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Toronto 2015 Women's Artistic Gymnastics Qualification
Toronto 2015 women's artistic gymnastics qualification was decided at the 2014 Pan American Championships in Mississauga. The union's September 2014 list gave 57 places to 22 nations: five each to the top eight teams, two each to teams 9 to 11, one each to eleven more. Later sources disagree on one line: whether Uruguay's place went to Chile.
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The September 2014 list, line by line
The women's list is the most formal of the four: a letter dated September 2014 from the president of the union's women's technical committee to the union's president. It states that the places won are not nominal and may be reassigned once national Olympic committees confirm or decline them, and prints the basis of each line — Equipos 1-8, Equipos 9-11 and individuals by all-around ranking in Competition I.
| # | Nation | Places | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 3 | Mexico (MEX) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 4 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 7 | Venezuela (VEN) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 8 | Argentina (ARG) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 9 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | Teams 9–11 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 2 | Teams 9–11 |
| 11 | Peru (PER) | 2 | Teams 9–11 |
| 12 | Guatemala (GUA) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 13 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 15 | Honduras (HON) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 16 | Bolivia (BOL) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 17 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 18 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 19 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 20 | Bermuda (BER) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 21 | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 22 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| Total | 57 |
How the 57 places were won
The pattern was the men's: five places for each of the top eight teams, two for each of teams 9 to 13, and seven individual places, one per nation, from the all-around. Only eleven nations entered the women's team competition, so the places meant for teams 12 and 13 moved to the individual route — eleven individual places instead of seven.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | United States | Brazil | Mexico |
| All-around | United States | Venezuela | United States |
The list against the final entries
| Nation | 2014 list | Final | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States (USA) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Mexico (MEX) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Canada (CAN) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Colombia (COL) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Venezuela (VEN) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Argentina (ARG) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Chile (CHI) | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 2 | 2 | unchanged |
| Peru (PER) | 2 | 2 | unchanged |
| Guatemala (GUA) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Panama (PAN) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Honduras (HON) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Bolivia (BOL) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 0 | −1 |
| Bermuda (BER) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Cayman Islands (CAY) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Total | 57 | 57 |
The sources disagree here. Wikipedia's qualification summary gives Chile three places and Uruguay none, explaining that only ten nations used the individual route so the ninth team gained a place. But the women's results from Toronto, as recorded by Wikipedia, list Uruguay's Debora Reis in the qualification round. We have not found an official entry list that settles it, so treat the Chile and Uruguay lines as unconfirmed.
What the places produced in Toronto
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | United States | Canada | Brazil |
| All-around | Canada | United States | Brazil |
| Vault | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Canada |
| Uneven bars | United States | Venezuela | United States |
| Balance beam | Canada | United States | Canada |
| Floor | Canada | United States | Guatemala |
Canada's all-around champion also won beam and floor and took bronze on vault. The single places won through the all-around in Mississauga brought medals too: vault silver for the Dominican Republic and floor bronze for Guatemala, while Venezuela's gymnast, second in the all-around in 2014, won silver on bars.
Reading the original
The list was published at upag-gymnastics.com/en/documentos/ as Países clasificados a JP 2015-GAF.pdf — GAF for gimnasia artística femenina — and that address now leads here. The Internet Archive's copy of 12 September 2014 is the archived women's list. For the other disciplines, see all four lists together.
An independent summary. Pan Am Gymnastics Guide is not the Pan American Gymnastics Union and publishes no official results. The union's website is upag-pagu.com.
Frequently asked questions
How many women competed in artistic gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games?
57 places were available, and eight nations sent full teams of five. The list spread them over 22 nations.
Who signed the women's qualification list?
The president of the Pan American Gymnastics Union's women's artistic technical committee, in a letter to the union's president in September 2014.
Did Uruguay have a woman at Toronto 2015?
The September 2014 list gave Uruguay one place, and the recorded Toronto results include Debora Reis of Uruguay, although Wikipedia's quota summary shows Uruguay with none.
Keep reading
- Toronto 2015 Gymnastics QualificationToronto 2015 gymnastics qualification in full: the 2014 Pan American Championships, the union's four lists, all 176 places by nation and what changed later.
- Toronto 2015 Men's Artistic Gymnastics QualificationToronto 2015 men's artistic gymnastics qualification: the union's 2014 list of 57 places for 20 nations, line by line, the rules behind it and the one change.
- Toronto 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics QualificationToronto 2015 rhythmic gymnastics qualification: the union's 2014 list of 16 individual places and five groups, the rules behind it and the medals they won.
- Toronto 2015 Trampoline QualificationToronto 2015 trampoline qualification: the union's 2014 list of eight places for men and eight for women, nation by nation, the rules and the Toronto medals.
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