Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
near Atlanta, United States
. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events. For men's and women's double trap
, it was the first Olympic competition, and because a women's shotgun event thus had been added, it was also the first time that no Olympic shooting competitions were open to both genders. This caused some controversy as the winner of the open skeet
event at the Barcelona games
in 1992 was a woman, Zhang Shan
, and double trap, the only event now available to her, is quite unsimilar to skeet. Women's trap
and skeet were added to the program in 2000.
In addition, the number of targets in trap and skeet had been reduced from 200 to 125, and the final rules for all events were changed so that any post-final ties would be broken by shoot-offs, as opposed to the previous rule that preferred the shooter with worse qualification score and better final score.
Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
The Wolf Creek Shooting Complex, now known as the Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds, is a firing range located southwest of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, in Fulton County. During the 1996 Summer Olympics, it hosted the shooting event...
near Atlanta, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events. For men's and women's double trap
Double Trap
Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....
, it was the first Olympic competition, and because a women's shotgun event thus had been added, it was also the first time that no Olympic shooting competitions were open to both genders. This caused some controversy as the winner of the open skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
event at the Barcelona games
Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at a shooting range complex in Mollet del Vallès outside Barcelona, Spain. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders...
in 1992 was a woman, Zhang Shan
Zhang Shan
Zhang Shan is a Chinese sports shooter and Olympic Champion. She won the gold medal in the Olympic Skeet Shooting event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
, and double trap, the only event now available to her, is quite unsimilar to skeet. Women's trap
Olympic Trap
Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
and skeet were added to the program in 2000.
In addition, the number of targets in trap and skeet had been reduced from 200 to 125, and the final rules for all events were changed so that any post-final ties would be broken by shoot-offs, as opposed to the previous rule that preferred the shooter with worse qualification score and better final score.
Medal table
| 1 | align=left | |3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | align=left | |2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | align=left | |2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | align=left | |2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | align=left | |2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | align=left | |1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| |1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| |1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | align=left | |0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | align=left | |0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's events
| 50 metre rifle three positions |
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| 50 metre rifle prone |
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| 10 metre air rifle |
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| 50 metre pistol |
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| 25 metre rapid fire pistol |
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| 10 metre air pistol |
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| Trap |
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| Double trap |
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| Skeet |
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| 10 metre running target |
Women's events
| 50 metre rifle three positions |
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| 10 metre air rifle |
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| 25 metre pistol |
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| 10 metre air pistol |
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| Double trap |