| Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 60 kg | 48 kg | |
| 66 kg | 52 kg | |
| 73 kg | 57 kg | |
| 81 kg | 63 kg | |
| 90 kg | 70 kg | |
| 100 kg | 78 kg | |
| +100 kg | +78 kg | |
140 (10 per weight class) athletes will qualify to compete in judo. The top ten nations after a series of qualification tournaments will qualify. If Mexico fails to be in the top ten it will take the place of the tenth place country. [1]
| NOC | Men | Women | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -60kg | -66kg | -73kg | -81kg | -90kg | -100kg | +100kg | -48kg | -52kg | -57kg | -63kg | -70kg | -78kg | +78kg | ||
 Argentina | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 | |||
 Brazil | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
 Canada | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 | |||
 Chile | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||||||
 Colombia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 | |||
 Cuba | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
 Ecuador | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | |||||||
 El Salvador | X | X | X | 3 | |||||||||||
 Guatemala | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||||||||
 Haiti | X | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Honduras | X | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Mexico | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
 Peru | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||||||
 Puerto Rico | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||||||
 United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | |
 Uruguay | X | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Venezuela | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 | |
| Total: 17 NOCs | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 136 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil Mexico Peru Ecuador Cuba Canada Venezuela Colombia Honduras United States |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 9 [2] | 9 | Venezuela Brazil El Salvador United States Chile Peru Canada Cuba Ecuador |
| Host nation | 1 | Mexico |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 9 [2] | 9 | Brazil Cuba Argentina Canada Colombia Uruguay United States Venezuela Chile |
| Host nation | 1 | Mexico |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 9 [2] | 9 | Brazil United States Cuba Canada Venezuela Peru Argentina Puerto Rico Chile |
| Host nation | 1 | Mexico |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil Argentina Cuba Venezuela Canada Mexico Chile United States Colombia Puerto Rico |
| TOTAL | 9 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Argentina Mexico Puerto Rico Venezuela United States Canada Colombia El Salvador |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Colombia Argentina Mexico Puerto Rico United States Peru Venezuela Guatemala |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil Argentina Mexico Cuba Colombia Peru Canada United States Chile Ecuador |
| TOTAL | 8 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil United States Cuba Argentina Colombia Venezuela Canada Peru Mexico Haiti |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Argentina Colombia Ecuador Canada United States Venezuela Mexico Chile |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Colombia United States Puerto Rico Argentina Mexico Canada Venezuela Guatemala |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 9 [2] | 9 | Brazil Cuba Canada Colombia El Salvador Ecuador Puerto Rico Guatemala United States |
| Host nation | 1 | Mexico |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Colombia Cuba Brazil Argentina United States Canada Guatemala Ecuador Venezuela Mexico |
| TOTAL | 10 |
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10 [2] | 10 | Cuba Brazil Puerto Rico Mexico Venezuela Ecuador Guatemala United States Argentina Canada |
| TOTAL | 8 |
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