2016 Asian Olympic Shooting Qualifying Tournament

2016 Asian Olympic Qualification
Host city India New Delhi, India
Nations participating 30
Dates Jan 27–Feb 3
Main venue Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi

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 striped off from its status after the IOC suspended Kuwait NOC.[1]

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
1st  Kim Jong-hyun (KOR) South Korea [3] 1st Xiang Wei Jasmine Ser Singapore [4]
2nd  Yuriy Yurkov (KAZ) Kazakhstan 2nd Mahlagha Jambozorg Iran
3rd  Toshikazu Yamashita (JPN) Japan 3rd Kyerim Lee South Korea
Men's 50 m Rifle Prone No Competition
1st  Kim Jong-hyun (KOR) South Korea [5]
2nd  Attapon Vea Aree (THA) Thailand
3rd  Kim Hyeon-jun (KOR) South Korea
Men's 10 m Air Rifle Women's 10 m Air Rifle
1st  Naoya Okada (JPN) Japan [6] 1st  Najmeh Khedmati (IRI) Iran [7]
2nd  Yuriy Yurkov (KAZ) Kazakhstan 2nd  Ayonika Paul (IND) India
3rd  Pourya Norouziyan (IRI) Iran 3rd  Pooja Ghatkar (IND) India

Pistol events

Rank Individual Team Report Rank Individual Team Report
Men's 50 m Pistol No Competition
1st  Tomoyuki Matsuda (JPN) Japan [8]
2nd  Kim Song-Guk (PRK) North Korea
3rd  Kim Jong-su (PRK) North Korea
Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
1st  Teruyoshi Akiyama (JPN) Japan [9]
2nd  Yong Hoo Choi (KOR) South Korea
3rd  Eita Mori (JPN) Japan
Men's 10 m Air Pistol Women's 10 m Air Pistol
1st  Jonathan Wong (MAS) Malaysia [10] 1st  Heena Sidhu (IND) India [11]
2nd  Atallah Alanazi (KSA) Saudi Arabia 2nd  Tien Chia-chen (TPE) Chinese Taipei
3rd  Kim Jong-su (PRK) North Korea 3rd  Kim Yun-mi (KOR) South Korea
Women's 25 m Pistol No Competition
1st  Koh Eun (KOR) South Korea [12]
2nd  Kim Min-jung (KOR) South Korea
3rd  Kim Ji-hye (KOR) South Korea

ShotGun events

Rank Individual Team Report Rank Individual Team Report
Trap Men Trap Women
1st  Abdulrahman Al Faihan (IOC) International Olympic Committee [13] 1st  Yukie Nakayama (JPN) Japan [14]
2nd  Yang Kun Pi (TPE) Chinese Taipei 2nd  Li Qingnian (CHN) China
3rd  Talal Al-Rashidi (IOC) International Olympic Committee 3rd  Sarah Alhawal (IOC) International Olympic Committee
Skeet Men Skeet Women
1st  Saif Bin Futtais (UAE) United Arab Emirates [15] 1st  Naoko Ishihara (JPN) Japan [16]
2nd  Saud Habib (IOC) International Olympic Committee 2nd  Nutchaya Sutarporn (THA) Thailand
3rd  Saeed Al Maktoum (UAE) United Arab Emirates 3rd  Kim Min-Ji (KOR) South Korea
Double Trap Men No Competition
1st  Khaled Alkaabi (UAE) United Arab Emirates [17]
2nd  Fehaid Al-Deehani (IOC) International Olympic Committee
3rd  Mohammed Asab (IND) India

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 International Olympic Committee 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 15151545

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. 1 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. 1 2 "Result 50m Rifle Prone Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  6. 1 2 "Naoya Okada grabs Japan’s fourth Gold medal in the Air Rifle Men event in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  7. 1 2 "Iran’s Najmeh Khedmati grabs the Air Rifle Gold, India gets Silver, Bronze and a quota". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  8. 1 2 "Tomoyuki Matsuda claims Japan’s third Gold medal in three days". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  9. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Result Trap Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  14. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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