Weightlifting at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2019 Pan American Games. The following is the qualification system and qualified nations for the weightlifting at the 2019 Pan American Games which will be held in Lima, Peru.

Qualification system

A total of 126 weightlifters (63 per gender) will qualify to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of 12 weightlifters (six per gender). The host nation (Peru) automatically qualified the maximum team size. All other nations qualified through their team scores from both the 2017 and 2018 Pan American Championships combined.^[1] A further two wild cards were awarded (one per gender).^[2]

Qualification timeline

width=300	Events !	width=200	Date !	width=230	Venue
	June 23–30, 2017	Miami, United States
	May 12–19, 2018

Qualification summary

NOC	width=80	Men !	width=80	Women !	width=100	Total athletes
	1	3	4
		1	1
	3	2	5
	1	3	4
	3	3	6
	6	6	12
	2	2	4
	4	4	8
	4	4	8
	6	6	12
	2	1	3
	3	3	6
	1		1
	4	4	8
		2	2
	2		2
	6	6	12
	3	2	5
	2	1	3
	4	6	10
	6	4	10
Total: 21 NOCs	63	63	126

Men

The following is the list of nations winning quotas for men's events. The country receiving the wild card will be announced later.^[3]

• Host nation: 6 Athletes
• Teams 1st–3rd: 6 Athletes
• Teams 4th–7th: 4 Athletes
• Teams 8th–11th: 3 Athletes
• Teams 12th–15th: 2 Athletes
• Teams 16th–17th: 1 Athlete
• Wild card: 1 athlete

Rank	Quota	NOC	Year		Total
width=35	2017	width=35	2018
–	6		Host nation
1	6		177	178	355
2	6		183	167	350
3	6		199	149	348
4	4		187	139	326
5	4		155	160	315
6	4		138	162	300
7	4		118	141	259
8	3		117	140	257
9	3		118	134	252
10	3		156	89	245
11	3		120	88	208
12	2		81	53	134
13	2		60	66	126
14	2		31	86	117
15	2		78	33	112
16	1		63	48	111
17	1		109	0	109
18			0	82	82
19			23	13	36
20			13	0	13
21			12	0	12
22	1		0	0	0
	63

• Barbados was awarded a wild card spot and later declined it. It was reallocated to Honduras.

Women

The following is the list of nations winning quotas for women's events. The country receiving the wild card will be announced later.^[3]

• Host nation: 6 Athletes
• Teams 1st–3rd: 6 Athletes
• Teams 4th–7th: 4 Athletes
• Teams 8th–11th: 3 Athletes
• Teams 12th–15th: 2 Athletes
• Teams 16th–17th: 1 Athlete
• Wild card: 1 athlete

Rank	Quota	NOC	Year		Total
width=35	2017	width=35	2018
–	6		Host nation
1	6		196	175	371
2	6		179	176	355
3	6		165	180	345
4	4		165	178	343
5	4		179	164	323
6	4		164	159	275
7	4		110	165	259
8	3		149	108	257
9	3		120	110	230
10	3		109	114	223
11	3		119	94	213
12	2		103	84	187
13	2		84	61	145
14	2		83	61	144
15	2		70	49	119
16	1		13	33	46
17	1		0	46	46
18			0	33	33
19	1		13	0	13
20			0	13	13
21			7	0	7
	63

• Aruba was awarded a wild card spot.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pan-American Weightlifting Federation hold Executive Board meeting in Santo Domingo. Giles. Thomas. 16 May 2018. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 22 May 2018.
2. Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 23 May 2018.
3. Web site: Places Qualified for Lima 2019. 22 May 2018. www.panamwf.org/. Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PANAMWF). 22 May 2018.