The 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games [1] was held in Aguascalientes, Mexico from March 10 to March 11, 2016. Each country may enter maximum 2 male and 2 female divisions with only one in each division and the first two ranked athletes per weight division qualify their NOCs a place each for Olympic Games.
| NOC | Men | Women | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −58kg | −68kg | −80kg | +80kg | −49kg | −57kg | −67kg | +67kg | ||
 Aruba | X | 1 | |||||||
 Canada | X | 1 | |||||||
 Chile | X | 1 | |||||||
 Colombia | X | X | 2 | ||||||
 Cuba | X | 1 | |||||||
 Dominican Republic | X | X | X | 3 | |||||
 Panama | X | 1 | |||||||
 Peru | X | 1 | |||||||
 Puerto Rico | X | 1 | |||||||
 United States | X | X | X | 3 | |||||
 Venezuela | X | 1 | |||||||
| Total: 11 NOCs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
11 March
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Lucas Guzmán (ARG) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Francisco Rodríguez (ESA) | 2 |  Leyner Congo (ECU) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Leyner Congo (ECU) | 7 | Leyner Congo (ECU) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 12 | ||||||||||||||
 Francisco Palacios (GUA) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luisito Pié (DOM) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Heiner Oviedo (CRC) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Jorge Martínez (NCA) | 0 | John Jairo Maduro (ARU) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| John Jairo Maduro (ARU) | 2 | Heiner Oviedo (CRC) | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Diego Acuña (BOL) | 6 | Luisito Pié (DOM) | 9 | ||||||||||||
 Sven Lorrimer (GUY) | 3 | Diego Acuña (BOL) | |||||||||||||
| Luisito Pié (DOM) | WD | ||||||||||||||
11 March
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Maxime Potvin (CAN) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter López (PER) | 1 | Peter López (PER) | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Tosh van Dijk (SUR) | 1 | Maxime Potvin (CAN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Edgar Contreras (VEN) | 6 | Edgar Contreras (VEN) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Franco Ríos (BOL) | 3 | Edgar Contreras (VEN) | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Sebastián Chavarría (NCA) | 5 | Sebastián Chavarría (NCA) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Andrés Zelaya (GUA) | 4 | Edgar Contreras (VEN) | WD | ||||||||||||
| Ignacio Morales (CHI) | |||||||||||||||
| Ignacio Morales (CHI) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Norman Florentin (PAR) | 2 |  Federico González (URU) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Federico González (URU) | 6 | Ignacio Morales (CHI) | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Miguel Trejos (COL) | 3 | Miguel Trejos (COL) | 9 | ||||||||||||
 Víctor Zepeda (HON) | 2 | Miguel Trejos (COL) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Luis Colon (PUR) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
10 March
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Steven López (USA) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Craig Brown (JAM) | 1 |  Lenn Hypolite (TTO) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Lenn Hypolite (TTO) | 2 | Steven López (USA) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Miguel Ferrera (HON) | 1 | José Cobas (CUB) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Carlos Ruano (ESA) | 3 | Carlos Ruano (ESA) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| José Cobas (CUB) | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Steven López (USA) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Moisés Hernández (DOM) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Moisés Hernández (DOM) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Bryan Morales (CRC) | 6 | Elvis Barbosa (PUR) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Elvis Barbosa (PUR) | 11 | Moisés Hernández (DOM) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Elías Robles (CHI) | 5 | Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Giavero Sabajo (SUR) | 2 | Elías Robles (CHI) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
10 March
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Rafael Alba (CUB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
 Douglas Townsend (ISV) | 4 | Douglas Townsend (ISV) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Edson Breedy (TTO) | 3 | Rafael Alba (CUB) | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Braian Elliot (URU) | 4 | Carlos Rivas (VEN) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Stuart Smit (ARU) | 7 | Stuart Smit (ARU) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Carlos Rivas (VEN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Rafael Alba (CUB) | WD | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Lambdin (USA) | |||||||||||||||
| Stephen Lambdin (USA) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Tudor Sanon (HAI) | 1 | Jesús Perea (ECU) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jesús Perea (ECU) | 6 | Stephen Lambdin (USA) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jayson Grant (JAM) | 6 | Marc-André Bergeron (CAN) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Adrian Spellen (GUY) | 2 | Jayson Grant (JAM) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Marc-André Bergeron (CAN) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
10 March
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Yvette Yong (CAN) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Natalia Stanziola (PAN) | 2 | Candelaria Marte (DOM) | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Candelaria Marte (DOM) | 7 | Candelaria Marte (DOM) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Francisca Ríos (CHI) | 3 | Monica Pimentel (ARU) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Darly Mina (ECU) | 0 | Francisca Ríos (CHI) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Solansh Vargas (NCA) | 0 | Monica Pimentel (ARU) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Monica Pimentel (ARU) | 9 | Monica Pimentel (ARU) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Julissa Diez Canseco (PER) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Virginia Dellán (VEN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Rosario Bonilla (GUA) | 1 | Victoria Stambaugh (PUR) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Victoria Stambaugh (PUR) | 3 | Victoria Stambaugh (PUR) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Cyriesse Hall (JAM) | 10 | Julissa Diez Canseco (PER) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Melissa Joseph (TTO) | 0 | Cyriesse Hall (JAM) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Julissa Diez Canseco (PER) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
10 March
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Carolena Carstens (PAN) | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Karina Brade (CRC) | 3 | Karina Brade (CRC) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Estefani Zambrano (BOL) | 0 | Carolena Carstens (PAN) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Adriana Martínez (VEN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luciana Angiolillo (ARG) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Adriana Martínez (VEN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Carolena Carstens (PAN) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Doris Patiño (COL) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yamicel Núñez (CUB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Laura Vásquez (ESA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yamicel Núñez (CUB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Yuliena Pedroza (GUA) | 1 | Doris Patiño (COL) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Dayana Seni (ECU) | 11 | Dayana Seni (ECU) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Doris Patiño (COL) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
11 March
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Paige McPherson (USA) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Fabiola Escobar (ESA) | 0 | Paige McPherson (USA) | 3 | ||||||||
| Alexis Arnoldt (ARG) | 0 | Alexis Arnoldt (ARG) | 2 | ||||||||
| Katherine Alvarado (CRC) | 0 | Paige McPherson (USA) | 4 | ||||||||
| Katherine Dumar (COL) | 2 | Melissa Pagnotta (CAN) | 3 | ||||||||
| Yosselyn Molina (HON) | 0 | Katherine Dumar (COL) | 3 | ||||||||
| Aniya Louissaint (HAI) | 1 | Melissa Pagnotta (CAN) | 5 | ||||||||
| Melissa Pagnotta (CAN) | 4 | ||||||||||
11 March
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Keyla Ávila (HON) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Danese Joseph (ISV) | Crystal Weekes (PUR) | 6 | |||||||||
| Crystal Weekes (PUR) | PUN | Crystal Weekes (PUR) | 1 | ||||||||
| Katherine Rodríguez (DOM) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Glenhis Hernández (CUB) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Katherine Rodríguez (DOM) | 3 | ||||||||||
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The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which they boycotted. For the second consecutive time in the Summer Olympics, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes (264 men and 291 women).
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