Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Shooting at the Summer Olympics
Shooting at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code	SHO
Governing body	ISSF
Events	15 (men: 6; women: 6; mixed: 3)
Summer Olympics
	1896 ; 1900 ; 1904; 1908 ; 1912 ; 1920 ; 1924 ; 1928; 1932 ; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1996 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2008 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ; 2024 ; 2028 ;
	Medalists ; Records ;

Last updated August 15, 2024

Shooting sports have been included at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics except at the 1904 and 1928 games.

Summary

Games	Year	Events	Best nation
1	1896	5	Greece (1)
2	1900	9	Switzerland (1)
3
4	1908	15	Great Britain (1)
5	1912	18	Sweden (1)
6
7	1920	21	United States (1)
8	1924	10	United States (2)
9
10	1932	2	Italy (1)
11	1936	3	Germany (1)
12
13
14	1948	4	United States (3)
15	1952	7	Norway (1)
16	1956	7	Soviet Union (1)
17	1960	6	Soviet Union (2)
18	1964	6	United States (4)
19	1968	7	Soviet Union (3)
20	1972	8	United States (5)
21	1976	7	East Germany (1)
22	1980	7	Soviet Union (4)
23	1984	11	United States (6)
24	1988	13	Soviet Union (5)
25	1992	13	Unified Team (1)
26	1996	15	Russia (1)
27	2000	17	China (1)
28	2004	17	China (2)
29	2008	15	China (3)
30	2012	15	South Korea (1)
31	2016	15	Italy (2)
32	2020	15	China (4)
33	2024	15	China (5)

Events

Shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. Early competitions included some events now regarded as unusual, such as live pigeon shooting in 1900; dueling in 1906 and 1908; and numerous events restricted to military weapons. After the 1900 games, the pigeons were replaced with clay targets. In 1907, the International Shooting Sport Federation came into existence and brought some standardizations to the sport. Shooting events were held in 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924.

When shooting was reintroduced in 1932, it consisted of two events. From this, the number of events have increased steadily until reaching the 2000–2004 maximum of seventeen events. The 2008 games had only fifteen. Events marked as "Men's" were nominally open events from 1968 until 1980 (and in shotgun events until 1992), although very few women competed in them. For instance, only five women competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, while the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which introduced women-only events, featured 77 female competitors. Two women won medals in mixed events: Margaret Murdock, silver in rifle 3 positions (1976) and Zhang Shan, gold in skeet (1992).

Events on the current program are listed at the top.

Men's

Current programme
Event	96	00	08	12	20	24	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
air pistol ( details )	Not introduced yet																		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
air rifle ( details )	Not introduced yet																	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
rapid fire pistol ( details )	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
rifle three positions ( details )	Not introduced yet									X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
skeet ( details )	Not introduced yet													X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
trap ( details )		X	X	X	X	X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	24

Past events that occurred only once

Only at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Only at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Only at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Only at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Only at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Only at the 1924 Summer Olympics

600 metre rifle prone

Past events that occurred twice to six times

300 metre rifle, team: 1900, 1908, 1912, 1920
100 metre running deer
- Single shot, individual: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924
- Double shot, individual: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924
- Single shots, team: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924
- Double shots, team: 1920, 1924
- Single/Double shots: 1952, 1956
50 metre running target: 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988
10 metre running target: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
50 metre rifle: 1920, 1924
50 metre rifle, team prone: 1908, 1912
Pistol: 1900, 1908 ^[6], 1912, 1920
Rapid fire pistol, team: 1912 ^[3], 1920 ^[4]
Double trap: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Trap, team: 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924

^a Muzzle-loading pistols.
^a 20 metres, military pistols, professionals.
^a 30 metres, dueling pistols.
^a ^b 30 metres, military pistols.
^a 50 and 100 yards, miniature rifles.
^a ^b 50 yards.

Women's

Current programme
Event	96	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
air pistol ( details )	Not introduced yet		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
air rifle ( details )	Not introduced yet	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
pistol ( details )	Not introduced yet	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
rifle three positions ( details )	Not introduced yet	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
skeet ( details )	Not introduced yet					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
trap ( details )	Not introduced yet					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7

Past events

Double trap ( details ): 1996, 2000, 2004

Mixed

Nations

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Albania (ALB)																	4					2	2	1		1	1				6
Algeria (ALG)																											1	1			2
Andorra (AND)																		2	2	2		1	1	1	1		1	1			9
Angola (ANG)																							1	1				1			3
Argentina (ARG)							8		2	5	12	7	4	7	8	4	5	6		6	3	2	6	4	3	1	2	5			20
Armenia (ARM)																							1	1	1	1	1	1			6
Australasia (ANZ)				1																											1
Australia (AUS)											6		12	7	8	3	4	6	2	9	12	7	16	23	21	17	17	18			17
Austria (AUT)					7		6			3	3	3		5	3	5	7	8	8	10	11	5	3	4	5	3	4	5			20
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							2	2	2	1	1	1			6
Bahrain (BRN)																				4					1	1	1	1			5
Bangladesh (BAN)																						1	1	1	1	1	1	1			7
Barbados (BAR)																1	2					1	1	1	1			1			7
Belarus (BLR)																							10	12	9	8	9	4			6
Belgium (BEL)		11		10		24	14			3	3	4	2	3	1	3	6	5	3	6	6	4	4	1	1		1	1			22
Belize (BIZ)																2	1	2													3
Bhutan (BHU)																											1	1			2
Bolivia (BOL)																2	6	1		4		1			1	1	1	2			9
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																						1	1	2	1	1	1	1			7
Brazil (BRA)						5	1		6	4	7	8	4	3		2	4	8	5	8	4	2	1		1	2	2	9			20
British West Indies (BWI)														2																	1
Brunei (BRU)																							1	1							2
Bulgaria (BUL)										1		6		5	4	6	5	7	11		6	13	9	6	3	4	4	3			16
Canada (CAN)				22	3	7	6					4	5	7	6	10	10	11		17	13	12	9	9	2	4	2	2			20
Chile (CHI)					2					3	4	2	3	2	3	4	2	3		4	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1			19
China (CHN)																				17	20	20	24	21	26	24	23	22			9
Chinese Taipei (TPE)													1	3	6	8	1			3	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	4			14
Colombia (COL)													3	3	1		10	3		14	3	2	2	3	3	1	1	1			14
Costa Rica (CRC)																5	1	1	6	3	1	1			1						8
Croatia (CRO)																						4	4	2	1	4	5	7			7
Cuba (CUB)											7	2				8	8	4	5			5	3	6	8	3	4	7			13
Czech Republic (CZE)																							17	9	8	13	10	5			6
Czechoslovakia (TCH)						8	18			7		6	4	9	4	8	8	10	11		14	17									13
Cyprus (CYP)																				4	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	2			9
Denmark (DEN)	3	5		10	14	15	7			6	7	5	2	4	2	6	7	7	4	3	6	7	8	4	5	1	5	3			25
Dominican Republic (DOM)																3	2								1	1	1	1			6
East Germany (GDR)																9	9	11	13		15										5
Ecuador (ECU)																				4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			9
Egypt (EGY)							1			1		6			6	2				9	2	5	2	8	5	9	7	12			14
El Salvador (ESA)																8	4			1				1	1	1	1	1			8
Estonia (EST)																						3	2	1	1	1	1	1			7
Fiji (FIJ)																									1	1	1	1			4
Finland (FIN)				9	19	9	15			8	12	11	4	8	8	9	10	4	9	10	9	8	6	7	6	8	4	2			23
France (FRA)	1	33		20	19	17	22			8	12	9	5	7	4	8	13	10		15	19	17	13	12	8	13	14	11			24
Georgia (GEO)																							3	2	1	1	1	2			6
Germany (GER)				1	11				1	9		6										18	22	20	20	18	17	15			12
Great Britain (GBR)	2	1		67	38	7	22				12	12	6	10	8	10	14	13		18	8	7	5	6	6	5	11	6			23
Greece (GRE)	50			7	9	9	7			8	7	6	2	7	4	7	5	4	3	5	2	3	3	2	11	1	3	2			24
Guatemala (GUA)												3				9	1	5	5	4	1	3	4	3	1	1	2	2			14
Haiti (HAI)							5																								1
Honduras (HON)																											1				1
Hong Kong (HKG)														3	5	3	1	6		7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				13
Hungary (HUN)				2	10		7		3	8	4	6	5	10	8	6	9	7	14		15	18	10	7	8	5	3	8			21
Iceland (ISL)																						1		1			1				3
India (IND)												2	2	3	2	2	4	3	4	8	1	2	2	3	8	9	11	12			17
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)																						8						6			2
Indonesia (INA)													1	1						2	1				1	1	1				7
Iran (IRI)											3			1	4			4					1	1	1		3	5			8
Iraq (IRQ)																						1	1				1				3
Ireland (IRL)																3	4	1	4	2			3	3	1	1	1				10
Israel (ISR)												4		2	3	4	2	1		3	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	1			15
Italy (ITA)	1					10	14		6	9	6	8	5	9	5	7	11	13	10	12	13	13	15	15	13	15	15	14			23
Jamaica (JAM)															1										1						2
Japan (JPN)												1	6	8	10	6	6	11		15	14	11	9	9	9	5	4	8			16
Jordan (JOR)																			4	7		1	1	1							5
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							5	6	4	6	3	5			6
Kenya (KEN)													2	3	4	3	9			2	1	2	1								9
Kosovo (KOS)																												1			1
Kuwait (KUW)																						2	2	5	5	3	4				6
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							2	2	1	1	1				5
Laos (LAO)																			6												1
Latvia (LAT)										3												2	2	2	1	1	1	1			8
Lebanon (LIB)											2	3		3	1	3	4			4				1	1	1	1	1			12
Liechtenstein (LIE)										3				2			2			2	1	1		1	1	1					9
Lithuania (LTU)																							1	1	1	1	1	1	1		7
Luxembourg (LUX)														4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2				1				11
North Macedonia (MKD)																							1	1	1	1		1			5
Malaysia (MAL)													3	2																	2
Malaysia (MAS)															7		1	2		1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1			12
Malta (MLT)														2		1	1		2	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	2			12
Mexico (MEX)							2		5	5	9	4	3	6	5	11	10	6	2	8	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	2			21
Moldova (MDA)																							2	1	1	1	1				5
Monaco (MON)							4			6	4	6		6		2	4	4		4	1	1	1	1	1	1					15
Mongolia (MGL)															3	3	4	4	2		3	2	2	3	1	3	2	3			13
Montenegro (MNE)																										1	1				2
Morocco (MAR)														4													1	1			3
Myanmar (MYA)															2								1				1	1			4
Namibia (NAM)																							1	1	1	1	1	1			6
Nepal (NEP)																					1	1	1	1	1	1	1				7
Netherlands (NED)		7		17	1	15	11			4	4				1		3	2	4	4	5	4	2	3	3		1				18
Netherlands Antilles (AHO)																	1				1	1	1	1		1					6
New Zealand (NZL)																2	4	4		3	4	3	2	7	2	4	1	3			12
Nicaragua (NCA)																						1	1	1	1	1		1			6
North Korea (PRK)																	3	6	11			9	1	1	3	6	1	4			10
Norway (NOR)		5		13	28	16	13			4	9	9	5	6	3	4	7	4		7	6	7	7	5	5	7	6	4			23
Oman (OMA)																				8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2			9
Pakistan (PAK)												1	2	4	4									1	1	1	1	2			9
Panama (PAN)																							1	1				1			3
Papua New Guinea (PNG)																		1		2											2
Paraguay (PAR)																	1	1		6						1		1			5
Peru (PER)										1	9		8	10	9	5	2		7	7	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	2			17
Philippines (PHI)										2	3	3	5	7	9	8	8	2		1		2	1	1	1	1	1				16
Poland (POL)							7			6		2	2	7	6	11	13	12	12		6	12	10	5	5	6	4	5			17
Portugal (POR)						5	8		4	6	5	4		9	4		5	1		5	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	1			18
Puerto Rico (PUR)											2	5	3	4	3	9	8	8		2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1			17
Qatar (QAT)																				4	1		1	1	2	2	3	2			8
Romania (ROU)		1					5			4		4	4	9	9	12	10	7	5	6	3	5	4	3	2	4	2	1			20
Russia (RUS)																							19	21	24	22	22	18			6
Russian Empire (RU1)					26																										1
Saar (SAA)												2																			1
San Marino (SMR)														4		2	6	7	10	10	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3			14
Saudi Arabia (KSA)																				6	1		1	1	1	1	1	1			8
Senegal (SEN)																				2											1
Serbia (SRB)																										5	8	9			3
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																							7	6	3						3
Singapore (SIN)														1		1		1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2			11
Slovakia (SVK)																							3	3	3	7	7	5			6
Slovenia (SLO)																						1	1	3	1	1	3	2			7
South Africa (RSA)					8	7	7					1	2	5								2	2	3	1	2	1				12
South Korea (KOR)													2	3	10	2	5	5		18	22	12	14	8	16	14	13	17			15
South Vietnam (VNM)																3	2														2
Soviet Union (URS)												11	11	10	10	12	14	13	14		23										9
Spain (ESP)						7	1		5		6	4		8	5	12	9	9	8	11	8	15	6	4	4	7	8	6			20
Sri Lanka (SRI)															2		1				2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1			11
Sudan (SUD)														3																	1
Swaziland (SWZ)																	1														1
Sweden (SWE)				19	63	29	19		3	7	11	10	8	9	6	9	10	11	8	14	15	7	3	6	8	2	4	3	1		25
Switzerland (SUI)	1	9				15	7				7	9		10	8	10	8	5		9	9	8	7	3	5	8	7	4			20
Syria (SYR)																	2		4	1		1		1	1	1	1				8
Tajikistan (TJK)																									1	1	1				3
Thailand (THA)														6	10	11	10	12		17	3	2	3	2	2	5	4	6			13
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)																2		1							1	1	1				5
Tunisia (TUN)														2													1	1			3
Turkey (TUR)																3	4	3		2	2	1	1	2	1	1	5	4			12
Turkmenistan (TKM)																							1	1	1	1					4
Ukraine (UKR)																							9	6	11	12	8	5			6
Unified Team (EUN)																						22									1
United Team of Germany (EUA)													2	10	10																3
United Arab Emirates (UAE)																							1	2	2	2	3	3			6
United Arab Republic (UAR)														3																	1
United States (USA)	3			17	26	29	21		6	6	12	6	8	9	10	12	14	14		20	24	21	25	28	21	22	20	20			24
Uruguay (URU)																3						1		1		1	1				5
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							1	3	2	2	1	1			5
Venezuela (VEN)												7	9	6	4	5	2		2	5				2	1	1	1	1			13
Vietnam (VIE)																			7		1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2			9
Virgin Islands (ISV)																	6	4		3	1	1	1	2	1	1					9
West Germany (FRG)																12	14	12		18	18										5
Yugoslavia (YUG)										1		6	1	6		4	2	5	3	6	6										10
Zimbabwe (ZIM)														1	2				8	3	2				1			1			7
No. of nations	7	8	0	14	16	18	27	0	10	29	28	41	37	59	51	62	71	60	38	68	66	83	100	103	106	103	108	97
No. of shooters	61	72	0	215	284	234	258	0	41	141	188	218	156	313	262	351	397	344	239	460	396	407	419	408	390	390	390	390
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24

Medal table

Updated after 2024 Olympics


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	58	34	29	121
2	China (CHN)	31	18	28	77
3	Italy (ITA)	17	18	12	47
4	Soviet Union (URS)	17	15	17	49
5	Sweden (SWE)	15	25	18	58
6	Great Britain (GBR)	14	16	19	49
7	Norway (NOR)	13	8	11	32
8	South Korea (KOR)	10	12	1	23
9	Germany (GER)	10	9	5	24
10	France (FRA)	9	13	9	31
11	Switzerland (SUI)	8	6	11	25
12	Russia (RUS)	7	13	11	31
13	Hungary (HUN)	7	3	8	18
14	Romania (ROM)	6	4	5	15
15	Unified Team (EUN)	5	2	1	8
16	Australia (AUS)	5	1	6	12
17	Finland (FIN)	4	7	10	21
18	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	7	6	17
19	Greece (GRE)	4	4	5	13
20	West Germany (FRG)	4	4	3	11
21	Poland (POL)	4	3	5	12
22	Ukraine (UKR)	4	3	3	10
23	Canada (CAN)	4	3	2	9
23	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	3	2	9
25	Denmark (DEN)	3	11	5	19
26	East Germany (GDR)	3	8	5	16
27	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	4	4	11
28	ROC (ROC)	2	4	2	8
29	Croatia (CRO)	2	0	2	4
30	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	0	1	3
31	Belgium (BEL)	1	5	3	9
32	Austria (AUT)	1	2	5	8
33	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	4	7
33	India (IND)	1	2	4	7
35	Japan (JPN)	1	2	3	6
35	Slovakia (SVK)	1	2	3	6
37	Serbia (SRB)	1	2	2	5
38	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	1	4
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	2	1	4
	Spain (ESP)	1	2	1	4
41	Peru (PER)	1	2	0	3
42	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	3	5
43	Chile (CHI)	1	1	0	2
43	Vietnam (VIE)	1	1	0	2
45	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	2	3
	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	2	3
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	2	3
48	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	1	2
	Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)	1	0	1	2
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	0	1	2
51	Iran (IRI)	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
54	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	2	4
55	Colombia (COL)	0	2	0	2
56	Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)	0	1	2	3
57	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	1	2
	Russian Empire (RU1)	0	1	1	2
	San Marino (SMR)	0	1	1	2
62	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
69	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	3	3
70	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (73 entries)		302	303	301	906

Multi-participation men

Afanasijs Kuzmins with nine participations is the record holder in this special classification.^[1]

#	Athlete	Country	Editions	Event
9	Afanasijs Kuzmins	Latvia Soviet Union	1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Pistol
8	Francisco Boza	Peru	1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2016	Shotgun
8	Rajmond Debevec	Slovenia Yugoslavia	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Rifle
8	Giovanni Pellielo	Italy	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2024	Shotgun
7	François Lafortune Jr.	Belgium	1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976	Rifle
7	Ralf Schumann	Germany East Germany	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Pistol
7	Ragnar Skanåker	Sweden	1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	Pistol
6	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Qatar	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	Shotgun
6	Fehaid Aldeehani	Kuwait	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016	Shotgun
6	Abdullah Alrashidi	Kuwait	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	Shotgun
6	Sorin Babii	Romania	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Pistol
6	Andrea Benelli	Italy	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008	Shotgun
6	Michael Diamond	Australia	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Shotgun
6	Franck Dumoulin	France	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Pistol
6	Thomas Farnik	Austria	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Rifle
6	Juan Giha	Peru	1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000	Shotgun
6	Juha Hirvi	Finland	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008	Rifle
6	Tanyu Kiriakov	Bulgaria	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008	Pistol
6	Kanstantsin Lukashyk	Belarus Unified Team	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Pistol
6	Russell Mark	Australia	1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012	Shotgun
6	Sergei Martynov	Belarus Soviet Union	1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	Rifle
6	William McMillan	United States	1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976	Pistol
6	Emil Milev	United States Bulgaria	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016	Pistol
6	Stevan Pletikosic	Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016	Rifle
6	John Primrose	Canada	1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992	Shotgun
6	Adam Smelczynski	Poland	1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976	Shotgun
6	Harald Stenvaag	Norway	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Rifle
6	Eric Swinkels	Netherlands	1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996	Shotgun
6	Guillermo Alfredo Torres	Cuba	1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012	Shotgun
6	Yifu Wang	China	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	Pistol

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References

↑ "Multi-participation men at the Olympic Games". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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