# Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Shooting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 14 August at the National Shooting Center in Deodoro. A maximum of 390 athletes were able to compete in the fifteen events across these Games. The event format was similar to 2012, although there were significant changes to the rules and guidelines of the competition.

## Format changes

On 23 November 2012, the International Shooting Sport Federation instituted new rules to the competition format designed to enhance the sport's appeal to youth, to make it more spectator and media friendly, and to keep the competitions fair and transparent. The most significant change to the rules was the new final format for all Olympic events, where all finalists must start from scratch. Furthermore, all finals featured an elimination stage, until the competition ended up with duels between the two shooters to decide the gold and silver medals. Other ratified changes included decimal scoring for both air rifle and rifle prone, separate sighting and match firing periods, limited use of performance-enhancing rifle clothing and equipment, target throwing distance in skeet shooting, and adjustment of targets in the double trap.

## Qualification

The qualification system was similar to that used for previous Games, with a fixed number of quota places divided among the nations whose shooters place well at top-level global and continental championships. As per the guidelines from the International Shooting Sport Federation, qualification commenced with the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Granada, Spain, which concluded on 19 September 2014, two years before the Olympics. Throughout the process, quota places were 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).
Brazil did not qualify through the World Championships, rather its nine places were guaranteed due to it being the host nation.

## Schedule

| Event↓/Date → | Sat 6 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Sun 14 |
| Rifle |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 10 m air rifle | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 50 m rifle prone | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | |
| Pistol |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's 10 m air pistol | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | Q | F | | |
| Men's 50 m pistol | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 10 m air pistol | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 25 m pistol | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shotgun |||||||||||||||||||
| Men's trap | | | Q | Q | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's double trap | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's skeet | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Q | Q | F | | |
| Women's trap | | | Q | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's skeet | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F | | | | |

## Participation
### Participating nations

* Algeria (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Angola (1)
* Argentina (5)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (18)
* Austria (5)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahrain (1)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (1)
* Bhutan (1)
* Bolivia (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Brazil (9)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* China (22)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (7)
* Cuba (7)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (5)
* Denmark (3)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Egypt (12)
* El Salvador (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (11)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (15)
* Great Britain (6)
* Greece (2)
* Guatemala (2)
* Hungary (8)
* India (12)
* Iran (5)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (14)
* Japan (8)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Kosovo (1)
* Independent Olympic Athletes (6)
* Latvia (1)
* Lebanon (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Malta (2)
* Mexico (2)
* Mongolia (3)
* Morocco (1)
* Myanmar (1)
* Namibia (1)
* New Zealand (3)
* Nicaragua (1)
* North Korea (4)
* Norway (4)
* Oman (2)
* Pakistan (2)
* Panama (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (5)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (18)
* San Marino (3)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Serbia (9)
* Singapore (2)
* Slovakia (5)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Korea (17)
* Spain (6)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (4)
* Chinese Taipei (4)
* Thailand (5)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (4)
* Ukraine (8)
* United Arab Emirates (3)
* United States (20)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Venezuela (1)
* Vietnam (2)
* Zimbabwe (1)

### Competitors
## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | China | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Independent Olympic Athletes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 meter air pistol details | Hoàng Xuân Vinh Vietnam OR | Felipe Almeida Wu Brazil | Pang Wei China |
| 25 meter rapid fire pistol details | Christian Reitz Germany | Jean Quiquampoix France | Li Yuehong China |
| 50 meter pistol details | Jin Jong-oh South Korea OR | Hoàng Xuân Vinh Vietnam | Kim Song-guk North Korea |
| 10 meter air rifle details | Niccolò Campriani Italy OR | Serhiy Kulish Ukraine | Vladimir Maslennikov Russia |
| 50 meter rifle prone details | Henri Junghänel Germany OR | Kim Jong-hyun South Korea | Kirill Grigoryan Russia |
| 50 meter rifle three positions details | Niccolò Campriani Italy OR | Sergey Kamenskiy Russia | Alexis Raynaud France |
| Skeet details | Gabriele Rossetti Italy | Marcus Svensson Sweden | Abdullah Al-Rashidi Independent Olympic Athletes |
| Trap details | Josip Glasnović Croatia | Giovanni Pellielo Italy | Edward Ling Great Britain |
| Double trap details | Fehaid Al-Deehani Independent Olympic Athletes | Marco Innocenti Italy | Steven Scott Great Britain |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 meter air pistol details | Zhang Mengxue China OR | Vitalina Batsarashkina Russia | Anna Korakaki Greece |
| 25 meter pistol details | Anna Korakaki Greece | Monika Karsch Germany | Heidi Diethelm Gerber Switzerland |
| 10 meter air rifle details | Virginia Thrasher United States OR | Du Li China | Yi Siling China |
| 50 meter rifle three positions details | Barbara Engleder Germany | Zhang Binbin China | Du Li China |
| Skeet details | Diana Bacosi Italy | Chiara Cainero Italy | Kim Rhode United States |
| Trap details | Catherine Skinner Australia | Natalie Rooney New Zealand | Corey Cogdell United States |