In the Tokyo Olympics, the qualifying for the men's rifle 3 postures was held, and Japan's Naoya Okada was 31st and Takayuki Matsumoto was 37th, both of which were eliminated in the qualifying.
In the rifle 3 posture qualifying, 40 shots each of "knee shot", which shoots with one knee upright at a target 50 meters away, "prone shot", which shoots with the body lying down, and "standing shot", which stands up. A total of 120 shots will be shot, and the highest score will be competed with a maximum of 1200 points.
Okada, who was born in Okayama prefecture and has participated in two consecutive tournaments, was ranked 31st out of 39 with 388 points for "knee shooting", 390 points for "prone shooting" and 380 points for "standing shooting".
Matsumoto, who was born in Nagasaki Prefecture and participated for the first time, was ranked 37th with 373 points for "knee shooting", 391 points for "prone shooting" and 381 points for "standing shooting", for a total of 1145 points.
As a result, both Okada and Matsumoto were unable to advance to the final, which was contested by the top eight players.