The "shooting" at the Tokyo Paralympics is aimed at athletes with physical disabilities, shooting a circular target fixed in the distance with a rifle or pistol and competing for its accuracy.

We have summarized the main rules of the competition.

[Event / Disability Class]


<Men>


Men's Air Gun Standing (SH1)


Men

's Air Gun

3

Positions (SH1)

Men


's Air Pistol (SH1)


<Women>


Women's Air Rifle Standing (SH1)


Women


's Air

Gun 3

Positions (SH1)

Women

's Air Pistol (

SH1)

SH1)


<Mixed men and women>


Mixed air rifle prone (SH1)


Mixed air rifle Standing (SH2)


Mixed air rifle prone (SH2)


Mixed rifle prone (SH1)


Mixed rifle prone (SH2)


Mixed 25m pistol (SH1)


Mixed 50m pistol (SH1

)

)



▽ SH1… Hold the gun with your own arm and shoot


▽ SH2… Shoot using the support stand because there is an obstacle in the arm



[Characteristics of the competition]


Air gun and explosive gun, distance to the target (50 m) , 25m, 10m), and how to shoot, etc.


There are two ways to shoot, "standing shot", which shoots while standing, and "prone shot", which shoots prone. Wheelchair players shoot standing shots while sitting in a wheelchair and prone shots with their elbows on the table. Also, depending on the state of disability, the contestant can either hold the gun with his own arm and shoot, or hold the gun with the arm supported by the stand and shoot. being classified.



[Rules]


▽ Rifle standing and pistol: It is allowed to sit in a wheelchair or wheelchair and shoot.


▽ Rifle prone: It is allowed to shoot with both elbows on the table.


Rifle Knee Shooting: Athletes who sit in a wheelchair or wheelchair and shoot knees are allowed to shoot with one elbow on the stand instead of the knee.



[How to proceed with the competition] The


qualifying round is held first, and the participating players shoot the specified number of bullets at the same time within the specified time and compete for the total score. In each case, the top eight players will advance to the final, and the qualifying scores will not be carried over to the final. The maximum score for one shot is 10.9 points instead of 10.



<Rifle>


▽ Air rifle standing


shot

(Men's SH1, Women's SH1, Mixed SH2) In each

qualifying round, 60 shots are shot within the time limit of 1 hour and 15 minutes.


In the final, eight players will participate, and after 12 shots, the player with the lowest score will drop out. After that, it will drop out every 2 shots, and up to 24 shots where the 1st and 2nd place will be decided. If there is a tie, it will be settled by shooting off one shot at a time.



▽ Air rifle prone shooting (mixed SH1, mixed SH2) In the


qualifying, SH1 shoots 60 shots within the time limit of 50 minutes and SH2 within the time limit of 1 hour. In the final, eight players will participate, and after 12 shots, the player with the lowest score will drop out. After that, it will drop out every 2 shots, and up to 24 shots where the 1st and 2nd place will be decided. If there is a tie, it will be settled by shooting off one shot at a time.



▽ Rifle 3 posture (Men's SH1 and Women's SH1) In each


qualifying round, 40 shots are shot 3 times within the time limit of 2 hours and 45 minutes. In the final, the bottom two players were eliminated when they finished shooting a total of 40 shots, 5 shots x 3 series for knee shots, 5 shots x 3 series for prone shots, and 5 shots x 2 series for standing shots. After that, every time you finish shooting one series of 5 shots with standing shots, the lowest player will drop out and continue until the 1st and 2nd place are decided. If there is a tie, it will be settled by shooting off one shot at a time.



▽ Mixed rifle prone


shooting

(SH1 / SH2) In the

qualifying, SH1 shoots 60 shots within the time limit of 50 minutes and SH2 within the time limit of 1 hour.

In the final, eight players will participate, and after 12 shots, the player with the lowest score will drop out.

After that, it will drop out every 2 shots, and up to 24 shots where the 1st and 2nd place will be decided.

If there is a tie, it will be settled by shooting off one shot at a time.



<Pistol>


▽ Air pistol (Men's SH1, Women's SH1) In each


qualifying round, 60 shots are shot within the time limit of 1 hour and 15 minutes.


In the final, eight players will participate, and after 12 shots, the player with the lowest score will drop out.

After that, it will drop out every 2 shots, and up to 24 shots where the 1st and 2nd place will be decided.

If there is a tie, it will be settled by shooting off one shot at a time.



▽ Mixed 25m pistol (SH1)


qualifying is a combination of 30 precision shots and 30 rapid fires (rapid fire).

Precision shooting is 6 series of 5 shots in 5 minutes (= 30 shots).

Rapid Fire fires 5 shots in 6 series (= 30 shots), and the target appears every 7 seconds and shoots 1 shot every 3 seconds.


In the final, the hit zone is within 10.2 points, and all points are judged by hit or miss.

Five shots are set as one series, and the player with the lowest score drops out after four series (= 20 shots).

After that, the player with the lowest score will drop out for each series, and the 10 series will be held until the 1st and 2nd place are decided.

If there is a tie, the series will be held until it is settled.



▽ Mixed 50m pistol (SH1)


qualifying shoots 60 shots within the time limit of 1 hour and 30 minutes.


In the final, eight players will participate, and after 12 shots, the player with the lowest score will drop out.

After that, it will drop out every 2 shots, and up to 24 shots where the 1st and 2nd place will be decided.

If there is a tie, it will be settled by shooting off one shot at a time.