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Shooting
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
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)
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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.^[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
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^[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	-	-	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^[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	-	-	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

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