The seventeenth edition of the Pan American Games is still underway in Toronto, Canada, but the Shooting sport already assigned its fifteen Gold medals and its twenty quota places for the next Olympic Games.
The United States shooting team collected 13 total medals, ensuring the top spot of the final medal table. Led by the Golds awarded to Connor Davis in the 10m Air Rifle Men, Brad Balsley in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men, Kimberly Rhode in the Skeet Women, and Thomas Bayer in the Skeet Men, the US Shooting athletes enhanced their loot with 6 Silver and 3 Bronze medals.
Medals standings
|
Rank
|
Country
|
G
|
S
|
B
|
Tot
|
OQ
|
|
1
|
United States of America
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
13
|
5
|
|
2
|
Brazil
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
2
|
|
3
|
Canada
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
|
4
|
Cuba
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
|
5
|
Mexico
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
6
|
Guatemala
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
6
|
Peru
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
8
|
Argentina
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
4
|
4
|
|
9
|
Venezuela
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
10
|
Dominican Republic
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
11
|
Chile
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
11
|
Colombia
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
11
|
Ecuador
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
11
|
El Salvador
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
11
|
Puerto Rico
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
45
|
20
|
Brazil, the host country of the 2016 Summer Games, ended in 2nd place thanks to 3 Gold medals collected by Felipe Almeida Wu in the 10m Air Pistol Men, Julio Almeida in the 50m Pistol Men, and Cassio Cesar Rippel in the 50m Rifle Prone Men event, while the only other medal earned by the Brazilian team is a Silver, won by Emerson Duarte in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men.
The 3rd place of the table is occupied by the host country of the PAG, Canada, who paired the 3 Golds collected by Brazil with Lynda Kiejko in the 10m Air Pistol Women and in the 25m Pistol Women, and Amanda Chudoba in the Trap Women, also adding a Bronze medal signed by Michel Dion in the 50m Rifle Prone event.
Quota places by event
|
Event
|
Name
|
Nat
|
|
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
|
George Norton
|
USA
|
|
50m Rifle Prone Men
|
Cassio Cesar Rippel
|
BRA
|
|
10m Air Rifle Men
|
Connor Davis
|
USA
|
|
Julio Iemma
|
VEN
|
|
50m Pistol Men
|
Marko Carrillo
|
PER
|
|
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men
|
Brad Balsley
|
USA
|
|
10m Air Pistol Men
|
Felipe Almeida Wu
|
BRA
|
|
Trap Men
|
Francisco Boza
|
PER
|
|
Fernando Borello
|
ARG
|
|
Double Trap Men
|
Hebert Brol Cardenas
|
GUA
|
|
Skeet Men
|
Thomas Bayer
|
USA
|
|
Juan Miguel Rodriguez Martinez
|
CUB
|
|
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
|
Amelia Rosa Fournel
|
ARG
|
|
Yarimar Mercado Martinez
|
PUR
|
|
10m Air Rifle Women
|
Goretti Alejandra Zumaya Flores
|
MEX
|
|
Fernanda Russo
|
ARG
|
|
25m Pistol Women
|
Sandra Uptagrafft
|
USA
|
|
10m Air Pistol Women
|
Lynda Kiejko
|
CAN
|
|
Trap Women
|
Amanda Chudoba
|
CAN
|
|
Skeet Women
|
Melisa Gil
|
ARG
|
There were twenty Olympic quota places for Rio 2016 up for grabs in Toronto: two for the 10m Air Rifle events, the Trap Men, the Skeet Men and the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women, and one for any other remaining event.
Once again, USA engrossed the most of them collecting 5 slots, followed by Argentina with 4 and
by three other countries with 2: Brazil, Canada and Peru. Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela and Puerto Rico, finally, all finished with one Rio 2016 spot.
No World Record or Final World Record has been set in Toronto during the eight days of competitions.