Qualifying criteria An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per weapon (épée, foil, or sabre) if it has qualified for the team event and 1 athlete per if it has not. The top seven teams at the 2010 Pan American Championship plus hosts Mexico qualified a team for each respective team event, and two athletes for the individual event for that weapon. Also this championship qualified the top 2 athletes per event for the individual event if the country had not qualified through the team event. Participating nations Men's Épée Team Individual Men's Foil Team Individual Men's Sabre Team Individual Women's Épée Team Individual Women's Foil Team Individual Women's Sabre Team Individual Canada has withdrawn from the women's sabre team event, with Panama replacing the country in the event after finishing in ninth place at the 2010 Pan American Championship. See also Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games References P Qualification for the 2011 Pan American Games Fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games