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have been included at every

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since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics except at the 1904 and 1928 games.

Summary

Events

Shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. Early competitions included some events now regarded as unusual, such as live pigeon shooting in 1900;

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in 1906 and 1908; and numerous events restricted to military weapons. After the 1900 games, the pigeons were replaced with clay targets. In 1907, the

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came into existence and brought some standardizations to the sport. Shooting events were held in 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924. When shooting was reintroduced in 1932, it consisted of two events. From this, the number of events have increased steadily until reaching the 2000–2004 maximum of seventeen events. The 2008 games had only fifteen. Events marked as "Men's" were nominally open events from 1968 until 1980 (and in shotgun events until 1992), although very few women competed in them. For instance, only five women competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, while the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which introduced women-only events, featured 77 female competitors. Two women won medals in mixed events: Margaret Murdock, silver in rifle 3 positions (1976) and Zhang Shan, gold in skeet (1992). Events on the current program are listed at the top.

Men's

Past events that occurred only once Only at the 1896 Summer Olympics * 200 metre military rifle * 300 metre free rifle * 25 metre military pistol Only at the 1900 Summer Olympics * 300 metre rifle kneeling * 300 metre rifle prone * 300 metre rifle standing Only at the 1908 Summer Olympics * Six-distance team military rifle * Disappearing target small-bore rifle * Moving target small-bore rifle * 1000 yard rifle Only at the 1912 Summer Olympics * 300 metre military rifle, three positions * 600 metre rifle * 25 metre rifle, individual * 25 metre rifle, team Only at the 1920 Summer Olympics * 300 metre military rifle; prone, individual * 300 metre military rifle; prone, team * 300 metre military rifle; standing, individual * 300 metre military rifle; standing, team * 600 metre military rifle; prone, individual * 600 metre military rifle; prone, team * 300 and 600 metre military rifle; prone, team * 50 metre rifle, team standing Only at the 1924 Summer Olympics * 600 metre rifle prone Past events that occurred twice to six times * 300 metre rifle, team: 1900, 1908, 1912, 1920 * 100 metre running deer ** Single shot, individual: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 ** Double shot, individual: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 ** Single shots, team: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 ** Double shots, team: 1920, 1924 ** Single/Double shots: 1952,

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

* 50 metre running target:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

, 1980, 1984, 1988 * 10 metre running target: 1992, 1996, 2000,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

* 50 metre rifle: 1920, 1924 * 50 metre rifle, team prone: 1908, 1912 * Pistol: 1900, 1908 , 1912, 1920 * Rapid fire pistol, team: 1912, 1920 * Double trap: 1996, 2000,

, 2008, 2012, 2016 * Trap, team: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924 * Muzzle-loading pistols. * 20 metres, military pistols, professionals. * 30 metres, dueling pistols. * 30 metres, military pistols. * 50 and 100 yards, miniature rifles. * 50 yards.

Women's

Past events * Double trap (): 1996, 2000,

Mixed

Nations

Medal table

''Updated after 2024 Olympics''

Multi-participation

Afanasijs Kuzmins with nine participations is the record holder in this special classification.

References

External links

Medals by NOC MEN 1896-2008 WOMEN 1976-2008
(ISSF website)
ISSF History - International Shooting Sport Federation
(ISSF Website) {{Sports at the Olympics Sports at the Summer Olympics

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