# Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 10 metre air pistol

The women's 10 metre air pistol shooting event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 16 at the Pan American Shooting Polygon in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion was Avianna Chao of Canada, but she did not participate.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. 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 50 shots was used to determine final ranking.
With the win Dorothy Ludwig of Canada qualifies Canada a quota spot for the women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.

## Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−6).
| Date | Time | Round |
| October 16, 2011 | 9:00 | Qualification |
| October 16, 2011 | 14:00 | Final |

## Records

The existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows.
Qualification records :
| World record | Svetlana Smirnova (RUS) | 393 | Munich, Germany | May 23, 1998 |
| Pan American record | Elizabeth Callahan (USA) Kim Eagles (USA) | 380 | Winnipeg, Canada Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 29, 1999 July 17, 2007 |
Final records :
| World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 695.1 (593+102.1) | Munich, Germany | October 13, 1989 |
| Pan American record | Kim Eagles (USA) | 479.2 (380+99.9) | Winnipeg, Canada | July 29, 1999 |

## Results
### Qualification round

26 athletes from 15 countries competed.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Maribel Pineda | Venezuela | 97 | 94 | 95 | 98 | 384 | Q, PR |
| 2 | Dorothy Ludwig | Canada | 96 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 380 | Q |
| 3 | Sandra Uptagrafft | United States | 95 | 97 | 97 | 90 | 379 | Q |
| 4 | Adriana Lucia Rendon | Colombia | 96 | 96 | 89 | 93 | 374 | Q |
| 5 | Kirenia Bello | Cuba | 93 | 96 | 92 | 92 | 373 | Q |
| 6 | Alejandra Zavala | Mexico | 93 | 93 | 94 | 92 | 372 | Q |
| 7 | Jenny Bedoya | Ecuador | 96 | 93 | 95 | 88 | 372 | Q |
| 8 | Editzy Pimentel | Venezuela | 93 | 92 | 94 | 93 | 372 | Q |
| 9 | Teresa Meyer | United States | 92 | 95 | 93 | 91 | 371 | |
| 10 | Violetta Szyszkowski | Canada | 91 | 91 | 94 | 95 | 371 | |
| 11 | Mariana Nava | Mexico | 93 | 94 | 91 | 90 | 368 | |
| 12 | Lucia Menendez | Guatemala | 92 | 94 | 90 | 92 | 368 | |
| 13 | Delmi Cruz | Guatemala | 87 | 94 | 92 | 95 | 368 | |
| 14 | Thais Moura | Brazil | 88 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 368 | |
| 15 | Amanda Mondol | Colombia | 95 | 91 | 92 | 90 | 368 | |
| 16 | Rachel Da Silveira | Brazil | 92 | 93 | 92 | 91 | 368 | |
| 17 | Laina Pérez | Cuba | 86 | 93 | 92 | 94 | 365 | |
| 18 | Diana Osorio | Peru | 91 | 90 | 93 | 90 | 364 | |
| 19 | Diana Durango | Ecuador | 92 | 87 | 93 | 91 | 363 | |
| 20 | Jeniffer Reyes | Dominican Republic | 91 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 363 | |
| 21 | Lilian Castro | El Salvador | 90 | 92 | 82 | 95 | 359 | |
| 22 | Maria Lagos | Chile | 88 | 90 | 87 | 93 | 358 | |
| 23 | Karen Noguerira | Virgin Islands | 90 | 84 | 90 | 88 | 352 | |
| 24 | Rosario Piña | Dominican Republic | 88 | 86 | 85 | 90 | 349 | |
| 25 | Miriam Quintanilla | Peru | 83 | 90 | 92 | 83 | 348 | |
| 26 | Sandra Morales | Panama | 80 | 77 | 82 | 75 | 348 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total |
| | Dorothy Ludwig (CAN) | 380 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 96.8 | 476.8 |
| | Maribel Pineda (VEN) | 384 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 92.7 | 476.7 |
| | Sandra Uptagrafft (USA) | 379 | 9.0 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 97.3 | 476.3 |
| 4 | Adriana Rendon (COL) | 374 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 99.4 | 473.4 |
| 5 | Alejandra Zavala (MEX) | 372 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 98.6 | 470.6 |
| 6 | Kirenia Bello (CUB) | 373 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 97.2 | 470.2 |
| 7 | Jenny Bedoya (ECU) | 372 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 96.0 | 468.0 |
| 8 | Editzy Pimentel (VEN) | 372 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 91.6 | 463.6 |