Olympic Shooting

Tuesday 3 January 2012

Olympic Shooting - Overview

Olympic Shooting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Only exceptions are at the 1904 and 1928 editions. In the 1896 Summer Games, there were only three shooting events but as time passed by the popularity increased and now the number of events under the shooting category are 17. The sport of shooting can be divided into four categories. The four disciplines of the shooting are rifle, shotgun, running-target and pistol events by men and women.

The lineup of shooting activities has changed quite a bit from its commencement in 1896 in Athens, as have the guns used, but it is still a big part of the Summer Games. In the beginning of the Olympics there were only three Shooting events. In 2012 London Olympics, the sport of Shooting features three disciplines: Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun for men and women. The women shooters had made their debut in the shooting games from the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games. Shooting targets vary from moving clay targets in trap and skeet events, to stationery targets at ranges from ten to 50 meters. Some events require shooters to presume different positions.

In the 2012, London Olympic Games the category of shooting is much awaited. The sport of Shooting features three disciplines Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun. The shooting events are to be held from Saturday 28 July – Sunday five August at the Royal Artillery Barracks. There are 15 events in all, five in each of the three Shooting disciplines. In each of these disciplines three events are for men and two for women. There are 390 athletes will participate for 15 gold medals in shooting event of London Olympics 2012.

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ISSF World Shooting Championships – History

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is an organization that governs international shooting sports. ISSF is a member of the International Olympic Committee and so it is in charge of the Olympic shooting events. ISSF headquarters is in Munich, Germany.

After the success of the 1896 Olympics Games the shooting community decided to conduct international shooting matches that came to be known as World Championships. The first championship was held in 1897 in Lyons, France. The only break in the championships was the two war periods 1915-1920 and 1940-1946.

Only one event was conducted in first championship and that was the 300 meter Free Rifle held in 1897. Four champions were awarded for the 60 shots 3x20 aggregate, and the prone, kneeling and standing sub events. In 1900 pistol event that was added and the 50 meter Free Pistol event became the first pistol event in the championship. In 1958 first women events were included and a full junior men and women program were added in 1994. Over the years the championships progressed from the original four events, eight champions with individual and team in one discipline to the thirty events, 108 champions in four disciplines are rifle, pistol, running target and shotgun that are included in the current world championships.

The first ISSF leaders took their commitment to bring together the shooting federations “of all nations in the world” seriously. A second task was governing and growing its International Matches into World Shooting Championships. During this first era, the Matches were organized every year. 18 annual World Championships were organized between 1897 and 1914.

The leadership of Daniel Mérillon and L’Union des Sociétés de Tir de France was crucial to the renewal of the ISSF. Daniel Mérillon was re-elected President and the French federation agreed to provide administrative support for the ISSF. The key decision was to revive the International Matches or World Shooting Championships. The break in the championships was due to war period from 1915 to 1920. The next Championship was to be held in conjunction with the French National Matches in Lyon in August 1921.

As part of the ISSF’s effort to support new shooting constituencies, it also sanctioned a series of special World Championships for some of its events. These so-called separate World Championships actually began in 1933 when the ISSF began organizing special trap championships. Cooperative efforts with the Federation Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) had begun in the 1930s and this relationship encouraged the ISSF to support a growing clay target community.

The championships were not contested during World War II from the years 1940-1946.The ISSF relationship with FITASC was renewed in 1951 and ultimately led to the ISSF assuming a lead role in governing amateur clay target events. FITASC was active in promoting live pigeon shooting and trap competitions with large cash prizes so it needed to cooperate with the ISSF to keep trap events on the Olympic and World Championship programs.

New events were added while other events were deleted. Most new ISSF events represented efforts to reach out to shooters who participated in shooting events other than traditional ISSF events. Among the new events that were most significant for the ISSF’s future were skeet, which was added in 1958 are air rifle, which was added in 1966, and air pistol, which entered the program in 1970. Women events were also included in 1958.

The ISSF also experimented with separate World Moving Target and World Air Gun Championships as a means of promoting those two sets of events. Air guns and their development as high-precision target arms played an especially significant role in the growth of the shooting sports in many nations.

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Monday 2 January 2012

ISSF Separate World Championship - Running Target

After the success of the 1896 Olympics Games the shooting community decided to conduct international shooting matches that came to be known as World Championships. The first championship was held in 1897 in Lyons, France and the 50th edition was held in Munich, Germany in August 2010. The only break in the championships was the two war periods 1915-1920 and 1940-1946.

The ISSF Separate World Championship Running Target is being organized every 4 years in the year of the Olympic Games. The ISSF Separate World Championship Running Target includes competitions in Running Target events only. The Running Target includes competitions in junior events. The ISSF Separate World Championship Running Target includes team competitions and teams are formed by 3 individuals of the same nation competing in the same event.

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ISSF Separate World Championship - Shotgun

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is an organization that governs international shooting sports. ISSF is a member of the International Olympic Committee and so it is in charge of the Olympic shooting events. ISSF headquarters is in Munich, Germany.

After the success of the 1896 Olympics Games the shooting community decided to conduct international shooting matches that came to be known as World Championships. The first championship was held in 1897 in Lyons, France and the 50th edition was held in Munich, Germany in August 2010. The only break in the championships was the two war periods 1915-1920 and 1940-1946.

The Separate ISSF World Championships Shotgun is being organized every 2 years, in the years following the Olympic Games and the ISSF World Championships All Events include competitions in Shotgun events only. World Championships Shotgun includes competitions in junior events. World Championships Shotgun includes team competitions. Teams are formed by 3 individuals of the same nation competing in the same event. World Championships Shotgun limiting to the Olympic Events, the Separate ISSF World Championships Shotgun can award Olympic Quota Places, and it is therefore considered an Olympic Qualification competition.

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ISSF World Championship – All Events

After the success of the 1896 Olympics Games the shooting community decided to conduct international shooting matches that came to be known as World Championships. The first championship was held in 1897 in Lyons, France and the 50th edition was held in Munich, Germany in August 2010. The only break in the championships was the two war periods 1915-1920 and 1940-1946.

ISSF World Championships All Events

World Championships are being organizes every 4 years, two years after each Olympic Games. World Championships supervised by the ISSF, include competitions in all the events in the four disciplines of Rifle, Pistol, Running Target and Shotgun. World Championships include competition in Junior events. World Championships include team competitions. Teams are formed by 3 individuals of the same nation competing in the same event. World Championships limiting to the Olympic events, the ISSF World Championships can award Olympic Quota Places, and it is therefore considered an Olympic Qualification competition.

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Wednesday 14 December 2011

Olympic - Shooting Rules and Equipment

Olympic Shooting Rules are established by United States Amercia Shooting (USAS), the national governing body for the Olympic sport of shooting in the United States. Olympic Shooting rules apply to shooting events and activities recognized by and promoted by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), and Olympic Shooting rules changes made by ISSF will be adopted by USAS. USAS does in some cases recognize events not recognized by ISSF, thus USAS is the governing body for such events.

Olympic Shooting Equipment Rules

An air pistol is a handgun that shoots lead pellets propelled by compressed air or carbon dioxide gas. The air pistols used for Olympic events are very different-looking from most other handguns. These pistols use 4.5mm (.177 inch) pellets. The gun must be loaded with only one pellet, and ported barrels/perforated barrel attachments are allowed.

Like the air pistol, the air rifle uses compressed air or carbon dioxide (co2) gas to propel a 4.5mm (.177 inch) lead pellet at a target. The difference is that the rifle is a shoulder-mounted gun with a longer barrel, and is usually much easier to shoot accurately than a pistol.

For the 10M Olympic event, thumb holes, thumb rests, palm rests, heel rests, spirit levels, and bipods are prohibited.

The rapid-fire pistol event specifies that the handgun may not be single-shot, therefore semi-automatic pistols or revolvers may be used. In 2008 this event will apparently be rimfire only, meaning only 22-caliber rimfire guns will be allowed. No compensators or perforated barrel attachments may be used.

Equipment rules for pistol events differ from those for the rapid-fire event described above. 22-caliber rimfire single-shot pistols are the only type allowed.

For the "rifle 3 positions" event as well as prone, any action 22-caliber rimfire rifle may be used. Thumb holes, thumb rests, palm rests, heel rests, and spirit levels are allowed. For shotgun events including double trap, trap, and skeet, any smooth-bore shotgun 12 gauge or smaller may be used. No slings are allowed.

Compensators may only be used for the skeet event. Guns with magazines must be blocked so it will hold no more than one shell. Ported barrels are allowed (subject to jury approval), and optical sights are prohibited.

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Olympic - Shooting Rules and Scoring

Like any governing body, USAS has many, many rules. I will highlight the important Olympic Shooting rules of these like methods of scoring. These ought to help anyone who wants better understand what you're likely to see at an Olympic shooting event.

Olympic Shooting Scoring Rules

In all of the rifle and pistol events round targets are used. These consist of a series of concentric circles, with each successively larger circle scoring fewer points. Target size varies according to the distance from the shooter to the target. The center circle of such a target is what's usually referred to as a bullseye, and it's worth ten points. Scores are totalled to determine the winner of each event, which of course is the shooter with the highest score.

Round Targets

For shotgun events, clay targets are thrown into the air. The shooter's goal is to break each target. The winner is the shooter who breaks the most targets.

Clay Targets

In double trap and skeet, the shooter is only allowed one shot per target. For the trap event, two shots are allowed for each target.

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