Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

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Qualification system

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.^[1]

An athlete may only claim one quota spot for their country. For the two regional games quotas will be awarded in the order the events are held. For the Continental Championship: rifle quotas for men will be awarded in the following order: prone, air rifle and three position. Women's rifle quotas will be awarded in air rifle, followed by three positions. Pistol quotas will be awarded in the event sequence: 25 meter, 50 meter and 10 meter for men and 10m followed by 25m for women. There was no award schedule for the shotgun events at the event.^[1]

A nation may transfer a pistol quota earned in one event to another event within the discipline only. An athlete may enter more than one event, granted no more than two athletes per country contest the event.^[1]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	March 12–18, 2014	Santiago
2014 Pan American Championships^[2]	October 13–20, 2014	Guadalajara
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games	November 15–24, 2014	Veracruz

Qualification summary

The final quota allocation table as of April 9, 2015:^[3]

Nation	Men									Women						Total
	width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35	AP 60	width=35	TR 125	width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35		width=35	AP 40	width=35		width=35		Athletes
	1	2	2		1	2	2		2	1	1		2		1	17
									1						1	2
		2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1		1	2	1	19
			1	1	1		2									6
	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	25
	1		1	1			1		2		1			1	1	10
					1		2	1	1		1	1				7
		1														1
	1	1	1	2	2	1			2	2	2	2	1			16
		1				1	2	2	2							9
				1						2	1		2			8
	2			1	1					2	1		1			9
	2		2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	21
																1
																1
	2	1	2	2		2	2		2	2	2	1	2		2	22
																2
				1			2									4
								1								1
		1		1	1	1	1	1	2			2				12
						1	1	1	2	1	1			2		10
						1										2
	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	25
																1
	2	1		1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2			18
																2
Total: 26 NOCs	15	13	14	15	17	18	26	13	26	17	19	12	16	10	10	250

Men

50 m rifle three positions

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	align=center rowspan="12"	12
Central American and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	15

50 m rifle prone

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	align=center rowspan="10"	10
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	13

10 m air rifle

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	align=center rowspan="11"	11
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	14

50 m pistol

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	12
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	15

25 m rapid fire pistol

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	14		Juan Savarino
			Marvin Herrera Chon
			Adan Rodriguez Carrillo
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	17

10 m air pistol

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1		Felipe Almeida Wu
Pan American Championships	15		Sebastian Lobo
			Fernando Pozo Neira
			Jose Carlos Batista
			Mark Hynes
			Guillermo Pias
			Josue Hernandez Caba
			Romeo Cruz
			Jose Castillo Aguilar
			Mario Gutierrez
			Antonio Tavarez
			Ivan Galvez
			Luis Lopez
			Will Brown
			James Henderson
			Marcos Núñez
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1		Roger Daniel
TOTAL	18

Trap

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1		Paul Shaw
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	23
			Ramon Toca Trevino
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	26

• No eligible athlete was eligible for a quota at the Central American Games and Caribbean Games, and thus this spot will be awarded as a wildcard.

Double trap

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	10
			Jaison Santin
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	13

Skeet

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1		Jonathan Weslake
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	23
			Juan Schaeffer
			Jesus Medero
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	26

• No eligible athlete was eligible for a quota at the Central American Games and Caribbean Games, and thus this spot will be awarded as a wildcard.

Women

50 m rifle three positions

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	14
			Amy Bock Laguer
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	17

10 m air rifle

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	16
			Jazmine Matta Alvarado
			Yarimar Mercado Martinez
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1
TOTAL	19

25 m pistol

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1		Patricia Boulay
South American Games	1
Pan American Championships	9		Lea Wachowich
			Amanda Mondol Cuellar
			Claudia Hernandez
			Cheila Sanabria
			Delmi Cruz Monzon
			Lucia Menendez
			Mariana Quintanilla
			Enkelejda Shehaj Bekruti
			Editzy Pimentel
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1		Mariana Castillo
TOTAL	12

10 m air pistol

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1		Maribel Pineda
Pan American Championships	13		Laura Cecilia Ramos
			Maria Pia Herrera
			Rachel Silveira
			Lynda Kiejko
			Laina Pérez
			Jenny Bedoya
			Andrea Perez Pena
			Lilian Castro
			Alejandra Zavala
			Teresa Chambers
			Sandra Uptagrafft
			Ivon Bucott
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1		Geraldine Solorzano
TOTAL	16

Trap

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games
Pan American Championships			Ludmila Melo
			Janice Teixeira
			Cynthia Meyer
			Pamela Salman
			Ana Latorre
			Vivian Rodriguez
			Janessa Beaman
			Ashley Carroll
Central American Games and Caribbean Games	1		Ana Soto Abril
TOTAL	10

• The women's trap event was not held at the South American Games, and an additional quota was awarded at the Pan American Championships.

Skeet

Event	Quota Places	Qualified countries	Qualified Athlete
Host	1
South American Games	1		Daniela Carraro
Pan American Championships			Melisa Gil
			Michelle Elliot
			Francisca Crovetto
			Andrea Romero Leiva
			Anabel Molina
			Gabriela Rodríguez
			Haley Dunn
			Amber English
Central American Games and Caribbean Games
TOTAL	10

• The women's skeet event was not held at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and an additional quota was awarded at the Pan American Championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: American Shooting Confederation Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Quota Allocation Procedures . www.conatiro.org/ . Shooting Confederation of the Americas. 13 October 2014.
2. Web site: 2015 Pan American Games Quotas preliminary distribution . www.conatiro.org/ . Shooting Confederation of the Americas . 28 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141028212328/http://www.conatiro.org/assets/docs/resultados/XI%20campeonato%20de%20las%20Americas/cuotas%20panamericanas%20cat.pdf . 28 October 2014 .
3. Web site: Final distribution as April 7, 2015 by Countries and Disciplines for Toronto 2015 . 7 April 2015 . www.conatiro.org/ . Shooting Confederation of the Americas . 11 April 2015.