Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Venue Royal Artillery Barracks
Dates28 July – 6 August 2012
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Shooting competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place from 28 July to 6 August at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Fifteen events were included with 390 athletes taking part. [1] The events were the same as in 2008.

The competitions were originally planned for the National Shooting Centre in Bisley, Surrey, and the temporary solution at the Royal Artillery Barracks (which is in the River Zone) was adopted later after the International Olympic Committee expressed concerns about the distance between London and Bisley.

Since the pistols used in the 25m and 50m shooting events were deemed by HM Government as prohibited [2] in England, Scotland and Wales after the Dunblane Massacre, special dispensation had to be granted by the UK Government and security criteria met by LOCOG to allow certain events to go ahead.

Qualification

The qualification system was similar to that used for previous Games, with a fixed number of quota places divided among the nations whose shooters place well at the top-level global and continental championships. However, due to new IOC regulations mandating that all qualification events take place during the last 24 months before the Olympics, no such quota places were awarded during the 2009 ISSF World Cup or the 2010 ISSF World Cup, leading to decreased interest in these competitions to the point where the 2010 competition planned for New Delhi had to be rescheduled and moved to Australia. The International Shooting Sport Federation announced that qualification would commence with the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, which ended on 10 August, almost exactly two years before the Olympics.

Great Britain did not qualify spots through the World Championship, rather its places were guaranteed due to it being the host nation, however it could qualify shooters to the other events. Iran was the only country that did not send shooters to the 2008 Summer Olympics to have qualified a shooter for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [3]

Schedule

Legend
QQualificationFFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 28Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Thu 2Fri 3Sat 4Sun 5Mon 6
Rifle
Men's 10 m air rifle QF
Men's 50 m rifle prone QF
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions QF
Women's 10 m air rifle QF
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions QF
Pistol
Men's 10 m air pistol QF
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol QF
Men's 50 m pistol QF
Women's 10 m air pistol QF
Women's 25 m pistol QF
Shotgun
Men's trap QF
Men's double trap QF
Men's skeet QF
Women's trap QF
Women's skeet QF

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3205
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3014
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2305
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2237
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1001
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1001
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1001
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain*1001
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1001
10Flag of France.svg  France 0112
Flag of India.svg  India 0112
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0112
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0112
14Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0101
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0101
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0101
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0101
18Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0022
19Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0011
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0011
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0011
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0011
Totals (23 entries)15151545

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 m air rifle
details
Alin Moldoveanu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Niccolò Campriani
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Gagan Narang
Flag of India.svg  India
50 m rifle prone
details
Sergei Martynov
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus WR
Lionel Cox
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Rajmond Debevec
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
50 m rifle three positions
details
Niccolò Campriani
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy OR
Kim Jong-hyun
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Matthew Emmons
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 m air pistol
details
Jin Jong-oh
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Luca Tesconi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Andrija Zlatić
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
25 m rapid fire pistol
details
Leuris Pupo
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Vijay Kumar
Flag of India.svg  India
Ding Feng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
50 m pistol
details
Jin Jong-oh
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Choi Young-rae
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Wang Zhiwei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Skeet
details
Vincent Hancock
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Anders Golding
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Trap
details
Giovanni Cernogoraz
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Massimo Fabbrizi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Fehaid Al-Deehani
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Double trap
details
Peter Wilson
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Håkan Dahlby
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Vasily Mosin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 m air rifle
details
Yi Siling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sylwia Bogacka
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Yu Dan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
50 m rifle three positions
details
Jamie Lynn Gray
Flag of the United States.svg  United States OR
Ivana Maksimović
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Adéla Sýkorová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
10 m air pistol
details
Guo Wenjun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Céline Goberville
Flag of France.svg  France
Olena Kostevych
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
25 m pistol
details
Kim Jang-mi
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Chen Ying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Olena Kostevych
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Skeet
details
Kim Rhode
Flag of the United States.svg  United States WR
Wei Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Danka Barteková
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Trap
details
Jessica Rossi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy WR
Zuzana Štefečeková
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Delphine Réau
Flag of France.svg  France

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