Host city | Osijek, Croatia |
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Dates | July 12–26 |
The 2009 European Shooting Championships were the 27th European Shooting Championships and took place from 12 to 26 of July in Osijek, Croatia. [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
2 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Norway | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
5 | Germany | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
6 | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
7 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
9 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
10 | Austria | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
11 | France | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
12 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
13 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
14 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Serbia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | Finland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
21 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
San Marino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (28 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
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