2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament

The 2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament was held in New Delhi, India between January 27 and February 3. This tournament was the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, after the 2015 Asian Shooting Championships was stripped of its status after the IOC suspended Kuwait NOC.^[1]

2016 Asian Olympic Qualification

Host city	New Delhi, India
Nations	30
Events	15
Dates	Jan 27–Feb 3
Main venue	Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range

The National Rifle Association of India hosted this international competition at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi.^[2] The competition had three separate disciplines: Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun.

Participating nations

A total of 538 shooters representing 30 countries participated in this event.

•  India (64)(hosts)
•  Bangladesh (15)
•  Bhutan (1)
•  Bahrain (5)
•  Malaysia (28)
•  China (15)
•  Iran (26)
•  Iraq (4)
•  Japan (30)
•  Kazakhstan (30)
•  Kyrgyzstan (8)
•  South Korea (59)
•  Saudi Arabia (18)
•  Athletes from Kuwait (10)
•  Lebanon (7)
•  Nepal (3)
•  Pakistan (10)
•  Philippines (9)
•  North Korea (5)
•  Qatar (22)
•  Singapore (8)
•  Sri Lanka (24)
•  Syria (1)
•  Thailand (34)
•  Tajikistan (4)
•  Vietnam (12)
•  Chinese Taipei (27)
•  Mongolia (17)
•  United Arab Emirates (24)
•  Uzbekistan (11)

Medal summary

Rifle events

Rank	Individual	Team	Report		Rank	Individual	Team	Report
Men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions					Women's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
	Kim Jong-hyun (KOR)		[3]			Xiang Wei Jasmine Ser		[4]
	Yuriy Yurkov (KAZ)					Mahlagha Jambozorg
	Toshikazu Yamashita (JPN)					Kyerim Lee
Men's 50 m Rifle Prone					No Competition
	Kim Jong-hyun (KOR)		[5]
	Attapon Vea Aree (THA)
	Kim Hyeon-jun (KOR)
Men's 10 m Air Rifle					Women's 10 m Air Rifle
	Naoya Okada (JPN)		[6]			Najmeh Khedmati (IRI)		[7]
	Yuriy Yurkov (KAZ)					Ayonika Paul (IND)
	Pouria Norouzian (IRI)					Pooja Ghatkar (IND)

Pistol events

Rank	Individual	Team	Report		Rank	Individual	Team	Report
Men's 50 m Pistol					No Competition
	Tomoyuki Matsuda (JPN)		[8]
	Kim Song-Guk (PRK)
	Kim Jong-su (PRK)
Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Teruyoshi Akiyama (JPN)		[9]
	Yong Hoo Choi (KOR)
	Eita Mori (JPN)
Men's 10 m Air Pistol					Women's 10 m Air Pistol
	Jonathan Wong (MAS)		[10]			Heena Sidhu (IND)		[11]
	Atallah Alanazi (KSA)					Tien Chia-chen (TPE)
	Kim Jong-su (PRK)					Kim Yun-mi (KOR)
Women's 25 m Pistol					No Competition
	Koh Eun (KOR)		[12]
	Kim Min-jung (KOR)
	Kim Ji-hye (KOR)

ShotGun events

Rank	Individual	Team	Report		Rank	Individual	Team	Report
Trap Men					Trap Women
	Abdulrahman Al Faihan (IOC)		[13]			Yukie Nakayama (JPN)		[14]
	Yang Kun Pi (TPE)					Li Qingnian (CHN)
	Talal Al-Rashidi (IOC)					Sarah Alhawal (IOC)
Skeet Men					Skeet Women
	Saif Bin Futtais (UAE)		[15]			Naoko Ishihara (JPN)		[16]
	Saud Habib (IOC)					Nutchaya Sutarporn (THA)
	Saeed Al Maktoum (UAE)					Kim Min-Ji (KOR)
Double Trap Men					No Competition
	Khaled Alkaabi (UAE)		[17]
	Fehaid Al-Deehani (IOC)
	Mohammed Asab (IND)

Medal table

Final standing.^[18]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	5	0	2	7
2	South Korea	3	2	5	10
3	United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	3
4	Independent Olympic Athlete	1	2	1	4
5	India	1	1	2	4
6	Iran	1	1	1	3
7	Singapore	1	0	0	1
7	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
9	Chinese Taipei	0	2	0	2
9	Thailand	0	2	0	2
9	Kazakhstan	0	2	0	2
12	North Korea	0	1	2	3
13	China	0	1	1	2
14	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
Total		15	15	15	45

2016 Olympic Quota Obtained

Event	Athlete	Nation	References
Men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions	Sanjeev Rajput	India	[19]
	Vitaliy Dovgun	Qatar
	Napis Tortungpanich	Thailand
Women's 50 m Rifle Three Positions	Jasmine Ser	Singapore	[20]
	Mahlagha Jambozorg	Iran
	Lee Kyerim	South Korea
Men's 50 m Rifle Prone	Kim Jong-hyun	South Korea	[5]
	Attapon Uea-aree	Thailand
Men's 10 m Air Rifle	Naoya Okada	Japan	[6]
	Pouria Norouzian	Iran
Women's 10 m Air Rifle	Ayonika Paul	India	[7]
	Lee Eun-seo	South Korea
Men's 50 m Pistol	Kim Song-guk	North Korea	[8]
	Kim Jong-su	North Korea
Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol	Teruyoshi Akiyama	Japan	[9]
	Eita Mori	Japan
Men's 10 m Air Pistol	Jonathan Wong	Malaysia	[21]
	Atallah Alanazi	Saudi Arabia
Women's 10 m Air Pistol	Heena Sidhu	India	[11]
	Golnoush Sebghatollahi	Iran
Women's 25 m Pistol	Koh Eun	South Korea	[22]
	Akiko Sato	Japan
	Teo Shun Xie	Singapore
Trap Men	Abdulrahman Al-Faihan	Athletes from Kuwait	[13]
	Yang Kun-pi	Chinese Taipei
	Kynan Chenai	India
	Andrey Mogilevskiy	Kazakhstan
Trap Women	Li Qingnian	China	[14]
Skeet Men	Abdullah Al-Rashidi	Athletes from Kuwait	[18]
	Saud Habib	Athletes from Kuwait
	Rashid Saleh Hamad	Qatar
	Saeed Al Maktoum	United Arab Emirates
Skeet Women	Naoko Ishihara	Japan
Double Trap Men	Khaled Al-Kaabi	United Arab Emirates	[17]
	Fehaid Al-Deehani	Athletes from Kuwait

2016 Olympic Quota Obtained by Nations and Independent Athletes

A total of 35 quota places for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be awarded based on this event.^[2]

Nation	Quota Obtained	No. Events
China	1	1
Chinese Taipei	1	1
India	4	4
Iran	3	3
Japan	5	4
Kazakhstan	1	1
Athletes from Kuwait	4	3
Malaysia	1	1
North Korea	2	1
Qatar	2	2
Saudi Arabia	1	1
Singapore	2	2
South Korea	4	4
Thailand	2	2
United Arab Emirates	2	2
Total	35	15

References

1. ""Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting" to take place in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
2. "Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition is about to start in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
3. "Result 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
4. "Result 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
5. "Result 50m Rifle Prone Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
6. "Naoya Okada grabs Japan's fourth Gold medal in the Air Rifle Men event in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
7. "Iran's Najmeh Khedmati grabs the Air Rifle Gold, India gets Silver, Bronze and a quota". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
8. "Tomoyuki Matsuda claims Japan's third Gold medal in three days". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
9. "Japan takes all in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men: Gold, Bronze and two Olympic quotas". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
10. "Result 10m Air Pistol Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
11. "Result 10m Air Pistol Women". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
12. "Result 25m Pistol Women". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
13. "Result Trap Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
14. "Japan's Nakayama got the Gold, China's Li got the quota in the Trap Women final". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
15. "Result Skeet Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
16. "Result Skeet Women". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
17. "UAE's Khaled Alkaabi collects the Double Trap Men Gold medal in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
18. "UAE's Saif Bin Futtais secures the Skeet Men Gold in the closing event of the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
19. "Kim Jonghyun claims the top of the 3 Positions podium, wins his second Gold in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
20. "Singapore collects its first Gold with Xiang Wei Jasmine Ser, also grabs the quota". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
21. "Johnathan Wong wins Malaysia's first Gold medal in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
22. "South Korea takes all the 25m Pistol Women medals, Koh Eun wins the Gold". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-02-01.

Official website

• http://www.thenrai.in/
• ISSF Website