Modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

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Qualification system

A total of 50 modern pentathletes will qualify to compete at the Games (28 male and 22 female). A nation may enter a maximum of six athletes (three male and three female). The host nation (Canada) is automatically qualified with a team of one athlete per gender, and can qualify additional competitors. All countries competing at the 2014 South American Games and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games along with the United States and hosts Canada will be able to enter one athlete per event. All remaining spots will be allocated to countries' second-place finishing athletes at the Pan American Championships. If there are spots still available, countries will be awarded a third quota until no more spots are available.^[1]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	March 8–10, 2014	Santiago
2014 Pan American Championship	July 17–20, 2014	Mexico City
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 15–18, 2014	Veracruz

Qualification summary

Nation			Women !	Total
	2	2	4
	2	3	5
	2	3	5
	2	2	4
	1		1
	2	2	4
	2	1	3
	2	1	3
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	1	3
	2	1	3
		1	1
	2	2	4
	1		1
	2		2
Total: 16 NOCs	28	22	50

Men

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Vacancies !	width=300	Qualified
Host nation	1
Qualified automatically	1
2014 South American Games	8
	5
2014 Pan American Championship^[2]	13
Total	28

Women

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Vacancies !	width=300	Qualified
Host nation	1
Qualified automatically	1
2014 South American Games	7
	4
2014 Pan American Championship^[3]	9
Total	22

External links

• Pan American Championships results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sistema De Clasificación Pentatlón moderno . Spanish . Qualification System Modern Pentathlon . cog.org.gt . . 13 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141101092034/http://www.cog.org.gt/media/14489/TO2015%20Qualification%20System%20-%20Modern%20Pentathlon_SP.pdf . 1 November 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: José Figueroa repeats as Pan American Champion! . 21 July 2014 . pentathlon.org . . 14 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020526/http://www.pentathlon.org/jose-figueroa-repeats-as-pan-american-champion/ . 29 November 2014 .
3. Web site: In 2014 Pan American Championship, Brazil comes out on top! . 21 July 2014 . pentathlon.org . . 14 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020628/http://www.pentathlon.org/in-modern-pentathlon-brazil-comes-out-on-top/ . 29 November 2014 .