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.
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.[ 1] [ 2]
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 :
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.[ 3]
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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.
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
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8 )
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Time
Event
Round
9:00-11:00
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Qualification
9:00-12:00
Men's Skeet
Qualification
12:00-12:40
Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Final
15:00-15:45
Men's Skeet
Final
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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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
* Host nation (China )
The medal winners in men's skeet. From left tor right: Tore Brovold, Vincent Hancock, Anthony Terras
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 .
Vincent Hancock in the finals for men's skeet, in which he earned the gold medal and set records both in the qualifying and finals.
Date
Event
Round
Score
Athlete
Previous record
World records equalled
August 9, 2008
Women's 10 m air rifle
Qual.
400
Kateřina Emmons (CZE )
400 by Seo Sun-hwa (2002), equalled 12 times
Olympic records broken
August 9, 2008
Women's 10 m air rifle
Qual.
400
Kateřina Emmons (CZE )
399 by Lioubov Galkina (2004)
August 9, 2008
Women's 10 m air rifle
Final
503.5
Kateřina Emmons (CZE )
502.0 by Du Li (2004)
August 10, 2008
Women's 10 m air pistol
Qual.
391
Natalia Paderina (RUS )
390 by Marina Logvinenko (1996) and Tao Luna (2004)
August 10, 2008
Women's 10 m air pistol
Final
492.3
Guo Wenjun (CHN )
490.1 by Olga Klochneva (1996)
August 12, 2008
Men's double trap
Qual.
145
Walton Eller (USA )
144 by Ahmed Al Maktoum (2004)
August 12, 2008
Men's double trap
Final
190
Walton Eller (USA )
189 by Russell Mark (1996) and Ahmed Al Maktoum (2004)
August 14, 2008
Women's 50 m rifle 3 pos
Final
690.3
Du Li (CHN )
688.4 by Lioubov Galkina (2004)
Olympic records equalled
August 13, 2008
Women's 25 m pistol
Qual.
590
Otryadyn Gündegmaa (MGL )
590 by Tao Luna (2000)
August 14, 2008
Women's 50 m rifle 3 pos
Qual.
589
Du Li (CHN )
589 by Renata Mauer (1996)
Olympic records established after rule changes
August 10, 2008
Men's trap
Final
146
David Kostelecký (CZE )
August 11, 2008
Women's trap
Final
91
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (FIN )
August 13, 2008
Women's 25 m pistol
Final
793.4
Chen Ying (CHN )
August 14, 2008
Women's skeet
Qual.
72
Chiara Cainero (ITA )
August 14, 2008
Women's skeet
Final
93
Chiara Cainero (ITA ) Kim Rhode (USA ) Christine Brinker (GER )
August 16, 2008
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Qual.
583
Keith Sanderson (USA )
August 16, 2008
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Final
780.2
Oleksandr Petriv (UKR )
August 16, 2008
Men's skeet
Qual.
121
Vincent Hancock (USA )
August 16, 2008
Men's skeet
Final
145
Vincent Hancock (USA ) Tore Brovold (NOR )