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Shooting at the XIV Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich |
Dates | 30 August – 6 September |
Competitors | 140 (99 men and 41 women) from 44 nations |
Shooting at the 2012 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 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich from 30 August to 6 September.
Paralympic shooters were classified according to the extent of their disability. The classification system allowed 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 both of the above classifications. After each classification was given the date that the event was contested. [1]
There were 140 athletes (99 male, 41 female) 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 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
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