Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games

Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games
Shooting pictogram for the games
Venue	Pan Am Shooting Centre
Dates	July 12–19
No. of events	15 (9 men, 6 women)
Competitors	245 from 26 nations
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Shooting competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were 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 would 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 Toronto International Trap and Skeet Club (Pan Am Shooting Centre), in Innisfil, Ontario, was the venue for the shooting competitions

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

Q

Qualifications

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Sun 12		Mon 13		Tue 14		Wed 15		Thu 16		Fri 17		Sat 18		Sun 19
Pistol
Men's 10 m air pistol	Q	F
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol					Q		Q	F
Men's 50 m pistol											Q	F
Women's 10 m air pistol	Q	F
Women's 25 m pistol					Q		F
Rifle
Men's 10 m air rifle			Q	F
Men's 50 m rifle prone											Q	F
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions															Q	F
Women's 10 m air rifle			Q	F
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions													Q	F
Shotgun
Men's trap			Q		Q	F
Men's double trap									Q	F
Men's skeet													Q		Q	F
Women's trap			Q	F
Women's skeet													Q	F

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

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
	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
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	El Salvador	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		15	15	15	45

Medalists

Men's events

Bryant Wallizer of the United States holding the bronze medal he won in the men's 10 metre air rifle event

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

Women's events

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

Participating nations

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

•  Argentina (17)
•  Barbados (2)
•  Bolivia (6)
•  Brazil (19)
•  Canada (24)
•  Chile (11)
•  Colombia (6)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Cuba (16)
•  Dominican Republic (10)
•  Ecuador (7)
•  El Salvador (9)
•  Guatemala (21)
•  Honduras (1)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Mexico (18)
•  Nicaragua (3)
•  Panama (4)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Peru (13)
•  Puerto Rico (9)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (3)
•  United States (25)
•  Uruguay (1)
•  Venezuela (15)
•  Virgin Islands (2)

Qualification

Main article: Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – 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

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "Toronto International Trap & Skeet Club Named Shooting Venue for Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". CNW Group. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
3. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Shooting" (PDF). corporate.olympics.com.au. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
5. "American Shooting Confederation Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Quota Allocation Procedures" (PDF). www.conatiro.org/. Shooting Confederation of the Americas. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

External links

• Official Results Book