In early 2022, the
International Shooting Sport Federation agreed to change the rules on allocating the Olympic quota places, as it aims to attain gender equality. As a result, a total of 340 quota places, with an equal distribution between men and women, will be awarded at the top-level global and continental championships. As per the guidelines from the
International Shooting Sport Federation, the qualification period commences with the 2022 European Championships for shotgun events in
Larnaca,
Cyprus and for small-bore rifle and pistol events in
Wrocław,
Poland, which concludes on 18 September 2022, less than two years before the Olympics. Sixteen quota places will be assigned to the top two NOCs in each shooting event. For the remainder of the 2022 season, sixty more quota places will be awarded, including forty-eight from the separate rifle, pistol, and shotgun meets of the ISSF World Championships. Throughout the process, quota places will be generally awarded when a shooter posts a top finish at the
ISSF World Championships or the continental championships (Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas). After the qualification period concludes and all NOCs receive the official list of quota places, the ISSF will check the World Ranking list in each individual shooting event. The highest-ranked shooter, who has not qualified in any event and whose NOC does not have a berth in a specific event, will obtain a direct Olympic quota place. Like the previous Games, host nation France is guaranteed twelve quota places, with one in each individual shooting event. ==Competition schedule==