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| Host city |  Kuwait City, Kuwait |
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| Dates | 17–23 October 2011 |
| Main venue | Kuwait Shooting Sport Club |
The 2011 Asian Air Gun Championships were held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between October 17 and October 23, 2011. [1]
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| Host city | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17–23 October 2011 |
| Main venue | Kuwait Shooting Sport Club |
The 2011 Asian Air Gun Championships were held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between October 17 and October 23, 2011. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air pistol | Wu Xiao  China | Tan Zongliang China | Omkar Singh  India |
| 10 m air pistol team | China Pang Wei Tan Zongliang Wu Xiao | India Vijay Kumar Om Prakash Omkar Singh |  Kazakhstan Maxim Mazepa Vyacheslav Podlesniy Rashid Yunusmetov |
| 10 m air rifle | Zhu Qinan China | Abhinav Bindra India | Satyendra Singh India |
| 10 m air rifle team | China Liu Tianyou Wang Tao Zhu Qinan | India Abhinav Bindra Gagan Narang Satyendra Singh |  Iran Mehdi Ahmadi Hossein Bagheri Saber Parasti |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air pistol | Sun Qi China | Fatemeh Hosseini Iran | Huang Yi-ling  Chinese Taipei |
| 10 m air pistol team | China Chen Yan Sun Qi Tao Luna | India Shweta Chaudhary Annu Raj Singh Harveen Srao | Iran Nasim Hassanpour Fatemeh Hosseini Maryam Soltani |
| 10 m air rifle | Narjes Emamgholinejad Iran | Yi Siling China | Wan Xiangyan China |
| 10 m air rifle team | China Wan Xiangyan Yi Siling Zhang Yue |  Singapore Cheng Jian Huan Li Yafei Jasmine Ser | Iran Elaheh Ahmadi Narjes Emamgholinejad Nesa Paryab |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | India | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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