Bowling at the 2011 Pan American Games

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The qualifier was the 2009 PABCON Senior Pan American Championship. It was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico between September 20–27, 2009 in which fifteen countries in both men’s and women’s categories qualified. Mexico, as the host country of the Games, automatically qualified to participate in both categories.^[1] A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 2 athlete per gender. There is a maximum of 64 competitors allowed (32 per gender).^[1]

Nation	Men's Individual	Men's Pair	Women's Individual	Women's Pair	Total
Aruba			2	X	2
Bahamas			2	X	2
Bermuda	2	X	2	X	4
Bolivia	2	X			2
Brazil	2	X	2	X	4
Canada	2	X	2	X	4
Chile			2	X	2
Colombia	2	X	2	X	4
Costa Rica	2	X	2	X	4
Dominican Republic	2	X	2	X	4
Ecuador	2	X			2
El Salvador	2	X	2	X	4
Guatemala	2	X	2	X	4
Mexico	2	X	2	X	4
Panama	2	X			2
Peru	2	X	2	X	4
Puerto Rico	2	X	2	X	4
United States	2	X	2	X	4
Venezuela	2	X	2	X	4
Total athletes	32	32	32	32	64
Total NOCs	16	16	16	16	19 NOC's