Shooting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre pistol

The men's 50 metre pistol shooting event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 18 at the Jalisco Hunting Club in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champion was Jason Turner of the United States.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a pistol at 50 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 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.

Sergio Sanchez of Guatemala won the competition, which qualified his country a quota spot for the men's 50 metre pistol event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.

Schedule
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

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

Qualification round
28 athletes from 19 countries competed.