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 cityIndia New Delhi, India
Nations30
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 edit

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

Medal summary edit

Rifle events edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ ""Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting" to take place in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Result 50m Rifle Prone Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  6. ^ a b "Naoya Okada grabs Japan's fourth Gold medal in the Air Rifle Men event in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  7. ^ a b "Iran's Najmeh Khedmati grabs the Air Rifle Gold, India gets Silver, Bronze and a quota". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  8. ^ a b "Tomoyuki Matsuda claims Japan's third Gold medal in three days". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  9. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Result Trap Men". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  14. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "UAE's Khaled Alkaabi collects the Double Trap Men Gold medal in New Delhi". ISSF. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  18. ^ a b "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 edit