WHAT IS SHOOTING

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WHAT IS SHOOTING

Actual Shooting Events at the Olympic Level

Shooting made its Olympic debut at the Games of the first Olympiad, Athens 1896. It was then staged at most editions of the Games, with the exception of the St Louis 1904 and Amsterdam 1928 Games. Women made their shooting debut at the Olympiad Games of Mexico City 1968, competing in mixed events. The first purely women’s events appeared in 1984, and it was only in 1996 that the men’s and women’s programmes, were completely separated. The Modern Olympic program of the Shooting Sport consists in 15 different events. Olympians compete in nine men’s events and six women’s events in three different disciplines, with five events for rifles, five for pistols and five for shotguns.


DesciplinesMen's EventsWomen's EventsTotal Events
RIFLE 50m Rifle 3 Positions 50m Rifle 3 Positions 2
RIFLE 50m Rifle Prone 1
RIFLE 10m Air Rifle 10m Air Rifle 2
PISTOL 50m Pistol 1
PISTOL 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 2
PISTOL 10m Air Pistol 10m Air Pistol 2
SHOTGUN Trap Trap 2
SHOTGUN Double Trap 1
SHOTGUN Skeet Skeet 2
Total 9 6 15