Shooting at the X Paralympic Games | |
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Competitors | 133 from 32 nations |
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 15 events.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
2 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Israel (ISR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
12 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
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