Olympic Program of the Shooting Sport - Part I

Olympic Games

Frequency: Every 4 years
Last: Beijing 2008
Next: London 2012
Shooting Events: 15 shooting events
Shooters at the last Games: 390 shooters coming from 103 countries

Actual Shooting Events at the Olympic Games

The Olympic program of the Shooting Sport consists in 15 different events. Olympians compete in nine men’s event and six women’s event in three different disciplines, with five events for rifles, five for pistols and five for shotguns. Each event consists in a qualification and a final round. DISCIPLINES MEN’S EVENTS WOMEN’S EVENTS TOTAL EVENTS RIFLE 50m Rifle 3 Positions 50m Rifle Prone 10m Air Rifle 50m Rifle 3 Positions 10m Air Rifle 5 PISTOL 50m Pistol 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 10m Air Pistol 25m Pistol 10m Air Pistol 5 SHOTGUN Trap Double Trap Skeet Trap Skeet 5 TOTAL 9 6 15