Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Shooting at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue	National Shooting Centre, Châteauroux
Dates	27 July – 5 August 2024
No. of events	15 (6 men, 6 women, 3 mixed)
Competitors	340 (170 men and 170 women)
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Shooting is a sport where athletes use firearms to hit targets. At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, shooting events took place from July 27 to August 5, 2024. They were held at the National Shooting Centre in Châteauroux.

A total of 340 athletes competed in 15 different shooting events. This was a bit fewer than the 360 athletes at the last Olympics. The number of men and women competing was equal. Also, some new rules were added for the finals, and a new mixed team event was introduced.

New Rules for Olympic Shooting

On June 9, 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved some big changes for Olympic shooting. These changes were made to make the sport more exciting and popular around the world.

Changes to Events

One important change was replacing the mixed team trap event with mixed team skeet. This helped make sure there was an equal number of events for men and women. The total number of athletes was also reduced from 360 at the Tokyo 2020 Games to 340.

New Final Format

A new way of doing the finals was also introduced for individual shooting events.

• In the finals, all shooters start with zero points.
• They must hit a certain number of targets in different rounds.
• For pistol and shotgun events, four finalists compete in two groups. The top two from each group move to the medal rounds.
• For rifle and air pistol events, eight finalists compete. Shooters are eliminated one by one until only two are left. These two then compete for the gold and silver medals.

How Athletes Qualify

To compete in the Olympics, athletes need to earn a "quota place." This means they get a spot for their country.

Earning Quota Places

• In early 2022, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) changed the rules to ensure equal chances for men and women.
• A total of 340 quota places were given out. Half went to men and half to women.
• Athletes earned these spots at major world and continental championships.
• The qualification period started in 2022 with European Championships.
• The top two countries in each event at these championships earned 16 quota places.
• More places were given out at the ISSF World Championships.
• If a country didn't get a spot through these events, the highest-ranked shooter from that country in the World Ranking list could still get a place.

Host Country Spot

Like in previous Olympics, the host country, France, was guaranteed 12 quota places. They got one spot in each individual shooting event.

Competition Schedule

The shooting events took place over several days. Here is a simple look at when the different types of events happened:

Medal Winners

Here's a look at which countries won medals and who the top athletes were in each event.

Medal Table by Country

This table shows how many gold, silver, and bronze medals each country won in shooting.

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	2	3	10
2	South Korea	3	3	0	6
3	United States	1	3	1	5
4	Italy	1	2	1	4
5	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
6	Guatemala	1	0	1	2
	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
8	Chile	1	0	0	1
	Serbia	1	0	0	1
10	France*	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
14	India	0	0	3	3
15	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		15	15	15	45

Men's Events Medalists

These are the athletes who won medals in the men's shooting events.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 metre air pistol details	Xie Yu  China	Federico Nilo Maldini  Italy	Paolo Monna  Italy
25 metre rapid fire pistol details	Li Yuehong  China	Cho Yeong-jae  South Korea	Wang Xinjie  China
10 metre air rifle details	Sheng Lihao  China	Victor Lindgren  Sweden	Miran Maričić  Croatia
50 metre rifle three positions details	Liu Yukun  China	Serhiy Kulish  Ukraine	Swapnil Kusale  India
Skeet details	Vincent Hancock  United States	Conner Prince  United States	Lee Meng-yuan  Chinese Taipei
Trap details	Nathan Hales  Great Britain	Qi Ying  China	Jean Pierre Brol  Guatemala

Women's Events Medalists

These are the athletes who won medals in the women's shooting events.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 metre air pistol details	Oh Ye-jin  South Korea	Kim Ye-ji  South Korea	Manu Bhaker  India
25 metre pistol details	Yang Ji-in  South Korea	Camille Jedrzejewski  France	Veronika Major  Hungary
10 metre air rifle details	Ban Hyo-jin  South Korea	Huang Yuting  China	Audrey Gogniat  Switzerland
50 metre rifle three positions details	Chiara Leone  Switzerland	Sagen Maddalena  United States	Zhang Qiongyue  China
Skeet details	Francisca Crovetto  Chile	Amber Rutter  Great Britain	Austen Smith  United States
Trap details	Adriana Ruano  Guatemala	Silvana Stanco  Italy	Penny Smith  Australia

Mixed Team Events Medalists

These are the teams who won medals in the mixed shooting events.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 metre air pistol team details	Serbia Zorana Arunović Damir Mikec	Turkey Şevval İlayda Tarhan Yusuf Dikeç	India Manu Bhaker Sarabjot Singh
10 metre air rifle team details	China Huang Yuting Sheng Lihao	South Korea Keum Ji-hyeon Park Ha-jun	Kazakhstan Alexandra Le Islam Satpayev
Skeet team details	Italy Diana Bacosi Gabriele Rossetti	United States Austen Smith Vincent Hancock	China Jiang Yiting Lyu Jianlin

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