Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Shooting
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:National Shooting Centre, Châteauroux
Dates:27 July – 5 August 2024
Competitors:340 (170 men and 170 women)
Num Events:15 (6 men, 6 women, 3 mixed)
Prev:2020
Next:2028

Shooting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 27 July to 5 August 2024 at the National Shooting Centre in Châteauroux.[1] [2] The number of shooters competing across fifteen events was reduced from 360 at the previous Games to 340, with an equal distribution between men and women. Furthermore, several significant changes were instituted in the Olympic shooting program, including the new final format and the substitution of the mixed team trap competitions with the mixed team skeet.[3] [4]

Competition format

On 9 June 2017, the International Shooting Sport Federation welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee to approve several changes to the Olympic shooting program to enhance the sport's popularity and worldwide appeal. One of the significant changes in the program was replacing the mixed team trap competition with the mixed team skeet to maintain and attain gender equality in sports shooting. Other ratified changes included the reduction of athletes from 360 in Tokyo 2020 to 340 and the new elimination final format for each individual shooting event.[4]

All shooters who advance to the Olympic finals of their individual events must start from scratch and hit a specific number of shots in the elimination stages. Four finalists will compete in each of the two elimination relays for the small-bore pistol and shotgun events, with the winner and runner-up proceeding to the medal rounds. For the rifle and air pistol events, the eight finalists will compete against each other until the elimination round leaves, with only two shooters battling out in a duel to decide the gold and silver medals.[5]

Qualification

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. In early 2022, the International Shooting Sport Federation agreed to change the rules on allocating the Olympic quota places, as it aims to attain gender equality. As a result, a total of 340 quota places, with 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 2022 European Championships for shotgun events in Larnaca, Cyprus and for small-bore rifle and pistol events in Wrocław, Poland, which concludes on 18 September 2022, less than two years before the Olympics. Sixteen quota places will be assigned to the top two NOCs in each shooting event.[6] For the remainder of the 2022 season, sixty more quota places will be awarded, including forty-eight from the separate rifle, pistol, and shotgun meets of the ISSF World Championships.[7]

Throughout the process, quota places will be generally awarded when a shooter 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 individual shooting event. 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.[8]

Like the previous Games, host nation France is guaranteed twelve quota places, with one in each individual shooting event.[9]

Competition schedule

Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5
Rifle
Q F
Q F
Q F
Q F
Q F
Pistol
Q F
Q F
Q F
Q F
Q F
Shotgun
Q F
Q F
Q F
Q F
Q F

Medal summary

Men's events

10 metre air pistol
25 metre rapid fire pistol
10 metre air rifle
50 metre rifle three positions
Skeet
Trap

Women's events

10 metre air pistol
25 metre pistol
10 metre air rifle
50 metre rifle three positions
Skeet
Trap

Mixed events

10 metre air pistol team

Zorana Arunović
Damir Mikec

Şevval İlayda Tarhan
Yusuf Dikeç

Manu Bhaker
Sarabjot Singh
10 metre air rifle team

Huang Yuting
Sheng Lihao

Keum Ji-hyeon
Park Ha-jun

Alexandra Le
Islam Satpayev
Skeet team

Diana Bacosi
Gabriele Rossetti

Austen Smith
Vincent Hancock

Jiang Yiting
Lyu Jianlin

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paris 2024 – Shooting . . 18 September 2022.
  2. News: How to qualify for shooting at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained . . 8 September 2022.
  3. News: Liam . Morgan . Skeet shooting mixed team event proposed for inclusion at Paris 2024 . . 1 December 2020 . 18 September 2022.
  4. News: The IOC Executive Board approves the program of the Paris 2024 . . 8 December 2020 . 18 September 2022.
  5. News: Competition formats for shooting at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 . Shooting.by . 18 September 2022.
  6. News: Paris 2024: Qualification System is on the ISSF website . . 28 June 2022 . 18 September 2022.
  7. News: Quota places for Paris 2024 will be allocated at the 2022-2023 World Championships . . 28 June 2022 . 18 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Shooting . . 18 September 2022.
  9. Web site: Olympic Quota Places . . 9 September 2014.