Guatemala 2 2 4
Haiti 1 1 2
Honduras 1 1
Mexico 5 5 10
Nicaragua 1 1 2
Panama 1 1 2
Peru 2 2 4
Puerto Rico 2 2 4
United States 4 3 7
Uruguay 1 1
Venezuela 7 5 12
Total: 24 NOCs 6956125

Men

The following is the list of nations winning quotas for men's events:[2] Aruba and Barbados was later awarded a wildcard spot. Aruba declined this quota, and the spot was reallocated to Bolivia.

Rank Quota NOC Year Total
2013 2014
7 Canada Host nation
1 7 Cuba 198/8 204/8 402
2 7 Colombia 170/7 200/8 370
3 7 Venezuela 173/8 165/8 338
4 5 Ecuador 182/8 133/8 315
5 5 Dominican Republic 155/8 152/8 307
6 5 Mexico 142/8 156/8 298
7 4 United States 126/8 159/8 285
8 4 Brazil 141/8 133/8 274
9 2 Peru 132/8 124/8 256
10 2 Chile 109/8 129/8 238
11 2 Guatemala 100/8 110/8 210
12 2 Puerto Rico 61/6 102/7 163
13 1 Argentina 119/8 44/3 143
14 1 Panama 74/5 65/5 139
15 1 Honduras 51/4 77/7 128
16 1 Nicaragua 72/6 41/3 113
17 1 El Salvador 53/3 41/2 94
18 1 Uruguay 46/4 48/6 94
19 1 Costa Rica 13/1 72/8 85
20 1 Haiti 29/2 39/3 68
21 Aruba 10/1 17/1 27
22 1 Barbados 0/1 18/1 18
1 Bolivia 0/0 0/0 0

Women

The following is the list of nations winning quotas for women's events:[3] Haiti was later awarded a wildcard spot.

Rank Quota NOC Year Total
2013 2014
6 Canada Host nation
1 6 Colombia 172/7 174/7 346
2 6 Dominican Republic 170/7 201/7 315
3 6 Venezuela 135/7 166/7 301
4 4 Ecuador 157/7 144/7 301
5 4 Mexico 173/7 142/6 290
6 4 Brazil 144/7 138/7 282
7 3 United States 124/7 150/7 274
8 3 Chile 113/7 120/7 233
9 2 Peru 102/7 98/7 200
10 2 Guatemala 88/6 106/7 194
11 2 Puerto Rico 69/6 113/7 182
12 1 El Salvador 109/7 59/4 168
13 1 Nicaragua 70/5 97/7 167
14 1 Cuba 68/5 58/3 126
15 1 Argentina 102/7 20/1 122
16 1 Costa Rica 15/1 84/7 99
17 1 Aruba 13/1 16/1 29
18 1 Panama 0/1 17/1 17
19 1 Haiti 15/1 15
20 Honduras 12/1 12
20 Barbados 13/1 13
21 Uruguay 11/1 0/1 11

References

  1. "Sport Technical Manual Weightlifting". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Masculina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for men's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. "Clasificacion Por Equipos Rama Femenina Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [Qualification for women's teams at the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Pan American Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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