| Host city |  New Delhi, India |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19–27 February 2010 |
| Main venue | Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range |
The 2010 Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championships were held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi, India from 19 to 27 February 2010. [1] They served as a test event for that year's Commonwealth Games despite a four-month postponement necessitated by venue construction delays. [2]
Results were as follows: [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air rifle | Gagan Narang India | Sanjeev Rajput India | James Huckle  England |
| 10 m air rifle pairs | India Gagan Narang P. T. Raghunath | England James Huckle Kenneth Parr |  Bangladesh Md. Asif Hossain Khan Shovon Chowdhury |
| 10 m air rifle badge | Gagan Narang India | P. T. Raghunath India | Md. Asif Hossain Khan Bangladesh |
| 50 m rifle prone | Warren Potent  Australia | Gagan Narang India | Thomas Versace Australia |
| 50 m rifle prone pairs | India Gagan Narang Joydeep Karmakar | Australia Robert Howell Warren Potent | England James Huckle Richard Wilson |
| 50 m rifle prone badge | Gagan Narang India | Robert Howell Australia | Matthew Hall  Northern Ireland |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | Sanjeev Rajput India | Gagan Narang India | Imran Hassan Khan India |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions pairs | India Sanjeev Rajput Gagan Narang | England James Huckle Kenneth Parr |  Scotland Graham Rudd Neil Stirton |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions badge | Sanjeev Rajput India | James Huckle England | Imran Hassan Khan India |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air pistol | Shweta Chaudhary India | Annu Raj Singh India | Pushpanjali Rana India |
| 10 m air pistol pairs | India Shweta Chaudhary Pushpanjali Rana | England Georgina Geikie Julia Lydall |  Wales Danielle Jones Nicola Wilson |
| 10 m air pistol badge | Shweta Chaudhary India | Annu Raj Singh India | Georgina Geikie England |
| 25 m pistol | Anisa Sayyed India | Annu Raj Singh India | Linda Ryan Australia |
| 25 m pistol pairs | India Anisa Sayyed Annu Raj Singh | Australia Linda Ryan Elena Galiabovitch | England Georgina Geikie Julia Lydall |
| 25 m pistol badge | Anisa Sayyed India | Linda Ryan Australia | Georgina Geikie England |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air rifle | Neha Sapte India | Sharmin Ratna Bangladesh | Robyn van Nus Australia |
| 10 m air rifle pairs | Bangladesh Sharmin Ratna Sadiya Sultana | India Priya Aggarwal Neha Sapte | England Sheree Cox Sharon Lee |
| 10 m air rifle badge | Sharmin Ratna Bangladesh | Sadiya Sultana Bangladesh | Priya Aggarwal India |
| 50 m rifle prone | Johanne Brekke Wales | Kay Copland Scotland | Robyn van Nus Australia |
| 50 m rifle prone pairs | Scotland Jennifer McIntosh Sheena Sharp | England Michelle Smith Sharon Lee | Wales Johanne Brekke Helen Warnes |
| 50 m rifle prone badge | Sally Johnston  New Zealand | Birmati India | Jennifer McIntosh Scotland |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | Meena Kumari India | Lajja Goswami India | Sharon Lee England |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions pairs | Scotland Jennifer McIntosh Kay Copland | Wales Jennifer Corish Sian Corish | India Lajja Goswami Tejaswini Sawant |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions badge | Jennifer McIntosh Scotland | Lajja Goswami India | Jennifer Corish Wales |
* Host nation (India)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India * | 35 | 25 | 14 | 74 |
| 2 | England | 4 | 15 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Wales | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 54 | 53 | 53 | 160 | |
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