Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Shooting competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place from 28 July to 6 August at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Fifteen events were included with 390 athletes taking part.[1] The events were the same as in 2008.

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VenueRoyal Artillery Barracks
Dates28 July – 6 August 2012
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The competitions were originally planned for the National Shooting Centre in Bisley, Surrey, and the temporary solution at the Royal Artillery Barracks (which is in the River Zone) was adopted later after the International Olympic Committee expressed concerns about the distance between London and Bisley.

Since the pistols used in the 25m and 50m shooting events were deemed by HM Government as prohibited[2] in England, Scotland and Wales after the Dunblane Massacre, special dispensation had to be granted by the UK Government and security criteria met by LOCOG to allow certain events to go ahead.

Qualification

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The qualification system was similar to that used for previous Games, with a fixed number of quota places divided among the nations whose shooters place well at the top-level global and continental championships. However, due to new IOC regulations mandating that all qualification events take place during the last 24 months before the Olympics, no such quota places were awarded during the 2009 ISSF World Cup or the 2010 ISSF World Cup, leading to decreased interest in these competitions to the point where the 2010 competition planned for New Delhi had to be rescheduled and moved to Australia. The International Shooting Sport Federation announced that qualification would commence with the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, which ended on 10 August, almost exactly two years before the Olympics.

Great Britain did not qualify spots through the World Championship, rather its places were guaranteed due to it being the host nation, however it could qualify shooters to the other events. Iran was the only country that did not send shooters to the 2008 Summer Olympics to have qualified a shooter for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

Schedule

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Legend
Q Qualification F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6
Rifle
Men's 10 m air rifle Q F
Men's 50 m rifle prone Q F
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions Q F
Women's 10 m air rifle Q F
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions Q F
Pistol
Men's 10 m air pistol Q F
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Q F
Men's 50 m pistol Q F
Women's 10 m air pistol Q F
Women's 25 m pistol Q F
Shotgun
Men's trap Q F
Men's double trap Q F
Men's skeet Q F
Women's trap Q F
Women's skeet Q F

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea3205
2  United States3014
3  Italy2305
4  China2237
5  Belarus1001
  Croatia1001
  Cuba1001
  Great Britain*1001
  Romania1001
10  France0112
  India0112
  Serbia0112
  Slovakia0112
14  Belgium0101
  Denmark0101
  Poland0101
  Sweden0101
18  Ukraine0022
19  Czech Republic0011
  Kuwait0011
  Qatar0011
  Russia0011
  Slovenia0011
Totals (23 entries)15151545

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air rifle
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Alin Moldoveanu
  Romania
Niccolò Campriani
  Italy
Gagan Narang
  India
50 m rifle prone
details
Sergei Martynov
  Belarus WR
Lionel Cox
  Belgium
Rajmond Debevec
  Slovenia
50 m rifle three positions
details
Niccolò Campriani
  Italy OR
Kim Jong-hyun
  South Korea
Matthew Emmons
  United States
10 m air pistol
details
Jin Jong-oh
  South Korea
Luca Tesconi
  Italy
Andrija Zlatić
  Serbia
25 m rapid fire pistol
details
Leuris Pupo
  Cuba
Vijay Kumar
  India
Ding Feng
  China
50 m pistol
details
Jin Jong-oh
  South Korea
Choi Young-rae
  South Korea
Wang Zhiwei
  China
Skeet
details
Vincent Hancock
  United States
Anders Golding
  Denmark
Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Qatar
Trap
details
Giovanni Cernogoraz
  Croatia
Massimo Fabbrizi
  Italy
Fehaid Al-Deehani
  Kuwait
Double trap
details
Peter Wilson
  Great Britain
Håkan Dahlby
  Sweden
Vasily Mosin
  Russia

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air rifle
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Yi Siling
  China
Sylwia Bogacka
  Poland
Yu Dan
  China
50 m rifle three positions
details
Jamie Lynn Gray
  United States OR
Ivana Maksimović
  Serbia
Adéla Sýkorová
  Czech Republic
10 m air pistol
details
Guo Wenjun
  China
Céline Goberville
  France
Olena Kostevych
  Ukraine
25 m pistol
details
Kim Jang-mi
  South Korea
Chen Ying
  China
Olena Kostevych
  Ukraine
Skeet
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Kim Rhode
  United States WR
Wei Ning
  China
Danka Barteková
  Slovakia
Trap
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Jessica Rossi
  Italy WR
Zuzana Štefečeková
  Slovakia
Delphine Réau
  France

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting". 2011. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ ""Firearms Act 1996 Section 5"". 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Olympic Quota Places". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
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