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For the 2002 ISSF World Cup in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in August 2002 in Munich, Germany for the rifle, pistol and running target events, and in October 2002 in Lonato, Italy for the shotgun events.
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For the 2002 ISSF World Cup in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in August 2002 in Munich, Germany for the rifle, pistol and running target events, and in October 2002 in Lonato, Italy for the shotgun events.
| 10m Air Rifle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue |  |  |  |
| 1 |  Sydney |  Kim Byung-eun (KOR) |  Konstantin Prikhodtchenko (RUS) |  Jozef Gönci (SVK) |
| 2 |  Shanghai | Zhang Fu (CHN) |  Péter Sidi (HUN) |  Mario Knögler (AUT) |
| 3 |  Atlanta | Jason Parker (USA) | Péter Sidi (HUN) |  Maik Eckhardt (GER) |
| 4 |  Milan |  Peter Thuesen (DEN) |  Rajmond Debevec (SLO) |  Tevarit Majchacheep (THA) |
| Final | Munich | Li Jie (CHN) | Zhang Fu (CHN) | Jozef Gönci (SVK) |
| 50m Rifle 3 Positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Konstantin Prikhodtchenko (RUS) | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) |  Tomáš Jeřábek (CZE) |
| 2 | Shanghai |  Juha Hirvi (FIN) | Ge Hongzhuan (CHN) | Wang Weiyi (CHN) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Matthew Emmons (USA) |  Marcel Bürge (SUI) | Maik Eckhardt (GER) |
| 4 | Milan | Mario Knögler (AUT) | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | Marcel Bürge (SUI) |
| Final | Munich | Matthew Emmons (USA) | Artyom Khadjibekov (RUS) | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) |
| 50m Rifle Prone | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Mario Knögler (AUT) |  Artur Ayvazyan (UKR) | Juha Hirvi (FIN) |
| 2 | Shanghai |  Anatoli Klimenko (BLR) |  Guy Starik (ISR) | Mario Knögler (AUT) |
| 3 | Atlanta |  Jonas Edman (SWE) |  Harald Stenvaag (NOR) | Christian Lusch (GER) |
| 4 | Milan |  Michael Babb (GBR) | Mario Knögler (AUT) | Václav Bečvář (CZE) |
| Final | Munich | Espen Berg-Knutsen (NOR) | Matthew Emmons (USA) | Artur Ayvazyan (UKR) |
| 10m Air Pistol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Vladimir Isakov (RUS) |  Franck Dumoulin (FRA) |  Sorin Babii (ROU) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Franck Dumoulin (FRA) |  Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) | Vladimir Gontcharov (RUS) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Tan Zongliang (CHN) | Franck Dumoulin (FRA) | Vladimir Gontcharov (RUS) |
| 4 | Milan | Vigilio Fait (ITA) | Xu Dan (CHN) |  João Costa (POR) |
| Final | Munich | Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | Vladimir Gontcharov (RUS) | Tan Zongliang (CHN) |
| 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Emil Milev (BUL) | Iulian Raicea (ROU) | Sergei Alifirenko (RUS) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Emil Milev (BUL) | Marco Spangenberg (GER) | Zhang Penghui (CHN) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Marco Spangenberg (GER) | Zhang Penghui (CHN) |  Vladimir Vokhmyanin (KAZ) |
| 4 | Milan | Liu Guohui (CHN) | Sergei Alifirenko (RUS) | Ralf Schumann (GER) |
| Final | Munich | Ralf Schumann (GER) | Liu Guohui (CHN) | Marco Spangenberg (GER) |
| 50m Pistol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Franck Dumoulin (FRA) | Sorin Babii (ROU) | Vladimir Isakov (RUS) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Wang Yifu (CHN) | Franck Dumoulin (FRA) | Vladimir Gontcharov (RUS) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Martin Tenk (CZE) | Lou Xiangwu (CHN) | Franck Dumoulin (FRA) |
| 4 | Milan | Xu Dan (CHN) | Yury Dauhapolau (BLR) | Igor Basinski (BLR) |
| Final | Munich | Tan Zongliang (CHN) | Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | Vladimir Gontcharov (RUS) |
| 10m Running Target | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Miroslav Januš (CZE) | Dimitri Lykin (RUS) | Alexander Blinov (RUS) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Manfred Kurzer (GER) | Igor Kolesov (RUS) | Zeng Guobin (CHN) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Dimitri Lykin (RUS) | Armando Ayala (USA) | Niklas Bergström (SWE) |
| 4 | Plzeň | Igor Kolesov (RUS) | Juri Ermolenko (RUS) | Oleksandr Zinenko (UKR) |
| Final | Munich | Zeng Guobin (CHN) | Igor Kolesov (RUS) | Dimitri Lykin (RUS) |
| 10m Air Rifle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Seo Sun-hwa (KOR) |  Anjali Bhagwat (IND) | Kateřina Kůrková (CZE) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Gao Jing (CHN) | Seo Sun-hwa (KOR) | Du Li (CHN) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Lyubov Galkina (RUS) | Anjali Bhagwat (IND) | Martina Prekel (GER) |
| 4 | Milan | Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) | Alexandra Schneider (GER) | Monika Haselsberger (AUT) |
| Final | Munich | Lyubov Galkina (RUS) | Anjali Bhagwat (IND) | Gao Jing (CHN) |
| 50m Rifle 3 Positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Lyubov Galkina (RUS) | Gabriele Bühlmann (SUI) | Britta Grossecappenberg (GER) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Shan Hong (CHN) | Wee Myung-joo (KOR) | Lessia Leskiv (UKR) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Wang Xian (CHN) | Lyubov Galkina (RUS) | Du Li (CHN) |
| 4 | Milan | Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) | Natallia Kalnysh (UKR) | Wang Chengyi (CHN) |
| Final | Munich | Shan Hong (CHN) | Natallia Kalnysh (UKR) | Wang Xian (CHN) |
| 10m Air Pistol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Olena Kostevych (UKR) | Marina Logvinenko (RUS) | Galina Belyayeva (RUS) |
| 2 | Shanghai |  Nino Salukvadze (GEO) | Olga Kuznetsova (RUS) | Tao Luna (CHN) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Tao Luna (CHN) | Maria Grozdeva (BUL) | Stéphanie Tirode (FRA) |
| 4 | Milan |  Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (MGL) | Miglena Todorova (BUL) | Olena Kostevych (UKR) |
| Final | Munich | Tao Luna (CHN) | Olena Kostevych (UKR) | Ren Jie (CHN) |
| 25m Pistol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Ren Jie (CHN) | Linda Ryan (AUS) | Li Duihong (CHN) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Chen Ying (CHN) | Tao Luna (CHN) | Yuliya Alipova (BLR) |
| 3 | Atlanta | Tao Luna (CHN) | Chen Ying (CHN) | Maria Grozdeva (BUL) |
| 4 | Milan | Chen Ying (CHN) | Maria Grozdeva (BUL) | Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (MGL) |
| Final | Munich | Tao Luna (CHN) | Chen Ying (CHN) |  Irada Ashumova (AZE) |
| Trap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Michael Diamond (AUS) | Lance Bade (USA) | Adam Vella (AUS) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) | Zhang Yongjie (CHN) | Karsten Bindrich (GER) |
| 3 | Suhl | Aleksey Alipov (RUS) |  Khaled Al-Mudhaf (KUW) | Rodolfo Viganò (ITA) |
| 4 |  Santo Domingo | Dominic Grazioli (USA) | Ian Peel (GBR) | David Kostelecký (CZE) |
| Final | Lonato | Adam Vella (AUS) | Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) | Michael Diamond (AUS) |
| Double Trap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Daniele Di Spigno (ITA) | Fehaid Al-Deehani (KUW) | Hamad Alafasi (KUW) |
| 2 | Shanghai | Waldemar Schanz (GER) | Li Shuangchun (CHN) | Vitaly Fokeev (RUS) |
| 3 | Suhl | Walton Eller (USA) | Li Shuangchun (CHN) | Bill Keever (USA) |
| 4 | Santo Domingo | Marco Innocenti (ITA) | Li Shuangchun (CHN) | Li Bo (CHN) |
| Final | Lonato | Li Shuangchun (CHN) | Li Bo (CHN) | Daniele Di Spigno (ITA) |
| Skeet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | Erik Watndal (NOR) | James Graves (USA) | Leoš Hlaváček (CZE) |
| 2 | Shanghai |  Hennie Dompeling (NED) | Shawn Dulohery (USA) | Jan-Henrik Heinrich (GER) |
| 3 | Suhl | Ennio Falco (ITA) | Andrea Benelli (ITA) | Harald Jensen (NOR) |
| 4 | Santo Domingo | James Graves (USA) | Leoš Hlaváček (CZE) | Marko Kemppainen (FIN) |
| Final | Lonato | James Graves (USA) | Leoš Hlaváček (CZE) | Ennio Falco (ITA) |
| Trap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | No event | ||
| 2 | Shanghai | Susanne Kiermayer (GER) | Gao E (CHN) | Amanda Dorman (USA) |
| 3 | Suhl | Roberta Pelosi (ITA) | Gao E (CHN) |  Taeko Takeba (JPN) |
| 4 | Santo Domingo | No event | ||
| Final | Lonato | Gao E (CHN) | Susanne Kiermayer (GER) | Irina Laricheva (RUS) |
| Double Trap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | No event | ||
| 2 | Shanghai | Pia Hansen (SWE) | Zhang Yafei (CHN) | Ding Hongping (CHN) |
| 3 | Suhl | Wang Jing Lin (CHN) | Zhang Yafei (CHN) |  Cynthia Meyer (CAN) |
| 4 | Santo Domingo | No event | ||
| Final | Lonato | Deborah Gelisio (ITA) | Pia Hansen (SWE) |  Lin Yi-chun (TPE) |
| Skeet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Venue | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | No event | ||
| 2 | Shanghai | Andrea Stranovská (SVK) | Chen Zhenru (CHN) | Natalia Rahman (AUS) |
| 3 | Suhl | Maarit Lepomäki (FIN) | Diána Igaly (HUN) | Véronique Girardet-Allard (FRA) |
| 4 | Santo Domingo | No event | ||
| Final | Lonato | Wei Ning (CHN) | Diána Igaly (HUN) | Olga Panarina (RUS) |
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