Shooting at the Summer Olympics
Governing body ISSF
Events 15 (men: 9; women: 6)
Games
Medalists • Records
Shooting sports Summer Olympic Games 1896 Summer Olympics except at the 1904 & 1928 editions.
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.
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 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
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
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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, individualX
X
X
X
.
4
100 metre running deer ; single shots, teamX
X
X
X
4
100 metre running deer ; double shots, individualX
X
X
X
4
100 metre running deer ; double shots, teamX
X
2
100 metre running deer ; single/double shotsX
2
10 metre running target X
X
X
X
4
50 metre running target X
X
X
X
X
5
pistol , teamX
X[1]
X
X
4
trap , teamX
X
X
X
.
4
Event
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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
Women's [ edit ] Nations [ edit ]
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
X
18
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
X
20
Chile (CHI) -
-
-
2
-
–
X
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
X
23
Egypt (EGY) -
-
-
-
-
1
Estonia (EST) -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
1
1
1
5
Unified Team of 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
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
15
South Korea (KOR) -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
-
X
X
X
X
X
X
14
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
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 [ edit ] Updated as of 2012 Olympics
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Shooting at the Summer Olympics
Summer sports
Winter sports
Past sports
Future sports
Demonstration sports
Unofficial sports
Argentina (ARG)
Australasia (ANZ)
Australia (AUS)
Austria (AUT)
Belgium (BEL)
Brazil (BRA)
Canada (CAN)
Chile (CHI)
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Denmark (DEN)
Egypt (EGY)
Estonia (EST)
Unified Team of Germany (EUA)
Finland (FIN)
France (FRA)
West Germany (FRG)
East Germany (GDR)
Great Britain (GBR)
Greece (GRE)
Haiti (HAI)
Hungary (HUN)
Israel (ISR)
Italy (ITA)
Japan (JPN)
South Korea (KOR)
Latvia (LAT)
Lithuania (LTU)
Mexico (MEX)
Monaco (MON)
Netherlands (NED)
New Zealand (NZL)
Norway (NOR)
Poland (POL)
Portugal (POR)
Romania (ROU)
Russia (RUS)
South Africa (RSA)
Spain (ESP)
Sweden (SWE)
Switzerland (SUI)
United States (USA)
China (CHN)
Soviet Union (URS)
Unified Team (EUN)
Bulgaria (BUL)
Ukraine (UKR)
Yugoslavia (YUG)
Czech Republic (CZE)
Belarus (BLR)
India (IND)
Peru (PER)
Cuba (CUB)
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Slovenia (SLO)
Croatia (CRO)
North Korea (PRK)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Slovakia (SVK)
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Colombia (COL)
Mongolia (MGL)
Serbia (SRB)
Moldova (MDA)
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
Kuwait (KUW)
Georgia (GEO)
Qatar (QAT)
Venezuela (VEN)
