Shooting at the Summer Olympics

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

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[edit] Events

The first few Olympiads saw a large number of various shooting events without much standardization. The following events were included. Events with an asterisk also awarded team medals.

  • 1900: Free Rifle 300 m Three Positions*, Free Rifle 300 m Prone, Free Rifle 300 m Kneeling, Free Rifle 300 m Standing, Free Pistol*, Live Pigeon Shooting, Rapid Fire Pistol, Running Boar, Trap
This list is incomplete. 1912, 1920 and 1924 should be added.

When shooting was reintroduced in 1932, it consisted of only two events. From this, the number of events have increased steadily until reaching the 2000-2004 maximum of seventeen events. The 2008 games will only have fifteen. Events marked as "Men's" were actually open events before the inclusion of female events in that discipline. Two women won medals in such mixed events: Margaret Murdock, silver in 50 m Rifle Three positions (1976) and Zhan Shan, gold in Skeet (1992).

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 Years
Men's free rifle X
Men's 1000 yard free rifle X
Men's 300 metre free rifle X
Men's team free rifle X
Men's military rifle X
Men's standing military rifle X
Men's kneeling military rifle X
Men's prone military rifle X
Men's three position military rifle X
Men's team military rifle X X
Men's stationary target small-bore rifle X
Men's moving target small-bore rifle X
Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle X
Men's team small-bore rifle X
Men's single-shot running deer X
Men's double-shot running deer X
Men's team running deer X
Men's free pistol X X
Men's team pistol X
Men's 25 metre military pistol X
Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol X X
Men's individual military pistol X
Men's team military pistol X
Men's trap shooting X X
Men's team trap shooting X
Men's 300 m Rifle, Three positions X X X X X X X
Men's 50 m Rifle, Three positions X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Men's 50 m Rifle, Prone X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Men's 10 m Air Rifle X X X X X X
Men's 50 m Pistol X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Men's 10 m Air Pistol X X X X X
Men's Trap X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Men's Double Trap X X X
Men's Skeet X X X X X X X X X X
Men's 100 m Running Deer (Single+Double) X X
Men's 50 m Running Target X X X X X
Men's 10 m Running Target X X X X
Women's 50 m Rifle, Three positions X X X X X X
Women's 10 m Air Rifle X X X X X X
Women's 25 m Pistol X X X X X X
Women's 10 m Air Pistol X X X X X
Women's Trap X X
Women's Double Trap X X X
Women's Skeet X X
Events 5 9 — 15 — 2 3 4 7 7 6 6 7 8 7 7 11 13 13 15 17 17
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 Years

[edit] Nations

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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 Years
Denmark X
France X
Great Britain and Ireland X
Greece X
Italy X
Switzerland X
United States X
Nations 7
Shooters 61
Year 96

[edit] Qualification rules

Currently there are 15 shooting events on the Olympic program, and 390 participants allowed. The qualification consists of two parts:

  • A minimum qualification score (MQS) that each shooter has to perform in at least one ISSF championship to be eligible for the Olympics in that certain event. The MQS are set rather low.
  • A number of quota places in each event, adding up to a total of 390. The quota places are won by the national federations when their shooters rank high in ISSF championships (at ISSF World Cups, only the best-ranking shooter yet without a Quota place gains one, while at the World Championships there are more places at stake). Some quota places are left as wild cards.

Each quota place gives the national federation the right to send one shooter to compete in that event. However, there is a maximum of two shooters per event and country. On the other hand, a shooter filling a quota place in one event may compete in other events as well, as long as the MQS have been fulfilled. Most shooters combine events in this way (apart from those in 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol, Skeet and Women's Trap, who generally do not, because there are no events similar to theirs on the program).

[edit] See also


Shooting at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
See also: List of Olympic medalists in shooting
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