Shooting at the XIII Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Beijing Shooting Range Hall |
Dates | 7–12 September 2008 |
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
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Rifle – SH1 | ||
50m rifle three positions | men | women |
50m rifle prone | mixed | |
10m air rifle standing | men | women |
10m air rifle prone | mixed | |
Rifle – SH2 | ||
10m air rifle prone | mixed | |
10m air rifle standing | mixed | |
Pistol – SH1 | ||
50m pistol | mixed | |
25m pistol | mixed | |
10m air pistol | men | women |
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall from 7 September to 12 September.
Paralympic shooters are classified according to the extent of their disability. The classification system allows shooters to compete against others with a similar level of function.
Shooting classifications are:
For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification is given the date that the event was contested.
There were 140 athletes (96 male, 44 female) from 44 nations taking part in this sport.
This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their shooters (in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
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