Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 22 August at the Fangshan Sports Training Base in Nanjing, China.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 athletes, 1 per each event. As hosts, China is given a spot to compete in boys’ 10 m air pistol and girls’ 10 m air rifle events and a further 24, 6 in each event will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 54 places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments.[1]
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, all shooters must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS).[1]
The MQS must be achieved between 1 April 2013 and 8 June 2014 at an ISSF registered event.[1]
The competition schedule was released by the ISSF.[3]
* Host nation (China)