The following is the qualification system and qualified countries for the Shooting at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification system A total of 244 sport shooters will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 24 athletes (two per each individual event). Therefore, a nation can enter 12 (6 per gender) in each discipline (rifle, pistol and shotgun). There will be three qualification events for shooters to qualify. There will be no quotas awarded for the mixed events, as nations must use already qualified athletes to compete in them. As host nation, Chile will get a quota of six athletes (two per each discipline, and can qualify more) and there will also be two wild cards awarded to nations not qualified.

All quotas will be awarded in sequential order of the event in question and an athlete may only win one quota for a country. A nation may substitute quotas from one event to another as along its within the same discipline (rifle, pistol and shotgun). This means the qualification of quotas will not necessarily reflect the final entry lists.

Qualification timeline Event Date Venue 2021 Junior Pan American Games November 26–28 Cali 2022 South American Games October 9–14 Asunción 2022 Americas Shooting Championships November 4–13 Lima 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games July 23– August 8 San Salvador

Quota allocation There will be 70 quotas available in each rifle and pistol along with 92 in shotgun events. Chile's 6 host quota spots will be awarded two per discipline. They are split as follows:

Event JPA SA CAC PAC Athletes 10 m air rifle men 1 2 2 15 2050 m rifle three positions men 1 1 14 1610 m air pistol men 1 2 2 15 2025 m rapid fire pistol men 1 1 14 16Trap men 1 1 28 30Skeet men 1 1 28 26 2810 m air rifle women 1 2 2 15 2050 m rifle three positions women 1 1 14 1610 m air pistol women 1 2 2 15 2025 m pistol women 1 1 14 16Trap women 1 1 14 16Skeet women 2 2 0 12 11 13Host nation (Chile) colspan=4 6Wild card colspan=4 2Reallocation colspan=4 5 TOTAL 4 17 17 198 244

Qualification summary by event A total of 22 countries qualified sport shooters so far. Nation Men Women Mixed pairs Total AP RFP AR R3P Trap Skeet AP P AR R3P Trap Skeet AP AR Skeet Athletes 112122 122 X 14 1 1 21 1 X4 1 1 1 3 22 222 2 221 X17 1 112222 122X X16 11222112112XXX16 22 122111 12 2212 12121 XX 14 22 1 5 1 11 211 1 X 8 22 1 11 7 2 2222212121XXX19 312222222122XXX23 1 1 22 1 5 1 1 212 22122111XXX17 12 222 1 21 X13 223222323222XXX27 1 1 11 2 2 1 7 Total: 22 NOCs 18 15 18 15 29 27 18 15 18 15 15 13 216 No quotas for the mixed doubles events of Rifle, Pistol and Skeet will be granted; athletes who have qualified for individual events must be used to enter the Mixed Doubles event. AR = Air rifle, R3P = Rifle three positions, AP = Air pistol, RFP = Rapid fire pistol, P = Pistol

Qualification summary per discipline NOC Pistol Rifle Shotgun Total athletes 374 14 1 1 4 4 111 3 647 17 538 16 367 16 624 12 761 14 5 5 332 8 34 7 677 20 788 23 1 1 5 5 1 1 656 17 337 13 1 1 9108 27 322 7Total: 22 NOCs 727292244

Men Pistol events The quota allocation is as follows: Event 10 m air pistol 25 m rapid pistol Junior Pan American Games South American Games Pan American Championships Central American and Caribbean Games Host Wild card TOTAL 20 16

Rifle events The quota allocation is as follows: Event 10 m air rifle 50 m rifle three positions Junior Pan American Games South American Games Pan American Championships Central American and Caribbean Games Host Wild card TOTAL 20 16

Shotgun events The quota allocation is as follows: Event Trap Skeet South American Games Pan American Championships Central American and Caribbean Games Host Wild card TOTAL 30 28 Two spots in skeet will be reallocated as there was not enough athletes to allocate the full quota of 28 at the Pan American Championships.

Women Pistol events The quota allocation is as follows: Event 10 m air pistol 25 m pistol Junior Pan American Games South American Games Pan American Championships Central American and Caribbean Games Host Wild card TOTAL 20 16

Rifle events The quota allocation is as follows: Event 10 m air rifle 50 m rifle three positions Junior Pan American Games South American Games Pan American Championships Central American and Caribbean Games Host Wild card TOTAL 20 16

Shotgun events The quota allocation is as follows: Event Trap Skeet South American Games Pan American Championships Central American and Caribbean Games Host Wild card TOTAL 16 15 One spot in skeet will be reallocated as there was not enough athletes to allocate the full quota of 12 at the Pan American Championships. Two spots in skeet will be reallocated as there was not enough athletes to allocate the quota of two at the Central American and Caribbean Games

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