| Announced athlete | Qualified |
| Host nation - 1 |
| --. Roberto Schmits |  Brazil | |
| World Championships 2014 - 3 |
| --. Erik Varga |  Slovakia | Erik Varga |
| --. Edward Ling |  Great Britain | Edward Ling |
| --. Giovanni Pellielo |  Italy | Giovanni Pellielo |
| American Continental Championships 2014 - 1 |
| --. Eduardo Lorenzo |  Dominicana | Eduardo Lorenzo |
| World Cup 1 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Mitchell Iles |  Australia | Michael Diamond |
| --. Massimo Fabbrizi | Italy | Massimo Fabbrizi |
| World Cup 2 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Josip Glasnović |  Croatia | Josip Glasnović |
| --. David Kostelecký |  Czechia | David Kostelecký |
| World Cup 4 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Yavuz İlnam |  Turkey | Yavuz İlnam |
| --. Vesa Törnroos |  Finland | Vesa Törnroos |
| European Games 2015 - 1 |
| --. Alexei Alipov |  Russia | Alexey Alipov |
| Pan American Games 2015 - 2 |
| --. Francisco Boza |  Peru | Francisco Boza |
| --. Fernando Borello |  Argentina | Fernando Borello |
| European Championships 2015 - 3 |
| --. Alberto Fernández |  Spain | Alberto Fernández |
| --. Boštjan Maček |  Slovenia | Boštjan Maček |
| --. Stefano Selva |  San Marino | Stefano Selva |
| World Cup 7 2015 ISSF - 2 |
| --. Giovanni Cernogoraz | Croatia | Giovanni Cernogoraz |
| --. Erdinç Kebapçı | Turkey | Erdinç Kebapçı |
| World Shotgun Championships 2015 - 2 |
| --. Khaled Al-Mudhaf |  Kuwait | Khaled Al-Mudhaf |
| --. Maxime Mottet |  Belgium | Maxime Mottet |
| Oceania Championships 2015 - 2 |
| --. Glenn Kable |  Fiji | Glenn Kable |
| --. Adam Vella | Australia | Adam Vella |
| African Championships 2015 - 1 |
| --. Abdel Aziz Mehelba |  Egypt | Abdel Aziz Mehelba |
| Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016 - 4-1 |
| --. Abdulrahman Al-Faihan | Kuwait | Abdulrahman Al-Faihan |
| --. Yang Kun-pi |  Chinese Taipei | Yang Kun-pi |
| --. Kynan Chenai |  India | Kynan Chenai |
| Exchanged |  Kazakhstan | Maxim Kolomoyets |
| Kazakhstan secured a quota place in the men's trap at the 2015 Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition and exchanged it for a women's trap quota place. The slot was occupied by Mariya Dmitriyenko. |
| Additional - 6 |
| Exchange of quota places - 3 |
| --. Ahmed Kamar | Egypt | |
| Nourhan Amer secured a quota place for Egypt in the women's 50 m rifle three positions, but her quota place was exchanged for a second place in the men's trap, which was awarded to Ahmed Kamar. |
| --. Manavjit Singh Sandhu | India | |
| Sanjeev Rajput secured a second quota place for India in the men's 50 m rifle positions, but the slot was occupied by Gagan Narang as a double starter based on his cumulative scores at the national selection trials. As a result, the NRAI decided to exchange it with an additional men's trap spot, which was awarded to Manavjit Singh Sandhu. |
| --. Marián Kovačócy | Slovakia | |
| Slovakia secured a quota place in the women's trap at the 2015 European Shooting Championships, but Zuzana Štefečeková withdrew from the Games due to her pregnancy. Instead, Slovak Olympic Committee chose to exchange it with an additional spot in its counterpart based on performances throughout the qualifying period. The slot was occupied by Marián Kovačócy. |
| Tripartite Commission Invitation - 1 |
| --. João Paulo de Silva |  Angola | |
| Re-allocation of unused quota - 1 |
| --. Danilo Caro |  Colombia | |
| Athletes qualified in other events - 1 |
| --. Mohamed Ramah |  Morocco | |
| Total - 6 |
IO Athletes
