This article details the qualifying phase for shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics. 300 quota places for the Games are entitled to the shooters coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated ISSF supervised Championships subjected to the ISSF rules from September 1, 2018 to April 30, 2020. Host nation Japan has been guaranteed twelve quota places with one in each of the individual events. Four quota places (top two teams per NOC) will be awarded to the shooters competing in each of the mixed team events (rifle, pistol, and trap), while the highest-ranked shooter, who has not qualified yet or whose NOC does not have a berth in any of the twelve individual events, will obtain a direct Olympic quota place through the World Rankings. The remaining twenty-four quota places are available to the eligible NOCs under the Tripartite Commission Invitation, with two in each of the individual event, to attain a maximum number of 360.[1][2]
Quota places can be obtained at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and the designated Continental Championships or Games during the qualifying period. Quota places are allocated only to the National Olympic Committees, with the exception of the ISSF world rankings, which are awarded directly to the individual shooters and may not be changed by the NOC. The NOC may assign a different shooter in each individual or mixed team event, provided that he or she has attained a minimum qualification score (MQS).[1]
Qualification timeline
Event | Date | Venue |
2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships | August 31 – September 15, 2018 | Changwon |
2018 Shooting Championships of the Americas | November 1–11, 2018 | Guadalajara |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 | February 20–28, 2019 | New Delhi |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 2 | March 15–26, 2019 | Acapulco |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 3 | April 5–15, 2019 | Al Ain |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 | April 23 – May 1, 2019 | Beijing |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 5 | May 7–18, 2019 | Changwon |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 | May 24 – June 1, 2019 | Munich |
2019 European Games | June 20–30, 2019 | Minsk |
2019 Pan American Games | July 26 – August 11, 2019 | Lima |
2019 European Championships 25m & 50m events | July 2019 | Bologna |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 7 | August 11–22, 2019 | Lahti |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 | August 26 – September 3, 2019 | Rio de Janeiro |
2019 African Shooting Championships | September 20–29, 2019 | Tipasa |
2019 European Shotgun Championships | September 2019 | Lonato |
2019 Asian Shooting Championships | November 3–11, 2019 | Doha |
2019 Oceania Shooting Championships | November 2019 | Sydney |
2020 European Championships 10m events | March 2020 | Wrocław |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 1 | April 2020 | TBA |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 | April 2020 | TBA |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | April 30, 2020 | |
Re-allocation of unused quota places | July 2, 2020 | |
50 m rifle three positions men
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | Poland | Tomasz Bartnik | |
United States | Michael McPhail | |
Norway | Henrik Larsen | |
China | Yang Haoran | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Championships 25m & 50m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
1 | | | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
10 m air rifle men
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | Russia | Sergey Kamenskiy | |
Croatia | Petar Gorša | |
Croatia | Miran Maričić | |
China | Hui Zicheng | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Championships 10m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
2 | | | |
| | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
25 m rapid fire pistol men
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | China | Lin Junmin | |
China | Zhang Jian | |
France | Jean Quiquampoix | |
Russia | Alexei Klimov | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Championships 25m & 50m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 Asian Championships |
4 | | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
1 | | | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
10 m air pistol men
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | South Korea | Jin Jong-oh | |
Russia | Artem Chernousov | |
South Korea | Lee Dae-myung | |
Ukraine | Pavlo Korostylov | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Championships 10m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
1 | | | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
Trap men
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | Spain | Alberto Fernández | |
Slovakia | Erik Varga | |
Kuwait | Abdulrahman Al-Faihan | |
Australia | James Willett | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 European Shotgun Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
Skeet men
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | United States | Vincent Hancock | |
Norway | Erik Watndal | |
Italy | Riccardo Filippelli | |
France | Emmanuel Petit | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 2 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 3 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 5 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 7 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 European Shotgun Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
50 m rifle three positions women
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | Russia | Yulia Karimova | |
Germany | Isabella Straub | |
Croatia | Snježana Pejčić | |
Great Britain | Seonaid McIntosh | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Championships 25m & 50m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
1 | | | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
10 m air rifle women
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | South Korea | Im Ha-na | |
India | Anjum Moudgil | |
South Korea | Jung Eun-hea | |
India | Apurvi Chandela | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Championships 10m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
2 | | | |
| | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
25 m pistol women
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | Ukraine | Olena Kostevych | |
Russia | Vitalina Batsarashkina | |
Germany | Doreen Vennekamp | |
Chinese Taipei | Tien Chia-chen | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Championships 25m & 50m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 Asian Championships |
4 | | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
1 | | | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
10 m air pistol women
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | Greece | Anna Korakaki | |
Serbia | Zorana Arunović | |
South Korea | Kim Bo-mi | |
China | Wang Qian | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 4 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 6 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 8 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Championships 10m events |
2 | | | |
| | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 2 |
1 | | | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
Trap women
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | Slovakia | Zuzana Štefečeková | |
China | Wang Xiaojing | |
Italy | Silvana Stanco | |
Australia | Laetisha Scanlan | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 2 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 3 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 5 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 7 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 European Shotgun Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 1 |
1 | | | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |
Skeet women
Event | Places | Nation | Qualified athlete | Announced competitor |
Host nation | 1 | Japan | N/A | |
2018 World Championships |
4 | United States | Caitlin Connor | |
United States | Kimberly Rhode | |
Slovakia | Danka Barteková | |
Russia | Natalia Vinogradova | |
2018 Championships of the Americas |
1 | | | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 2 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 3 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 5 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 European Games |
1 | | | |
2019 Pan American Games |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 ISSF World Cup # 7 |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 African Championships |
1 | | | |
2019 European Shotgun Championships |
2 | | | |
| | |
2019 Asian Championships |
3 | | | |
| | |
| | |
2019 Oceania Championships |
1 | | | |
2020 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament # 1 |
2 | | | |
| | |
ISSF World Olympic Rankings | 1 | | N/A | |
Tripartite Commission Invitation |
2 | | N/A | |
| N/A | |
Total | 29 | | | |