Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Shooting
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic Shooting
Venue Beijing Shooting Range Hall
Dates7–12 September
2004
2012

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.

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Classification

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:

Events

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.

Participating countries

There were 140 athletes (96 male, 44 female) from 44 nations taking part in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)4329
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)3014
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)2136
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1337
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1001
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1001
7Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0202
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0202
9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)0101
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)0011
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)0011
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0011
Totals (12 entries)12121236

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's 10 m air pistol SH1
details
Valeriy Ponomarenko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Sergey Malyshev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Lee Ju-Hee
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1
details
Jonas Jacobsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Norbert Gau
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Franc Pinter
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Men's 50 m rifle 3×40
details
Jonas Jacobsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Doron Shaziri
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Dong Chao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Women's 10 m air pistol SH1
details
Lin Haiyan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Moon Aee-Kyung
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Natalia Dalekova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1
details
Veronika Vadovicova
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Manuela Schmermund
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Nilda Gomez Lopez
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Women's 50 m rifle 3×20 SH1
details
Lee Yun-Ri
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Kim In-Yeon
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Zhang Cuiping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1
details
Andrey Lebedinskiy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Li Jianfei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Valeriy Ponomarenko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1
details
Park Sea-Kyun
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Lee Ju-Hee
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Valeriy Ponomarenko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
details
Matt Skelhon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Zhang Cuiping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sim Jae-Yong
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2
details
Lee Ji-Seok
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Raphael Voltz
Flag of France.svg  France
Viktoria Wedin
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2
details
Lee Ji-Seok
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Raphael Voltz
Flag of France.svg  France
Michael Johnson
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1
details
Jonas Jacobsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Zhang Cuiping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Dong Chao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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