Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Governing body

Events

15 (men: 9; women: 6)

Games

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	•	2008	•	2012	•	2016

Medalists • Records

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 & 1928 editions.

Men's

Men's Shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. In the Paris Games in 1900, live pigeons were used as moving targets. 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.

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 had only fifteen. Events marked as "Men's" were actually open events from 1968 until 1980 (and in shotgun events until 1992). Two women won medals in such 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.

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	Years
Current program
air pistol																					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
air rifle																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
double trap																							X	X	X	X	X	5
pistol	X	X		X^[1]	X	X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
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	24
rifle prone					X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
rifle three positions												X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
skeet																X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
trap		X		X	X	X	X					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
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	Years
25 metre military pistol	X																											1
30 metre military pistol, team					X	X																						2
200 metre military rifle	X																											1
300 metre military rifle; prone, individual						X																						1
300 metre military rifle; prone, team						X																						1
300 metre military rifle; standing, individual						X																						1
300 metre military rifle; standing, team						X																						1
300 metre military rifle, three positions					X																							1
600 metre military rifle, individual						X																						1
600 metre military rifle, team						X																						1
300 metre + 600 metre military rifle, team						X																						1
25 metre rifle, individual					X																							1
25 metre rifle, team					X																							1
50 metre rifle, team				X	X	X																						3
25 yd rifle, disappearing target				X																								1
25 yd rifle, moving target				X																								1
50 yd + 100 yd rifle, stationary target				X																								1
300 metre rifle kneeling		X																										1
300 metre rifle prone		X																										1
300 metre rifle standing		X																										1
300 metre rifle three positions	X	X		X	X	X					X	X	X	X	X	X												12
300 metre rifle, team		X		X	X	X	X																					4
600 metre rifle					X		X																					2
1000 yard rifle, prone				X																								1
100 metre running deer; single shots, individual				X	X	X	X																				.	4
100 metre running deer; single shots, team				X	X	X	X																					4
100 metre running deer; double shots, individual				X	X	X	X																					4
100 metre running deer; double shots, team						X	X																					2
100 metre running deer; single/double shots											X																	2
10 metre running target																						X	X	X	X			4
50 metre running target																	X	X	X	X	X							5
pistol, team		X		X^[1]	X	X																						4
trap, team				X	X	X	X																			.		4
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	Years
Events	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

^a ^b 50 yards.

Women's

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	Years
air pistol																					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
air rifle																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
double trap																							X	X	X	-	-	3
pistol																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
rifle three positions																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
skeet																								X	X	X	X	4
trap																								X	X	X	X	4
Events	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

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	Years
Albania (ALB)																	4					2	2	1		1	1	6
Algeria (ALG)																											1	1
Andorra (AND)																		2	2	2		1	1	1	1		1	8
Angola (ANG)																							1	1				2
Argentina (ARG)							8		2	5	12	7	4	7	8	4	5	6		6	3	2	6	4	3	1	2	19
Armenia (ARM)																							1	1	1	1	1	5
Australasia (ANZ)				1																								1
Australia (AUS)											6		12	7	8	3	4	6	2	9	12	7	16	23	21	17	17	16
Austria (AUT)					7		6			3	3	3		5	3	5	7	8	8	10	11	5	3	4	5	3	4	19
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							2	2	2	1	1	5
Bahrain (BRN)																				4					1	1	1	4
Bangladesh (BAN)																						1	1	1	1	1	1	6
Barbados (BAR)																1	2					1	1	1	1			6
Belarus (BLR)																							10	12	9	8	9	5
Belgium (BEL)		11		10		24	14			3	3	4	2	3	1	3	6	5	3	6	6	4	4	1	1		1	21
Belize (BIZ)																2	1	2										3
Bhutan (BHU)																											1	1
Bolivia (BOL)																2	6	1		4		1			1	1	1	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																						1	1	2	1	1	1	6
Brazil (BRA)						5	1		6	4	7	8	4	3		2	4	8	5	8	4	2	1		1	2	2	19
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	15
Canada (CAN)				22	3	7	6					4	5	7	6	10	10	11		17	13	12	9	9	2	4	2	19
Chile (CHI)					2					3	4	2	3	2	3	4	2	3		4	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	18
China (CHN)																				17	20	20	24	21	26	24	23	8
Chinese Taipei (TPE)													1	3	6	8	1			3	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	13
Colombia (COL)													3	3	1		10	3		14	3	2	2	3	3	1	1	13
Costa Rica (CRC)																5	1	1	6	3	1	1			1			8
Croatia (CRO)																						4	4	2	1	4	5	6
Cuba (CUB)											7	2				8	8	4	5			5	3	6	8	3	4	12
Czech Republic (CZE)																							17	9	8	13	10	5
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	8
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	24
Dominican Republic (DOM)																3	2								1	1	1	5
East Germany (GDR)																9	9	11	13		15							5
Ecuador (ECU)																				4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
Egypt (EGY)							1			1		6			6	2				9	2	5	2	8	5	9	7	13
El Salvador (ESA)																8	4			1				1	1	1	1	7
Estonia (EST)																						3	2	1	1	1	1	6
Fiji (FIJ)																									1	1	1	3
Finland (FIN)				9	19	9	15			8	12	11	4	8	8	9	10	4	9	10	9	8	6	7	6	8	4	22
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	23
Georgia (GEO)																							3	2	1	1	1	5
Germany (GER)				1	11				1	9		6										18	22	20	20	18	17	11
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	22
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	23
Guatemala (GUA)												3				9	1	5	5	4	1	3	4	3	1	1	2	13
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	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	16
Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA)																						8						1
Indonesia (INA)													1	1						2	1				1	1	1	7
Iran (IRI)											3			1	4			4					1	1	1		3	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	14
Italy (ITA)	1					10	14		6	9	6	8	5	9	5	7	11	13	10	12	13	13	15	15	13	15	15	22
Jamaica (JAM)															1										1			2
Japan (JPN)												1	6	8	10	6	6	11		15	14	11	9	9	9	5	4	15
Jordan (JOR)																			4	7		1	1	1				5
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							5	6	4	6	3	5
Kenya (KEN)													2	3	4	3	9			2	1	2	1					9
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	7
Lebanon (LIB)											2	3		3	1	3	4			4				1	1	1	1	11
Liechtenstein (LIE)										3				2			2			2	1	1		1	1	1		9
Lithuania (LTU)																							1	1	1	1	1	5
Luxembourg (LUX)														4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2				1	11
Macedonia (MKD)																							1	1	1	1		4
Malaya (MAL)													3	2														2
Malaysia (MAS)															7		1	2		1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	11
Malta (MLT)														2		1	1		2	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	11
Mexico (MEX)							2		5	5	9	4	3	6	5	11	10	6	2	8	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	20
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	12
Montenegro (MNE)																										1	1	2
Morocco (MAR)														4													1	2
Myanmar (MYA)															2								1				1	3
Namibia (NAM)																							1	1	1	1	1	5
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	11
Nicaragua (NCA)																						1	1	1	1	1		5
North Korea (PRK)																	3	6	11			9	1	1	3	6	1	9
Norway (NOR)		5		13	28	16	13			4	9	9	5	6	3	4	7	4		7	6	7	7	5	5	7	6	22
Oman (OMA)																				8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
Pakistan (PAK)												1	2	4	4									1	1	1	1	8
Panama (PAN)																							1	1				2
Papua New Guinea (PNG)																		1		2								2
Paraguay (PAR)																	1	1		6						1		4
Peru (PER)										1	9		8	10	9	5	2		7	7	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	16
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	17
Portugal (POR)						5	8		4	6	5	4		9	4		5	1		5	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	17
Puerto Rico (PUR)											2	5	3	4	3	9	8	8		2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	16
Qatar (QAT)																				4	1		1	1	2	2	3	7
Romania (ROU)		1					5			4		4	4	9	9	12	10	7	5	6	3	5	4	3	2	4	2	19
Russia (RUS)																							19	21	24	22	22	5
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	13
Saudi Arabia (KSA)																				6	1		1	1	1	1	1	7
Senegal (SEN)																				2								1
Serbia (SRB)																										5	8	2
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																							7	6	3			3
Singapore (SIN)														1		1		1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
Slovakia (SVK)																							3	3	3	7	7	5
Slovenia (SLO)																						1	1	3	1	1	3	6
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	14
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	19
Sri Lanka (SRI)															2		1				2	1	2	2	1	1	1	9
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	23
Switzerland (SUI)	1	9				15	7				7	9		10	8	10	8	5		9	9	8	7	3	5	8	7	19
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	13
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)																2		1							1	1	1	5
Tunisia (TUN)														2													1	2
Turkey (TUR)																3	4	3		2	2	1	1	2	1	1	5	11
Turkmenistan (TKM)																							1	1	1	1		4
Ukraine (UKR)																							9	6	11	12	8	5
Unified Team (EUN)																						22						1
Unified Team of Germany (EUA)													2	10	10													3
United Arab Emirates (UAE)																							1	2	2	2	3	5
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	23
Uruguay (URU)																3						1		1		1	1	5
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							1	3	2	2	1	5
Venezuela (VEN)												7	9	6	4	5	2		2	5				2	1	1	1	12
Vietnam (VIE)																			7		1	1	1	1	1	1	2	8
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			6
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
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

Medal table

Updated as of 2012 Olympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	53	29	25	107
2	China (CHN)	21	13	15	49
3	Soviet Union (URS)	17	15	17	49
4	Sweden (SWE)	15	23	18	56
5	Great Britain (GBR)	13	15	16	44
6	Norway (NOR)	13	8	11	32
7	France (FRA)	12	12	11	35
8	Russia (RUS)	9	13	9	31
9	Germany (GER)	7	12	10	29
10	Hungary (HUN)	7	8	5	20
11	South Korea (KOR)	7	3	7	17
12	Switzerland (SUI)	6	7	1	14
13	Romania (ROM)	6	6	8	20
14	Unified Team (EUN)	6	4	5	15
15	Italy (ITA)	5	2	1	8
16	Finland (FIN)	4	7	10	21
17	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	6	6	16
18	West Germany (FRG)	4	4	3	11
19	Poland (POL)	4	3	5	12
20	Canada (CAN)	4	3	2	9
20	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	3	2	9
22	Australia (AUS)	4	1	5	10
23	Ukraine (UKR)	4	1	2	7
24	Denmark (DEN)	3	10	5	18
25	East Germany (GDR)	3	8	5	16
26	Greece (GRE)	3	4	3	10
27	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	1	2	6
28	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	3	4	9
29	Belgium (BEL)	1	4	3	8
30	Austria (AUT)	1	2	5	8
31	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	4	7
32	Japan (JPN)	1	2	3	6
33	India (IND)	1	2	1	4
34	Peru (PER)	1	2	0	3
35	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	1	3
36	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	3	4
37	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	2	3
37	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	2	3
39	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	1	2
	Unified Team of Germany (EUA)	1	0	1	2
	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	1	2
42	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
42	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
44	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	3	5
45	Spain (ESP)	0	2	1	3
45	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	1	3
47	Colombia (COL)	0	2	0	2
48	Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)	0	1	2	3
49	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	1	2
52	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	1	0	1
60	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	2	2
61	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Total		258	259	257	774

References

Medals by NOC MEN 1896-2008 WOMEN 1976-2008 (ISSF website)
ISSF History - International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF Website)

Shooting at the Summer Olympics

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Sports at the Olympic Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Past sports	Baseball Basque pelota Cricket Croquet Jeu de paume Lacrosse Military patrol Polo Rackets Roque Rugby union (15 a-side) Softball Tug of war Water motorsports

Future sports	Golf Rugby sevens

Demonstration sports	American football Australian football Bandy Bowling Budo Disabled skiing Gliding Glima Ice stock sport Korfball La canne Pesäpallo Roller hockey Savate Skijoring Sled dog racing Speed skiing Water skiing Winter pentathlon

Unofficial sports	Angling Art competitions Ballooning Boules Cannon shooting Cycle polo Fire fighting Gaelic football Hurling Kaatsen Kite flying Life saving Longue paume Motor racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon racing Wushu

See also: Paralympic sports