# Toronto 2015 Men's Artistic Gymnastics Qualification

> Toronto 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.

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Updated: 2026-10-30

Toronto 2015 men's artistic gymnastics qualification came down to the 2014 Pan American Championships in Mississauga. The union's September 2014 list gave 57 places to 20 nations: five each to the top eight teams, two or three to the next four, one each to eight more. Only one place changed hands: Costa Rica's second, which went to Venezuela.

## The September 2014 list, line by line

The men's list — *Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015, Gimnasia Artística Masculina* — is a single page with a three-letter code and a number per line, and a total at the foot: "57 Gimnastas en total / 20 Federaciones". It prints Trinidad and Tobago as TTO, its code at the IOC; the Pan American Games use TRI. The basis column below is not on the list; it follows the qualification rules.

**Men's artistic gymnastics: places for the 2015 Pan American Games, as listed in September 2014**

| # | Nation | Places | Basis |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 2 | Colombia (COL) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 6 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 7 | Chile (CHI) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 8 | Mexico (MEX) | 5 | Team final, places 1–8 |
| 9 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | Teams 9–12 (printed “ARG - 2 + 1”) |
| 10 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | Teams 9–12 |
| 11 | Peru (PER) | 2 | Teams 9–12 |
| 12 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 2 | Teams 9–12 |
| 13 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 14 | Guatemala (GUA) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 15 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 16 | Uruguay (URU) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 17 | El Salvador (ESA) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 18 | Bolivia (BOL) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation (printed “TTO - 1”) |
| 20 | Panama (PAN) | 1 | Individual all-around, one per nation |
|  | Total | 57 |  |

## How the 57 places were won

The Toronto 2015 sport technical manual, as summarised by Wikipedia, set out the men's quota like this: the top eight teams in the team competition took five places each; teams ranked 9 to 13 took two each; and seven more places went to the best all-around gymnasts, at most one per nation, from countries without a team place.

Mississauga did not fill that pattern. Only 12 nations entered the men's team competition, so the two places meant for a 13th team moved to the individual route, making nine. Only eight eligible nations had gymnasts in the all-around, so the ninth individual place went back to the ninth-placed team, Argentina — the "2 + 1" on the list.

**Men's team and all-around podiums at the 2014 Pan American Championships, Mississauga**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Team | United States | Colombia | Brazil |
| All-around | Colombia | Cuba | United States |

## The list against the final entries

**Men's artistic places: September 2014 list and final distribution**

| Nation | 2014 list | Final | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States (USA) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Colombia (COL) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Canada (CAN) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Chile (CHI) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Mexico (MEX) | 5 | 5 | unchanged |
| Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 3 | unchanged |
| Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Peru (PER) | 2 | 2 | unchanged |
| Costa Rica (CRC) | 2 | 1 | −1 |
| Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Guatemala (GUA) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Uruguay (URU) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| El Salvador (ESA) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Bolivia (BOL) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Panama (PAN) | 1 | 1 | unchanged |
| Total | 57 | 57 |  |

Costa Rica declined one of its two places and it passed to Venezuela, which had finished among teams 9 to 12. Every other line of the list stands, and the 20 nations on it are the 20 that sent men to Toronto.

## What the places produced in Toronto

**Men's artistic gymnastics podiums at the 2015 Pan American Games**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Team | United States | Brazil | Colombia |
| All-around | United States | Cuba | Colombia |
| Floor | Guatemala | United States | United States |
| Pommel horse | Colombia / United States | — | Mexico |
| Rings | Brazil | United States | Cuba |
| Vault | Cuba | United States | Brazil |
| Parallel bars | Colombia | Cuba | United States |
| Horizontal bar | Colombia | Canada | United States |

Colombia's all-around winner from Mississauga won three golds in Toronto — pommel horse (tied with a gymnast from the United States), parallel bars and horizontal bar — plus the all-around bronze. Cuba's all-around runner-up won medals on four events, among them the vault title. Guatemala's single place, won through the all-around, produced the floor gold.

## Reading the original

The list was published at upag-gymnastics.com/en/documentos/ as *Países clasificados a JP 2015-MAG.pdf*; that address now leads here. The Internet Archive's copy of 12 September 2014 is [the archived men's list](https://web.archive.org/web/20140912030409/http://www.upag-gymnastics.com/en/documentos/Pa%C3%ADses%20clasificados%20a%20JP%202015-MAG.pdf). For the other disciplines, see [all four lists together](/toronto-2015-gymnastics-qualification).

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## Frequently asked questions

### How many men competed in artistic gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games?

57, from 20 nations. Eight nations sent full teams of five.

### Why does the list say "ARG - 2 + 1"?

Argentina won two places as one of teams 9 to 12, plus one individual place that no other nation could use, because only eight eligible nations had all-around gymnasts.

### Why did Venezuela have three men instead of two?

Costa Rica won two places but used only one; the place it declined was given to Venezuela.