# Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification
## Qualification system

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.
An athlete may only claim one quota spot for their country. For the two regional games quotas will be awarded in the order the events are held. For the Continental Championship: rifle quotas for men will be awarded in the following order: prone, air rifle and three position. Women's rifle quotas will be awarded in air rifle, followed by three positions. Pistol quotas will be awarded in the event sequence: 25 meter, 50 meter and 10 meter for men and 10m followed by 25m for women. There was no award schedule for the shotgun events at the event.
A nation may transfer a pistol quota earned in one event to another event within the discipline only. An athlete may enter more than one event, granted no more than two athletes per country contest the event.

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| 2014 South American Games | March 12–18, 2014 | Santiago |
| 2014 Pan American Championships | October 13–20, 2014 | Guadalajara |
| 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games | November 15–24, 2014 | Veracruz |

## Qualification summary

The final quota allocation table as of April 9, 2015:
| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| Nation | FR 3x40 | FR 60PR | AR 60 | FP | RFP | AP 60 | TR 125 | DT 150 | SK 125 | STR 3x20 | AR 40 | SP | AP 40 | TR 75 | SK 75 | Athletes |
| Argentina | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 17 |
| Barbados | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Bolivia | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Chile | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Colombia | | | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | 7 |
| Costa Rica | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | 16 |
| Dominican Republic | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 9 |
| Ecuador | | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | | 8 |
| El Salvador | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | 9 |
| Guatemala | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Honduras | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Jamaica | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 22 |
| Nicaragua | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Panama | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Paraguay | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Peru | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 12 |
| Puerto Rico | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | 10 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| Uruguay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | 18 |
| Virgin Islands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Total: 26 NOCs | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 250 |

## Men
### 50 m rifle three positions

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Venezuela | Martrin Gutierrez |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Argentina | Pablo Alvarez |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Canada | Grzegorz Sych |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Chile | Marcos Huerta |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Cuba | Yoleisy Lois |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | El Salvador | Oliser Zelaya |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Guatemala | Marlon Perez |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Guatemala | Octavio Sandoval |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Mexico | José Luis Sánchez |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Mexico | Alvaro Sanchez Zavala |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | United States | Joseph Hein |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | United States | Timothy Sherry |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Venezuela | Raul Vargas |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | 1 | El Salvador | Israel Gutierrez |
| TOTAL | 15 | | |

### 50 m rifle prone

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Argentina | Rosendo Velarte |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Argentina | Juan Angeloni |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Brazil | Leonardo Moreira |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Brazil | Cassio Rippel |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Canada | Gale Stewart |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Cuba | Reinier Estpinan |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Mexico | Luis Morales Acevedo |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Peru | Daniel Vizcarra |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | United States | David Higgins |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | United States | Eric Uptagrafft |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Venezuela | Julio Iemma Hernandez |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Dominican Republic | Hosman Duran |
| TOTAL | 13 | | |

### 10 m air rifle

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | Benjamin Taylor |
| South American Games | 1 | Brazil | Bruno Heck |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Argentina | Valentin Cabrera |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Argentina | Antonio Lacerna |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Bolivia | Cristian Morales |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Canada | Cory Neifer |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Chile | Elias San Martin |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Cuba | Alexander Molerio |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Guatemala | Allan Chinchilla |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Mexico | Luis Madrazo Morales |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | Mexico | Gerado Chaires |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | United States | Dempster Christenson |
| Pan American Championships | 11 | United States | Connor Davis |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Guatemala | Kenny Matta |
| TOTAL | 14 | | |

### 50 m pistol

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Chile | Manuel Maturana |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Bolivia | Rudolf Knijnenburg |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Brazil | Stenio Yamamoto |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Cuba | Jorge Grau Potrille |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Cuba | Eliecer Mora |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Ecuador | Esteban Pozo |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | El Salvador | Jorge Pimentel |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Guatemala | Marvin Herrera Chon |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Panama | David Munoz Hidalgo |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Peru | Enrique Arnaez |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | United States | Jason Turner |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | United States | John Zurek |
| Pan American Championships | 12 | Venezuela | Edilio Centeno |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Mexico | Maurillo Morales Castill |
| TOTAL | 15 | | |

### 25 m rapid fire pistol

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Brazil | Emerson Duarte |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Argentina | Juan Savarino |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Bolivia | Diego Cossio Quiroga |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Brazil | Júlio Almeida |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Colombia | Alex Peralta Enciso |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Cuba | Leuris Pupo |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Cuba | Jorge Álvarez |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | El Salvador | Hermes Barahona |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Guatemala | Marvin Herrera Chon |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Guatemala | Sergio Sánchez |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Mexico | Adan Rodriguez Carrillo |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Peru | Marko Carrillo |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | United States | Alexander Chichkov |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | United States | Keith Sanderson |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Venezuela | Felipe Beuvrín |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Venezuela | Douglas Gomez |
| TOTAL | 17 | | |

### 10 m air pistol

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Brazil | Felipe Almeida Wu |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Argentina | Sebastian Lobo |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Argentina | Fernando Pozo Neira |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Brazil | Jose Carlos Batista |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Canada | Mark Hynes |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Cuba | Guillermo Pias |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Dominican Republic | Josue Hernandez Caba |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Guatemala | Romeo Cruz |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Guatemala | Jose Castillo Aguilar |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Mexico | Mario Gutierrez |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Mexico | Antonio Tavarez |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Peru | Ivan Galvez |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Puerto Rico | Luis Lopez |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | United States | Will Brown |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | United States | James Henderson |
| Pan American Championships | 15 | Venezuela | Marcos Núñez |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | Roger Daniel |
| TOTAL | 18 | | |

### Trap

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | Paul Shaw |
| South American Games | 1 | Colombia | Danilo Caro |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Argentina | Carlos Belletini |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Argentina | Fernando Borello |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Bolivia | Marcelo Arana Urioste |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Bolivia | Cesar Menacho |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Brazil | Rodrigo Bastos |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Brazil | Eduardo Correa |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Canada | Drew Shaw |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Chile | Claudio Vergara Bernabe |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Colombia | Luis Reyna |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Dominican Republic | Eduardo Lorenzo |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Dominican Republic | Sergio Piñero |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Guatemala | Hebert Brol |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Guatemala | Jean Brol Cardenas |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Mexico | Juan Zanella Chain |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Mexico | Ramon Toca Trevino |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Panama | San Martin Garcia Manuel |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Panama | Eduardo Taylor Nunez |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Peru | Francisco Boza |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Puerto Rico | Lucas Bennazar Ortiz |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | United States | Ryan Hadden |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | United States | Casey Wallace |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Venezuela | Ricardo Cortina |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Venezuela | Leonel Martinez |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | – | – |
| TOTAL | 26 | | |
* No eligible athlete was eligible for a quota at the Central American Games and Caribbean Games, and thus this spot will be awarded as a wildcard.

### Double trap

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Peru | Asier Cilloniz |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Brazil | Luiz Garca |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Brazil | Jaison Santin |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Colombia | Hernando Vega |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Dominican Republic | Elvin Rodgers |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Guatemala | Enrique Brol |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Paraguay | Paulo Reichardt |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Puerto Rico | José Torres Laboy |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | United States | Derek Haldeman |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | United States | Ian Rupert |
| Pan American Championships | 10 | Venezuela | Franco Di Mauro |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Dominican Republic | Henry Tejada |
| TOTAL | 13 | | |

### Skeet

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | Jonathan Weslake |
| South American Games | 1 | Peru | Nicholas Espinoza |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Argentina | Fernando Gazzotti |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Argentina | Federico Gil |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Barbados | Michael Maskell |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Brazil | Renato Portella |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Canada | Richard McBride |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Chile | Jorge Atalah |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Chile | Piero Olivari |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Colombia | Diego Duarte Delgado |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Cuba | Servando Puldón |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Cuba | Juan Rodriguez Martinez |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Dominican Republic | Julio Dujarric |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Dominican Republic | Julio Dujarric Lembcke |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Guatemala | Juan Carlos Romero |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Guatemala | Juan Schaeffer |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Mexico | Luis Gallardo |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Mexico | Javier Rodríguez |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Peru | Nicolas Giha |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Puerto Rico | Luiz Bermudez |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Puerto Rico | Jesus Medero |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | United States | Vincent Hancock |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | United States | Frank Thompson |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Venezuela | Lucio Gomez |
| Pan American Championships | 23 | Venezuela | Victor Silva |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | – | – |
| TOTAL | 26 | | |
* No eligible athlete was eligible for a quota at the Central American Games and Caribbean Games, and thus this spot will be awarded as a wildcard.

## Women
### 50 m rifle three positions

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Venezuela | Diliana Méndez |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Argentina | Amelia Fournel |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Brazil | Cristina Baptista |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Canada | Shannon Westlake |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Cuba | Linet Aguiar |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Cuba | Dianelys Pérez |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Ecuador | Maria Andrade |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Ecuador | Sofia Padilla |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | El Salvador | Johanna Pineda |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | El Salvador | Ana Ramirez Henriquez |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Mexico | Alexis Martínez |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Mexico | Andrea Palafox |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | Puerto Rico | Amy Bock Laguer |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | United States | Amanda Furrer |
| Pan American Championships | 14 | United States | Amy Sowash |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Guatemala | Diana Maria Velasco |
| TOTAL | 17 | | |

### 10 m air rifle

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Venezuela | Dairene Marquez |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Argentina | Fernanda Russo |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Brazil | Rosane Ewald |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Canada | Monica Fyfe |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Chile | Gabriela Lobos |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Colombia | Camila Osorio |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Cuba | Eglys De La Cruz |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Cuba | Elayne Perez Hage |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Ecuador | Giovanna Lopez Carrillo |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | El Salvador | Melissa Mikec |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Guatemala | Maria Guerra Alvarado |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Guatemala | Jazmine Matta Alvarado |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Mexico | Lia Borgo Torres |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Mexico | Salma Maricruz Ramos |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | Puerto Rico | Yarimar Mercado Martinez |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | United States | Sarah Beard |
| Pan American Championships | 16 | United States | Meredith Carpenter |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Venezuela | Beggxula Olivia |
| TOTAL | 19 | | |

### 25 m pistol

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | Patricia Boulay |
| South American Games | 1 | Peru | Brianda Rivera |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Canada | Lea Wachowich |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Colombia | Amanda Mondol Cuellar |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Cuba | Claudia Hernandez |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Cuba | Cheila Sanabria |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Guatemala | Delmi Cruz Monzon |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Guatemala | Lucia Menendez |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Peru | Mariana Quintanilla |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | United States | Enkelejda Shehaj Bekruti |
| Pan American Championships | 9 | Venezuela | Editzy Pimentel |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Mexico | Mariana Castillo |
| TOTAL | 12 | | |

### 10 m air pistol

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Venezuela | Maribel Pineda |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Argentina | Laura Cecilia Ramos |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Argentina | Maria Pia Herrera |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Brazil | Rachel Silveira |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Canada | Lynda Kiejko |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Cuba | Laina Pérez |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Ecuador | Jenny Bedoya |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Ecuador | Andrea Perez Pena |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | El Salvador | Lilian Castro |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Mexico | Alejandra Cervantes Rodriguez |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Mexico | Alejandra Zavala |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | United States | Teresa Chambers |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | United States | Sandra Uptagrafft |
| Pan American Championships | 13 | Venezuela | Ivon Bucott |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Guatemala | Geraldine Solorzano |
| TOTAL | 16 | | |

### Trap

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 10 | – | – |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Brazil | Ludmila Melo |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Brazil | Janice Teixeira |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Canada | Cynthia Meyer |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Chile | Pamela Salman |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Puerto Rico | Ana Latorre |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Puerto Rico | Vivian Rodriguez |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | United States | Janessa Beaman |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | United States | Ashley Carroll |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 1 | Guatemala | Ana Soto Abril |
| TOTAL | 10 | | |
* The women's trap event was not held at the South American Games, and an additional quota was awarded at the Pan American Championships.

### Skeet

| Event | Quota Places | Qualified countries | Qualified Athlete |
| Host | 1 | Canada | |
| South American Games | 1 | Brazil | Daniela Carraro |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Argentina | Melisa Gil |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Barbados | Michelle Elliot |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Chile | Francisca Crovetto |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Guatemala | Andrea Romero Leiva |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Mexico | Anabel Molina |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | Mexico | Gabriela Rodríguez |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | United States | Haley Dunn |
| Pan American Championships | 78 | United States | Amber English |
| Central American Games and Caribbean Games | 10 | – | – |
| TOTAL | 10 | | |
* The women's skeet event was not held at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and an additional quota was awarded at the Pan American Championships.