Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California, United States. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle.[1]

Shooting at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Shooting pictogram.svg
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions men women
50 m rifle prone men
10 m air rifle   men   women
Pistol
50 m pistol men
25 m pistol women
25 m rapid fire pistol men
Shotgun
Trap mixed
Skeet mixed
Running target
50 m running target men

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 3 1 2 6
2  China (CHN) 3 0 3 6
3  Italy (ITA) 1 1 1 3
4  France (FRA) 1 1 0 2
5  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 3 4
6  Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
 Japan (JPN) 1 0 0 1
8  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
 Colombia (COL) 0 1 0 1
 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
 Peru (PER) 0 1 0 1
 Romania (ROU) 0 1 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
 West Germany (FRG) 0 1 0 1
16  Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
 Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1

Men's events

From left to right: Michel Bury, Edward Etzel and Michael Sullivan
Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 metre air rifle
details
 Philippe Heberlé (FRA)  Andreas Kronthaler (AUT)  Barry Dagger (GBR)
25 metre rapid fire pistol
details
 Takeo Kamachi (JPN)  Corneliu Ion (ROU)  Rauno Bies (FIN)
50 metre rifle prone
details
 Edward Etzel (USA)  Michel Bury (FRA)  Michael Sullivan (GBR)
50 metre rifle three positions
details
 Malcolm Cooper (GBR)  Daniel Nipkov (SUI)  Alister Allan (GBR)
50 metre pistol
details
 Xu Haifeng (CHN)  Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)  Wang Yifu (CHN)
50 metre running target
details
 Li Yuwei (CHN)  Helmut Bellingrodt (COL)  Huang Shiping (CHN)

Women's events

From left to right: Ulrike Holmer, Wu Xiauxuan and Wanda R. Jewell
From left to right: Ruby Fox, Linda Thom and Patricia Dench
Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 metre air rifle
details
 Pat Spurgin (USA)  Edith Gufler (ITA)  Wu Xiaoxuan (CHN)
25 metre pistol
details
 Linda Thom (CAN)  Ruby Fox (USA)  Patricia Dench (AUS)
50 metre rifle three positions
details
 Wu Xiaoxuan (CHN)  Ulrike Holmer (FRG)  Wanda Jewell (USA)

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Trap
details
 Luciano Giovannetti (ITA)  Francisco Boza (PER)  Daniel Carlisle (USA)
Skeet
details
 Matthew Dryke (USA)  Ole Riber Rasmussen (DEN)  Luca Scribani Rossi (ITA)

Participating nations

A total of 460 shooters, 382 men and 77 women, from 68 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:[1]

See also

References

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