Shooting at the Summer Olympics


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.

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 actually open events from 1968 until 1980. Two women won medals in such mixed events: Margaret Murdock, silver in Rifle 3 positions and Zhang Shan, gold in Skeet.
Events on the current program are listed at the top.

Men's

Mixed

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air pistol, teamX1
air rifle, teamX1
trap, teamX1
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Nations

Medal table

Updated after 2016 Olympics

Multi-participation men

with nine participations is the recordman in this special classification.
#AthleteCountryEditionsEvent
9Afanasijs Kuzmins 1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol
8Francisco Boza1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2016Shotgun
8Rajmond Debevec 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Rifle
7François Lafortune Jr.1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976Rifle
7Giovanni Pellielo1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Shotgun
7Ralf Schumann 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol
7Ragnar Skanaker1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996Pistol
6Nasser Al-Attiyah1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Shotgun
6Fehaid Aldeehani1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016Shotgun
6Abdullah Alrashidi1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016Shotgun
6Sorin Babii1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004Pistol
6Andrea Benelli1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008Shotgun
6Michael Diamond1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Shotgun
6Franck Dumoulin1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol
6Thomas Farnik1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Rifle
6Juan Giha1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000Shotgun
6Juha Hirvi1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008Rifle
6Tanyu Kiriakov1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008Pistol
6Kanstantsin Lukashyk 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Pistol
6Russell Mark1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012Shotgun
6Sergei Martynov 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012Rifle
6William McMillan1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976Pistol
6Emil Milev 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016Pistol
6Stevan Pletikosic 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016Rifle
6John Primrose1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992Shotgun
6Adam Smelczynski1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976Shotgun
6Harald Stenvaag1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004Rifle
6Eric Swinkels1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996Shotgun
6Guillermo Alfredo Torres1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012Shotgun
6Yifu Wang1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004Pistol