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competitions at the

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were held from August 9 to August 17, at the

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(rifle and pistol events) and

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(shotgun events). Of the fifteen events, the host country won five. Highlights included: * Two rifle shooters, Czech Kateřina Kůrková and American

Matthew Emmons Matthew D. Emmons (born April 5, 1981) is an American rifle shooter. He competed in various events at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal. Career Emmons started out as a successful junior and has b ...

, who met at the

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, married in 2007 and returned to the 2008 Games to win a gold and two silver medals between them. **

Kateřina Emmons Kateřina Emmons (also Emmonsová), née Kůrková (; born 17 November 1983) is a Czech sport shooter who won three Olympic medals. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she w ...

equalled the world record with a perfect 400 in the women's air rifle competition. **

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lost a large lead in the last shot of the men's three positions - just as he had in Athens four years earlier. * Abhinav Bindra won

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's first ever individual Olympic gold. * Russian

Natalia Paderina Natalia Paderina nee Natalia Akhmertdinova (born November 1, 1975 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian sport shooter. She won the silver medal in Women's 10m air pistol at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At that event, she sha ...

and Georgian

Nino Salukvadze Nino Salukvadze ( ka, ნინო სალუქვაძე; born 1 February 1969, in Tbilisi) is a female Georgian sport shooter. She is a nine-time Olympian and has won medals on three occasions. At age 19 and competing for the Soviet Unio ...

, whose countries were at war, won silver and bronze respectively in the 10m Air Pistol. They shared hugged and shook hands on the podium, which was seen as peaceful gesture."Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle"
CNN, August 10, 2008 * The eighth appearance at the Olympics for Latvian Afanasijs Kuzmins * The seventh Olympic appearance for Slovenian Rajmond Debevec (who won

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), making him only the fifth shooter to have ever competed in at least seven Olympic Games. * The sixth Olympic appearance for eight shooters, raising to 22 the number of shooters who have competed in at least six Olympic Games: **Canadian Dr Susan Nattrass **Finn

Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi (born 25 March 1960 in Kymi) is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the silver medal in men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won two silver medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships. He ...

, **Italian Andrea Benelli **German

Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann (born 10 June 1962) is a former German 25 m rapid fire pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice the World Champion. One of the most decorated shooters of the modern era, he is the first of two sport shooters to ...

, who won his fifth Olympic medal. **Bulgarian

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 ...

**Monegasque

Fabienne Diato-Pasetti Fabienne Diato-Pasetti (b. October 4, 1965 in La Colle, Monaco) is a Monégasque Olympic rifle shooter, who specializes in the 10 metre air rifle advent. She has competed in the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Dia ...

, **Serbian

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 ...

(competing under her fourth flag at the Olympics without ever having changed nationality), **Georgian

. She won bronze, completing the set twenty years after she won gold and silver at the 1988 Olympics. * The fifth Olympic appearance for 16 shooters, raising to 80 the number of shooters who have competed in at least five Olympic Games: Mönkhbayar Dorjsurengiin, Svetlana Demina, María Pilar Fernández,

Mariya Grozdeva Maria Zdravkova Grozdeva-Grigorova ( bg, Мария Здравкова Гроздева-Григорова; born on 23 June 1972) is a Bulgarian retired sport shooter, who competed in 25 metre pistol and 10 metre air pistol. She is the only wom ...

, Michael Diamond,

Franck Dumoulin Franck Dumoulin (born May 13, 1973 in Denain) is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France. Palmarès Olympic Games World Championships * 1994 World Championships (Milan, Italia) : ** Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol ** Bronze Medal in 5 ...

Thomas Farnik Thomas Farnik, born 6 January 1967 in Vienna, is an Austrian rifle shooter. He was twelve years old when his father introduced him to shooting. He started with a rifle, and his father remained involved with his early training. He competed at six ...

Andrei Inešin Andrei Inešin (born 18 January 1967) is an Estonian Shooting sport, sport shooter who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He ...

Harald Jensen Harald Jensen (born 18 December 1966) is a Norway, Norwegian sport shooter competing in Olympic skeet, Skeet. Jensen won the gold medal at both the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships, ISSF World Shooting Championships and the ...

Kanstantsin Lukashyk Kanstantsin Leonidovich Lukashyk ( be, Канстанцін Леонідовіч Лукашык, Kanstancin Leonidovič Łukašyk, born September 18, 1975 in Hrodna) is a Belarusian pistol shooter, most known for winning the 50 metre pistol eve ...

Russell Mark Russell Andrew Mark, (born 25 February 1964 in Hoppers Crossing, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Olympic Champion Shooter. He won the Olympic gold medal in double trap at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won an Olympic sil ...

, Sergey Martynov,

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 ...

, Stevan Pletikošić, Iulian Raicea,

Axel Wegner Axel Wegner (born 3 June 1963 in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul ...

. The sport also faced its first major doping case, when

Kim Jong-su Kim Jong-su ( or ; born January 1, 1977) is a North Korean sport shooter who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In Athens, he won the bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol competition, and fini ...

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was stripped of his medals in 50 metre pistol and

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after testing positive for

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, a

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that some performers use to reduce stage fright and some surgeons use to reduce hand tremors during operations.

Events

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: A NOC may enter up to two athletes in all events except women's trap and skeet events where it can enter only one athlete. Only athletes who achieve the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) can participate at the Olympics. One athlete can achieve only one quota place for his/her NOC in any event. If a quota place is won in a qualification event by a shooter who has already won a quota place in any event, the quota place will be granted to the NOC of the next ranking shooter.

Qualification

Quota places are as follows: ''*Note - there will also be 10 invitation and 14 universality quota places''

Event schedule

All times are

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(

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)

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Monday, August 11, 2008

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Friday, August 15, 2008

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the silver medal in the 50 metre pistol and bronze in the 10 metre air pistol, but was disqualified after he tested positive for

Women's events

New records

References

External links

International Shooting Sport FederationShooting – Official Results Book
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