Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games

Shooting at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	Pan Am Shooting Centre
Dates	July 12–19, 2015
Competitors	245 from 26 nations
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Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions		men		women
50 m rifle prone		men
10 m air rifle		men		women
Pistol
50 m pistol		men
25 m pistol				women
25 m rapid fire pistol		men
10 m air pistol		men		women
Shotgun
Trap		men		women
Double trap		men
Skeet		men		women

Shooting competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 12 to 19 at the Toronto International Trap and Skeet Club (Pan Am Shooting Centre) in Innisfil.^[1] The competition was split into three disciplines, pistol, rifle and shotgun, which were further divided into different events. Men competed in nine events, with the women competing in six events for a total of 15 gold medals awarded.^[2]

The winners of all fifteen events, along with the runner up in the men's air rifle, skeet, trap and both women's rifle events will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (granted the athlete has not yet earned a quota for their country).^[3]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the shooting competitions:^[4]

Medal table

Key

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	6	3	13
2	Brazil	3	1	0	4
3	Canada	3	0	1	4
4	Cuba	2	1	2	5
5	Mexico	1	1	1	3
6	Guatemala	1	0	1	2
6	Peru	1	0	1	2
8	Argentina	0	4	0	4
9	Venezuela	0	1	1	2
10	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
11	Chile	0	0	1	1
11	Colombia	0	0	1	1
11	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
11	El Salvador	0	0	1	1
11	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Total		15	15	15	45

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 metre air pistol	Felipe Almeida Wu  Brazil	Jay Shi  United States	Mario Vinueza  Ecuador
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Brad Balsley  United States	Emerson Duarte  Brazil	Douglas Gomez  Venezuela
50 metre pistol	Júlio Almeida  Brazil	Jorge Grau  Cuba	Marko Carrillo  Peru
10 metre air rifle	Connor Davis  United States	Julio Iemma  Venezuela	Bryant Wallizer  United States
50 metre rifle prone	Cassio Rippel  Brazil	Michael McPhail  United States	Michel Dion  Canada
50 metre rifle three positions	Reinier Estpinan  Cuba	George Norton  United States	Ryan Anderson  United States
Trap	Francisco Boza  Peru	Fernando Borello  Argentina	Danilo Caro  Colombia
Double trap	Hebert Brol  Guatemala	Sergio Piñero  Dominican Republic	Enrique Brol  Guatemala
Skeet	Thomas Bayer  United States	Dustin Perry  United States	Juan Miguel Rodríguez  Cuba

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 metre air pistol	Lynda Kiejko  Canada	Alejandra Zavala  Mexico	Lilian Castro  El Salvador
25 metre pistol	Lynda Kiejko  Canada	Sandra Uptagrafft  United States	Mariana Nava  Mexico
10 metre air rifle	Goretti Zumaya  Mexico	Fernanda Russo  Argentina	Eglis Yaima Cruz  Cuba
50 metre rifle three positions	Eglis Yaima Cruz  Cuba	Amelia Fournel  Argentina	Yarimar Mercado  Puerto Rico
Trap	Amanda Chudoba  Canada	Kayle Browning  United States	Kimberley Bowers  United States
Skeet	Kim Rhode  United States	Melisa Gil  Argentina	Francisca Crovetto  Chile

Participating nations

A total of 26 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

A total of 250 sport shooters will qualify to compete at the games. The winner of each event at the 2014 South American Games and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games will qualify for the Games. The remaining qualifying spots will be decided at the 2014 Pan American Shooting Championship. The host nation is guaranteed 15 athletes (one per event) and a further five wildcards will be awarded. A nation may enter a maximum of 25 athletes across all events.^[5]

See also

• Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

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