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Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 16 to 23 September 2000 at the Sydney International Shooting Centre.

Two new events, namely women's trap and women's skeet, were officially added to the program, raising the number of individual Olympic shooting events to seventeen.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China China 3 2 3 8
2 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2 0 0 2
Sweden Sweden 2 0 0 2
4 Russia Russia 1 3 2 6
5 Australia Australia 1 1 1 3
6 France France 1 1 0 2
Great Britain Great Britain 1 1 0 2
8 United States United States 1 0 2 3
9 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1 0 0 1
Lithuania Lithuania 1 0 0 1
Poland Poland 1 0 0 1
Slovenia Slovenia 1 0 0 1
Ukraine Ukraine 1 0 0 1
14 Belarus Belarus 0 1 3 4
15 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 1 1 2
Italy Italy 0 1 1 2
17 Denmark Denmark 0 1 0 1
Finland Finland 0 1 0 1
Moldova Moldova 0 1 0 1
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 0 1 0 1
South Korea South Korea 0 1 0 1
Switzerland Switzerland 0 1 0 1
23 Hungary Hungary 0 0 1 1
Kuwait Kuwait 0 0 1 1
Norway Norway 0 0 1 1
Romania Romania 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air rifle Cai Yalin
China
Artem Khadjibekov
Russia
Evgueni Aleinikov
Russia
50 m rifle prone Jonas Edman
Sweden
Torben Grimmel
Denmark
Sergei Martynov
Belarus
50 m rifle three positions Rajmond Debevec
Slovenia
Juha Hirvi
Finland
Harald Stenvaag
Norway
10 m air pistol Franck Dumoulin
France
Wang Yifu
China
Igor Basinsky
Belarus
10 m running target Yang Ling
China
Oleg Moldovan
Moldova
Niu Zhiyuan
China
25 m rapid fire pistol Serguei Alifirenko
Russia
Michel Ansermet
Switzerland
Iulian Raicea
Romania
50 m pistol Tanyu Kiriakov
Bulgaria
Igor Basinsky
Belarus
Martin Tenk
Czech Republic
Skeet Mykola Milchev
Ukraine
Petr Malek
Czech Republic
James Graves
United States
Trap Michael Diamond
Australia
Ian Peel
Great Britain
Giovanni Pellielo
Italy
Double trap Richard Faulds
Great Britain
Russell Mark
Australia
Fehaid Al-Deehani
Kuwait

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air rifle Nancy Johnson
United States
Kang Cho-hyun
South Korea
Gao Jing
China
50 m rifle three positions Renata Mauer-Rozanska
Poland
Tatiana Goldobina
Russia
Maria Feklistova
Russia
10 m air pistol Tao Luna
China
Jasna Sekaric
Serbia and Montenegro
Annemarie Forder
Australia
25 m pistol Maria Grozdeva
Bulgaria
Tao Luna
China
Lolita Evglevskaya
Belarus
Skeet Zemfira Meftakhetdinova
Azerbaijan
Svetlana Demina
Russia
Diana Igaly
Hungary
Trap Diana Gudzineviciute
Lithuania
Delphine Racinet
France
Gao E
China
Double trap Pia Hansen
Sweden
Deborah Gelisio
Italy
Kimberly Rhode
United States

Statistics[]

  • 408 total athletes from 103 countries have participated in the sport at these Games.
  • Marwa Sultan was the youngest participant with 17 years and 229 days.
  • Bruce Meredith was the oldest participant with 63 years and 156 days.
  • 8 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Kuwait won its only medal at the edition of the Olympic Games.
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