Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Shooting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were originally scheduled from 25 July to 3 August 2020, due to the postponement of the Summer Olympics to 2021, the rescheduled dates were on 24 July to 2 August 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range.[1][2] Unlike in 2016, the number of shooters competing across fifteen events at these Games had been reduced from 390 to 360, with an equal distribution between men and women. Furthermore, several significant changes were instituted in the Olympic shooting program, including the substitution of three male-only events (rifle prone, free pistol, and double trap), with the mixed team competitions.[3]

Dates24 July – 2 August 2021
No. of events15
Competitors360 (180 men and 180 women)
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VenueAsaka Shooting Range
Dates24 July – 2 August 2021
No. of events15
Competitors360 (180 men and 180 women)
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Competition format

On 9 June 2017, the International Shooting Sport Federation welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee to approve the changes to the Olympic shooting program in achieving gender equality and to enhance the sport's popularity and worldwide appeal.[3] One of the significant changes in the program was to replace the three men-only events, namely 50 m rifle prone, 50 m pistol, and double trap, with the mixed team competitions (rifle, pistol, and trap), as a means of ensuring gender equality. Other ratified changes included the same number of shots for both men and women and the progressive elimination finals for both the women's sport pistol and the shotgun events.[4]

Similar to the 2016 format, all shooters who advanced to the Olympic finals of their individual events must start from scratch and compete against each other in a series of elimination rounds. The stage continues until the competition leaves with only two shooters battling out in a duel to decide the gold and silver medals.[5]

Qualification

In February 2018, the International Shooting Sport Federation agreed to change the rules on the allocation of the Olympic quota places, as it aims to attain gender equality. As a result, a total of 360 quota places, an equal distribution between men and women, will be awarded at the top-level global and continental championships.

As per the guidelines from the International Shooting Sport Federation, the qualification period commences with the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Changwon, South Korea, which concludes on 15 September 2018, less than two years before the Olympics. There, forty-eight individual and twelve mixed team quota places will be assigned.[6][7] Throughout the process, quota places will be generally awarded when a shooter earns a gold medal in an ISSF World Cup series or posts a top finish at the ISSF World Championships or the continental championships (Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas).

After the qualification period concludes and all NOCs receive the official list of quota places, the ISSF will check the World Ranking list in each of the individual shooting events. The highest-ranked shooter, who has not qualified in any event and whose NOC does not have a berth in a specific event, will obtain a direct Olympic quota place.[8]

Unlike the previous Games, host nation Japan is guaranteed twelve quota places, with one in each of the individual shooting events.[9]

Schedule

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Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China41611
2 United States3216
3 ROC2428
4 Czech Republic1102
5 Switzerland1012
6 France1001
 Iran1001
 Slovakia1001
 Spain1001
10 San Marino0112
 Serbia0112
12 Bulgaria0101
 Cuba0101
 Denmark0101
 Italy0101
 South Korea0101
17 Great Britain0011
 Kuwait0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (19 entries)15151545
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Men's events

Women's events

Mixed events

Records broken

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Event Round Name Nation Score Date Record
Women's 10 metre air rifleQualificationJeanette Hegg Duestad Norway632.924 JulyOR[12]
Women's 10 metre air rifleFinalYang Qian China251.824 JulyOR[13]
Men's 10 metre air pistolFinalJavad Foroughi Iran244.824 JulyOR[14]
Women's 10 metre air pistolQualificationJiang Ranxin China58725 July=WR[a][15]
Women's 10 metre air pistolFinalVitalina Batsarashkina ROC240.325 JulyOR[16]
Men's 10 metre air rifleQualificationYang Haoran China632.725 JulyOR[17]
Men's 10 metre air rifleFinalWilliam Shaner United States251.625 JulyOR[18]
Women's skeetQualificationWei Meng China12426 July=WR[a][19]
Men's skeetQualificationÉric Delaunay France12426 JulyOR[20]
Tammaro Cassandro Italy
Women's skeetFinalAmber English United States5626 JulyOR[21]
Men's skeetFinalVincent Hancock United States5926 JulyOR[22]
Mixed 10 metre air pistol teamQualificationManu Bhaker
Saurabh Chaudhary
 India58227 JulyOR[23]
Mixed 10 metre air rifle teamQualificationYang Qian
Yang Haoran
 China633.227 JulyWR[24]
Women's trapQualificationZuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Slovakia12529 JulyWR[25]
Women's trapFinalZuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Slovakia4329 JulyOR[25]
Men's trapFinalJiří Lipták Czech Republic4329 JulyOR[26]
David Kostelecký Czech Republic
Women's 25 metre pistolFinalVitalina Batsarashkina ROC3830 JulyOR[27]
Kim Min-jung South Korea
Mixed trap teamQualificationFátima Gálvez
Alberto Fernández
 Spain14831 JulyOR[28]
Alessandra Perilli
Gian Marco Berti
 San Marino
Women's 50 metre rifle three positionsQualificationYulia Zykova ROC118231 JulyOR[29]
Women's 50 metre rifle three positionsFinalNina Christen Switzerland463.931 JulyOR[29]
Men's 50 metre rifle three positionsFinalZhang Changhong China466.02 AugustWR[30]
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  1. Listed as it is also an Olympic record, which was not previously established in this event.

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