Taekwondo competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held between October 21 and 24, 2023 at the Contact Sports Center, located in Santiago.[1][2]
13 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Ten of these events are in Kyorugi (five per gender). In March 2023, PanamSports added a men's and women's team events to the sports program in the Kyorugi division.[3] A total of 136 athletes are scheduled to compete.[4]
A total of up to 136 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 10 athletes (eight in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae). The host nation, Chile, automatically qualifies the maximum number of athletes (8) and is entered in each event. There will also eight wild card spots awarded in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae. The spots will be awarded at the qualification tournament held in Rio de Janeiro in March 2023.[4]
A total of 26 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Argentina (7)
Barbados (1)
Bolivia (2)
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Canada (9)
Chile (8)
Colombia (7)
Costa Rica (3)
Cuba (8)
Dominican Republic (6)
Ecuador (8)
El Salvador (1)
Guyana (1)
Haiti (2)
Honduras (2)
Independent Athletes Team (4)
Jamaica (1)
Mexico (12)
Nicaragua (3)
Panama (1)
Peru (6)
Puerto Rico (8)
Suriname (1)
United States (12)
Uruguay (2)
Venezuela (7)* Host nation (Chile)