Artistic swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games. The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the artistic swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru.

Qualification system

A total of 80 artistic swimmers will qualify to compete at the games. As host nation, Peru qualifies the maximum team size of nine athletes (eight athletes + a reserve). Seven other teams will qualify (each with nine athletes). Each team will also be required to compete in the duet event with athletes already qualified for the team event. A further four countries will qualify a duet only.^[1]

Canada and the United States, as being the only members located in zone 4 and zone 3 respectively, automatically qualify a full team. The South American region and the Central American and Caribbean region will qualify three teams and five duets each. Therefore, a total of eight teams and twelve duets will qualify.^[1]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	July 28 – August 2, 2018	Barranquilla, Colombia
	October 31 – November 3, 2018	Lima, Peru

Qualification summary

A total of 12 NOC's qualified athletes.^[2]

NOC			width=55	Athletes
		X	2
		X	2
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
		X	2
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
		X	2
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
Total: 12 NOC's	8	12	80

Team

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Vacancies !	width=300	Qualified
Host nation	1
Zone 3	1
Zone 4	1
	3
2018 South American Championships^[3]	2
Total	8

Duet

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Vacancies !	width=300	Qualified
Host nation	1
Zone 3	1
Zone 4	1
	3
	2	^[4]
2018 South American Championships	2	^[5]
	2
Total	12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 3 August 2018.
2. Web site: National Federations Qualified for Aquatic Disciplines at the 2019 Pan Am Games. 23 April 2019. www.teamunify.com/. Swimming Union of the Americas. 4 May 2019.
3. Web site: Brasil conquista mais duas vagas no nado artístico para os Jogos Pan-Americanos. 3 November 2018. www.cbda.org.br/. Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos. 3 November 2018.
4. News: Escalante. Varinia. 2 August 2018. Sin medallas, pero con un boleto más a Panamericanos. No medals, but with one more ticket to Pan-American. es. El Diario de Hoy. San Salvador, El Salvador. 3 August 2018.
5. News: 2 November 2018. Duetos conquistam medalhas no Campeonato Sul-Americano do Peru. Duets win medals at Peru South American Championship. pt. Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos. Brazil. 3 November 2018.