what is an olympic quota place?
Participation in the Olympic Shooting events is not guaranteed. Each national shooting federation must earn "Quota Places" - one starting
position to send athletes to the next Olympic Games. Only a total of 390 athletes will be able to compete in the 15 events across the Olympic disciplines at the Games.
quota places
are generally awarded when an athlete wins a gold medal at the ISSF World Cups or posts a top finish at the World Championships or Continental Championships - Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania - in the first three years before the Olympic year.
a quota place
guarantees that someone from a given country - not necessarily the athlete who earned it - will be competing in that Olympic event. Each nation can earn a maximum of 28 quota places: one each in trap and skeet women, and two each in all other events.
For the host country of the Olympics, there are reserved 9 quota places for in Trap and Skeet for Men and Women events; 50m Rifle 3 Position Men
and 10m Air Rifle Women events; the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, 10m Air Pistol Men and the 25m Pistol Women events.
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