The Format - Scoring

Shotgun

• Trap: Athletes fire at five adjacent Shooting stations which throw single targets in a random direction. Qualifying rounds comprise 125 targets with the top six athletes contesting the 50 target final.
• Mixed Trap: Teams comprise one male and one female athlete and shoot at 150 targets. The top six teams will shoot up to 50 targets in the final.
• Skeet: Athletes fire from eight Shooting stations at two targets which are released simultaneously from left and right towers. Qualifying rounds comprise 125 targets with the top six athletes contesting the 60 target final.

Rifle

• 10m Air Rifle: Athletes fire 60 shots in 75 minutes with the top eight qualifiers proceeding to the final. Scoring is by decimal with the highest single shot score of 10.9. The final comprises 24 shots. After the 12th shot, the athlete with the lowest score is eliminated. The following eliminations are determined every two shots, until the gold and silver medallists are decided by the 24th shot.
• 50m 3 Positions: Athletes fire 40 shots in kneeling position, 40 in prone position and 40 in standing position. The qualification score is made of integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points and the maximum score of the qualification round being 1200 points. The top eight athletes advance to the final, where they can shoot up to 45 shots. In the final, the maximum score per shot is 10.9 points. At the end of the second standing series, the shooters with the two lowest scores are eliminated. Athletes are then gradually eliminated with the gold and silver medallists decided by the 45th shot.
• 10m Air Rifle Mixed Pairs: In the qualifying round, each team member fires 40 shots — 80 total shots per team. The top five teams advance to the final, where they can shoot up to 48 final shots. After the 17th individual shot, the team with the lowest score is eliminated; eliminations for fourth and third positions are determined every two individual or four team shots, while the gold and silver medallists are decided after each team fired 48 shots.

Pistol

• 10m Air Pistol: Athletes fire 60 shots with the top eight qualifiers proceeding to the final. Scoring is by decimal with the highest single shot score of 10.9. The final comprises 24 shots. After the 12th shot, the athlete with the lowest score is eliminated. The following eliminations are determined every two shots, until the gold and silver medallists are decided by the 24th shot.
• 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: During the qualification round each male athlete fires 60 shots, divided in two  stages of 30 shots each. The qualification score is made of integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points. The top six qualifiers advance to the final match, where they can shoot up to 8 five-shot series. In the final, the scoring system switches from a point system to a hit-or-miss system: a score of 9.7 or higher counts as a hit, a score of 9.6 or lower counts as a miss. At the end of the fourth series, the athlete with the lowest score is eliminated. Four more five-shot series are fired before the end of the match. At the end of each one, the lowest ranking athlete is eliminated, until the gold and silver medallists are decided at the end of the eighth series.
• 25m Pistol:  During the qualification round, female athlete fire 60 shots, divided into two stages of 30 shots each - a Precision Stage and a Rapid Fire Stage. The qualification score is made of integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points. The top eight athletes advance to the final, where they can shoot up to 10 five-shot series. In the final round, the scoring system switches from a point system to a hit-or-miss system: a score of 10.2 or higher counts as a hit, a score of 10.1 or lower counts as a miss. At the end of the fourth series, the athlete with the lowest score is eliminated. Six more five-shot series are fired before the end of the match until the gold and silver medallists are decided.
• 10m Air Pistol Mixed Pairs: In the qualifying round, each team member fires 40 shots — 80 total shots per team. The top five teams advance to the final, where they can shoot up to 48 final shots. After the 17th individual shot, the team with the lowest score is eliminated; eliminations for fourth and third positions are determined every two individual or four team shots, while the gold and silver medallists are decided after each team fired 48 shots.

What's the story?

Big, burly, bearded 10m Air Pistol athlete, Dan Repacholi, will be lining up for his fifth Olympic Games, just ahead of Pistol team-mate Dina Aspandiyarova (fourth Games) and Rifle athlete Dane Sampson (third Games).

However, their efforts are overshadowed by Rifle coach, Petr Kurka, who is attending his ninth Olympic Games – three as a competitor for Czech Republic, three as a coach for Czech Republic, and now his third for Australia as Olympic Rifle coach.

The team also includes the father-daughter combination of Pistol coach, Vladimir Galiabovitch, and Elena Galiabovitch who will contest the 10m Air Pistol and the 25m Pistol events.

The family bloodlines are also strong for Pistol athlete Sergei Evglevski. His mother, Lalita Yauhleuskaya, attended six Olympic Games – two for Belarus (winning bronze in 25m Pistol at Sydney 2000) and four for Australia (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) while his dad Sergei Evglevski Snr was the Australian Olympic team gunsmith at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.