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.

Shooting at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Parque Sarmiento
Dates	7–12 October
No. of events	6 (2 boys, 2 girls, 2 mixed)

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.[1]

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).[1]

• 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.[1]

Summary

Nation	Men		Women		Athletes
	Rifle	Pistol	Rifle	Pistol
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[2]	-	-	0 | 1	-	Argentina
2017 African Championship[2]	Cairo	19 Apr–3 May 2017	1	South Africa	Egypt
2017 European Championship[2]	Baku	21 Jul–4 Aug 2017	3	Hungary  Russia  Serbia	Finland  Germany  Serbia
Oceania Qualification Tournament[2]	Gold Coast	27–30 October 2017	1	Australia	Australia
2017 Asian Championship (10m)[2]	Wako City	6–12 December 2017	4 | 3	Bangladesh  China  India  Iran	China  Chinese Taipei  India
2018 European Championship (10m)[2]	Győr	16–26 February 2018	3	Germany  Bulgaria  Armenia	Russia  Italy  Poland
American Qualification Tournament[2]	Fort Benning	14 May 2018	2	Mexico  Argentina	Mexico  Chile
Tripartite Invitation[2]	-	-	6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bangladesh  United Arab Emirates
Reallocation	-	-		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[2]	-	-	0	Argentina	-
2017 African Championship[2]	Cairo	19 Apr–3 May 2017	1	Egypt	Tunisia
2017 European Championship[2]	Baku	21 Jul–4 Aug 2017	3	Belarus  Bulgaria  Germany	France  Italy  Russia
Oceania Qualification Tournament[2]	Gold Coast	27–30 October 2017	1	Reallocated*	Australia
2017 Asian Championship (10m)[2]	Wako City	6–12 December 2017	3 | 4	India  Iran  South Korea	China  India  Singapore  Thailand
2018 European Championship (10m)[2]	Győr	16–26 February 2018	3	Switzerland  Ukraine  Czech Republic	Spain  Germany  Georgia
American Qualification Tournament[2]	Fort Benning	14 May 2018	2	Mexico  Canada	Mexico  Colombia
Tripartite Invitation[2]	-	-	6		Iraq  Pakistan
Reallocation	-	-		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
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		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	Grigorii Shamakov  Russia	Shahu Tushar Mane  India	Aleksa Mitrović  Serbia
Girls' 10m Air Rifle	Stephanie Grundsøe  Denmark	Mehuli Ghosh  India	Marija Malić  Serbia
Mixed Teams' 10m Air Rifle	Enkhmaa Erdenechuluun Zalán Pekler  Mixed-NOCs	Anastasiia Dereviagina Edson Ramírez  Mixed-NOCs	Viivi Natalia Kemppi Facundo Firmapaz  Mixed-NOCs

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  Boys' 10 metre air rifle victory ceremony
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  Mixed Teams' 10 metre air rifle victory ceremony

10m Air Pistol

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

References

1. "Qualification System: Shooting" (PDF). ISSF. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Shooting