Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Shooting at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	ISSF
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
Medalists • Records

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 & 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 before the inclusion of separate women's 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).

Events on the current programme are listed at the top.

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	Years
10 metre air pistol																					X	X	X	X	X	X	6
10 metre air rifle																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
25 metre 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	23
50 metre pistol		X		X	X	X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
50 metre rifle, prone					X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
50 metre rifle, three positions												X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
double trap																							X	X	X	X	4
skeet																X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
trap		X		X	X	X	X					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
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	Years
30 metre pistol	X																										1
50 metre pistol, team		X		X	X	X																					4
25 metre military pistol	X																										1
30 metre military pistol, team					X	X																					2
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	X											12
300 metre rifle, team		X		X	X	X																					4
600 metre rifle					X		X																				2
1000 yard free rifle, prone				X																							1
200 metre military rifle	X																										1
300 metre military rifle, prone, individual						X																					1
300 metre military rifle, standing, individual						X																					1
300 metre military rifle, three positions					X																						1
300 metre military rifle, prone, team						X																					1
300 metre military rifle, standing, team						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 small-bore rifle, individual					X																						1
25 metre small-bore rifle, team					X																						1
50 metre small-bore rifle, team				X	X	X																					3
Small-bore rifle, disappearing target				X																							1
Small-bore rifle, moving target				X																							1
Small-bore rifle, stationary target				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	X																2
10 metre running target																						X	X	X	X		4
50 metre running target																	X	X	X	X	X						5
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	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

• ^{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	Years
10 metre air pistol																					X	X	X	X	X	X	6
10 metre air rifle																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
25 metre pistol																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
50 metre rifle three positions																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
double trap																							X	X	X	-	3
skeet																								X	X	X	3
trap																								X	X	X	3
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

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	Years
Argentina (ARG)	-	-		-	-	-	8
Australasia (ANZ)	-	-		1	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1
Australia (AUS)	-	-		-	-	-	–		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		17
Austria (AUT)	-	-		-	7	-	6
Belgium (BEL)	-	10		10	-	29	14		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		21
Brazil (BRA)	-	-		-	-	5	1
Canada (CAN)	-	-		22	3	7	6		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X		20
Chile (CHI)	-	-		-	2	-	–
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	-	-		-	-	8	18
Denmark (DEN)	3	5		10	14	15	7		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		23
Egypt (EGY)	-	-		-	-	-	1
Estonia (EST)	-	-		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	1	1	5
Germany (EUA)	-	-		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3
Finland (FIN)	-	-		9	19	9	15		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		21
France (FRA)	1	37		20	19	17	22		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		23
West Germany (FRG)	-	-		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	6
East Germany (GDR)	-	-		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	-	X	-	-	-	-		5
Germany (GER)	-	1		1	11	-	–		X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X		9
Great Britain (GBR)	2	1		67	38	7	22		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		23
Greece (GRE)	50	-		7	9	9	7		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		22
Haiti (HAI)	-	-		-	-	-	5
Hungary (HUN)	-	-		2	10	-	7		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X		19
Israel (ISR)	-	-		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X		12
Italy (ITA)	1	-		-	-	10	14		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		20
Japan (JPN)	-	-		-	-	-	-		X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		16
South Korea (KOR)	-	-		-	-	-	-		-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		15
Latvia (LAT)																						2	2	2	1	1	5
Lithuania (LTU)																							1	1	1	1	4
Mexico (MEX)	-	-		-	-	-	2
Monaco (MON)	-	-		-	-	-	4			6	4	6		6		2	4	4		4	1	1	1	1	1	1	15
Netherlands (NED)	-	7		17	1	15	11		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		22
New Zealand (NZL)	-	-		-	-	-	–		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		18
Norway (NOR)	-	5		13	28	16	13		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		22
Poland (POL)	-	-		-	-	-	7
Portugal (POR)	-	-		-	-	5	8
Romania (ROU)	-	1		-	-	-	5		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		19
Russia (RUS)	-	-		-	26	-	–
South Africa (RSA)	-	-		-	28	7	7
Spain (ESP)	-	-		-	-	7	1
Sweden (SWE)	-	-		19	62	28	19		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		21
Switzerland (SUI)	1	8	-	-	15	7	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		21
United States (USA)	3	-	17	26	29	21	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X		21
No. of nations	7	9	0	14	16	18	27
No. of shooters	61	75	0	215	283	238	258

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	50	29	24	103
2	China (CHN)	19	11	12	42
3	Soviet Union (URS)	17	15	17	49
4	Sweden (SWE)	15	22	18	55
5	Norway (NOR)	13	8	11	32
6	Great Britain (GBR)	12	15	16	43
7	Italy (ITA)	10	9	11	30
8	France (FRA)	9	12	8	29
9	Russia (RUS)	7	12	9	28
10	Germany (GER)	7	8	5	20
11	Hungary (HUN)	7	3	7	17
12	Switzerland (SUI)	6	6	8	20
13	Romania (ROM)	5	4	5	14
14	Unified Team (EUN)	5	2	1	8
15	Finland (FIN)	4	7	10	21
16	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	6	6	16
17	West Germany (FRG)	4	4	3	11
18	Canada (CAN)	4	3	2	9
18	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	3	2	9
20	Poland (POL)	4	2	5	11
21	Australia (AUS)	4	1	5	10
22	Ukraine (UKR)	4	1	0	5
23	Denmark (DEN)	3	9	5	17
24	East Germany (GDR)	3	8	5	16
25	South Korea (KOR)	3	5	1	9
26	Greece (GRE)	3	4	3	10
27	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	1	2	6
28	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	3	3	8
29	Belgium (BEL)	1	3	3	7
30	Austria (AUT)	1	2	5	8
31	Japan (JPN)	1	2	3	6
32	Peru (PER)	1	2	0	3
33	Brazil (BRA)	1	1	1	3
34	India (IND)	1	1	0	2
35	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	2	3
36	Germany (EUA)	1	0	1	2
36	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	1	2
36	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	1	2
39	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
39	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
41	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	4	6
42	Spain (ESP)	0	2	1	3
42	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	1	3
44	Colombia (COL)	0	2	0	2
45	Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)	0	1	2	3
45	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	2	3
47	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	1	2
47	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
49	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
49	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
49	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
49	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
49	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
49	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
49	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
49	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	1	0	1
57	Cuba (CUB)	0	0	3	3
58	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
58	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
58	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	1	1
58	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
58	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
58	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Total		243	244	242	729

See also

• List of Olympic venues in shooting

References

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