Judo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Qualification
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]
Qualification summary
60kg Men
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 |  Brazil Mexico Peru Ecuador Cuba Canada Venezuela Colombia Honduras United States
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
66kg Men
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 9[2] | 9 | Venezuela Brazil El Salvador United States Chile Peru Canada Cuba Ecuador
|
| Host nation | 1 | Mexico
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
73kg Men
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 9[2] | 9 | Brazil Cuba Argentina Canada Colombia Uruguay United States Venezuela Chile
|
| Host nation | 1 | Mexico
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
81kg Men
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 9[2] | 9 | Brazil United States Cuba Canada Venezuela Peru Argentina Puerto Rico Chile
|
| Host nation | 1 | Mexico
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
90kg Men
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Brazil Argentina Cuba Venezuela Canada Mexico Chile United States Colombia Puerto Rico |
| TOTAL | 9 |
100kg Men
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Argentina Mexico Puerto Rico Venezuela United States Canada Colombia El Salvador
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
+100kg Men
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Colombia Argentina Mexico Puerto Rico United States Peru Venezuela Guatemala
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
48kg Women
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Brazil Argentina Mexico Cuba Colombia Peru Canada United States Chile Ecuador
|
| TOTAL | 8 |
52kg Women
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Brazil United States Cuba Argentina Colombia Venezuela Canada Peru Mexico Haiti
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
57kg Women
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Argentina Colombia Ecuador Canada United States Venezuela Mexico Chile
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
63kg Women
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Brazil Cuba Colombia United States Puerto Rico Argentina Mexico Canada Venezuela Guatemala
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
70kg Women
| 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 |
78kg Women
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Colombia Cuba Brazil Argentina United States Canada Guatemala Ecuador Venezuela Mexico
|
| TOTAL | 10 |
+78kg Women
| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Top 10[2] | 10 | Cuba Brazil Puerto Rico Mexico Venezuela Ecuador Guatemala United States Argentina Canada |
| TOTAL | 8 |
- Countries indicated with a strike have decline their quota spot.