Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for shooting published by ISSF contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia.
This article details the qualifying phase for shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to at least 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[2] 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 June 6, 2021. 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][3]
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]
a The International Olympic Committee (IOC) revoked two quotas originally assigned to the NOCs in the ISSF World Cup #1, as the Indian authorities denied visa entries for two Pakistani shooters and their accompanied official, following the 2019 Pulwama attack. Instead, the quotas were reassigned to each of the two World Cups in Munich and Beijing, upgrading the original number of quota places to three.[6][7]
b On March 7, 2020, the ISSF revoked the license from Egypt, originally owned by Shimaa Hashad, in the women's 10 m air rifle at the 2019 African Shooting Championships over a doping offense, giving it instead to Algeria.[8]
c Host nation Japan was awarded a minimum of twelve quota places in all individual shooting events for the Games. Five Japanese shooters (Endō, Akiyama, Hirata, Yamada, and Nakayama) attained a direct nomination to the Olympic team based on their performances at the Asian Championships, thereby leaving the vacancies unused for reallocation.[4]
d The 2019 Oceania Championships was assigned two quota places in the qualification system for the men's and women's 50 m rifle three positions. The rules stated that only shooters eligible to attain the minimum qualification score (MQS) in each event may earn a quota place.[4] Only a single shooter in each event fulfilled the standard at the conclusion of the meet, thereby leaving the other spots unused for reallocation.[9]
e The 2019 African Championships was assigned one quota place in the qualification system for the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol. The rules stated that only shooters eligible to attain the minimum qualification score (MQS) in each event may earn a quota place.[4] None of the shooters in the aforementioned event fulfilled the standard at the conclusion of the meet, thereby leaving the spot unused for reallocation.[10]
f Chinki Yadav secured a second quota place for India in the women's 25 m pistol; however, Manu Bhaker occupied the recipient's slot as a double starter based on her cumulative scores at the national selection trials. As a result, the NRAI decided to swap it with an additional women's 50 m rifle 3 positions spot, eventually awarded to Anjum Moudgil.[11]
g North Korea withdrew from the Games over the COVID-19 scare, thereby leaving the quota places unused for reallocation.[12]
h Keith Sanderson was originally named as the selected shooter from the United States in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, but later suspended following sexual harassment charges and replaced by Henry Leverett. Additionally, Nickolaus Mowrer occupied the slot as a double starter in the men's 50 m rifle 3 positions based on his cumulative scores at the Olympic trials; hence, the Americans received a second slot in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol, subsequently awarded to Jackson Leverett.[13]
