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 participating30
Events15
DatesJan 27–Feb 3
Main venueDr. 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
Total15151545

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 [23]
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.
  23. "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.

Official Website
  1. http://www.thenrai.in/
  2. ISSF Website
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