Shooting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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Paralympic Shooting
Venue Sydney International Shooting Centre
Competitors139 from 36 nations
1996
2004

Shooting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events spread over two main classes:

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Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)5016
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)4026
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1203
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1012
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)1012
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0516
7Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0101
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)0101
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0101
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)0101
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0101
12Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0033
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0011
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0011
Totals (15 nations)12121236

Participating nations

Medallists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's air pistol SH1
details
Hee Jeong Lee
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Jian Fei Li
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Hubert Aufschnaiter
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Men's air rifle standing SH1
details
Jin Owan Jung
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Franc Pinter
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Jonas Jacobsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Men's free rifle 3×40 SH1
details
Jonas Jacobsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Josef Neumaier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Jin Owan Jung
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Women's air pistol SH1
details
Isabel Newstead
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Hai Yan Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Nayyereh Akef
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Women's air rifle standing SH1
details
Im Yeon Kim
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Sabine Brogle
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Deanna Coates
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Women's sport rifle 3×20 SH1
details
Im Yeon Kim
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Sabine Brogle
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Nicole Michoux
Flag of France.svg  France
Mixed air rifle prone SH1
details
Enayatollah Bokharaei
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Erkki Pekkala
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Jonas Jacobsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Mixed air rifle prone SH2
details
Thomas Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Wolfgang Stoeckl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Eric Lacaze
Flag of France.svg  France
Mixed air rifle standing SH2
details
Thomas Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Christiane Latzke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Raphaël Voltz
Flag of France.svg  France
Mixed free pistol SH1
details
Jong In Choi
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Yelena Taranova
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Francisco Angel Soriano
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Mixed free rifle prone SH1
details
Jonas Jacobsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Doron Shaziri
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Alfred Beringer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Mixed sport pistol SH1
details
Wei Huang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Peter Tait
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Andrey Lebedinsky
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

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