A total of 256 sport shooters will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 24 athletes (two per each individual event). Therefore, a nation can enter 12 (6 per gender) in each discipline (rifle, pistol and shotgun). There will be three qualification events for shooters to qualify. There will be no quotas awarded for the mixed events, as nations must use already qualified athletes to compete in them. As host nation, Peru will get a quota of six athletes (two per each discipline, and can qualify more) and there will also be two wild cards awarded to nations not qualified.[1]
All quotas will be awarded in sequential order of the event in question and an athlete may only win one quota for a country. A nation may substitute quotas from one event to another as along its within the same discipline (rifle, pistol and shotgun). This means the qualification of quotas will not necessarily reflect the final entry lists.[1]
There will be 78 quotas available in each rifle and pistol along with 92 in shotgun events. Peru's 6 host quota spots will be awarded two per discipline. They are split as follows:[1]
Event
SA
CAC
PAC
Athletes
10 m air rifle men
2
2
17
21
50 m rifle three positions men
1
1
16
18
10 m air pistol men
2
2
17
21
25 m rapid fire pistol men
1
1
16
18
Trap men
1
1
28
30
Skeet men
1
1
28 25
27
10 m air rifle women
2
2
17
21
50 m rifle three positions women
1
1
16 15
1817
10 m air pistol women
2
2
17
21
25 m pistol women
1
1
16 15
1817
Trap women
2
2
14 10
14
Skeet women
1
1 0
13 10
1411
Host nation (Peru)
—
65
Wild card
—
2 15
TOTAL
17
16
215
256
Peru qualified five of six athletes in pistol, meaning one of the host nation spots will be reallocated.
Countries which have qualified at least one male and female athlete per discipline (pistol, rifle and shotgun) are indicated as qualified in the respective mixed pairs event. This does not necessarily guarantee the country will compete in the event. The total indicated in the bottom per each mixed pairs event is not included as part of athlete total.
AR = Air rifle, R3P = Rifle three positions, AP = Air pistol, RFP = Rapid fire pistol, P = Pistol