# Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification
## Qualifying criteria

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (épée, foil, or sabre) if it has qualified for the team event and 1 athlete per if it has not.
The top seven teams at the 2010 Pan American Championship plus hosts Mexico qualified a team for each respective team event, and two athletes for the individual event for that weapon. Also this championship qualified the top 2 athletes per event for the individual event if the country had not qualified through the team event.

## Participating nations

| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Athletes |
| Nation | Individual Épée | Team Épée | Individual Foil | Team Foil | Individual Sabre | Team Sabre | Individual Épée | Team Épée | Individual Foil | Team Foil | Individual Sabre | Team Sabre | Athletes |
| Argentina | 1 | | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | | | 2 | X | 13 |
| Brazil | | | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 15 |
| Canada | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 1 | | 16 |
| Chile | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | | | 15 |
| Colombia | 2 | X | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Costa Rica | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| Cuba | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
| Dominican Republic | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | X | 5 |
| El Salvador | 2 | X | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 6 |
| Guatemala | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
| Panama | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | X | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | X | 1 | | 5 |
| United States | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
| Venezuela | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 2 | X | 18 |
| Total athletes | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 156 |
| Total NOCs | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 15 NOCs |

## Men's Épée
### Team

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | Cuba Canada United States Venezuela Chile Colombia El Salvador |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

### Individual

| Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Argentina Guatemala |

## Men's Foil
### Team

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Venezuela Canada Cuba Chile Brazil Argentina |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

### Individual

| Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Puerto Rico El Salvador |

## Men's Sabre
### Team

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Canada Venezuela Brazil Cuba Argentina Chile |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

### Individual

| Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | El Salvador Colombia |

## Women's Épée
### Team

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | Cuba Canada United States Venezuela Argentina Brazil Chile |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

### Individual

| Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Dominican Republic Costa Rica |

## Women's Foil
### Team

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Canada Venezuela Puerto Rico Cuba Chile Brazil |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

### Individual

| Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | El Salvador Dominican Republic |

## Women's Sabre
### Team

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | Mexico |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | San Jose | 7 | United States Canada Venezuela Argentina Brazil Cuba Dominican Republic Panama |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

### Individual

| Team Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Team Event | - | 16 | 2 from each team. |
| 2010 Pan American Fencing Championship | August 2–7, 2010 | 2 | Canada Puerto Rico |
* Canada has withdrawn from the women's sabre team event, with Panama replacing the country in the event after finishing in ninth place at the 2010 Pan American Championship.