Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Shooting
at the XIII Paralympic Games

Paralympic Shooting

Venue| Beijing Shooting Range Hall
Dates| 7–12 September 2008

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Shooting at the
2008 Summer Paralympics

Rifle – SH1
50m rifle three positions| men| women
50m rifle prone| mixed
10m air rifle standing| men| women
10m air rifle prone| mixed
Rifle – SH2
10m air rifle prone| mixed
10m air rifle standing| mixed
Pistol – SH1
50m pistol| mixed
25m pistol| mixed
10m air pistol| men| women

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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.

*  Australia (4)
*  Austria (3)
*  Azerbaijan (1)
*  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
*  Brazil (1)
*  Canada (2)
*  China (13)
*  Chinese Taipei (2)
*  Croatia (3)
*  Cyprus (1)
*  Czech Republic (1)
*  Denmark (3)
*  Estonia (1)
*  Finland (4)
*  France (7)
*  Germany (10)
*  Great Britain (4)
*  Greece (3)
*  Hong Kong (1)
*  Hungary (1)
*  India (1)
*  Iran (3)
*  Israel (1)
*  Italy (5)
*  Japan (5)
*  Macedonia (2)
*  Mongolia (1)
*  New Zealand (1)
*  Norway (1)
*  Poland (5)
*  Puerto Rico (1)
*  Russia (6)
*  Serbia (4)
*  Slovakia (3)
*  Slovenia (2)
*  South Korea (12)
*  Spain (3)
*  Sweden (5)
*  Switzerland (1)
*  Thailand (1)
*  Turkey (4)
*  Ukraine (4)
*  United Arab Emirates (1)
*  United States (2)

## 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.

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Korea (KOR)| 4| 3| 2| 9
2|  Sweden (SWE)| 3| 0| 1| 4
3|  Russia (RUS)| 2| 1| 3| 6
4|  China (CHN)| 1| 3| 3| 7
5|  Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Slovakia (SVK)| 1| 0| 0| 1
7|  France (FRA)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Germany (GER)| 0| 2| 0| 2
9|  Israel (ISR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  New Zealand (NZL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Puerto Rico (PUR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Slovenia (SLO)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 12| 12| 12| 36

### Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's 10 m air pistol SH1
details | 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
details | 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
details | Lee Yun-Ri
South Korea | Kim In-Yeon
South Korea | Zhang Cuiping
China
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1
details | 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
details | Lee Ji-Seok
South Korea | Raphael Voltz
France | Michael Johnson
New Zealand
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1
details | 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.

## External links

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* Official Site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics (Beijing)

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* Athletics
* Boccia
* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Football 5-a-side
* Football 7-a-side
* Goalball
* Judo
* Powerlifting
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Sitting volleyball
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair fencing
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair tennis

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