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.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Avianna Chao of Canada.

Shooting – Women's 10 metre air pistol at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Pan American Shooting Polygon
Dates	October 16
Competitors	26 from 15 nations
Medalists
Dorothy Ludwig   Canada   Maribel Pineda   Venezuela   Sandra Uptagrafft   United States
«2007 2015»

Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions	men	women
50 m rifle prone	men
10 m air rifle	men	women
Pistol
50 m pistol	men
25 m pistol		women
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
10 m air pistol	men	women
Shotgun
Trap	men	women
Double trap	men
Skeet	men	women

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.[2]