Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 106 karatekas will qualify to compete (96 qualified across four qualification tournaments and 10 extra nominal spots to the winners of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. There will be nine athletes qualified in each individual event, with the exception of individual kata, which will feature eight athletes. Each nation may enter a maximum of 12 athletes (six per gender). This consists of a maximum of one athlete in the individual events (12). This rule does not apply to the winners of the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. The host nation, Chile, automatically qualifies the maximum number of athletes (12).[1]

Venezuela, Panama and Colombia's athletes will be eligible to qualify through the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Championship, while Mexico will qualify through the North American Cup.

The following is a list of qualified countries and athletes per event.[3]

NOC	Men						Women						Total
	I kata	60 kg	67 kg	75 kg	84 kg	84+ kg	I kata	50 kg	55 kg	61 kg	68 kg	68+ kg
Argentina	X		X			X		X	X	X			6
Aruba						X							1
Bolivia											X		1
Brazil	X	X	X	X		XX	X		X		XX	X	11
Canada				X			X	X	X		X	X	6
Chile	X	X	XX	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
Colombia		X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	10
Cuba		X							X	X			3
Dominican Republic	X					X	X	X				X	5
Ecuador			X		X							X	3
El Salvador					X			X					2
Guatemala		X		X	X			X		X			5
Mexico	X	X	X	X	X				X		X	X	8
Nicaragua						X							1
Panama			X										1
Paraguay					X			X	X				3
Peru	X						X			X		X	4
Puerto Rico					X					X			2
United States	X	XX		XX	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
Uruguay		X		X									2
Venezuela	X		X				X	X		X	X		6
Total: 21 NOCs	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	106