10 m Air Rifle
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| 10 m Air Rifle | |
|---|---|
| Men | |
| Number of shots: | 60+10 |
| Olympic Games: | Since 1984 |
| World Championships: | Since 1970 |
| Abbreviation: | AR60 |
| Women | |
| Number of shots: | 40+10 |
| Olympic Games: | Since 1984 |
| World Championships: | Since 1970 |
| Abbreviation: | AR40 |
10 m Air Rifle is a International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot over a distance of 10 metres (10.9 yd) from a standing position with a 4.5 mm (0.177 in) calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of 5.5 kg (12.1 lbs). It is one of the ISSF governed shooting events included in the Olympic games.
The course of fire is 60 shots within 105 minutes for men, and 40 shots within 75 minutes for women. During this phase a maximum of 10 points are awarded for each shot. The top eight shooters follow this with a final 10 shots – each scored to a maximum of 10.9 – with the cumulative score determining the winner.
Scores in 10 m Air Rifle have improved rapidly during the last few decades and today top competitors sometimes achieve maximum results ("full marks") for the initial phase (600 for men and 400 for women). The majority of these full marks were achieved at non directly ISSF supervised international and national-level matches and championships, where official ISSF recognized world records can not be set. This leads to many national records in fact being equal to the world records.
The occurrence of full marks scores is mainly due to the continuous development of the employed match air rifles from spring-piston type designs into single-stroke pneumatic and pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) designs. Modern PCP match rifles from the leading manufacturers combined with good match pellets produce a consistent 10 ring performance, so a non maximal result during the initial phase can be attributed to the participant.
Shots are fired from the standing position only, as opposed to some other airgun shooting disciplines such as for three positions (popular in the United States) or in disabled sports.
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 10 m Air Rifle sport shooting. |
_1.jpg/120px-Nancy_Johnson_(sport_shooter)_1.jpg) Women's 10 m Air Rifle competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. |
_4.jpg/120px-Nancy_Johnson_(sport_shooter)_4.jpg) Olympic gold medalist Nancy Johnson aims carefully as she competes in the women's 10 m Air Rifle competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. |
 Hattie Johnson aiming her air rifle. She competed in the women's 10 m Air Rifle competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. |
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