Synchronized swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

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Qualification system

A total of 80 synchronized swimmers will qualify to compete at the games. 8 teams of nine athletes (including one reserve) along with an additional four duets will qualify to compete at the games. The host nation is automatically qualified with a team of nine athletes. A NOC may enter a maximum of nine athletes, if it has qualified a team and two athletes if it has qualified only a duet.^[1]

Canada as host nation and the United States, as being the only member located in zone 3 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. All countries qualifying a team will also qualify a duet, the pair most consist of two athletes that compete in the team event.^[1]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	October 8–11, 2014	Mar del Plata
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games^[2]	November 15–21, 2014	Veracruz

Qualification summary

NOC			width=55	Athletes
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
	X	X	9
		X	2
		X	2
		X	2
	X	X	9
		X	2
	X	X	9
	X		9
	X	X	9
		X	2
Total: 13 NOC's	8	12	82

Team

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Vacancies !	width=300	Qualified
Host nation	1
Qualified automatically	1
2014 South American Championships	3
	3
Total	8

Duet

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Vacancies !	width=300	Qualified
Host nation	1
Qualified automatically	1
2014 South American Championships	3
	2
	3
	2
Total	12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification System Aquatics – Synchronized Swimming . www.uana-aquatics.org/ . . 19 November 2014.
2. Web site: Synchronized swimming defines tickets for Pan American Games. 21 November 2014 . veracruz2014.mx/. 26 January 2015.