Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two shooters if the NOC earns enough quota sports or has enough double starter-qualified shooters. To compete, a shooter needs a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). Once a shooter is using a quota spot in any shooting event, they can enter any other shooting event for which they have achieved the MQS as well (a double starter qualification). There are 29 quota spots available for the rapid fire pistol (significantly increased since the elimination of the 50 metre pistol after 2016). They are: 4 for the 2018 World Championships, 8 for 2019 World Cup events,Originally 2 spots in each of 4 events, but the spots from the New Delhi event were revoked and reassigned to the Beijing and Munich events (for a total of 3 each), while the Rio de Janeiro event stayed at 2. ISSF. 13 from continental events (4 each from Asia and Europe, 3 from the Americas, and 1 each from Africa and Oceania), 1 for the host nation (Japan),Because Japan qualified through the Asian championships, this place is reallocated. 2 from Tripartite Commission invitations, and 1 from world ranking.
