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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 50 metre running target event, later replaced by 10 metre running target. It was also the first time the Olympic shooting competitions included finals for the top eight (in some cases six) competitors. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Mixed events Participating nations A total of 396 shooters, 285 men and 111 women, from 66 nations competed at the Seoul Games: References External links * {{Shooting at the Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics events 1988 Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 1984 Summer Olympics
Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California, United States. The games marked the first time that women’s shooting events were included in the Olympic program. Medal count Medalists Men's events Women's events Mixed events Participating nations A total of 460 shooters, 382 men and 77 women, from 68 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games: See also * Shooting at the Friendship Games References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{Shooting at the Summer Olympics 1984 Summer Olympics events 1984 Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ... Shooting competitions in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnar Skanåker
Ragnar Skanåker (born 8 June 1934) is a Swedish competitive pistol shooter who was a world-class shooter for an extremely long period. His international breakthrough came in the 1972 Olympics, where he won the 50 m Pistol event. He is mostly associated with this event, the only one in which he has won Olympic medals (four medals distributed over his participation in seven Olympic games, plus the 1982 World Championship), but he also won the 1983 World Championship in 10 m Air Pistol and, surprisingly to most, the 1978 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol, with a new world record (that is still a European record). Skanåker's Swedish record in 50 m Pistol is 583, later a world record qualification in 2014 (Jin Jong-Oh, Korea). He has participated in Olympic games in 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. He would have participated in Athens 2004 thanks to a special invitation from the International Olympic Committee, but the Swedish Olympic Committee decided not t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Cherkasova
Valentina Vladimirovna Cherkasova (russian: Валентина Владимировна Черкасова ; born June 22, 1958) is a Soviet sport shooter. She won the Bronze medal in the 50 m rifle 3 pos in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She was born in Jõhvi. In 1981 she graduated from a sport school in Moscow. She began her shooting career in 1971 in Narva, coached by Vladimir Sidorov. In 1988 Summer Olympics in Soul, she won bronze medal. In 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... in Barcelona she finished 5th. She is 3-times Estonian champion. 1975–1977 she was a member of Estonian national shooting team. She was also a member of Soviet Union national shooting team. Since about late-1970s she is living in Russia. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesela Letcheva
Vessela Letcheva (born 20 May 1964) was born in Veliko Tarnovo and lives in Sofia. She is a shooting sport athlete, president of the Bulgarian Shooting Union, member of the IOC, commission member of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), former MP, chairman of the State Agency for Youth and Sports (2005-2009) and acting Minister of Youth and Sports in the first and second government of Galab Donev. Letcheva is a graduate of the National Sports Academy. She received a PhD in 2009 in theory and methodology of physical education and sports training. Her thesis was ''A study of the situational psychological and physical preparation of sports shooting competitors.'' Sports career Letcheva is a shooting sport athlete and her personal coach was her father – Nikolay Letchev, one of the best and most successful experts in the world. He was awarded a special diploma for best shooting coach of the century for his contributions to shooting sport by the International Federation in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Sperber
Silvia Sperber (born 9 February 1965) is a female German sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as .... She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics in five events in total, and won a gold and a silver medal in 1988. Sports-Reference.com Olympic results References External links 1965 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennadi Avramenko
Gennadi Avramenko (born 27 May 1965) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 .... In 1988, he won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre running target event, and in 1996, he tied for 15th place in the men's 10 metre running target event. References 1965 births Living people Running target shooters Ukrainian male sport shooters Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Olympic shooters for Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting {{Ukraine-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Shiping
Huang Shiping ( Chinese: 黄世平; born 24 February 1963) is a male Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ... sports shooter. He won a bronze medal at 1984 Olympic Games in men's 50m running target. Four years later, Huang won a silver medal at 1988 Seoul Olympics in the same event. References 1963 births Living people Chinese male sport shooters Running target shooters Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic medalists in shooting Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games People from Ningde Sport shooters from Fujian Shooters at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor Heiestad
Tor Heiestad (born 13 January 1962) is a Norwegian shooter. He was born in Oslo, but represented the club Bærum JK. He became Olympic champion in the 50 metre running target in Seoul 1988. The event was then discontinued, so in Barcelona 1992 he placed tenth in the 10 metre running target 10 meter running target is one of the ISSF shooting events, shot with an airgun at a target that moves sideways. The target is pulled across a two meter wide aisle at the range of 10 meters from the firing point. The target is pulled at either of ... event. He won the European Championship in the same event in 1990, in addition to four Nordic titles. On national level he has one ''King's Cup'' and many Norwegian championships. References 1962 births Living people Norwegian male sport shooters Running target shooters Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Haifeng
Xu Haifeng (; born August 1, 1957) is a male China, Chinese pistol Shooting sports, shooter, and he is the first citizen of the People's Republic of China to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. He specializes in the 50 metre pistol event. He was born in Zhangzhou, Fujian and is a native of He County, Anhui. The first gold medal for China was won by Xu in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, while his teammate Wang Yifu won bronze. After retiring in 1995, he became a coach for the Chinese National Shooting Team. Xu was the torchbearer to bring the Olympic Torch into the Beijing National Stadium, near the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. Xu is married to Zhao Lei, the daughter of his coach in the Chinese National Shooting Team. They have a daughter, Xu Jia. Xu is the Deputy Director of Chinese Cycling and Fencing Administration Centre. Portrayals and coverage in media On October 14, 2012 a movie based on his life leading up to his Olympic g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Buljung
Erich Buljung (born March 21, 1944) is a Yugoslav American former sport shooter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. Buljung was a career soldier having served in the U.S. Army for over twenty-five years. He served in Vietnam and as a shooting instructor at Fort Benning Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ..., Georgia. Records References 1944 births Living people American male sport shooters United States Distinguished Marksman ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Shooters at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanyu Kiryakov
Tanyu Kiryakov ( bg, Таню Киряков, born 2 March 1963) is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the first shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion. He is also the only Bulgarian to have won two gold medals from Summer Olympics. He is considered to be one of the all-time best and his versatile skills and continued excellence have won him numerous fans. He was born in Ruse Ruse may refer to: Places *Ruse, Bulgaria, a major city of Bulgaria **Ruse Municipality ** Ruse Province ** 19th MMC – Ruse, a constituency *Ruše, a town and municipality in north-eastern Slovenia * Ruše, Žalec, a small settlement in east-ce .... External links Kiryakov's profile at ISSF NEWS 1963 births Living people Bulgarian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters of Bulgaria Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Shooters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Kovács (sport Shooter)
Zoltán Kovács (born 2 January 1964) is a Hungarian former sport shooter who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1964 births Living people Hungarian male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters for Hungary Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
