# Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

The men's 50 metre rifle prone shooting event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 19 at the Jalisco Hunting Club in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion is Thomas Tamas of the United States.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a .22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance from the prone position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
With the second-place finish (the United States has reached its quota) Alex Suligoy of Argentina qualifies his country a quota spot for the men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.

## Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
| Date | Time | Round |
| October 19, 2011 | 9:00 | Qualification |
| October 19, 2011 | 12:00 | Final |

## Records

The existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows.
Qualification records :
| World record | Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS) Stevan Pletikosić (YUG) Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA) Christian Klees (GER) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Thomas Tamas (USA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Petr Litvinchuk (BLR) Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT) Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT) Christian Lusch (GER) Eric Uptagrafft (USA) Valérian Sauveplane (FRA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Matthew Emmons (USA) Guy Starik (ISR) | 600 | Zagreb, Croatia Munich, Germany Havana, Cuba Atlanta, United States Munich, Germany Barcelona, Spain Buenos Aires, Argentina Munich, Germany Munich, Germany Plzeň, Czech Republic Sydney, Australia Bangkok, Thailand Fort Benning, United States Fort Benning, United States Munich, Germany Guangzhou, China Bangkok, Thailand Munich, Germany | July 13, 1989 August 29, 1991 April 27, 1994 July 25, 1996 May 23, 1997 August 29, 1998 September 4, 1998 June 8, 2000 June 11, 2003 July 18, 2003 March 3, 2004 October 27, 2004 May 11, 2005 May 11, 2005 August 26, 2005 March 29, 2006 May 9, 2007 May 18, 2008 |
| Pan American record | Thomas Tamas (USA) | 598 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 17, 2007 |
Final records :
| World record | Christian Klees (GER) Warren Potent (AUS) | 704.8 (600+104.8) 704.8 (599+105.8) | Atlanta, United States Beijing, China | July 25, 1996 April 18, 2008 |
| Pan American record | Daryl Szarenski (USA) | 703.0 (598+105.0) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 17, 2007 |

## Results
### Qualification round

28 athletes from 17 countries competed.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Michael McPhail | United States | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 591 | Q |
| 2 | Alex Suligoy | Argentina | 98 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 95 | 590 | Q |
| 3 | Angel Velarte | Argentina | 99 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 589 | Q |
| 4 | Blas Ruiz | Mexico | 99 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 589 | Q |
| 5 | Jason Parker | United States | 98 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 588 | Q |
| 6 | Ned Gerad | Virgin Islands | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 588 | Q |
| 7 | Gonzalo Moncada | Chile | 100 | 99 | 100 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 587 | Q |
| 8 | Julio Iemma | Venezuela | 96 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 585 | Q, QS-Off 51.9 |
| 9 | Elias San Martin | Chile | 98 | 97 | 99 | 94 | 99 | 98 | 585 | QS-Off 48.9 |
| 10 | Michael Dion | Canada | 98 | 95 | 98 | 94 | 98 | 99 | 582 | |
| 11 | Johannes Sauer | Canada | 93 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 581 | |
| 12 | Mauro Salles | Brazil | 95 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 581 | |
| 13 | Jose Luis Sanchez | Mexico | 97 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 95 | 580 | |
| 14 | Marlon Rolando Perez | Guatemala | 95 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 94 | 580 | |
| 15 | Bruno Heck | Brazil | 97 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 97 | 579 | |
| 16 | Cesar Tobon | Colombia | 97 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 579 | |
| 17 | Guido Farfan | Peru | 98 | 97 | 99 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 578 | |
| 18 | Raul Vargas | Venezuela | 96 | 95 | 96 | 99 | 97 | 95 | 578 | |
| 19 | Maykel Guerra | Cuba | 97 | 98 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 577 | |
| 20 | Cristian Morales | Bolivia | 97 | 93 | 98 | 95 | 100 | 94 | 577 | |
| 21 | Reynier Estopiñan | Cuba | 95 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 576 | |
| 22 | Hosman Duran | Dominican Republic | 95 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 576 | |
| 23 | Rafael Espinoza | El Salvador | 96 | 97 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 93 | 576 | |
| 24 | Walter Martinez | Nicaragua | 93 | 93 | 97 | 96 | 99 | 95 | 573 | |
| 25 | Alexander Rivera | Puerto Rico | 96 | 96 | 99 | 96 | 91 | 93 | 571 | |
| 26 | David D'Achiardi | Colombia | 92 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 93 | 95 | 566 | |
| 27 | Daniel Eduardo Vizcarra | Peru | 96 | 94 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 49 | 527 | DNF |
| | Octavo Sandoval | Guatemala | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total |
| | Michael McPhail (USA) | 591 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 102.2 | 693.2 |
| | Alex Suligoy (ARG) | 590 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 101.5 | 691.5 |
| | Jason Parker (USA) | 588 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 102.8 | 690.8 |
| 4 | Blas Ruiz (MEX) | 589 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 101.1 | 690.1 |
| 5 | Angel Velarte (ARG) | 589 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 100.3 | 689.3 |
| 6 | Ned Gerad (ISV) | 588 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 100.8 | 688.8 |
| 7 | Julio Iemma (VEN) | 585 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 101.6 | 686.6 |
| 8 | Gonzalo Moncada (CHI) | 587 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 91.0 | 678.0 |