Shooting at the 1963 Pan American Games

Shooting at the 1963 Pan American Games was one of the events contested during the IV Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, held from April 20 to May 5, 1963. The shooting competition took place from April 22 to 29 and featured seven men’s events—25 m center-fire pistol, 25 m rapid-fire pistol, 50 m pistol, 50 m rifle prone, 50 m rifle three positions, high-power rifle three positions, and trap—as well as corresponding team contests. Athletes from across the Americas competed, with the United States dominating the medal table in both individual and team events. Notable individual winners included Gary Anderson (USA) in 50 m rifle three positions and Cecil Wallis (USA) in rapid-fire pistol. The competition reinforced shooting’s status as a core sport in the Pan American Games since its debut in 1951.

Shooting at the 1963 Pan American Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 metre center fire pistol	Thomas Smith  United States	William Blackenship  United States	Garfield McMahon  Canada
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Cecil Wallis  United States	Lawrence Mosely  United States	Manuel Fernandez  Argentina
50 metre pistol	Franklin Green  United States	Garfield McMahon  Canada	Alvin Merx  United States
50 metre rifle prone	Enrico Forcella Pelliccioni  Venezuela	Lones Wigger  United States	Edward Caygle  United States
50 metre rifle three positions	Gary Anderson  United States	William Krilling  United States	Paulino Díaz Carrillo  Mexico
50 metre high power rifle three positions	Gary Anderson  United States	Verle Wright  United States	Clinton Dahistron  Canada
Trap	Kenneth Sedlecky  United States	Juan Garcia  Venezuela	Bernard Hartman  Canada

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 metre center fire pistol	United States of America  United States	Canada  Canada	Mexico  Mexico
25 metre rapid fire pistol	United States of America  United States	Argentina  Argentina	Mexico  Mexico
50 metre pistol	United States of America  United States	Canada  Canada	Brazil  Brazil
50 metre rifle prone	United States of America  United States	Mexico  Mexico	Venezuela  Venezuela
50 metre rifle three positions	United States of America  United States	Canada  Canada	Peru  Peru
50 metre high power rifle three positions	United States of America  United States	Argentina  Argentina	Brazil  Brazil
Trap	United States of America  United States	Venezuela  Venezuela	Canada  Canada

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	13	5	2	20
2	Venezuela	1	2	1	4
3	Canada	0	4	4	8
4	Argentina	0	2	1	3
5	Mexico	0	1	3	4
6	Brazil	0	0	2	2
7	Peru	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		14	14	14	42