The Dynamo Shooting Range is a
firing range
A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by militar ...
located in
Mytishchi
Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yarosla ...
in the then Eastern Planning Zone of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
,
Russia
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. Constructed in 1957 and renovated in 1979, it hosted the
shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles ...
and the shooting part of the
modern pentathlon events for the
1980 Summer Olympics.
References
1980 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 118–21.
Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic modern pentathlon venues
Olympic shooting venues
Shooting ranges in Russia
Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
Sports venues in Moscow
Sports venue
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A stadium (plural: stadiums or stadia) or arena is a place or venue for sports or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely ...
Mytishchinsky District
1957 establishments in Russia
1957 in Soviet sport
Venues of the Friendship Games
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