Shooting at the Summer Olympics
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Shooting sports
Shooting sports
A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics
1896 Summer Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

 except at the 1904
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...

 & 1928
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

 editions.

Men's

Men's shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens
1896 Summer Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

, 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
International Shooting Sport Federation
The International Shooting Sport Federation is an organization that governs international shooting sports. While far from the only such organization, it is the one that is a member of the International Olympic Committee and so it is in charge of the Olympic shooting events. Not all ISSF shooting...

 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
Margaret Murdock
Margaret Thompson Murdock is an American shooter and United States Army officer. She won a varsity letter at Kansas State by competing on the men’s rifle team. Furthermore, she was the 1966 World Champion in Women's Standard Rifle. She was also the first woman on the U.S. Olympic shooting team and...

, silver in 50 m Rifle
50 metre rifle three positions
50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...

 Three positions
Three positions
International Rifle events in Three positions are conducted with an equal number of shots fired from the Prone, the Standing and the Kneeling positions, always in that order....

 (1976) and Zhan Shan, gold in Skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...

 (1992).

Events on the current programme are listed at the top.
Current program
Event 96
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting...

 
00
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee...

 
04 08
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

 
12
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:A total of 283 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:-Medal table:...

 
20
Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 21 events in shooting were contested. The competitions were held from July 22, 1920 to August 3, 1920.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
24
Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, ten events in shooting were contested. These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program...

 
28 32
Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics
When shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the extent of the competitions was far from those in the previous Games: it consisted of only two events, one rifle event and one pistol event, and no team events at all . The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and...

 
36
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin saw the reintroduction of 50 metre pistol but still only had three events. The competitions were held from August 6, 1936 to August 8, 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee...

 
48
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London comprised four events.-Medal count:- 300 metre rifle three positions :-50 metre rifle prone:-50 metre pistol:-25 metre rapid fire pistol:-References:*...

 
52
Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events....

 
56
Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
60
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

 
64
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
68
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
72
Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
This is a list of results of the Shooting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics....

 
76
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.-Medal count:...

 
80
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi between July 20 and July 26. 7 events were contested. All events were mixed, i.e...

 
84
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle...

 
88
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
92
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in Mollet del Vallès outside Barcelona, Spain. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders...

 
96
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

 
00
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

 
04
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
08
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

 
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
50 metre rifle prone
50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle...

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 20
50 metre rifle, three positions
50 metre rifle three positions
50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15
double trap
Double Trap
Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....

X X X X 4
skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...

X X X X X X X X X X X 11
trap
Olympic Trap
Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...

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
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting...

 
00
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee...

 
04 08
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

 
12
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:A total of 283 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:-Medal table:...

 
20
Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 21 events in shooting were contested. The competitions were held from July 22, 1920 to August 3, 1920.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
24
Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, ten events in shooting were contested. These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program...

 
28 32
Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics
When shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the extent of the competitions was far from those in the previous Games: it consisted of only two events, one rifle event and one pistol event, and no team events at all . The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and...

 
36
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin saw the reintroduction of 50 metre pistol but still only had three events. The competitions were held from August 6, 1936 to August 8, 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee...

 
48
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London comprised four events.-Medal count:- 300 metre rifle three positions :-50 metre rifle prone:-50 metre pistol:-25 metre rapid fire pistol:-References:*...

 
52
Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events....

 
56
Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
60
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

 
64
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
68
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
72
Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
This is a list of results of the Shooting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics....

 
76
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.-Medal count:...

 
80
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi between July 20 and July 26. 7 events were contested. All events were mixed, i.e...

 
84
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle...

 
88
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
92
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in Mollet del Vallès outside Barcelona, Spain. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders...

 
96
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

 
00
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

 
04
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
08
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

 
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
300 metre rifle prone
300 metre rifle prone is an ISSF shooting event. It was added to the World Championship program in 1982, and was based on the English Match but shot with the same full-power rifle as in 300 metre rifle three positions...

X 1
300 metre rifle standing X 1
300 metre rifle three positions
300 metre rifle three positions
300 metre rifle three positions is an ISSF shooting event, involving shooting 40 shots each from the prone, the standing and the kneeling positions. Lately a similar event has been designed for women, where only half the course is shot. Originally there had been champions declared in each position...

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, individual 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
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting...

 
00
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee...

 
04 08
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

 
12
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:A total of 283 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:-Medal table:...

 
20
Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 21 events in shooting were contested. The competitions were held from July 22, 1920 to August 3, 1920.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
24
Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, ten events in shooting were contested. These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program...

 
28 32
Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics
When shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the extent of the competitions was far from those in the previous Games: it consisted of only two events, one rifle event and one pistol event, and no team events at all . The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and...

 
36
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin saw the reintroduction of 50 metre pistol but still only had three events. The competitions were held from August 6, 1936 to August 8, 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee...

 
48
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London comprised four events.-Medal count:- 300 metre rifle three positions :-50 metre rifle prone:-50 metre pistol:-25 metre rapid fire pistol:-References:*...

 
52
Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events....

 
56
Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
60
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

 
64
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
68
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
72
Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
This is a list of results of the Shooting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics....

 
76
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.-Medal count:...

 
80
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi between July 20 and July 26. 7 events were contested. All events were mixed, i.e...

 
84
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle...

 
88
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
92
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in Mollet del Vallès outside Barcelona, Spain. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders...

 
96
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

 
00
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

 
04
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
08
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

 
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

50 yards.

Women's

Event 96
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting...

 
00
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee...

 
04 08
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

 
12
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:A total of 283 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:-Medal table:...

 
20
Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 21 events in shooting were contested. The competitions were held from July 22, 1920 to August 3, 1920.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
24
Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, ten events in shooting were contested. These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program...

 
28 32
Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics
When shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the extent of the competitions was far from those in the previous Games: it consisted of only two events, one rifle event and one pistol event, and no team events at all . The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and...

 
36
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin saw the reintroduction of 50 metre pistol but still only had three events. The competitions were held from August 6, 1936 to August 8, 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee...

 
48
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London comprised four events.-Medal count:- 300 metre rifle three positions :-50 metre rifle prone:-50 metre pistol:-25 metre rapid fire pistol:-References:*...

 
52
Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events....

 
56
Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
60
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

 
64
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
68
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
72
Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
This is a list of results of the Shooting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics....

 
76
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.-Medal count:...

 
80
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi between July 20 and July 26. 7 events were contested. All events were mixed, i.e...

 
84
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle...

 
88
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
92
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in Mollet del Vallès outside Barcelona, Spain. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders...

 
96
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

 
00
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

 
04
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
08
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

 
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
50 metre rifle three positions
50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...

X X X X X X X 7
double trap
Double Trap
Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....

X X X - 3
skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...

X X X 3
trap
Olympic Trap
Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...

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
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting...

 
00
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, 9 shooting events were included. Many other shooting events were featured in Paris at about the same time, but only 9 events are considered Olympic by the International Olympic Committee...

 
04 08
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

 
12
Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 18 events in shooting were contested.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:A total of 283 sport shooters from 16 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:-Medal table:...

 
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Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 21 events in shooting were contested. The competitions were held from July 22, 1920 to August 3, 1920.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
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Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, ten events in shooting were contested. These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program...

 
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Shooting at the 1932 Summer Olympics
When shooting was reintroduced at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the extent of the competitions was far from those in the previous Games: it consisted of only two events, one rifle event and one pistol event, and no team events at all . The competitions were held on August 12, 1932 and...

 
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Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin saw the reintroduction of 50 metre pistol but still only had three events. The competitions were held from August 6, 1936 to August 8, 1936 at the shooting ranges at Wannsee...

 
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Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London comprised four events.-Medal count:- 300 metre rifle three positions :-50 metre rifle prone:-50 metre pistol:-25 metre rapid fire pistol:-References:*...

 
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Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
With the competitions in shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the Olympic shooting program began its expansion. Three new events were added: 100 metre running deer, 50 metre rifle three positions and trap. In total there were seven events....

 
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Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
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Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome comprised six events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

 
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Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
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Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events. A second shotgun event, Skeet, was introduced.-Medal count:-Medalists by event:-References:*...

 
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Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
This is a list of results of the Shooting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics....

 
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Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all open to both men and women. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the Three positions event.-Medal count:...

 
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Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi between July 20 and July 26. 7 events were contested. All events were mixed, i.e...

 
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Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle...

 
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Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
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Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in Mollet del Vallès outside Barcelona, Spain. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders...

 
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Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

 
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Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

 
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Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
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Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

Years
 Argentina - - - - - 8
- - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
 Australia - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 17
 Austria - - - 7 - 6
 Belgium - 10 10 - 29 14 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 21
 Brazil - - - - 5 1
 Canada - - 22 3 7 6 X X X X X X X X X X - X X X X X X 20
 Chile - - - 2 -
 Czechoslovakia - - - - 8 18
 Denmark 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 - - - - - 1
 Estonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2 1 1 1 5
- - - - - - - - - - X X X - - - - - - - - - - 3
 Finland - - 9 19 9 15 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 21
 France 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 - - - - - - - - - X - - - X X X - X X - - - - - 6
 German Democratic Republic - - - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X - X - - - - 5
 Germany - 1 1 11 - X X - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X 9
 United Kingdom 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 50 - 7 9 9 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22
 Haiti - - - - - 5
 Hungary - - 2 10 - 7 X X X X X X X X X X X - X X X X X 19
 Israel - - - - - - - - - X - X X X X X - X X X X X X 12
 Italy 1 - - - 10 14 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 20
 Japan - - - - - - X X - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
 South Korea - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15
 Latvia 2 2 2 1 1 5
 Lithuania 1 1 1 1 4
 Mexico - - - - - 2
 Monaco - - - - - 4 6 4 6 6 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 15
 Netherlands - 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 - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18
 Norway - 5 13 28 16 13 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22
 Poland - - - - - 7
 Portugal - - - - 5 8
 Romania - 1 - - - 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 19
 Russia - - - 26 -
 South Africa - - - 28 7 7
 Spain - - - - 7 1
 Sweden - - 19 62 28 19 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 21
 Switzerland 1 8 - - 15 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 21
 United States 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

1  United States 50 29 24 103
2  People's Republic of China 19 11 12 42
3  Soviet Union 17 15 17 49
4  Sweden 15 22 18 55
5  Norway 13 8 11 32
6  United Kingdom 12 15 16 43
7  Italy 10 9 11 30
8  France 9 12 8 29
9  Russia 7 12 9 28
10  Germany 7 8 5 20
11  Hungary 7 3 7 17
12  Switzerland 6 6 8 20
13  Romania 5 4 5 14
14 5 2 1 8
15  Finland 4 7 10 21
16  Bulgaria 4 6 6 16
17  West Germany 4 4 3 11
18  Canada 4 3 2 9
18  Czechoslovakia 4 3 2 9
20  Poland 4 2 5 11
21  Australia 4 1 5 10
22  Ukraine 4 1 0 5
23  Denmark 3 9 5 17
24  German Democratic Republic 3 8 5 16
25  South Korea 3 5 1 9
26  Greece 3 4 3 10
27  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3 1 2 6
28  Czech Republic 2 3 3 8
29  Belgium 1 3 3 7
30  Austria 1 2 5 8
31  Japan 1 2 3 6
32  Peru 1 2 0 3
33  Brazil 1 1 1 3
34  India 1 1 0 2
35  Azerbaijan 1 0 2 3
36 1 0 1 2
36  North Korea 1 0 1 2
36  Slovenia 1 0 1 2
39  Lithuania 1 0 0 1
39  United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1
41  Belarus 0 2 4 6
42  Spain 0 2 1 3
42  Kazakhstan 0 2 1 3
44  Colombia 0 2 0 2
45 0 1 2 3
45  Slovakia 0 1 2 3
47  Mongolia 0 1 1 2
47  Netherlands 0 1 1 2
49  Argentina 0 1 0 1
49  Chile 0 1 0 1
49  Latvia 0 1 0 1
49  Moldova 0 1 0 1
49  Mexico 0 1 0 1
49  Portugal 0 1 0 1
49  South Africa 0 1 0 1
49  Serbia and Montenegro 0 1 0 1
57  Cuba 0 0 3 3
58  Croatia 0 0 1 1
58  Georgia (country) 0 0 1 1
58  Haiti 0 0 1 1
58  Kuwait 0 0 1 1
58  New Zealand 0 0 1 1
58  Venezuela 0 0 1 1
Total 243 244 242 729
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