Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.patu.org/pdfs/INFORMATION%20ENG.pdf|title=Taekwondo Official Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games|website=patu.org |publisher=Pan American Taekwondo Union |accessdate=19 January 2015}} Only five nations did qualify any athletes, which allowed for four countries to receive an additional quota through a wildcard.{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/259346411/To-2015-Qualification-Result |title=PATU Qualification Tournament for Toronto 2015 Pan Am GamesMarch 11~12, 2015 / Aguascalientes, Mexico |date=13 March 2015 |website=scribd.com |publisher=Pan American Taekwondo Union |access-date=20 March 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://en.mastkd.com/2015/03/wild-cards-for-toronto-2015/ |title=Wild Cards for Toronto 2015 |last1=Korram |first1=Alex|date=20 March 2015 |website=en.mastkd.com |publisher=Mastaekwondo |access-date=20 March 2015}}

• The Argentinian athlete tested positive for doping, and Venezuela was given a wildcard to replace her.{{cite web |url=http://en.mastkd.com/2015/03/positive-doping-for-an-argentine-athlete/ |title=Positive doping for an Argentine athlete |last1=Keller |first1=Francisco |date=30 March 2015 |website=en.mastkd.com |publisher=Mastaekwondo |access-date=6 April 2015}}

• The Bolivian athlete was murdered and thus the nation decided to not use the wildcard spot.

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