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Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Shooting
at the XIII Paralympic Games
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VenueBeijing Shooting Range Hall
Dates7–12 September
2004
2012

Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall from 7 September to 12 September.

Classification

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Paralympic shooters are classified according to the extent of their disability. The classification system allows shooters to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Shooting classifications are:

  • SH1 - competitors who do not need a shooting stand
  • SH2 - competitors who use a shooting stand to support the firearm's weight.

Events

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For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification is given the date that the event was contested.

  • Men's 10 m air pistol
    • SH1 - 7 September
  • Men's 10 m air rifle standing
    • SH1 - 8 September
  • Men's 50 m free rifle 3×40
    • SH1 - 10 September
  • Women's 10 m air pistol
    • SH1 - 8 September
  • Women's 10 m air rifle standing
    • SH1 - 7 September
  • Women's 50 m sport rifle 3×20
    • SH1 - 9 September
  • Mixed 25 m sport pistol
    • SH1 - 10 September
  • Mixed 50 m free pistol
    • SH1 - 12 September
  • Mixed 10 m air rifle prone
    • SH1 - 11 September
    • SH2 - 9 September
  • Mixed 10 m air rifle standing
    • SH2 - 11 September
  • Mixed 50 m free rifle prone
    • SH1 - 12 September

Participating countries

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There were 140 athletes (96 male, 44 female) from 44 nations taking part in this sport.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their shooters (in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)4329
2 Sweden (SWE)3014
3 Russia (RUS)2136
4 China (CHN)1337
5 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Slovakia (SVK)1001
7 France (FRA)0202
 Germany (GER)0202
9 Israel (ISR)0101
10 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
Totals (12 entries)12121236

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 10 m air pistol SH1
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Valeriy Ponomarenko
 Russia
Sergey Malyshev
 Russia
Lee Ju-Hee
 South Korea
Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1
details
Jonas Jacobsson
 Sweden
Norbert Gau
 Germany
Franc Pinter
 Slovenia
Men's 50 m rifle 3×40
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Jonas Jacobsson
 Sweden
Doron Shaziri
 Israel
Dong Chao
 China
Women's 10 m air pistol SH1
details
Lin Haiyan
 China
Moon Aee-Kyung
 South Korea
Natalia Dalekova
 Russia
Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1
details
Veronika Vadovicova
 Slovakia
Manuela Schmermund
 Germany
Nilda Gomez Lopez
 Puerto Rico
Women's 50 m rifle 3×20 SH1
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Lee Yun-Ri
 South Korea
Kim In-Yeon
 South Korea
Zhang Cuiping
 China
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1
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Andrey Lebedinskiy
 Russia
Li Jianfei
 China
Valeriy Ponomarenko
 Russia
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1
details
Park Sea-Kyun
 South Korea
Lee Ju-Hee
 South Korea
Valeriy Ponomarenko
 Russia
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
details
Matt Skelhon
 Great Britain
Zhang Cuiping
 China
Sim Jae-Yong
 South Korea
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2
details
Lee Ji-Seok
 South Korea
Raphael Voltz
 France
Viktoria Wedin
 Sweden
Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2
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Lee Ji-Seok
 South Korea
Raphael Voltz
 France
Michael Johnson
 New Zealand
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1
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Jonas Jacobsson
 Sweden
Zhang Cuiping
 China
Dong Chao
 China

References

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  • "Schedules and Results - Shooting". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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