Shooting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's skeet explained

The women's skeet shooting event at the 2015 Pan American Games was held on July 18 at Pan Am Shooting Centre in Innisfil.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Kim Rhode of the United States.

The event consisted of three rounds: a qualifier, a semifinal and a medal round. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 3 sets of 25 shots in the set order of skeet shooting.

The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the semifinal. There, they fired a round of 16 shoots. The top 2 qualified to dispute the golden medal, while the third and fourth place qualified to dispute the bronze medal.

The winners of all fifteen events, along with the runner up in the men's air rifle, skeet, trap and both women's rifle events will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (granted the athlete has not yet earned a quota for their country).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 18, 2015	9:00	Qualification
July 18, 2015	14:30	Semifinal
July 18, 2015	14:45	Finals

Records

The existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows.

Results

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	Total	Notes
1	Kim Rhode		25	24	25	74	Q, PR
2	Melisa Gil		23	24	25	72	Q
3	Andrea Romero		22	21	23	66	Q
4	Francisca Crovetto		22	21	20	63	Q
5	Anabel Molina		23	21	18	62	Q
6	Daniella Borda		20	17	22	59	Q
7	Daniela Carraro		19	18	21	58
8	Gabriela Rodriguez		15	19	18	52
9	Michelle Elliot		15	16	17	48

Semifinal

Rank	Athlete	Country	Score	width=40	S-off	Notes
1	Kim Rhode		16		QG
2	Melisa Gil		14		QG
3	Daniella Borda		13		QB
4	Francisca Crovetto		12		QB
5	Andrea Romero		11
6	Anabel Molina		9

Finals

Bronze-medal match

Rank	Athlete	Country	Score	width=40	S-off	Notes
	Francisca Crovetto		15
4	Daniella Borda		12

Gold-medal match

Rank	Athlete	Country	Score	S-off	Notes
	Kim Rhode		15
	Melisa Gil		12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition Schedule . 18 August 2014 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 7 September 2014.
2. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Rio 2016 Shooting . corporate.olympics.com.au . International Canoe Federation. 13 October 2014.