# Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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. 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.

## 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. 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.
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.

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

## Schedule

| Event ↓ / Date → | Sat 24 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Mon 26 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 | Fri 30 | Sat 31 | Sat 31 | Sun 1 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Mon 2 |
| Rifle |||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 10 m air rifle | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F |
| Women's 10 m air rifle | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | |
| Mixed 10 m air rifle team | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pistol |||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 10 m air pistol | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | Q | F |
| Women's 10 m air pistol | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 25 m pistol | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | Q | F | | | | | | |
| Mixed 10 m air pistol team | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shotgun |||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's trap | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's skeet | | | Q | Q | Q | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's trap | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's skeet | | | Q | Q | Q | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mixed trap team | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | ROC | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | San Marino | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 metre air pistol details | Javad Foroughi Iran | Damir Mikec Serbia | Pang Wei China |
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol details | Jean Quiquampoix France | Leuris Pupo Cuba | Li Yuehong China |
| 10 metre air rifle details | Will Shaner United States | Sheng Lihao China | Yang Haoran China |
| 50 metre rifle three positions details | Zhang Changhong China | Sergey Kamenskiy ROC | Milenko Sebić Serbia |
| Skeet details | Vincent Hancock United States | Jesper Hansen Denmark | Abdullah Al-Rashidi Kuwait |
| Trap details | Jiří Lipták Czech Republic | David Kostelecký Czech Republic | Matthew Coward-Holley Great Britain |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 metre air pistol details | Vitalina Batsarashkina ROC | Antoaneta Kostadinova Bulgaria | Jiang Ranxin China |
| 25 metre pistol details | Vitalina Batsarashkina ROC | Kim Min-jung South Korea | Xiao Jiaruixuan China |
| 10 metre air rifle details | Yang Qian China | Anastasiia Galashina ROC | Nina Christen Switzerland |
| 50 metre rifle three positions details | Nina Christen Switzerland | Yulia Zykova ROC | Yulia Karimova ROC |
| Skeet details | Amber English United States | Diana Bacosi Italy | Wei Meng China |
| Trap details | Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková Slovakia | Kayle Browning United States | Alessandra Perilli San Marino |

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 metre air pistol team details | China Jiang Ranxin Pang Wei | ROC Vitalina Batsarashkina Artem Chernousov | Ukraine Olena Kostevych Oleh Omelchuk |
| 10 metre air rifle team details | China Yang Qian Yang Haoran | United States Mary Tucker Lucas Kozeniesky | ROC Yulia Karimova Sergey Kamenskiy |
| Trap team details | Spain Alberto Fernández Fátima Gálvez | San Marino Gian Marco Berti Alessandra Perilli | United States Brian Burrows Madelynn Bernau |

## Records broken

* Main article: World and Olympic records set at the 2020 Summer Olympics
| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Score | Date | Record |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle | Qualification | Jeanette Hegg Duestad | Norway | 632.9 | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 10 metre air rifle | Final | Yang Qian | China | 251.8 | 24 July | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Javad Foroughi | Iran | 244.8 | 24 July | OR |
| Women's 10 metre air pistol | Qualification | Jiang Ranxin | China | 587 | 25 July | =WR |
| Women's 10 metre air pistol | Final | Vitalina Batsarashkina | ROC | 240.3 | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle | Qualification | Yang Haoran | China | 632.7 | 25 July | OR |
| Men's 10 metre air rifle | Final | William Shaner | United States | 251.6 | 25 July | OR |
| Women's skeet | Qualification | Wei Meng | China | 124 | 26 July | =WR |
| Men's skeet | Qualification | Éric Delaunay | France | 124 | 26 July | OR |
| Men's skeet | Qualification | Tammaro Cassandro | Italy | 124 | 26 July | OR |
| Women's skeet | Final | Amber English | United States | 56 | 26 July | OR |
| Men's skeet | Final | Vincent Hancock | United States | 59 | 26 July | OR |
| Mixed 10 metre air pistol team | Qualification | Manu Bhaker Saurabh Chaudhary | India | 582 | 27 July | OR |
| Mixed 10 metre air rifle team | Qualification | Yang Qian Yang Haoran | China | 633.2 | 27 July | WR |
| Women's trap | Qualification | Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková | Slovakia | 125 | 29 July | WR |
| Women's trap | Final | Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková | Slovakia | 43 | 29 July | OR |
| Men's trap | Final | Jiří Lipták | Czech Republic | 43 | 29 July | OR |
| Men's trap | Final | David Kostelecký | Czech Republic | 43 | 29 July | OR |
| Women's 25 metre pistol | Final | Vitalina Batsarashkina | ROC | 38 | 30 July | OR |
| Women's 25 metre pistol | Final | Kim Min-jung | South Korea | 38 | 30 July | OR |
| Mixed trap team | Qualification | Fátima Gálvez Alberto Fernández | Spain | 148 | 31 July | OR |
| Mixed trap team | Qualification | Alessandra Perilli Gian Marco Berti | San Marino | 148 | 31 July | OR |
| Women's 50 metre rifle three positions | Qualification | Yulia Zykova | ROC | 1182 | 31 July | OR |
| Women's 50 metre rifle three positions | Final | Nina Christen | Switzerland | 463.9 | 31 July | OR |
| Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | Final | Zhang Changhong | China | 466.0 | 2 August | WR |
* 1 2 Listed as it is also an Olympic record, which was not previously established in this event.