Shooting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, as approved by the International Shooting Sport Federation, comprised 10 metre air rifle and 10 metre air pistol, each for boys (60 shots) and girls (40 shots), with 80 competitors altogether.

For each of the four events, a total of twenty NOCs qualified and participated with one competitor each.

The continental confederations of ISSF organized special qualifying competitions for shooters born in 1992 and 1993.

In comparison, the "adult" MQS for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics were air rifle 570 / 375 and air pistol 563 / 365 respectively.

1 ^ In the girls' air rifle and the boys' air pistol competitions, one of these spots is reserved for the host country, Singapore.