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- Introduced to the Olympics in 1896International Olympic Committee: Olympic Shooting History
- 15 shooting events; 9 men's and 6 women'sOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Shooting
- Divided by gun type: Rifle, pistol and shotgunOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Shooting
- Live pigeons used at the 1900 Olympics, the only time animals killed in an Olympic eventNBC Olympics: Olympic Shooting History
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Shooting has been an Olympic sport since the first Summer Olympics in 1896.International Olympic Committee: Olympic Shooting History Under the current Olympic structure, male and female shooting athletes compete for 15 sets of medals. The events are divided by the type of guns used, which include rifles, pistols and shotguns.Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Shooting
History
Shooting was one of nine sports contested at the first Summer Olympic Games in 1896. It has been held at each Summer Olympics since, with the exception of the 1904 and 1928 games. Olympic shooting operated strictly as a men's sport until 1968, when women were first permitted to compete alongside men in the same events. Separate women's shooting events were added to the program in 1984.International Olympic Committee: Olympic Shooting HistoryShooting at the 2008 Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the shooting events were held from August 9 to August 17, 2008. Shotgun events were held at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field, while pistol and rifle events were held at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Shooting The host nation of China took home the most shooting medals, winning eight. The United States won six medals, while Germany and Russia followed with four each.NBC Olympics: Shooting - 2008 Medal Standings by Nation Kim Jong Su of North Korea had won one silver and one bronze medal, however both medals were stripped after he tested positive for a banned substance.ESPN.com: North Korean Shooter, Vietnamese Gymnast Test Positive (August 15, 2008)-
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2008 Olympic Shooting Medal Winners
Men's Shooting Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 10 m Air Pistol Pang Wei - China Jin Jongoh - South Korea Event winner: Kim Jong Su - North Korea Official winner: Jason Turner - United States*
10 m Air Rifle Abhinav Bindra - India Qinan Zhu - China Henri Hakkinen - Finland 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Oleksandr Petriv - Ukraine Ralf Schumann - Germany Christian Reitz - Germany 50 m Pistol Jin Jongoh - South Korea Event winner: Kim Jong Su - North Korea Official winner: Tan Zongliang - China* Vladimir Isakov - Russia 50 m Rifle 3 Position Qiu Jian - China Jury Sukhorukov - Ukraine Rajmond Debevec - Slovenia 50 m Rifle Prone Artur Ayvazian - Ukraine Matthew Emmons - United States Warren Potent - Australia Double Trap Glenn Eller - United States Francesco D'Aniello - Italy Hu Binyuan - China Skeet Vincent Hancock - United States Tore Brovold - Norway Anthony Terras - France Trap David Kostelecky - Czech Republic Giovanni Pellielo - Italy Alexey Alipov - Russia
- *Kim Jong Su from North Korea had won the bronze medal in the 10 meter air pistol event and the silver medal in the 50 meter pistol event. He was however stripped of both medals on August 15, 2008, by the International Olympic Committee after testing positive for a banned substance.
Women's Shooting Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 10 m Air Pistol Wenjun Guo - China Natalia Paderina - Russia Nino Salukvadze - Georgia 10 m Air Rifle Katerina Emmons - Czech Republic Lioubov Galkina - Russia Snjezana Pejcic - Croatia 25 m Pistol Ying Chen - China Gundegmaa Otryad - Mongolia Munkhbayar Dorjsuren - Germany 50 m Rifle 3 Position Du Li - China Katerina Emmons - Czech Republic Eglis Yaima Cruz - Cuba Skeet Chiara Cainero - Italy Kimberly Rhode - United States Christine Brinker - Germany Trap Satu Makela-Nummela - Finland Zuzana Stefecekova - Slovakia Corey Cogdell - United States
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