Shooting – Men's 50 metre pistol at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Jalisco Hunting Club | |||||||||
Dates | October 18 | |||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 19 nations | |||||||||
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The men's 50 metre pistol shooting event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held on October 18 at the Jalisco Hunting Club in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion is Jason Turner 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 pistol at 50 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 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
With the win Sergio Sanchez of Guatemala qualifies his country a quota spot for the men's 50 metre pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
The existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows.
28 athletes from 19 countries competed.