Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in
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. 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 time a woman (
Zhang Shan Zhang Shan (; born March 23, 1968) is a Chinese sports shooter and Olympic champion. Career Zhang Shan was born in the city of Nanchong in Sichuan province in Southwest China. She began shooting skeet at age 16. In 1989, she joined the Chine ...
in the skeet competition) took a gold medal in such an open event, and also the last time they were held. It was also the first games for
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 ...
, which replaced
50 metre running target 50 meter running target or 50 meter running boar is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. It was devised as a replacement for 100 meter running deer in the ...
on the Olympic program, as well as the first games with the new targets in all rifle and pistol events except 50 metre pistol, leading to numerous automatic Olympic records. The shooting events at the 1992 Olympics mark the first time that Independent Olympic Participants (from Yugoslavia after their country was suspended), competing under the Olympic flag, have won medals in any sport at any Olympic competition.


Medal summary


Medal table


Men's events


Women's events


Open events


Participating nations

A total of 407 shooters, 290 men and 117 women, from 83 nations competed at the Barcelona Games:


References


External links

* {{Shooting at the Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics events 1992 Olympics Shooting competitions in Spain