National Shooting Center

The National Shooting Center, known as the Olympic Shooting Centre during the 2016 Summer Olympics, is a firing range in Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The range was opened in 2007 and was upgraded to host the sports shooting events for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Footnotes

↑ "Olympic Shooting Centre". Rio 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
↑ "Olympic Shooting". Rio 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
↑ "National Shooting Center". Rio 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
↑ "National Shooting Centre by BCMF Arquitetos". Dezeen. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

References

rio2016.com Rio de Janeiro Olympic venues map

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Barra Cluster	Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Maria Lenk Aquatic Center Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Center HSBC Arena Pontal Riocentro (four venues) Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Copacabana Arena Fort Copacabana Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Aquatics Centre Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic BMX Center Olympic Hockey Center Mountain Bike Centre Olympic Whitewater Stadium Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Maracanãzinho Sambódromo

Football stadia	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena Fonte Nova Mineirão Arena Corinthians Arena da Amazônia

Venues of the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Barra Cluster	Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Center Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Pontal Rio Olympic Arena Riocentro - Pavilion 3 Riocentro - Pavilion 6 Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Fort Copacabana Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic Hockey Center Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Sambódromo

Olympic venues in shooting

1896: Kallithea 1900: Boulogne-Billancourt, Satory 1908: Bisley Ranges, Uxendon Shooting School Club 1912: Råsunda IP 1920: Beverloo Camp, Hoogboom Military Camp 1924: Camp de Châlons, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Le Stade Olympique Reims, Le Stand de Tir de Versailles 1932: Los Angeles Police Pistol Range 1936: Wannsee Shooting Range 1948: Bisley National Rifle Association Ranges 1952: Huopalahti, Malmi Rifle Range 1956: Royal Australian Air Force, Laverton Air Base, Williamstown 1960: Cesano Infantry School Range, Lazio Pigeon Shooting Stand, Umberto I Shooting Range 1964: Asaka Shooting Range, Tokorozawa Shooting Range 1968: Vicente Suárez Shooting Range 1972: Schießanlage 1976: Olympic Shooting Range, L'Acadie 1980: Dynamo Shooting Range 1984: Prado Regional Park 1988: Taenung International Shooting Range 1992: Mollet del Vallès Shooting Range 1996: Wolf Creek Shooting Complex 2000: Sydney International Shooting Centre 2004: Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre 2008: Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field, Beijing Shooting Range Hall 2012: Royal Artillery Barracks 2016: Olympic Shooting Centre

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