Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

See main article: Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games. The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the Shooting at the 2019 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification system

A total of 256 sport shooters will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 24 athletes (two per each individual event). Therefore, a nation can enter 12 (6 per gender) in each discipline (rifle, pistol and shotgun). There will be three qualification events for shooters to qualify. There will be no quotas awarded for the mixed events, as nations must use already qualified athletes to compete in them. As host nation, Peru will get a quota of six athletes (two per each discipline, and can qualify more) and there will also be two wild cards awarded to nations not qualified.^[1]

All quotas will be awarded in sequential order of the event in question and an athlete may only win one quota for a country. A nation may substitute quotas from one event to another as along its within the same discipline (rifle, pistol and shotgun). This means the qualification of quotas will not necessarily reflect the final entry lists.^[1]

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	June 2–7, 2018	Cochabamba
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	July 22–31, 2018	Barranquilla
	November 1–11, 2018	Guadalajara

Quota allocation

There will be 78 quotas available in each rifle and pistol along with 92 in shotgun events. Peru's 6 host quota spots will be awarded two per discipline. They are split as follows:^[1]

Event	SA	CAC	PAC	Athletes
10 m air rifle men	2	2	17	21
50 m rifle three positions men	1	1	16	18
10 m air pistol men	2	2	17	21
25 m rapid fire pistol men	1	1	16	18
Trap men	1	1	28	30
Skeet men	1	1	28 25	27
10 m air rifle women	2	2	17	21
50 m rifle three positions women	1	1	16 15	18 17
10 m air pistol women	2	2	17	21
25 m pistol women	1	1	16 15	18 17
Trap women	2	2	14 10	14
Skeet women	1	1 0	13 10	14 11
Host nation (Peru)	colspan=3	6 5
Wild card	colspan=3	2 15
TOTAL	17	16	215	256

Peru qualified five of six athletes in pistol, meaning one of the host nation spots will be reallocated.

Qualification summary by event

Nation	Men						Women						Mixed pairs			Total
Nation	AP	RFP	AR	R3P	Trap	Skeet	AP	P	AR	R3P	Trap	Skeet	AP	AR	Trap	Athletes
	2		2	2	2	2	1		2	1		1	X	X		15
								1								1
					1	1						1				3
		2			2					1	1				X	6
	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	X	X	X	21
	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2		X	X	X	18
	1		1		2	2	1		2		1	1	X	X	X	11
				1	2	2		2								7
			1	1												2
	2	2	2	2		2	2	1	2	1			X	X		16
					1	2		1								4
	1					1	1	1		2			X			6
	1		1	1			1	2	2	1			X	X		9
	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	X	X	X	21
							1									1
	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	X	X	X	23
					2											2
					2	1										3
	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	X	X	X	24
		1		2	2	2	2		2		2		X	X	X	13
	1							1					X			2
	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	X	X	X	23
			2		1		1									4
	2	2	1		1											6
Total: 24 NOCs	21	18	21	18	30	27	21	17	21	17	14	11	13	11	9	256

Countries which have qualified at least one male and female athlete per discipline (pistol, rifle and shotgun) are indicated as qualified in the respective mixed pairs event. This does not necessarily guarantee the country will compete in the event. The total indicated in the bottom per each mixed pairs event is not included as part of athlete total.
AR = Air rifle, R3P = Rifle three positions, AP = Air pistol, RFP = Rapid fire pistol, P = Pistol

Qualification summary per discipline

NOC	width=80	Pistol !	width=80	Rifle !	width=80	Shotgun !	width=100	Total athletes
		4		3
			1	1
	1		1	2
		1	1	2
			1	1
	3	2	1	6
	2			2
		1		1
		1	1	2
	1	4	2	7
	4	3	3	10
	1			1
Total: 12 NOCs	80	80	94	256

Men

Pistol events

The quota allocation is as follows:^[2]

Event	10 m air pistol	25 m rapid pistol
South American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Pan American Championships
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	21	18

Rifle events

The quota allocation is as follows:^[3]

Event	10 m air rifle	50 m rifle three positions
South American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Pan American Championships
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	21	18

Shotgun events

The quota allocation is as follows:^[4]

Event	Trap	Skeet
South American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Pan American Championships
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	30	27

Three spots in skeet will be reallocated as there was not enough athletes to allocate the full quota of 28 at the Pan American Championships.

Women