The Italy national shooting team represents

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in International shooting competitions such as

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or World shooting Championships.

History

The national Italian shootingteam participated to all the

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editions, from

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, 22 times on 24.

Medal tables

Olympic Games

The Italian national shooting team (including ''rifle and pistol events'' and ''

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'') has won 42 medals at the

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and hits consecutively from

Melbourne 1956 The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

, that is from 16 editions. The following table highlights the 14 medals in shooting rifle and pistol events (5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze). In ''italics'' the medals of the women (four medals in total: one gold and three silver). note: ''Italic'' = Women

Multiple medalist

Olympic Games

The list refers to individual and team events and include men and women (in pink color), sorted by number of individual titles.

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Italy shooting at Summer Olympics

Unione Italiana Tiro a Segno
{{National sports teams of Italy

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Shooting sports in Italy

History

Medal tables

Olympic Games

Multiple medalist

Olympic Games

See also

References

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