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- Event dates: August 9-17, 2008
- Event venues: Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field
- 15 events/medals
- Rifle coach: Major David Johnson
- Pistol coach: Sergey Luzov
- Shotgun coach: Lloyd Woodhouse
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The United States sent a 21-member shooting team to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The team competed for a total of 15 Olympic medals, nine men's and six women's, during the August 9-17, 2008 competitions. Six of the 14 male team members are also members of the United States Military.U.S. Army: Olympic Shooting Team Soldiers on TV today (July 2, 2008)
Since shooting was added an an Olympic sport in 1896, the United States shooting team has earned 103 medals, including 50 gold medals. At the 2008 Summer Games, the U.S. won six medals, two each gold, silver and bronze. Glenn Eller won gold in the men's double trap event, while Vincent Hancock captured gold in the men's skeet shooting event.NBC Olympics: Shooting - 2008 Medal Standings by Nation Jason Turner finished fourth in the men's 10 meter air pistol event, but was awarded a bronze medal after third place finisher Kim Jong Su of North Korea was disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.ESPN.com: North Korean Shooter, Vietnamese Gymnast Test Positive (August 15, 2008)
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US Olympic Shooting 2008 Questions
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What do you think of the US Olympic men's hockey team? Canadian? 3 AnswersTop 4 teams USA,Canada,Sweden and Russia. This is a tough call, but I gotta say Russia with Oveckin,Dastyuk,Malkin..all the teams are stacked with allstars, but... read more -
Which fireworks display was better, the grand opening of the World Expo 2010, or the Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony 2008? 1 AnswerFor me, the choreography of the 2010 world Expo is what beats the '08 Bejing Olympics. ... read more -
What was US per capita income for 2008? 3 AnswersWikipedia quotes the IMF ($47,440) the World Bank ($46,716) and the CIA World Factbook ($46,900) as the per capita GDP for 2008. The average of these three numb... read more -
In 2008, what US companies were sold to foreign companies? 1 Answer1. Tata and Ford agreed about Jaguar and Land Rover. And Tata bought the two car lines for about $2 billion. 2. Singapore’s lesser-known government fund, inve... read more
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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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US Olympic Shooting Roster
- Official Site: 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Roster
Roster Name Event(s) Mike Anit Men's Prone Rifle Brian Beaman Men's Air Pistol James Beyerle Women's 3 Position Rifle Libby Callahan Women's Sport Pistol Emily Caruso Women's Air Rifle Corey Cogdell Women's Trap Glenn Eller Men's Double Trap Matt Emmons Men's Prone Rifle, Men's 3 Position Rifle Bret Erickson Men's Trap Sandra Fong Women's 3 Position Rifle Dominic Grazioll Men's Trap Vincent Hancock Men's Skeet Jeff Holguin Men's Double Trap Sean McLelland Men's Skeet Jason Parker Men's Air Rifle, Men's 3 Position Rifle Kim Rhode Women's Skeet Keith Sanderson Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Stephen Scherer Men's Air Rifle Brenda Shinn Women's Air Pistol Beki Snyder Women's Air Pistol, Women's Sport Pistol Daryl Szarenski Men's Free Pistol Jason Turner Men's Air Pistol, Men's Free Pistol
