Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall (rifle and pistol events) and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field (shotgun events). Of the fifteen events, the host country won five.
Highlights included: Two rifle shooters, Czech Kateřina Kůrková and American Matthew Emmons, who met at the 2004 Olympics, married in 2007 and returned to the 2008 Games to win a gold and two silver medals between them. Kateřina Emmons equalled the world record with a perfect 400 in the women's air rifle competition. Matthew lost a large lead in the last shot of the men's three positions - just as he had in Athens four years earlier. Abhinav Bindra won India's first ever individual Olympic gold. Russian Natalia Paderina and Georgian Nino Salukvadze, whose countries were at war, won silver and bronze respectively in the 10m Air Pistol. They shared hugged and shook hands on the podium, which was seen as peaceful gesture."Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle", CNN, August 10, 2008 The eighth appearance at the Olympics for Latvian Afanasijs Kuzmins The seventh Olympic appearance for Slovenian Rajmond Debevec (who won bronze), making him only the fifth shooter to have ever competed in at least seven Olympic Games. The sixth Olympic appearance for eight shooters, raising to 22 the number of shooters who have competed in at least six Olympic Games: Canadian Dr Susan Nattrass Finn Juha Hirvi, Italian Andrea Benelli German Ralf Schumann, who won his fifth Olympic medal. Bulgarian Tanyu Kiryakov Monegasque Fabienne Diato-Pasetti, Serbian Jasna Šekarić (competing under her fourth flag at the Olympics without ever having changed nationality), Georgian Nino Salukvadze. She won bronze, completing the set twenty years after she won gold and silver at the 1988 Olympics. The fifth Olympic appearance for 16 shooters, raising to 80 the number of shooters who have competed in at least five Olympic Games: Mönkhbayar Dorjsurengiin, Svetlana Demina, María Pilar Fernández, Mariya Grozdeva, Michael Diamond, Franck Dumoulin, Thomas Farnik, Andrei Inešin, Harald Jensen, Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Russell Mark, Sergey Martynov, Giovanni Pellielo, Stevan Pletikošić, Iulian Raicea, Axel Wegner.
The sport also faced its first major doping case, when Kim Jong-su of North Korea was stripped of his medals in 50 metre pistol and 10 metre air pistol after testing positive for propranolol, a beta blocker that some performers use to reduce stage fright and some surgeons use to reduce hand tremors during operations.
Events 15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: Discipline Men Women Rifle 50 metre rifle prone ✔ 50 metre rifle three positions ✔ ✔ 10 metre air rifle ✔ ✔ Pistol 50 metre pistol ✔ 25 metre pistol ✔ 25 metre rapid fire pistol ✔ 10 metre air pistol ✔ ✔ Shotgun Skeet ✔ ✔ Trap ✔ ✔ Double Trap ✔
A NOC may enter up to two athletes in all events except women's trap and skeet events where it can enter only one athlete. Only athletes who achieve the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) can participate at the Olympics. One athlete can achieve only one quota place for his/her NOC in any event. If a quota place is won in a qualification event by a shooter who has already won a quota place in any event, the quota place will be granted to the NOC of the next ranking shooter.
Qualification
Quota places are as follows:
Event 2006 Worlds Shotgun WCH World Cups 2007 Continental championships Host Nation TOTAL 2005 2007 2005 2006 2007 Europe America Asia Africa Oceania 50m Rifle Prone Men 4 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 - 25 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 4 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 26 10m Air Rifle Men 5 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 - 26 50m Pistol Men 4 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 - 25 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 2 - - - 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 17 10m Air Pistol Men 5 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 27 Trap Men 3 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 1 31 Double Trap Men 2 1 1 - 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 - 17 Skeet Men 3 1 1 4 4 4 5 3 3 1 2 1 32 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 4 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 - 25 10m Air Rifle Women 5 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 27 25m Pistol Women 4 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 26 10m Air Pistol Women 5 - - 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 - 26 Skeet Women 2 1 1 - 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 Trap Women 2 1 1 - 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 18
*Note - there will also be 10 invitation and 14 universality quota places
Event schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Time Event Round 8:30-9:45 Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification 9:00-13:30 Men's Trap Qualification 10:30-10:50 Women's 10m Air Rifle Final 12:00-13:45 Men's 10m Air Pistol Qualification 15:00-15:20 Men's 10m Air Pistol Final
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Time Event Round 9:00-11:15 Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification 9:00-12:00 Men's Trap Qualification 12:00-12:20 Women's 10m Air Pistol Final 15:00-15:45 Men's Trap Final
Monday, August 11, 2008
Time Event Round 8:00-10:45 Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification 9:00-13:30 Women's Trap Qualification 12:00-12:20 Men's 10m Air Rifle Final 15:00-15:45 Women's Trap Final
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Time Event Round 9:00-11:00 Men's 50m Pistol Qualification 9:00-13:00 Men's Double Trap Qualification 12:00-12:20 Men's 50m Pistol Final 15:00-15:45 Men's Double Trap Final
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Time Event Round 9:00-14:00 Women's 25m Pistol Qualification 15:00-15:20 Women's 25m Pistol Final
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Time Event Round 9:00-11:15 Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification 9:00-13:00 Women's Skeet Qualification 12:30-12:50 Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final 15:00-15:45 Women's Skeet Final
Friday, August 15, 2008
Time Event Round 9:00-10:15 Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification 9:00-13:30 Men's Skeet Qualification 11:30-11:50 Men's 50m Rifle Prone Final 13:00-15:00 Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Time Event Round 9:00-11:00 Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification 9:00-12:00 Men's Skeet Qualification12:00-12:40 Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final15:00-15:45 Men's Skeet Final
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Time Event Round 9:00-12:20 Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification 13:30-13:50 Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final
Medal summary Medal table
Men's events
10 m air rifle 50 m rifle prone 50 m rifle three positions 10 m air pistol 25 m rapid fire pistol 50 m pistol Skeet Trap Double trap Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the silver medal in the 50 metre pistol and bronze in the 10 metre air pistol, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol.
Women's events
10 m air rifle 50 m rifle three positions 10 m air pistol 25 m pistol Skeet Trap
New records
DateEventRoundScoreAthletePrevious recordWorld records equalledAugust 9, 2008Women's 10 m air rifleQual.400400 by Seo Sun-hwa (2002), equalled 12 timesOlympic records brokenAugust 9, 2008Women's 10 m air rifleQual.400399 by Lioubov Galkina (2004)August 9, 2008Women's 10 m air rifleFinal503.5502.0 by Du Li (2004)August 10, 2008Women's 10 m air pistolQual.391390 by Marina Logvinenko (1996) and Tao Luna (2004)August 10, 2008Women's 10 m air pistolFinal492.3490.1 by Olga Klochneva (1996)August 12, 2008Men's double trapQual.145144 by Ahmed Al Maktoum (2004)August 12, 2008Men's double trapFinal190189 by Russell Mark (1996) and Ahmed Al Maktoum (2004)August 14, 2008Women's 50 m rifle 3 posFinal690.3688.4 by Lioubov Galkina (2004)Olympic records equalledAugust 13, 2008Women's 25 m pistolQual.590590 by Tao Luna (2000)August 14, 2008Women's 50 m rifle 3 posQual.589589 by Renata Mauer (1996)Olympic records established after rule changesAugust 10, 2008Men's trapFinal146August 11, 2008Women's trapFinal91August 13, 2008Women's 25 m pistolFinal793.4August 14, 2008Women's skeetQual.72August 14, 2008Women's skeetFinal93August 16, 2008Men's 25 m rapid fire pistolQual.583August 16, 2008Men's 25 m rapid fire pistolFinal780.2August 16, 2008Men's skeetQual.121August 16, 2008Men's skeetFinal145
See also Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
International Shooting Sport Federation Shooting – Official Results Book