The 2016 World Running Target Championships was held from 14 until 23 July, 2016 in Suhl, Germany. 24 events were held.
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER)* | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| (579) Pak Myong-won (PRK) | 6 | |||||
| (575) Tomi-Pekka Heikkila (FIN) | 4 | |||||
| Pak Myong-won (PRK) | 8 | |||||
| Lukasz Czapla (POL) | 10 | |||||
| (577) Bedrich Jonas (CZE) | 5 | |||||
| (576) Lukasz Czapla (POL) | 7 | |||||
| Bronze match | ||||||
| Tomi-Pekka Heikkila (FIN) | 2 | |||||
| Bedrich Jonas (CZE) | 6 | |||||
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| (566) Ihor Kizyma (UKR) | 6 | |||||
| (564) So Kwang (PRK) | 8 | |||||
| Nicolas Tranchant (FRA) | 6 | |||||
| So Kwang (PRK) | 2 | |||||
| (565) Iaroslav Kelpikov (RUS) | 6 | |||||
| (564) Nicolas Tranchant (FRA) | 8 | |||||
| Bronze match | ||||||
| Ihor Kizyma (UKR) | 7 | |||||
| Iaroslav Klepikov (RUS) | 5 | |||||
| Individual | Teams | Juniors | Junior teams | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 metre running target | |||||||||||
 | Galina Avramenko (UKR) | Details | | China | 1132 | | Veronika Major (HUN) | Details | | Ukraine | 1070 |
 | Julia Eydenzon (RUS) | | Russia | 1124 | | Ke Luqi (CHN) | | Russia | 1059 | ||
 | Zhao Li Li (CHN) | | Ukraine | 1119 | | Yuliya Tymoshki (UKR) | | Germany | 1014 | ||
| 10 metre running target mixed | |||||||||||
| Yang Zeng (CHN) | 388 | | China | 1141 | | Darya Rozhiniatovska (UKR) | 368 | | Ukraine | 1072 |
| Galina Avramenko (UKR) | 385 | | Russia | 1128 | | Florence Louis (FRA) | 362 | | Russia | 1054 |
| Julia Eydenzon (RUS) | 379 | | Ukraine | 1122 | | Elli Rasanen (FIN) | 358+19 | | Germany | 944 |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| (383) Zhao Li Li (CHN) | 6 | |||||
| (376) Julia Eydenzon (RUS) | 8 | |||||
| Julia Eydenzon (RUS) | 4 | |||||
| Galina Avramenko (UKR) | 6 | |||||
| (379) Galina Avramenko (UKR) | 6 | |||||
| (378) Olga Stepanova (RUS) | 4 | |||||
| Bronze match | ||||||
| Zhao Li Li (CHN) | 6 | |||||
| Olga Stepanova (RUS) | 4 | |||||
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| (372) Veronika Major (HUN) | 7 | |||||
| (362) Yuliya Tymoshko (UKR) | 5 | |||||
| Veronika Major (HUN) | 7 | |||||
| Ke Luqi (CHN) | 5 | |||||
| (366) Ke Luqi (CHN) | 6 | |||||
| (362) Florence Louis (FRA) | 2 | |||||
| Bronze match | ||||||
| Yuliya Tymoshko (UKR) | 6 | |||||
| Florence Louis (FRA) | 4 | |||||
| Date | Men | Junior men | Women | Junior women |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 16 July | 50 m, slow runs | 50 m, slow runs | ||
| Sunday, 17 July | 50 m, fast runs | 50 m, fast runs | ||
| Monday, 18 July | 50 m mixed | 50 m mixed | ||
| Tuesday, 19 July | 10 m, slow runs | 10 m, slow runs | 10 m, slow runs | 10 m, slow runs |
| Wednesday, 20 July | 10 m, fast runs, medal matches | 10 m, fast runs, medal matches | 10 m, fast runs, medal matches | 10 m, fast runs, medal matches |
| Thursday, 21 July | 10 m mixed | 10 m mixed | ||
| Friday, 22 July | 10 m mixed | 10 m mixed | ||
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of 357,022 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi), with a population of around 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr.
Munich is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany. Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna.
The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II.
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad and commonly known as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th IOC Session on 26 April 1931. The 1936 Games marked the second and most recent time the International Olympic Committee gathered to vote in a city that was bidding to host those Games. Later rule modifications forbade cities hosting the bid vote from being awarded the games.
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and commonly known as Munich 1972, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contested by UEFA members' senior men's national teams, determining the continental champion of Europe. It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup. The Euro 2012 final was watched by a global audience of around 300 million. The competition has been held every four years since 1960, except for 2020, when it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, but kept the name Euro 2020. Scheduled to be in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Since 1996, the individual events have been branded as "UEFA Euro [year]".
The Germany national football team represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association, founded in 1900. Between 1949 and 1990, separate German national teams were recognised by FIFA due to Allied occupation and division: the DFB's team representing the Federal Republic of Germany, the Saarland team representing the Saar Protectorate (1950–1956) and the East Germany team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). The latter two were absorbed along with their records; the present team represents the reunified Federal Republic. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following reunification in 1990.
Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959. Conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), it was largely carried out by special agents of the U.S. Army's Counterintelligence Corps (CIC). Many of these personnel were former members and some were former leaders of the Nazi Party.
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund, BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The club have won eight league championships, five DFB-Pokals, one UEFA Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
The DFB-Pokal (German: [ˈdeː ʔɛf beː poˈkaːl] is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association. Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. Taking place from August until May, the winner qualifies for the DFL-Supercup and the UEFA Europa League unless the winner already qualifies for the UEFA Champions League in the Bundesliga.
The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a European nation for competition purposes.
A Christmas market, also known as Christkindlmarkt, Christkindlesmarkt, Christkindlimarkt, and Weihnachtsmarkt, is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent. These markets originated in Germany, but are now held in many countries. Some in the U.S. have adapted the name to the quasi-German Christkindlmarket, naively substituting market for German Markt.
The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
Gamescom is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2018, it has been organised by game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche ; and before that, by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (BIU). It supersedes Games Convention, held in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Gamescom is used by many video game developers to exhibit upcoming games and game-related hardware.
The 1991 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 19 to 25 August 1991 in Vienna, Austria. The regatta was held on the New Danube.
Alternative for Germany is a right-wing populist political party in Germany. AfD is known for its Euroskepticism, it also opposes immigration to Germany. The AfD's ideology is positioned on the radical right, a subset of the far-right, within the family of European political parties.
The 1974 World Rowing Championships was the fourth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 4 to 8 September 1974 and from 29 August to 1 September 1974 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event was significantly extended from the 1970 edition, with the addition of both women's and lightweight men's events. Six women boat classes were added, three lightweight men classes, plus quad scull for men, increasing the number of boat classes from seven in 1970 to seventeen in 1974. This was also the last World Championships held on a quadrennial cycle – from this point, World Championships were held annually.