80 total quota places have been made available for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games:
- 54 will be awarded at selected international competitions
- 24 will be awarded by the IOC
- 2 are granted to the host country
Quotas will be evenly split, both between men and women and also between events: in fact, 20 slots will be distributed for each one.
A quota place corresponds to one starting position at the Youth Olympic Games, and the shooter who gains a quota place, grants a starting position for his or her country. A single athlete can only win one quota place.
Each National Olympic Committee can enter a maximum of four athletes, one per event.
As the host country, Argentina is given a spot to compete in the following events: 10m Air Pistol Boys and 10m Air Rifle Girls, however they declined to compete in air pistol.
The twenty-four additional quotas were supposed to be assigned by the Tripartite Commission. However, only five were allocated and the remaining will be given out as wild cards. The remaining 54 places were delivered by qualification events, namely continental qualification tournaments.
To be eligible and participate at the Youth Olympic Games athletes must have been born between January 1st 2000 and December 31st 2003. Furthermore, all shooters must have achieved the Minimum Qualification Score.
Quota Distribution per Continent:
|
AR40 |
AP40 |
AR60 |
AP60 |
TOTAL |
Africa |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
America |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
Asia |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
Europe |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
24 |
Oceania |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
TOTAL |
13 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
54 |
|