# Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 12 October. The events took place at the Parque Sarmiento in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 athletes, 1 per each event. As hosts, Argentina is given a spot to compete in boys’ 10 m air pistol and girls’ 10 m air rifle events, however they declined to compete in air pistol. A further 24, six per each event will be decided by the Tripartite Commission, though only five were allocated, the remaining will be given out as wild cards. The remaining 54 places shall be decided by qualification events, namely continental qualification tournaments.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all shooters (including hosts and tripartite invitations) must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS).
* Boys 10 m Air Rifle: 60 Shots, Score of 552 / 580.0
* Boys 10 m Air Pistol: 60 Shots, Score of 540
* Girls 10 m Air Rifle: 40 Shots, Score of 368 / 385.0
* Girls 10 m Air Pistol: 40 Shots, Score of 355
The MQS must be achieved between 1 April 2017 and 23 July 2018 at an ISSF registered event.

### Summary

| Nation | Men | Men | Women | Women | Athletes |
| Nation | Rifle | Pistol | Rifle | Pistol | Athletes |
| Argentina | X | | X | | 2 |
| Armenia | X | | | | 1 |
| Australia | X | | X | X | 3 |
| Austria | X | | | | 1 |
| Bangladesh | X | | X | | 2 |
| Belarus | | X | | | 1 |
| Belgium | | X | | | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | X | | | | 1 |
| Bulgaria | X | X | | | 2 |
| Canada | | X | | | 1 |
| Chile | | | X | | 1 |
| China | X | | X | X | 3 |
| Colombia | | | | X | 1 |
| Croatia | | | | X | 1 |
| Czech Republic | | X | | | 1 |
| Denmark | | | X | | 1 |
| Egypt | | X | X | | 2 |
| Finland | | | X | | 1 |
| France | | | | X | 1 |
| Georgia | | | | X | 1 |
| Germany | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Great Britain | | X | | | 1 |
| Hungary | X | | | | 1 |
| India | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Indonesia | X | | | | 1 |
| Iran | X | X | | | 2 |
| Iraq | | | | X | 1 |
| Italy | | | X | X | 2 |
| Japan | | | X | | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | | X | | | 1 |
| Latvia | | X | | | 1 |
| Lithuania | | | | X | 1 |
| Mexico | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| Moldova | | X | | | 1 |
| Mongolia | | | X | | 1 |
| Montenegro | X | | | | 1 |
| Pakistan | | | | X | 1 |
| Peru | X | | | | 1 |
| Poland | | | X | | 1 |
| Romania | | | | X | 1 |
| Russia | X | | X | X | 3 |
| Serbia | X | | X | | 2 |
| Singapore | | | | X | 1 |
| Slovenia | | | | X | 1 |
| Slovakia | | X | | | 1 |
| South Africa | X | | | | 1 |
| South Korea | | X | | | 1 |
| Spain | | | | X | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | X | | | | 1 |
| Switzerland | | X | | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | X | | 1 |
| Tajikistan | | X | | | 1 |
| Thailand | | | | X | 1 |
| Tunisia | | | | X | 1 |
| Turkey | | X | | | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | X | | 1 |
| Ukraine | | X | | | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | | | X | | 1 |
| Total: 58 NOCs | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 80 |

### 10m Air Rifle

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified Boys | Qualified Girls |
| Host Nation | - | - | 0 | 1 | - | Argentina |
| 2017 African Championship | Cairo | 19 Apr–3 May 2017 | 1 | South Africa | Egypt |
| 2017 European Championship | Baku | 21 Jul–4 Aug 2017 | 3 | Hungary Russia Serbia | Finland Germany Serbia |
| Oceania Qualification Tournament | Gold Coast | 27–30 October 2017 | 1 | Australia | Australia |
| 2017 Asian Championship (10m) | Wako City | 6–12 December 2017 | 4 | 3 | Bangladesh China India Iran | China Chinese Taipei India |
| 2018 European Championship (10m) | Győr | 16–26 February 2018 | 3 | Germany Bulgaria Armenia | Russia Italy Poland |
| American Qualification Tournament | Fort Benning | 14 May 2018 | 2 | Mexico Argentina | Mexico Chile |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bangladesh United Arab Emirates |
| Reallocation | - | - | 6 | Austria Indonesia Montenegro Peru Sri Lanka | Denmark Japan Mongolia Uzbekistan |
| TOTAL | | | | 20 | 20 |

### 10m Air Pistol

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified Boys | Qualified Girls |
| Host Nation | - | - | 0 | Argentina | - |
| 2017 African Championship | Cairo | 19 Apr–3 May 2017 | 1 | Egypt | Tunisia |
| 2017 European Championship | Baku | 21 Jul–4 Aug 2017 | 3 | Belarus Bulgaria Germany | France Italy Russia |
| Oceania Qualification Tournament | Gold Coast | 27–30 October 2017 | 1 | Reallocated* | Australia |
| 2017 Asian Championship (10m) | Wako City | 6–12 December 2017 | 3 | 4 | India Iran South Korea | China India Singapore Thailand |
| 2018 European Championship (10m) | Győr | 16–26 February 2018 | 3 | Switzerland Ukraine Czech Republic | Spain Germany Georgia |
| American Qualification Tournament | Fort Benning | 14 May 2018 | 2 | Mexico Canada | Mexico Colombia |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | 6 | | Iraq Pakistan |
| Reallocation | - | - | 6 | Belgium Great Britain Kazakhstan Latvia Moldova Slovakia Tajikistan Turkey | Croatia Lithuania Romania Slovenia |
| TOTAL | | | | 20 | 20 |
* * The quota was reallocated due to no athlete reaching the MQS. It will be given out as a wild card.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| – | Mixed-NOCs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
* India were the most successful country in the sports discipline of shooting in 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, as they won a medal in every shooting disciplines they participated. They won a total of 4 medals including 2 golds and 2 silvers.

### 10m Air Rifle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' 10m Air Rifle details | Grigorii Shamakov Russia | Shahu Tushar Mane India | Aleksa Mitrović Serbia |
| Girls' 10m Air Rifle details | Stephanie Grundsøe Denmark | Mehuli Ghosh India | Marija Malić Serbia |
| Mixed Teams' 10m Air Rifle details | Enkhmaa Erdenechuluun Zalán Pekler Mixed-NOCs | Anastasiia Dereviagina Edson Ramírez Mixed-NOCs | Viivi Natalia Kemppi Facundo Firmapaz Mixed-NOCs |
* Boys' 10 metre air rifle victory ceremony
* Mixed Teams' 10 metre air rifle victory ceremony

### 10m Air Pistol

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' 10m Air Pistol details | Saurabh Chaudhary India | Yun Sung-ho South Korea | Jason Solari Switzerland |
| Girls' 10m Air Pistol details | Manu Bhaker India | Iana Enina Russia | Nino Khutsiberidze Georgia |
| Mixed Teams' 10m Air Pistol details | Vanessa Seeger (GER) Kiril Kirov (BUL) Mixed-NOCs | Manu Bhaker (IND) Bezhan Fayzullaev (TJK) Mixed-NOCs | Andrea Ibarra (MEX) Dmytro Honta (UKR) Mixed-NOCs |