Triathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

The following is the qualification system for the triathlon at the 2019 Pan American Games event and qualified athletes/quotas.

Qualification system

A total of 70 triathletes (35 per gender) will qualify to compete. A nation may enter a maximum of 6 triathletes (three per gender). The host nation (Peru) automatically qualified four athletes (two per gender). All other nations qualified through various qualifying tournaments and rankings. A further three invitational slots, per gender, were also awarded. A maximum five nations could enter the maximum of 6 triathletes.[1]

The top placed mixed relay team at the 2018 South American Games and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games each qualified two athletes per gender. The top five teams not qualified at the Pan American Mixed Relays Championship also qualified two quotas per gender. The rest of the slots were awarded through the ITU World Ranking as of April 30, 2019 and through wild card slots. An athlete could not earn more than one slot for their country.

A country may enter the mixed relay competition if it has qualified at least two male and two female triathletes.

Qualification timeline

Events	Date	Venue
2018 South American Games	May 29–30	Cochabamba
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	August 1–2	Barranquilla
2018 Pan American Mixed Relays Championship	October 13–14	Sarasota
ITU World Rankings	April 30, 2019	N/A
Wildcards	Before May 31, 2019	N/A

Qualification summary

NOC	Men	Women	Mixed relay	Total
Argentina	3	3	X	6
Barbados	2			2
Belize	1			1
Bermuda	1	2		3
Bolivia	1			1
Brazil	3	3	X	6
Canada	3	3	X	6
Chile	2	2	X	4
Colombia	2	2	X	4
Costa Rica		2		2
Cuba	2	2	X	4
Dominican Republic		1		1
Ecuador	2	2	X	4
El Salvador	1			1
Jamaica		1		1
Guatemala	1	2		3
Mexico	3	3	X	6
Panama	2			2
Peru	2	2	X	4
Puerto Rico		1		1
United States	3	3	X	6
Uruguay	1			1
Venezuela		1		1
Total: 23 NOCs	35	35	10	70

Qualification progress

Event	Quotas	Men	Women
Host nation	2	Peru  Peru	Peru  Peru
2018 South American Games	2	Brazil  Brazil	Brazil  Brazil
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	2	Mexico  Mexico	Mexico  Mexico
2018 Pan American Mixed Relay Championships	10 6	United States  United States  Canada  Canada  Argentina  Argentina	United States  United States  Canada  Canada  Argentina  Argentina
ITU World Rankings	16 20	United States  Mexico  Canada  Brazil  Colombia  Ecuador  Chile  Chile  Colombia  Barbados  Argentina  Ecuador  Panama  Bermuda  Panama  Cuba  Uruguay  Barbados  Cuba  Guatemala	United States  Bermuda  Chile  Brazil  Ecuador  Mexico  Colombia  Cuba  Colombia  Ecuador  Canada  Chile  Bermuda  Puerto Rico  Costa Rica  Cuba  Argentina  Costa Rica  Guatemala  Guatemala
Invitational	3	Belize  Bolivia  El Salvador	Jamaica  Dominican Republic  Venezuela
Total	35

• Only three teams that were eligible earned spots at the Pan American Mixed Relay Championships.

References

1. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

External links

• 2018 South American Games mixed relay results
• 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games mixed relay results
• 2018 Pan American Mixed Relays Championship results