Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained
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]
Events
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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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
See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Quota places are as follows:
| width=220 rowspan=2 | Event | width=50 rowspan=2 | 2006 Worlds | Shotgun WCH | World Cups | 2007 Continental championships | Host Nation | TOTAL |
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| width=45 | 2005 | width=45 | 2007 | width=45 | 2005 | width=45 | 2006 | width=45 | 2007 | width=50 | Europe | width=50 | America | width=50 | Asia | width=50 | Africa | width=50 | Oceania |
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| 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
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 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 |
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 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 |
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Monday, August 11, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 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 |
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 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 |
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 9:00-14:00 | Women's 25m Pistol | Qualification |
| 15:00-15:20 | Women's 25m Pistol | Final |
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 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 |
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Friday, August 15, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 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 |
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 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 |
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
| width=70px | Time | width=180px | Event | width=70px | Round |
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| 9:00-12:20 | Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions | Qualification |
| 13:30-13:50 | Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions | Final |
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Medal summary
Men's events
10 m air rifle
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50 m rifle prone
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| nowrap | 50 m rifle three positions
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10 m air pistol
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25 m rapid fire pistol
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50 m pistol
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Skeet
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Trap
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Double trap
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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
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| nowrap | 50 m rifle three positions
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10 m air pistol
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25 m pistol
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Skeet
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Trap
| nowrap | | | | |
New records
| Date | Event | Round | Score | Athlete | Previous record |
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| World records equalled |
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| August 9, 2008 | Women's 10 m air rifle | Qual. | 400 | | 400 by Seo Sun-hwa (2002), equalled 12 times |
| Olympic records broken |
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| August 9, 2008 | Women's 10 m air rifle | Qual. | 400 | | 399 by Lioubov Galkina (2004) |
| August 9, 2008 | Women's 10 m air rifle | Final | 503.5 | | 502.0 by Du Li (2004) |
| August 10, 2008 | Women's 10 m air pistol | Qual. | 391 | | 390 by Marina Logvinenko (1996) and Tao Luna (2004) |
| August 10, 2008 | Women's 10 m air pistol | Final | 492.3 | | 490.1 by Olga Klochneva (1996) |
| August 12, 2008 | Men's double trap | Qual. | 145 | | 144 by Ahmed Al Maktoum (2004) |
| August 12, 2008 | Men's double trap | Final | 190 | | 189 by Russell Mark (1996) and Ahmed Al Maktoum (2004) |
| August 14, 2008 | Women's 50 m rifle 3 pos | Final | 690.3 | | 688.4 by Lioubov Galkina (2004) |
| Olympic records equalled |
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| August 13, 2008 | Women's 25 m pistol | Qual. | 590 | | 590 by Tao Luna (2000) |
| August 14, 2008 | Women's 50 m rifle 3 pos | Qual. | 589 | | 589 by Renata Mauer (1996) |
| Olympic records established after rule changes |
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| August 10, 2008 | Men's trap | Final | 146 | | |
| August 11, 2008 | Women's trap | Final | 91 | | |
| August 13, 2008 | Women's 25 m pistol | Final | 793.4 | | |
| August 14, 2008 | Women's skeet | Qual. | 72 | | |
| August 14, 2008 | Women's skeet | Final | 93 |
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| August 16, 2008 | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | Qual. | 583 | | |
| August 16, 2008 | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | Final | 780.2 | | |
| August 16, 2008 | Men's skeet | Qual. | 121 | | |
| August 16, 2008 | Men's skeet | Final | 145 |
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Olympics 2008: Shooting | Sport | the Guardian. TheGuardian.com.
- http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/olympic.embrace/?iref=hpmostpop "Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle"
- Web site: Scientificamerican.com . . 2010-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110320040043/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=olympics-shooter-doping-propranolol . 2011-03-20 . dead.
