| Shooting at the 2005 West Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Lusail Shooting Range |
| Date | 2–6 December 2005 |
Shooting sports was contested at the 2005 West Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 2 to December 6. All competition took place at Al-Duhail Shooting Range. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air pistol | Nasim Hassanpour  Iran | Zeinab Ramezani Iran | Nareman Al-Ajami  United Arab Emirates |
| 10 m air pistol team |  Iran Shokoufeh Akasheh Nasim Hassanpour Zeinab Ramezani |  United Arab Emirates Nareman Al-Ajami Shamma Al-Muhairi Shaikha Al-Rumaithi |  Kuwait Awatef Al-Qallaf Dalal Al-Sharhan Zainab Ismail |
| 25 m pistol | Shamma Al-Muhairi United Arab Emirates | Aysha Al-Qubaisi United Arab Emirates | Nasim Hassanpour Iran |
| 25 m pistol team | United Arab Emirates Shamma Al-Muhairi Shaikha Al-Rumaithi Aysha Al-Qubaisi |  Qatar Souad Al-Khater Hana Al-Mohammed Hanadi Salem | Iran Shokoufeh Akasheh Nasim Hassanpour Zeinab Ramezani |
| 10 m air rifle | Raya Zeineddine  Syria | Elaheh Ahmadi Iran | Adelah Al-Baghli  Kuwait |
| 10 m air rifle team | Kuwait Batoul Abdullah Adelah Al-Baghli Al-Jazi Al-Jaber |  Syria Jehan Al-Magrabi Weam Soliman Raya Zeineddine | Qatar |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Kuwait (KUW) | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Iran (IRI) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Syria (SYR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Oman (OMA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 24 | 23 | 22 | 69 | |
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