Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California, United States. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle.[1]

Shooting at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions men women
50 m rifle prone men
10 m air rifle   men   women
Pistol
50 m pistol men
25 m pistol women
25 m rapid fire pistol men
Shotgun
Trap mixed
Skeet mixed
Running target
50 m running target men

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 3 1 2 6
2  China (CHN) 3 0 3 6
3  Italy (ITA) 1 1 1 3
4  France (FRA) 1 1 0 2
5  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 3 4
6  Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
 Japan (JPN) 1 0 0 1
8  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
 Colombia (COL) 0 1 0 1
 Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
 Peru (PER) 0 1 0 1
 Romania (ROU) 0 1 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
 West Germany (FRG) 0 1 0 1
16  Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
 Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
air rifle
  Philippe Heberlé (FRA)  Andreas Kronthaler (AUT)  Barry Dagger (GBR)
pistol
  Xu Haifeng (CHN)  Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)  Wang Yifu (CHN)
rapid fire pistol
  Takeo Kamachi (JPN)  Corneliu Ion (ROU)  Rauno Bies (FIN)
rifle prone
  Edward Etzel (USA)  Michel Bury (FRA)  Michael Sullivan (GBR)
rifle three positions
 Malcolm Cooper (GBR)  Daniel Nipkov (SUI)  Alister Allan (GBR)
running target
  Li Yuwei (CHN)  Helmut Bellingrodt (COL)  Huang Shiping (CHN)
From left to right: Michel Bury, Edward Etzel and Michael Sullivan

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
air rifle
  Pat Spurgin (USA)  Edith Gufler (ITA)  Wu Xiaoxuan (CHN)
pistol
  Linda Thom (CAN)  Ruby Fox (USA)  Patricia Dench (AUS)
rifle three positions
  Wu Xiaoxuan (CHN)  Ulrike Holmer (FRG)  Wanda Jewell (USA)
From left to right: Ulrike Holmer, Wu Xiauxuan and Wanda R. Jewell
From left to right: Ruby Fox, Linda Thom and Patricia Dench

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Trap
  Luciano Giovannetti (ITA)  Francisco Boza (PER)  Daniel Carlisle (USA)
Skeet
  Matthew Dryke (USA)  Ole Riber Rasmussen (DEN)  Luca Scribani Rossi (ITA)

Participating nations

A total of 460 shooters, 382 men and 77 women, from 68 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Shooting at the 1984 Los Angeles Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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