Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Last updated November 18, 2025

Qualification for shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begins from 1 January 2019 to 21 June 2021. There were three events for male and female sports shooters and seven mixed events. There were a total of 154 athlete quotas (65 male, 54 female, 35 gender free).^[1]

Timeline

Detailed direct allocation slots are listed in the qualification slots section.

Events^[2]	Date	Venue	Berths
2018 WSPS World Championships	1–12 May 2018	Cheongju	43
2018 WSPS World Cup	22–30 September 2018	Châteauroux	13
2019 WSPS World Cup	16–24 February 2019	Al Ain	17
2019 WSPS World Championships	12–18 October 2019	Sydney	53
2021 WSPS World Cup	11 –21 May 2021	Lima	18
Host county allocation	—	—	2
Bipartite Commission Invitation	1 July 2021	—	4
Total			154

Qualification requirements

Eligibility scores

Each athlete from each NPC must at least aim to score targets in each medalling event in the qualifying tournaments.

Event		Score
Rifle	R1 - Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	600.0
	R2 - Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	595.0
	R3 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	623.0
	R4 - Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	620.0
	R5 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	628.0
	R6 - Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	605.0
	R7 - Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1110
	R8 - Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1050
	R9 - Mixed 50m rifle prone SH2	605.0
Pistol	P1 - Men's 10m air pistol SH1	547
	P2 - Women's 10m air pistol SH1	510
	P3 - Mixed 25m sport pistol SH1	540
	P4 - Mixed 50m pistol SH1	510

Summary

Nation	Men			Women			Mixed							Quotas	Athletes
Nation	R1	R7	P1	R2	R8	P2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R9	P3	P4	Quotas	Athletes
Australia (AUS)				1			1					1		3	3
Azerbaijan (AZE)													1	1	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)									1				1	2	2
Brazil (BRA)									1					1	1
Bulgaria (BUL)									1					1	1
Canada (CAN)								1	1					2	2
China (CHN)	1	2	2	1	1		1	1				1		10	10
Croatia (CRO)			1											1	1
Cuba (CUB)						1								1	1
Czech Republic (CZE)													1	1	1
Finland (FIN)							1							1	1
France (FRA)		1					1	1	2	1	1	1		8	8
Georgia (GEO)											1			1	1
Germany (GER)			1		2		1				1			5	5
Great Britain (GBR)					2	1		1		1	2			7	7
Greece (GRE)							1							1	1
Hungary (HUN)						1							1	2	2
India (IND)	1	1	2			1				2		1	1	9	9
Indonesia (INA)				1					1					2	2
Iran (IRI)			1	1		1							2	5	5
Ireland (IRL)											1			1	1
Israel (ISR)		1								1				2	2
Italy (ITA)	1					1		1			1			4	4
Kazakhstan (KAZ)						1								1	1
North Macedonia (MKD)												1		1	1
Mongolia (MGL)													1	1	1
New Zealand (NZL)								1						1	1
Norway (NOR)				1	1			1		1				4	4
Poland (POL)			1				1					1		3	3
RPC (RUS)		1	1		1	1	1		1		1			7	7
Serbia (SRB)	1							1	2			1	1	6	6
Slovakia (SVK)	1			1							1			3	3
Slovenia (SLO)	1							1						2	2
South Korea (KOR)	2	1			2		2	1		1		2	1	12	12
Spain (ESP)										1				1	1
Sweden (SWE)	1					1		1		1			1	5	5
Switzerland (SUI)								1						1	1
Thailand (THA)	1			1						1				3	3
Turkey (TUR)			1	1		2	2		1			1		9	9
Ukraine (UKR)	1	1		1		1			1		1	1		7	7
United Arab Emirates (UAE)								1		3				4	4
United States (USA)							1	1	2	1		1		6	6
Uzbekistan (UZB)			1											1	1
39 NPCs														140	140

Qualification slots

An NPC can:

Enter a maximum of three eligible athletes per medaling event.
Allocate a maximum of twelve qualification slots, maximum of eight of any gender.
Qualification slots are allocated to the NPCs, not to the individual athlete however in Bipartite Commission Invitation, the slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.

Pistol

As of June 2021.^[3]

P1 - Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	3	China (CHN)	Yang Chao
		Uzbekistan (UZB)	Server Ibragimov
		China (CHN)	Lou Xiaolong
2018 World Cup	2	India (IND)	Manish Narwal
2018 World Cup	2	India (IND)	Deepender Singh
2019 World Cup	1	Iran (IRI)	Seyedmohammadreza Mirshafiei
2019 World Championships	3	RPC (RUS)	Sergey Malyshev
		Czech Republic (CZE)	Jakub Kosek
		Poland (POL)	Filip Rodzik
2021 World Cup	1	Germany (GER)	Tobias Meyer
Bipartite Slot Allocation	1	Croatia (CRO)	Damir Bosnjak

P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	2	Iran (IRI)	Sareh Javanmardi
2018 World Championships	2	Ukraine (UKR)	Iryna Liakhu
2018 World Cup	1	Italy (ITA)	Nadia Fario
2019 World Cup	2	Hungary (HUN)	Krisztina David
2019 World Cup	2	Turkey (TUR)	Ayşegül Pehlivanlar
2019 World Championships	2	Sweden (SWE)	Bang Yu-Jeong
2019 World Championships	2	Great Britain (GBR)	Issy Bailey
2021 World Cup	1	India (IND)	Rubina Francis
Bipartite Slot Allocation	4	Cuba (CUB)	Yenigladys Suarez Echevarria
		Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Aisulu Jumabayeva
		RPC (RUS)	Oksana Berezovskaia
		Turkey (TUR)	Aysel Ozgan

P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	4	China (CHN)	Huang Xing
		South Korea (KOR)	Park Chul
		North Macedonia (MKD)	Olivera Nakovska-Bikova
		Ukraine (UKR)	Oleksii Denysiuk
2018 World Cup	1	Poland (POL)	Szymon Sowinski
2019 World Cup	1	Turkey (TUR)	Murat Oguz
2019 World Championships	4	Serbia (SRB)	Zivko Papaz
		Turkey (TUR)	Korhan Yamac
		United States (USA)	Gong Xiao
		Azerbaijan (AZE)	Yelena Taranova
2021 World Cup	3	India (IND)	Rahul Jakhar
		South Korea (KOR)	Kim Younmi
		France (FRA)	David Auclair
Bipartite Slot Allocation	1	Australia (AUS)	Christopher Pitt

P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	4	Sweden (SWE)	Joackim Norberg
		Iran (IRI)	Mahdi Zamanishurabi
		Iran (IRI)	Samira Eram
		South Korea (KOR)	Moon Aeekyung
2018 World Cup	2	India (IND)	Singhraj
2018 World Cup	2	Czech Republic (CZE)	Tomas Pesek
2019 World Cup	1	Mongolia (MGL)	Ganbaatar Zandraa
2019 World Championships	4	Serbia (SRB)	Rastko Jokic
		Azerbaijan (AZE)	Kamran Zeynalov
		Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Ervin Bejdic
		China (CHN)	Li Min
2021 World Cup	1	India (IND)	Akash
Bipartite Slot Allocation	1	Hungary (HUN)	Gyula Gurisatti

Rifle

R1 - Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	4	South Korea (KOR)	Park Jinho
		Slovakia (SVK)	Radoslav Malenovsky
		Ukraine (UKR)	Andrii Doroshenko
		Serbia (SRB)	Laslo Suranji
2018 World Cup	1	South Korea (KOR)	Lee Seungchul
2019 World Cup	1	China (CHN)	Tian Fugang
2019 World Championships	4	Slovenia (SLO)	Franc Pinter
		Sweden (SWE)	Håkan Gustafsson
		Thailand (THA)	Wiraphon Mansing
		India (IND)	Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar
2021 World Cup	1	Italy (ITA)	Jacopo Cappelli

R2 - Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	3	Slovakia (SVK)	Veronika Vadovičová
		China (CHN)	Bai Xiaohong
		Ukraine (UKR)	Iryna Shchetnik
2018 World Cup	1	Australia (AUS)	Natalie Smith
2019 World Cup	1	Turkey (TUR)	Cagla Bas
2019 World Championships	3	Iran (IRI)	Roghayeh Shojaei
		Indonesia (INA)	Hanik Puji Hastuti
		Thailand (THA)	Wannipa Leungvilai
2021 World Cup	1	Turkey (TUR)	Suzan Çevik

R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	4	South Korea (KOR)	Sim Jae Yong
		Australia (AUS)	Anton Zappelli
		China (CHN)	Zhang Cuiping
		South Korea (KOR)	Lee Jangho
2018 World Cup	1	Finland (FIN)	Jarkko Mylly
2019 World Cup	1	Germany (GER)	Bernhard Fendt
2019 World Championships	7	RPC (RUS)	Sergei Nochevnoi
		Turkey (TUR)	Savas Ustun
		France (FRA)	Christophe Tanche
		Greece (GRE)	Sotirios Galogavros
		RPC (RUS)	Tatiana Ryabchenko
		United States (USA)	Taylor Farmer
		Poland (POL)	Emilia Babska
2021 World Cup	1	Turkey (TUR)	Erhan Coskuner

R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	3	South Korea (KOR)	Lee Jiseok
		Switzerland (SUI)	Nicole Häusler
		New Zealand (NZL)	Michael Johnson
2018 World Cup	1	Italy (ITA)	Andrea Liverani
2019 World Cup	2	Great Britain (GBR)	Ryan Cockbill
2019 World Cup	2	Sweden (SWE)	Philip Jonsson
2019 World Championships	5	Slovenia (SLO)	Franček Gorazd Tiršek
		Norway (NOR)	Sonja Jennie Tobiassen
		China (CHN)	Yuan Hongxiang
		United States (USA)	McKenna Dahl
		Serbia (SRB)	Dejan Jokic
2021 World Cup	2	France (FRA)	Kevin Liot
2021 World Cup	2	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Ayesha Almehairi
Bipartite Slot Allocation	1	Canada (CAN)	Lyne Tremblay

R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Vitali Plakushchyi
		Serbia (SRB)	Dragan Ristic
		Bulgaria (BUL)	Milena Todorova
		Turkey (TUR)	Hakan Cevik
2018 World Cup	2	France (FRA)	Alain Quittet
2018 World Cup	2	France (FRA)	Tanguy de la Forest
2019 World Cup	1	Brazil (BRA)	Alexandre Galgani
2019 World Championships	5	Japan (JPN)	Mika Mizuta
		Indonesia (INA)	Bolo Triyanto
		RPC (RUS)	Nikolai Krygin
		Serbia (SRB)	Zdravko Savanovic
		Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Zerina Skomorac
2021 World Cup	3	Germany (GER)	Moritz Alexander Moebius
		United States (USA)	Jazmin Almlie
		Thailand (THA)	Anuson Chaichamnan
Bipartite Slot Allocation	2	Canada (CAN)	Doug Blessin
Bipartite Slot Allocation	2	United States (USA)	Stetson Bardfield

R6 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	4	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Abdullah Sultan Alaryani
		South Korea (KOR)	Ju Sungchul
		Sweden (SWE)	Anna Normann
		Great Britain (GBR)	Matt Skelhon
2018 World Cup	2	Spain (ESP)	Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo
2018 World Cup	2	United States (USA)	John Joss III
2019 World Cup	2	India (IND)	Avani Lekhara
2019 World Cup	2	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Saif Alnuaimi
2019 World Championships	5	India (IND)	Sidhartha Babu
		Norway (NOR)	Paul Aksel Johansen
		Israel (ISR)	Yuliya Chernoy
		France (FRA)	Cedric Fevre
		United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Abdulla Saif Alaryani
2021 World Cup	1	United States (USA)	Kevin Nguyen
Bipartite Slot Allocation	1	Thailand (THA)	Chutima Saenlar

R7 - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	3	China (CHN)	Gou Dingchao
		Ukraine (UKR)	Yurii Stoiev
		South Korea (KOR)	Shim Youngjip
2018 World Cup	1	Israel (ISR)	Doron Shaziri
2019 World Cup	1	China (CHN)	Dong Chao
2019 World Championships	3	RPC (RUS)	Andrey Kozhemyakin
		Thailand (THA)	Atidet Intanon
		France (FRA)	Didier Richard
2021 World Cup	1	India (IND)	Deepak Saini

R8 - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	2	Germany (GER)	Natascha Hiltrop
2018 World Championships	2	South Korea (KOR)	Lee Yunri
2018 World Cup	1	Germany (GER)	Elke Seeliger
2019 World Cup	1	China (CHN)	Yan Yaping
2019 World Championships	3	South Korea (KOR)	Kang Myungsoon
		Great Britain (GBR)	Lorraine Lambert
		Norway (NOR)	Monica Lillehagen
2021 World Cup	1	Great Britain (GBR)	Lesley Stewart

R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2

Competition	Berths	Nation	Qualified athlete
2018 World Championships	3	Ukraine (UKR)	Vasyl Kovalchuk
		Slovakia (SVK)	Kristina Funkova
		Italy (ITA)	Pamela Novaglio
2018 World Cup	1	Great Britain (GBR)	James Bevis
2019 World Cup	1	Great Britain (GBR)	Tim Jeffery
2019 World Championships	4	Ireland (IRL)	Phil Eaglesham
		Germany (GER)	Tim Focken
		RPC (RUS)	Antonina Zhukova
		Norway (NOR)	Heidi Kristin Soerlie-Rogne
2021 World Cup	1	France (FRA)	Vincent Fagnon
Bipartite Slot Allocation	1	Georgia (GEO)	Vladimer Tchintcharauli

References

↑ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 30 April 2021.
↑ "Competitions List". World Para Shooting. 22 October 2019.
↑ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Quota Distribution" (PDF). World Shooting Para Sport. 26 July 2021.

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[1] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 30 April 2021.

[2] "Competitions List". World Para Shooting. 22 October 2019.

[3] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Quota Distribution" (PDF). World Shooting Para Sport. 26 July 2021.

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