Taekwondo competition
Qualification
A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the Pan American Taekwondo Union, to countries which did not qualify any athletes in the qualification tournament.[1] Only five nations did qualify any athletes, which allowed for four countries to receive an additional quota through a wildcard.[2][3]
Qualification timeline
Event | Date | Venue |
2015 Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament[4] | March 11–12 | Aguascalientes |
Qualification summary
Men
58 kg
68 kg
80 kg
+80 kg
Women
49 kg
- The Argentinian athlete tested positive for doping, and Venezuela was given a wildcard to replace her.[5]
57 kg
67 kg
- The Bolivian athlete was murdered and thus the nation decided to not use the wildcard spot.
+67 kg
References
- ^ "Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games" (PDF). patu.org. Pan American Taekwondo Union. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "PATU Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am GamesMarch 11~12, 2015 / Aguascalientes, Mexico". scribd.com. Pan American Taekwondo Union. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Korram, Alex (20 March 2015). "Wild Cards for Toronto 2015". en.mastkd.com. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Official Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". mastkd.com (in Spanish). Mastaekwondo. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Keller, Francisco (30 March 2015). "Positive doping for an Argentine athlete". en.mastkd.com. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 6 April 2015.