Modern pentathlon at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification

There is a quota of 40 athletes (24 male, 16 female) (however one spot over quota for each gender was allowed); Mexico as the host country is guaranteed a full team of four athletes (two men and two women). Qualification is done on a country basis, not an individual basis.^[1]

Nation	Men	Women	Total
Argentina	2	2	4
Brazil	2	2	4
Canada	2	2	4
Chile	2	1	3
Cuba	2	2	4
Dominican Republic	2		2
Ecuador	2	1	3
Guatemala	2	2	4
Mexico	2	2	4
Panama	2		2
United States	2	2	4
Uruguay	1		1
Venezuela	2	1	3
Total athletes	25	17	42
Total NOCs	13	10	13

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	2	Mexico  Mexico
Each country affiliated with PAMPC	Rio de Janeiro*	11*	United States  Cuba  Brazil  Guatemala  Canada  Ecuador  Chile  Argentina  Dominican Republic  Venezuela  Panama
2010 Pan American Championship **	Rio de Janeiro	6**	United States  Brazil  Cuba  Canada  Guatemala  Ecuador
UIPM World Ranking List	-	5	Argentina  Chile  Dominican Republic  Uruguay  Venezuela  Panama
TOTAL		25

* Each country affiliated with PAMPC can send one athlete if they met the qualifying standard of 4800 points.^[2]

** The remaining spots were distributed to nations in the order of their second-placed athlete (must have met the standard of 4800 points).^[2]

Competition	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	-	2	Mexico  Mexico
Each country affiliated with PAMPC	Rio de Janeiro*	6*	Brazil  United States  Canada  Guatemala  Cuba  Argentina
2010 Pan American Championship **	Rio de Janeiro	4**	Brazil  Canada  Cuba  United States  Guatemala
UIPM World Ranking List	-	4	Argentina  Chile  Ecuador  Venezuela
TOTAL		17

* Each country affiliated with PAMPC can send one athlete if they met the qualifying standard of 4200 points.^[2]

** The remaining spots were distributed to nations in the order of their second-placed athletes (must have met the standard of 4200 points).^[2]

• 2010 Pan American Men's results
• 2010 Pan American Women's results