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 and 1928 games.

Summary

GamesYear EventsBest nation 1 1896 5 (1) 2 1900 9 (1) 3 4 1908 15 (1) 5 1912 18 (1) 6 7 1920 21 (1) 8 1924 10 (2) 9 10 1932 2 (1) 11 1936 3 (1) 12 13 14 1948 4 (3) 15 1952 7 (1) 16 1956 7 (1) 17 1960 6 (2) 18 1964 6 (4) 19 1968 7 (3) 20 1972 8 (5) 21 1976 7 (1) 22 1980 7 (4) 23 1984 11 (6) 24 1988 13 (5) 25 1992 13 (1) 26 1996 15 (1) 27 2000 17 (1) 28 2004 17 (2) 29 2008 15 (3) 30 2012 15 (1) 31 2016 15 (2) 32 2020 15 (4) 33 2024 15 (5) 34 2028 15

Events Shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. Early competitions included some events now regarded as unusual, such as live pigeon shooting in 1900; dueling in 1906 and 1908; and numerous events restricted to military weapons. 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. Shooting events were held in 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924.

When shooting was reintroduced in 1932, it consisted of 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 nominally open events from 1968 until 1980 (and in shotgun events until 1992), although very few women competed in them. For instance, only five women competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, while the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which introduced women-only events, featured 77 female competitors. Two women won medals in 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.

Men's

+ Current programme 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 16 20 24 28 Years air pistol () colspan="20"XXXXXXX XXXX 11 air rifle () colspan="19"XXXXXXXXXXXX 12 rapid fire pistol ()XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 27 rifle three positions () colspan="11"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 20 skeet () colspan="15"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 16 trap ()X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 25

Past events that occurred only once

Only at the 1896 Summer Olympics 200 metre military rifle 300 metre free rifle 25 metre military pistol

Only at the 1900 Summer Olympics 300 metre rifle kneeling 300 metre rifle prone 300 metre rifle standing

Only at the 1908 Summer Olympics Six-distance team military rifle Disappearing target small-bore rifle Moving target small-bore rifle 1000 yard rifle

Only at the 1912 Summer Olympics 300 metre military rifle, three positions 600 metre rifle 25 metre rifle, individual 25 metre rifle, team

Only at the 1920 Summer Olympics 300 metre military rifle; prone, individual 300 metre military rifle; prone, team 300 metre military rifle; standing, individual 300 metre military rifle; standing, team 600 metre military rifle; prone, individual 600 metre military rifle; prone, team 300 and 600 metre military rifle; prone, team 50 metre rifle, team standing

Only at the 1924 Summer Olympics 600 metre rifle prone

Past events that occurred twice to six times

300 metre rifle, team: 1900, 1908, 1912, 1920 100 metre running deer Single shot, individual: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 Double shot, individual: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 Single shots, team: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 Double shots, team: 1920, 1924 Single/Double shots: 1952, 1956 50 metre running target: 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 10 metre running target: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 50 metre rifle: 1920, 1924 50 metre rifle, team prone: 1908, 1912 Pistol: 1900, 1908 , 1912, 1920 Rapid fire pistol, team: 1912, 1920 Double trap: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Trap, team: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924

+ Past events that occurred eleven or more times 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 16 20 24 28 Years 300 metre rifle three positions () X XXX XXXXXXX colspan="14" 11 50 meter rifle proneX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 23 pistol ()XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 24

Muzzle-loading pistols. 20 metres, military pistols, professionals. 30 metres, dueling pistols. 30 metres, military pistols. 50 and 100 yards, miniature rifles. 50 yards.

Women's

+ Current programme 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 16 20 24 28 Years air pistol () colspan="20"XXXXXXXXXXX 11 air rifle () colspan="19"XXXXXXXXXXXX 12 pistol () colspan="19"XXXXXXXXXXXX 12 rifle three positions () colspan="19"XXXXXXXXXXXX 12 skeet () colspan="23"XXXXXXXX 8 trap () colspan="23"XXXXXXXX 8

Past events Double trap (): 1996, 2000, 2004

Mixed

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 16 20 24 28 Years air pistol, team colspan="28"XXX 3air rifle, team colspan="28"XXX 3 skeet, team () colspan="29"X 1 trap, team () colspan="28"XX 2 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3

Nations

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 97 98 81 No. of shooters 61 72 0 215 284 234 258 0 41 141 188 218 156 313 262 351 397 344 239 460 396 407 419 408 390 390 390 390 360 340

Medal table Updated after 2024 Olympics

Multi-participation Afanasijs Kuzmins with nine participations is the record holder in this special classification.

Athlete Country Editions Event9Afanasijs Kuzmins 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol8Francisco Boza1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2016Shotgun8Rajmond Debevec 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Rifle8Giovanni Pellielo1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2024Shotgun7François Lafortune Jr.1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976Rifle7Ralf Schumann 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol7Ragnar Skanåker1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996Pistol6Nasser Al-Attiyah1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Shotgun6Fehaid Aldeehani1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016Shotgun6Abdullah Alrashidi1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Shotgun6Sorin Babii1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004Pistol6Andrea Benelli1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008Shotgun6Michael Diamond1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Shotgun6Franck Dumoulin1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol6Thomas Farnik1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Rifle6Juan Giha1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000Shotgun6Juha Hirvi1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008Rifle6Tanyu Kiriakov1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008Pistol6Kanstantsin Lukashyk 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol6Russell Mark1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012Shotgun6Sergei Martynov 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Rifle6William McMillan1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976Pistol6Emil Milev 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016Pistol6Stevan Pletikosic 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016Rifle6John Primrose1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992Shotgun6Adam Smelczynski1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976Shotgun6Harald Stenvaag1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004Rifle6Eric Swinkels1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996Shotgun6Guillermo Alfredo Torres1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012Shotgun6Yifu Wang1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004Pistol

See also Biathlon at the Winter Olympics Military patrol at the Winter Olympics ISSF World Shooting Championships List of Olympic venues in shooting Shooting at the Summer Paralympics Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics

References

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