The women's skeet shooting event at the

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was held on July 18 at Pan Am Shooting Centre in Innisfil. The defending Pan American Games champion is

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of the

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. 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

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. 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

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(granted the athlete has not yet earned a quota for their country).

Schedule

Records

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

Results

Qualification round

Semifinal

Finals

Bronze-medal match

Gold-medal match

References

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