Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

See main article: Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games. The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification system

A total of 244 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, Chile 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
	November 26–28	Cali
	October 9–14	Asuncion
	November 4–13	Lima
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games	July 23– August 8	San Salvador

Quota allocation

There will be 70 quotas available in each rifle and pistol along with 92 in shotgun events. Chile's 6 host quota spots will be awarded two per discipline. They are split as follows:^[1]

Event	JPA	SA	CAC	PAC	Athletes
10 m air rifle men	1	2	2	15	20
50 m rifle three positions men		1	1	14	16
10 m air pistol men	1	2	2	15	20
25 m rapid fire pistol men		1	1	14	16
Trap men		1	1	28	30
Skeet men		1	1	28 26	28
10 m air rifle women	1	2	2	15	20
50 m rifle three positions women		1	1	14	16
10 m air pistol women	1	2	2	15	20
25 m pistol women		1	1	14	16
Trap women		1	1	14	16
Skeet women		2	2 0	12 11	13
Host nation (Chile)	colspan=4	6
Wild card	colspan=4	2
Reallocation	colspan=4	5
TOTAL	4	17	17	198	244

Qualification summary by event

A total of 22 countries qualified sport shooters so far.^{[2] [3]}

Nation	Men						Women						Mixed pairs			Total
	AP	RFP	AR	R3P	Trap	Skeet	AP	P	AR	R3P	Trap	Skeet	AP	AR	Skeet	Athletes
	1	1	2	1	2	2		1	2	2				X		14
	1															1
					2	1						1			X	4
	1				1				1							3
	2	2		2	2	2		2		2	2	1			X	17
	1		1	1	2	2	2	2		1	2	2	X		X	16
		1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	X	X	X	16
	2	2		1	2	2	1	1	1							12
	2	2	1	2		1	2	1	2	1			X	X		14
					2	2					1					5
	1		1	1		2	1	1		1			X			8
		2	2				1		1	1						7
	2		2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	X	X	X	19
	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	X	X	X	23
									1							1
					2	2					1					5
											1					1
	2	1	2		2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	X	X	X	17
		1	2		2	2	2		1		2	1			X	13
	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	X	X	X	27
					1											1
		1	1		2		2			1						7
Total: 22 NOCs	18	15	18	15	29	27	18	15	18	15	15	13				216

• No quotas for the mixed doubles events of Rifle, Pistol and Skeet will be granted; athletes who have qualified for individual events must be used to enter the Mixed Doubles event.
• 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
	3	7	4	14
	1			1
			4	4
	1	1	1	3
	6	4	7	17
	5	3	8	16
	3	6	7	16
	6	2	4	12
	7	6	1	14
			5	5
	3	3	2	8
	3	4		7
	6	7	7	20
	7	8	8	23
		1		1
			5	5
			1	1
	6	5	6	17
	3	3	7	13
			1	1
	9	10	8	27
	3	2	2	7
Total: 22 NOCs	72	72	92	244

Men

Pistol events

The quota allocation is as follows:

Event	10 m air pistol	25 m rapid pistol
Junior Pan American Games
South American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	20	16

Rifle events

The quota allocation is as follows:

Event	10 m air rifle	50 m rifle three positions
Junior Pan American Games
South American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	20	16

Shotgun events

The quota allocation is as follows:

Event	Trap	Skeet
South American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	30	28

• Two 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

Pistol events

The quota allocation is as follows:

Event	10 m air pistol	25 m pistol
Junior Pan American Games
South American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	20	16

Rifle events

The quota allocation is as follows:

Event	10 m air rifle	50 m rifle three positions
Junior Pan American Games
South American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	20	16

Shotgun events

The quota allocation is as follows:

Event	Trap	Skeet
South American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Host
Wild card
TOTAL	16	15

• One spot in skeet will be reallocated as there was not enough athletes to allocate the full quota of 12 at the Pan American Championships.
• Two spots in skeet will be reallocated as there was not enough athletes to allocate the quota of two at the Central American and Caribbean Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification System manual. 11 April 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 10 October 2022.
2. Web site: XIII CAT CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT BOOK. 14 November 2022. www.issf-sports.org. ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation). 24 June 2023.
3. Web site: Quota places to Santiago PanAmerican Games 2023 Central and Caribean Games San Salvador 2023. 10. www.conatiro.org/. Shooting Confederation of the Americas. 28 July 2023.