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Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Shooting at the Summer Olympics
Shooting pictogram.svg
Governing bodyISSF
Events15 (men: 9; women: 6)
Games

Shooting sports have been included at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, except at the 1904 and 1928 games.

Events

Shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. Early competitions included some events now regarded as unusual, such as live pigeon shooting in 1900; dueling in 1906 and 1908; and numerous events restricted to military weapons. After the 1900 games, the pigeons were replaced with clay targets. In 1907, the International Shooting Sport Federation came into existence and brought some standardizations to the sport. Shooting events were held in 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924.

When shooting was reintroduced in 1932, it consisted of two events. From this, the number of events have increased steadily until reaching the 2000–2004 maximum of seventeen events. The 2008 games had only fifteen. Events marked as "Men's" were nominally open events from 1968 until 1980 (and in shotgun events until 1992), although very few women competed in them. For instance, only five women competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, while the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which introduced women-only events, featured 77 female competitors. Two women won medals in mixed events: Margaret Murdock, silver in Rifle 3 positions (1976) and Zhang Shan, gold in Skeet (1992).

Events on the current program are listed at the top.

Men's

Current program
Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
air pistol X X X X X X X X X 9
air rifle X X X X X X X X X X 10
rapid fire pistol X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26
rifle three positions X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18
skeet X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14
trap X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
Past events
Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
200 meter military rifle X 1
300 meter military rifle; prone, individual X 1
300 meter military rifle; prone, team X 1
300 meter military rifle; standing, individual X 1
300 meter military rifle; standing, team X 1
300 meter military rifle, three positions X 1
600 meter military rifle; prone, individual X 1
600 meter military rifle; prone, team X 1
300 and 600 meter military rifle; prone, team X 1
six-distance team military rifle X 1
disappearing target small-bore rifle X 1
moving target small-bore rifle X 1
300 meter rifle three positions X X X X X X X X X X X 11
300 metre free rifle X 1
300 meter rifle kneeling X 1
300 meter rifle prone X 1
300 meter rifle standing X 1
300 meter rifle, team X X X X 4
600 meter rifle X 1
600 meter rifle prone X 1
1000 yard rifle X 1
50 metre rifle prone X[5] X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 23
100 metre running deer; single shot, individual X X X X 4
100 metre running deer; double shot, individual X X X X 4
100 metre running deer; single shots, team X X X X 4
100 metre running deer; double shots, team X X 2
100 metre running deer; single/double shots X X 2
10 meter running target X X X X 4
50 meter running target X X X X X 5
25 meter rifle, individual X 1
25 meter rifle, team X 1
50 metre rifle X X 2
50 meter rifle, team prone X X 2
50 meter rifle, team standing X 1
pistol X X X
[6]
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24
pistol, team X X
[6]
X X 4
25 meter military pistol X 1
rapid fire pistol, team X[3] X[4] 2
double trap X X X X X X 6
trap, team X X X X 4
Total 5 9 15 18 21 10 2 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 6
  • a Muzzle-loading pistols.
  • a 20 metres, military pistols, professionals.
  • a 30 metres, dueling pistols.
  • a b 30 metres, military pistols.
  • a 50 and 100 yards, miniature rifles.
  • a b 50 yards.

Women's

Current program
Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
air pistol X X X X X X X X X 9
air rifle X X X X X X X X X X 10
pistol X X X X X X X X X X 10
rifle three positions X X X X X X X X X X 10
skeet X X X X X X 6
trap X X X X X X 6
Past events
Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
double trap X X X 3
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 5 7 7 6 6 6 6

Mixed

Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
air pistol, team X 1
air rifle, team X 1
trap, team X 1
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Nations

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
Albania (ALB) 4 2 2 1 1 1 6
Algeria (ALG) 1 1 2
Andorra (AND) 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Angola (ANG) 1 1 1 3
Argentina (ARG) 8 2 5 12 7 4 7 8 4 5 6 6 3 2 6 4 3 1 2 5 20
Armenia (ARM) 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Australasia (ANZ) 1 1
Australia (AUS) 6 12 7 8 3 4 6 2 9 12 7 16 23 21 17 17 18 17
Austria (AUT) 7 6 3 3 3 5 3 5 7 8 8 10 11 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 20
Azerbaijan (AZE) 2 2 2 1 1 1 6
Bahrain (BRN) 4 1 1 1 1 5
Bangladesh (BAN) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Barbados (BAR) 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 7
Belarus (BLR) 10 12 9 8 9 4 6
Belgium (BEL) 11 10 24 14 3 3 4 2 3 1 3 6 5 3 6 6 4 4 1 1 1 1 22
Belize (BIZ) 2 1 2 3
Bhutan (BHU) 1 1 2
Bolivia (BOL) 2 6 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
Brazil (BRA) 5 1 6 4 7 8 4 3 2 4 8 5 8 4 2 1 1 2 2 9 20
British West Indies (BWI) 2 1
Brunei (BRU) 1 1 2
Bulgaria (BUL) 1 6 5 4 6 5 7 11 6 13 9 6 3 4 4 3 16
Canada (CAN) 22 3 7 6 4 5 7 6 10 10 11 17 13 12 9 9 2 4 2 2 20
Chile (CHI) 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 19
China (CHN) 17 20 20 24 21 26 24 23 22 9
Chinese Taipei (TPE) 1 3 6 8 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 14
Colombia (COL) 3 3 1 10 3 14 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 14
Costa Rica (CRC) 5 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 8
Croatia (CRO) 4 4 2 1 4 5 7 7
Cuba (CUB) 7 2 8 8 4 5 5 3 6 8 3 4 7 13
Czech Republic (CZE) 17 9 8 13 10 5 6
Czechoslovakia (TCH) 8 18 7 6 4 9 4 8 8 10 11 14 17 13
Cyprus (CYP) 4 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 9
Denmark (DEN) 3 5 10 14 15 7 6 7 5 2 4 2 6 7 7 4 3 6 7 8 4 5 1 5 3 25
Dominican Republic (DOM) 3 2 1 1 1 1 6
East Germany (GDR) 9 9 11 13 15 5
Ecuador (ECU) 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Egypt (EGY) 1 1 6 6 2 9 2 5 2 8 5 9 7 12 14
El Salvador (ESA) 8 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Estonia (EST) 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 7
Fiji (FIJ) 1 1 1 1 4
Finland (FIN) 9 19 9 15 8 12 11 4 8 8 9 10 4 9 10 9 8 6 7 6 8 4 2 23
France (FRA) 1 33 20 19 17 22 8 12 9 5 7 4 8 13 10 15 19 17 13 12 8 13 14 11 24
Georgia (GEO) 3 2 1 1 1 2 6
Germany (GER) 1 11 1 9 6 18 22 20 20 18 17 15 12
Great Britain (GBR) 2 1 67 38 7 22 12 12 6 10 8 10 14 13 18 8 7 5 6 6 5 11 6 23
Greece (GRE) 50 7 9 9 7 8 7 6 2 7 4 7 5 4 3 5 2 3 3 2 11 1 3 2 24
Guatemala (GUA) 3 9 1 5 5 4 1 3 4 3 1 1 2 2 14
Haiti (HAI) 5 1
Honduras (HON) 1 1
Hong Kong (HKG) 3 5 3 1 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
Hungary (HUN) 2 10 7 3 8 4 6 5 10 8 6 9 7 14 15 18 10 7 8 5 3 8 21
Iceland (ISL) 1 1 1 3
India (IND) 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 4 8 1 2 2 3 8 9 11 12 17
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) 8 6 2
Indonesia (INA) 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
Iran (IRI) 3 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 5 8
Iraq (IRQ) 1 1 1 3
Ireland (IRL) 3 4 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 10
Israel (ISR) 4 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 15
Italy (ITA) 1 10 14 6 9 6 8 5 9 5 7 11 13 10 12 13 13 15 15 13 15 15 14 23
Jamaica (JAM) 1 1 2
Japan (JPN) 1 6 8 10 6 6 11 15 14 11 9 9 9 5 4 8 16
Jordan (JOR) 4 7 1 1 1 5
Kazakhstan (KAZ) 5 6 4 6 3 5 6
Kenya (KEN) 2 3 4 3 9 2 1 2 1 9
Kosovo (KOS) 1 1
Kuwait (KUW) 2 2 5 5 3 4 6
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 2 2 1 1 1 5
Laos (LAO) 6 1
Latvia (LAT) 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 8
Lebanon (LIB) 2 3 3 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 12
Liechtenstein (LIE) 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 9
Lithuania (LTU) 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Luxembourg (LUX) 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 11
Macedonia (MKD) 1 1 1 1 1 5
Malaya (MAL) 3 2 2
Malaysia (MAS) 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 12
Malta (MLT) 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 12
Mexico (MEX) 2 5 5 9 4 3 6 5 11 10 6 2 8 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 21
Moldova (MDA) 2 1 1 1 1 5
Monaco (MON) 4 6 4 6 6 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 15
Mongolia (MGL) 3 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 13
Montenegro (MNE) 1 1 2
Morocco (MAR) 4 1 1 3
Myanmar (MYA) 2 1 1 1 4
Namibia (NAM) 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Nepal (NEP) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Netherlands (NED) 7 17 1 15 11 4 4 1 3 2 4 4 5 4 2 3 3 1 18
Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
New Zealand (NZL) 2 4 4 3 4 3 2 7 2 4 1 3 12
Nicaragua (NCA) 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
North Korea (PRK) 3 6 11 9 1 1 3 6 1 4 10
Norway (NOR) 5 13 28 16 13 4 9 9 5 6 3 4 7 4 7 6 7 7 5 5 7 6 4 23
Oman (OMA) 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9
Pakistan (PAK) 1 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 9
Panama (PAN) 1 1 1 3
Papua New Guinea (PNG) 1 2 2
Paraguay (PAR) 1 1 6 1 1 5
Peru (PER) 1 9 8 10 9 5 2 7 7 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 17
Philippines (PHI) 2 3 3 5 7 9 8 8 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 16
Poland (POL) 7 6 2 2 7 6 11 13 12 12 6 12 10 5 5 6 4 5 17
Portugal (POR) 5 8 4 6 5 4 9 4 5 1 5 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 18
Puerto Rico (PUR) 2 5 3 4 3 9 8 8 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 17
Qatar (QAT) 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 8
Romania (ROU) 1 5 4 4 4 9 9 12 10 7 5 6 3 5 4 3 2 4 2 1 20
Russia (RUS) 19 21 24 22 22 18 6
Russian Empire (RU1) 26 1
Saar (SAA) 2 1
San Marino (SMR) 4 2 6 7 10 10 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 14
Saudi Arabia (KSA) 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Senegal (SEN) 2 1
Serbia (SRB) 5 8 9 3
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 7 6 3 3
Singapore (SIN) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11
Slovakia (SVK) 3 3 3 7 7 5 6
Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 7
South Africa (RSA) 8 7 7 1 2 5 2 2 3 1 2 1 12
South Korea (KOR) 2 3 10 2 5 5 18 22 12 14 8 16 14 13 17 15
South Vietnam (VNM) 3 2 2
Soviet Union (URS) 11 11 10 10 12 14 13 14 23 9
Spain (ESP) 7 1 5 6 4 8 5 12 9 9 8 11 8 15 6 4 4 7 8 6 20
Sri Lanka (SRI) 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 11
Sudan (SUD) 3 1
Swaziland (SWZ) 1 1
Sweden (SWE) 19 63 29 19 3 7 11 10 8 9 6 9 10 11 8 14 15 7 3 6 8 2 4 3 24
Switzerland (SUI) 1 9 15 7 7 9 10 8 10 8 5 9 9 8 7 3 5 8 7 4 20
Syria (SYR) 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Tajikistan (TJK) 1 1 1 3
Thailand (THA) 6 10 11 10 12 17 3 2 3 2 2 5 4 6 13
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 2 1 1 1 1 5
Tunisia (TUN) 2 1 1 3
Turkey (TUR) 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 5 4 12
Turkmenistan (TKM) 1 1 1 1 4
Ukraine (UKR) 9 6 11 12 8 5 6
Unified Team (EUN) 22 1
United Team of Germany (EUA) 2 10 10 3
United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1 2 2 2 3 3 6
United Arab Republic (UAR) 3 1
United States (USA) 3 17 26 29 21 6 6 12 6 8 9 10 12 14 14 20 24 21 25 28 21 22 20 20 24
Uruguay (URU) 3 1 1 1 1 5
Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 3 2 2 1 1 5
Venezuela (VEN) 7 9 6 4 5 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 1 13
Vietnam (VIE) 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 9
Virgin Islands (ISV) 6 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 9
West Germany (FRG) 12 14 12 18 18 5
Yugoslavia (YUG) 1 6 1 6 4 2 5 3 6 6 10
Zimbabwe (ZIM) 1 2 8 3 2 1 1 7
No. of nations 7 8 0 14 16 18 27 0 10 29 28 41 37 59 51 62 71 60 38 68 66 83 100 103 106 103 108 97
No. of shooters 61 72 0 215 284 234 258 0 41 141 188 218 156 313 262 351 397 344 239 460 396 407 419 408 390 390 390 390
Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20

Medal table

Updated after 2016 Olympics

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)542927110
2 China (CHN)22151956
3 Soviet Union (URS)17151749
4 Italy (ITA)16151142
5 Sweden (SWE)15241857
6 Great Britain (GBR)13151846
7 Norway (NOR)1381132
8 Germany (GER)109524
9 France (FRA)9141033
10 Russia (RUS)7131131
11 South Korea (KOR)78116
12 Hungary (HUN)73717
13 Switzerland (SUI)66921
14 Romania (ROM)64515
15 Unified Team (EUN)5218
16 Australia (AUS)51511
17 Finland (FIN)471021
18 Bulgaria (BUL)46616
19 Greece (GRE)44412
20 West Germany (FRG)44311
21 Poland (POL)43512
22 Canada (CAN)4329
Czechoslovakia (TCH)4329
24 Ukraine (UKR)4228
25 Denmark (DEN)310518
26 East Germany (GDR)38516
27 Yugoslavia (YUG)3126
28 Czech Republic (CZE)2349
29 Croatia (CRO)2013
30 Belgium (BEL)1438
31 Austria (AUT)1258
32 Belarus (BLR)1247
33 Japan (JPN)1236
34 Brazil (BRA)1214
India (IND)1214
36 Peru (PER)1203
37 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)1135
38 Vietnam (VIE)1102
39 Cuba (CUB)1034
40 Azerbaijan (AZE)1023
North Korea (PRK)1023
Slovenia (SLO)1023
43 United Team of Germany (EUA)1012
44 Lithuania (LTU)1001
United Arab Emirates (UAE)1001
46 Slovakia (SVK)0235
47 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0213
Spain (ESP)0213
49 Colombia (COL)0202
50 Mongolia (MGL)0112
Netherlands (NED)0112
New Zealand (NZL)0112
Serbia (SRB)0112
54 Argentina (ARG)0101
Chile (CHI)0101
Latvia (LAT)0101
Mexico (MEX)0101
Moldova (MDA)0101
Portugal (POR)0101
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)0101
South Africa (RSA)0101
62 Kuwait (KUW)0022
63 Georgia (GEO)0011
Haiti (HAI)0011
Qatar (QAT)0011
Venezuela (VEN)0011
Totals (66 nations)273273271817

Multi-participation men

Afanasijs Kuzmins with nine participations is the recordman in this special classification.[1]

# Athlete Country Editions Event
9 Afanasijs Kuzmins Latvia Soviet Union 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Pistol
8 Francisco Boza Peru 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2016 Shotgun
8 Rajmond Debevec Slovenia Yugoslavia 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Rifle
7 François Lafortune Jr. Belgium 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 Rifle
7 Giovanni Pellielo Italy 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Shotgun
7 Ralf Schumann Germany East Germany 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Pistol
7 Ragnar Skanaker Sweden 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Pistol
6 Nasser Al-Attiyah Qatar 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Shotgun
6 Fehaid Aldeehani Kuwait 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016 Shotgun
6 Abdullah Alrashidi Kuwait 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Shotgun
6 Sorin Babii Romania 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 Pistol
6 Andrea Benelli Italy 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Shotgun
6 Michael Diamond Australia 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Shotgun
6 Franck Dumoulin France 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Pistol
6 Thomas Farnik Austria 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Rifle
6 Juan Giha Peru 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 Shotgun
6 Juha Hirvi Finland 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Rifle
6 Tanyu Kiriakov Bulgaria 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Pistol
6 Kanstantsin Lukashyk Belarus Olympic flag.svg Unified Team 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Pistol
6 Russell Mark Australia 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 Shotgun
6 Sergei Martynov Belarus Soviet Union 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Rifle
6 William McMillan United States 1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 Pistol
6 Emil Milev United States Bulgaria 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016 Pistol
6 Stevan Pletikosic Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 Rifle
6 John Primrose Canada 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992 Shotgun
6 Adam Smelczynski Poland 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 Shotgun
6 Harald Stenvaag Norway 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 Rifle
6 Eric Swinkels Netherlands 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Shotgun
6 Guillermo Alfredo Torres Cuba 1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012 Shotgun
6 Yifu Wang China 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 Pistol

References

  1. ^ "Multi-participation men at the Olympic Games". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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