Dates October 16 | Competitors 34 from 22 nations | |
Venue Pan American Shooting Polygon | ||
The men's 10 metre air pistol shooting event at the 2011 Pan American Games will be held on October 16 at the Pan American Shooting Polygon in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion is Jason Turner of the United States.
Contents
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 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 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
With the win Daryl Szarenski of the United States qualifies his country a quota spot for the men's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Schedule
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
Records
The existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows.
Qualification round
34 athletes from 22 countries competed.