For the 2005

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in the fifteen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in August 2005 in

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for the rifle and pistol events, and in November 2005 in

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for the shotgun events.

Rifle and pistol

The rifle and pistol World Cup Final in Munich, held from August 23 to August 28, was heavily dominated by

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and

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. Two world records were set during the competitions:

Sergei Alifirenko Sergei Gennadievich Alifirenko (russian: Серге́й Геннадиевич Алифиренко, born 21 January 1959) is a Russian pistol shooter, originally from Armenia, specializing in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event. He was born in Kir ...

's 589 in 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol was the best result of the year and hence also world record, as the rules were changed at the turn of the season, and Sergei Martynov achieved the maximum 600 in the qualification round of the

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event for a fourth time (although he was unable to retain his two-point lead through the final). The winners were: *

Sergei Kovalenko Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Ковале́нко, uk, Сергій Іванович Коваленко; born 11 August 1947, died 18 November 2004 at age 57 in Kyiv) was a Soviet Ukrainian ...

, in men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions *

Eric Uptagrafft Eric Allan Uptagrafft (born February 16, 1966) is an American sport shooter. He was born in Spokane, Washington, and lives in Firestone, Colorado. He competed for the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone ...

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, in men's 50 m Rifle Prone * Denis Sokolov, Russia, in men's

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Boris Kokorev Boris Borisovich Kokorev (russian: Борис Борисович Кокорев, 20 April 1959 in Tbilisi – 22 October 2018 in Moscow)

, Russia, in men's 50 m Pistol *

, Russia, in men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol *

Mikhail Nestruev Mikhail Valeryevich Nestruyev (russian: Михаил Валерьевич Неструев, born 28 October 1968 in Moscow) is a pistol shooter from Moscow, Russia. He is an all-round shooter, having achieved great successes in all five ISSF pis ...

, Russia, in men's

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* Wu Liuxi,

, in women's 50 m Rifle Three Positions *

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, China, in women's

* Chen Ying, China, in women's 25 m Pistol *

Jasna Šekarić Jasna Šekarić (; born 17 December 1965) is a Serbian sport shooter, considered as one of the most successful female shooters in ISSF history. She has won a total of five Olympic medals: one gold, three silvers and one bronze. She has also won ...

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, in women's

Shotgun

The shotgun competitions were held in Dubai from November 19 to November 25. Haley Dunn beat her own junior world record in the Skeet qualification round and went on to equal the final world record. In the men's Skeet competitions, two Cypriots equalled the qualification record, one of them proceeding with a perfect final and equalling the final record as well. The winners were: *

Giovanni Pellielo Giovanni Pellielo (born 11 January 1970) is an Italian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in Men's trap at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer ...

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, in men's

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Håkan Dahlby Håkan Dahlby (born 15 September 1965) is a Swedish double trap shooter, the winner of the 2003, 2004, and 2012 European Championships. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics after having the best final round of all finalists and moving from f ...

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, in men's

Double Trap Double trap is a shotgun 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. The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shoot ...

* Antonis Nicolaides,

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, in men's

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Elena Tkach Yelena Anatolyevna Tkach (also ''Elena Tkach'', russian: Елена Анатольевна Ткач; born 19 May 1970 in Kopeysk, Russian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian sport shooter. Representing the former Soviet Union, Tkach won a silver meda ...

, in women's

* Haley Dunn,

, in women's

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