Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Shooting
at the XIII Paralympic Games

Paralympic Shooting
VenueBeijing Shooting Range Hall
Dates7–12 September 2008
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

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

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:

Events

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.

Qualification

There were 140 athletes (100 male, 40 female) taking part in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

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
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
5  Slovakia (SVK) 1 0 0 1
7  France (FRA) 0 2 0 2
7  Germany (GER) 0 2 0 2
9  Israel (ISR) 0 1 0 1
10  New Zealand (NZL) 0 0 1 1
10  Puerto Rico (PUR) 0 0 1 1
10  Slovenia (SLO) 0 0 1 1
Total 12 12 12 36

Medalists

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

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