Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Quota Allocation

CONFEDERACIÓN AMERICANA DE TIRO
     SHOOTING CONFEDERATION OF THE AMERICAS

Procedures American Shooting Confederation

Toronto 2015 Pan American Games

Quota Allocation

THE CHALLENGE

In recent years, the CAT member federations want to send more athletes to the

PANAM GAMES than the 250 permitted by PASO. The allocation of participation

spaces has created problems for the Organizing Committee and Technical

Delegate in allocating the participant spaces to the federations.

THE SOLUTION

Adopt a participation quota system similar to that of the Olympic Games offering

all member federations the opportunity to participate at the PAG on a fair and

equitable basis and still remain within the limitations established by ODEPA.

Starting next year, the procedure to participate in Toronto 2015, will be as

follows:

QUOTAS

• Quotas will be awarded at the South American Games Santiago, the Caribbean

Games Veracruz and the CAT Championships Guadalajara. All quota qualifying

events will be conducted in 2014. Wild Card Quotas will be awarded by the CAT

President December 15, 2014.

• An athlete may earn only one quota.

• Quotas will be awarded according to place finishes in CAT Championship events

according to the number of Quotas allocated to that event. At the South

American and Caribbean Games a quota will be awarded to the gold medalist in

each of the 15 Olympic events. If the event winner has earned a Pan Am quota,

that participation quota will pass to the next eligible athlete in that event. Quotas

will be awarded in the sequence of the events conducted.

• CAT Championship rifle quotas for men will be awarded in the event sequence:

Prone, Air Rifle, Three Position. Women’s rifle quotas will be awarded in air rifle

followed by 3x20. Pistol quotas will be awarded in the event sequence: 25

meter, 50 meter and 10 meter for men and 10m followed by 25m for women.

There is no award sequence for the shotgun discipline.

• Quotas will be awarded to the member federation's NOC who will coordinate

PAG entries with the CAT member federation.

• Athletes entered in PAG Quota places may enter other PAG events thus

allowing for double and triple starters with a maximum of two starts in each

event.

• Quotas may be used in any discipline event, but may not be transferred to

another discipline such as pistol to rifle (example: the federation may reassign a

men’s skeet quota to women’s trap). This protects discipline integrity and

recognizes that countries may have separate rifle/pistol and shotgun federations.

• Upon application by the NOC and endorsed by the member federation, Wild

Card quota applications will be reviewed and awarded by the CAT President.

Distribution priority will consider federations who have not earned a PAG quota,

ISSF participation and performance criteria.

• Unused quotas must be returned to the CAT President for redistribution 60 days

before the PAG opening ceremony.

• Allocations recognize events with limited multiple starter possibilities: Rapid-Fire

Pistol, Trap, Skeet and Double Trap. Therefore these events are awarded a

higher allocation of quotas.

• The Pan American Games host country is eligible to earn competition quotas in

addition to the 15 designated host country quotas (one per event) up to the 25

athlete maximum allowed.

• Federations may enter up to 25 individuals providing a quota place has been

earned for each athlete.

• CAT events of Women Prone, Standard Pistol and Center Fire Pistol may be

conducted at the CAT Championships. Any participating competitor may

participate in these events. No quotas will be awarded for these non-Olympic

events.

PANAM GAMES 2015 QUOTA ALLOCATION

EVENT	CA GAMES	SOUTH A. GAMES	CAT	TOTAL	DISCIPLINE
WAR	1	1	16	18
W3R	1	1	14	16
MPR	1	1	10	12
MAR	1	1	12	14
M3P	1	1	12	14	74 RIFLE
RFP	1	1	14	16
MFP	1	1	12	14
MAP	1	1	15	17
WAP	1	1	13	15
WSP	1	1	10	12
MTP	1	1	24	26	74 PISTOL
MDBL	1	1	10	12
MSK	1	1	24	26
WTP	1	1	7	9
WSK	1	1	7	9	82 SHOT GUN
WILD CARD				5
HOST FED				15
TOTAL	15	15	200	250

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source: Confederación Americana de Tiro