| Announced athlete | Qualified | 
|  World Championships 2014 - 4  | 
|  --. Jin Jong-oh |  South Korea | Jin Jong-oh | 
|  --. Jitu Rai |  India | Jitu Rai | 
|  --. Pang Wei |  China | Pang Wei | 
|  --. Hoàng Xuân Vinh |  Vietnam | Hoàng Xuân Vinh | 
|  American Continental Championships 2014 - 1 | 
|  --. Jorge Grau |  Cuba | Jorge Grau | 
|  World Cup 3 2015 ISSF - 2 | 
|  --. Wang Zhiwei |  China | Zhang Bowen | 
|  --. Han Seung-woo |  South Korea | Park Dae-hun | 
|  World Cup 5 2015 ISSF - 2 | 
|  --. Damir Mikec |  Serbia | Damir Mikec | 
|  --. Jay Shi |  United States | James Henderson | 
|  World Cup 6 2015 ISSF - 2 | 
|  --. Giuseppe Giordano |  Italy | Giuseppe Giordano | 
|  --. Tomoyuki Matsuda |  Japan | Tomoyuki Matsuda | 
|  European Games 2015 - 1  | 
|  --. Pavol Kopp |  Slovakia | Pavol Kopp | 
|  Pan American Games 2015 - 1 | 
|  --. Marko Carrillo |  Peru | Marko Carrillo | 
|  European Championships 2015 - 2-1 | 
|  Exchanged |  Italy | Francesco Bruno | 
|   Italy secured an additional quota place in the men's 50 m pistol at the 2015 European Shooting Championships, but the Italian Olympic Committee and the Italian Sport Shooting Federation (UITS) chose to exchange it with the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol instead based on performances throughout the qualifying period. The slot was occupied by Riccardo Mazzetti. | 
|  --. Denis Koulakov |  Russia | Sergey Chervyakovskiy | 
|  World Cup 7 2015 ISSF - 2 | 
|  --. Pablo Carrera |  Spain | Pablo Carrera | 
|  --. Prakash Nanjappa |  India | Prakash Nanjappa | 
|  Oceania Championships 2015 - 1 | 
|  --. Daniel Repacholi |  Australia | Daniel Repacholi | 
|  African Championships 2015 - 1 | 
|  --. Samy Abdel Razek |  Egypt | Samy Abdel Razek | 
|  Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016 - 2 | 
|  --. Kim Song-guk |  North Korea | Kim Song-guk | 
|  --. Kim Jong-su |  North Korea | Kim Jong-su | 
|  Additional - 21 | 
| _Exchange of quota places - 1 | 
|  --. Almeida Júlio |  Brazil |   | 
|  Host nation Brazil had been awarded a minimum of nine quota places in select events with only six shooters using the vacancies for the Games. Almeida Wu and Rippel attained a direct nomination to the Olympic team to leave the vacancies unused for reallocation. With a lack of shooters in women's 10 m air pistol, the Brazilian Shooting Federation decided to exchange it with the men's 50 m pistol, which was awarded to Júlio Almeida. | 
|  Tripartite Commission Invitation - 1 | 
|  --. Rudolf Knijnenburg |  Bolivia |   | 
|  Athletes qualified in other events - 19 | 
|  --. Felipe Almeida Wu |  Brazil |   | 
|  --. Samuil Donkov |  Bulgaria |   | 
|  --. Tsotne Machavariani |  Georgia |   | 
|  --. Miklós Tátrai |  Hungary |   | 
|  --. Vladimir Issachenko |  Kazakhstan |   | 
|  --. Rashid Yunusmetov |  Kazakhstan |   | 
|  --. Johnathan Wong |  Malaysia |   | 
|  --. Naung Ye Tun |  Myanmar |   | 
|  --. David Muñoz |  Panama |   | 
|  --. João Costa |  Portugal |   | 
|  --. Vladimir Gontcharov |  Russia |   | 
|  --. Atallah Al-Anazi |  Saudi Arabia |   | 
|  --. Dimitrije Grgić |  Serbia |   | 
|  --. Juraj Tužinský |  Slovakia |   | 
|  --. Yusuf Dikeç |  Turkey |   | 
|  --. Keleş İsmail |  Turkey |   | 
|  --. Oleh Omelchuk |  Ukraine |   | 
|  --. Will Brown |  United States |   | 
|  --. Trần Quốc Cường |  Vietnam |   | 
|  Total - 41 Shooters. |