Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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Shooting
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueRoyal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich
Dates30 August – 6 September
Competitors140 (99 men and 41 women) from 44 nations
2008
2016

Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich from 30 August to 6 September.

Classification

Paralympic shooters were classified according to the extent of their disability. The classification system allowed shooters to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Shooting classifications are:

  • SH1 - competitors who do not need a shooting stand
  • SH2 - competitors who use a shooting stand to support the firearm's weight

Events

For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or both of the above classifications. After each classification was given the date that the event was contested.[1]

  • Men's 10 m air pistol
    • SH1 - 30 August
  • Men's 10 m air rifle standing
    • SH1 - 31 August
  • Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
    • SH1 - 5 September
  • Women's 10 m air pistol
    • SH1 - 31 August
  • Women's 10 m air rifle standing
    • SH1 - 30 August
  • Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions
    • SH1 - 6 September
  • Mixed 25 m pistol
    • SH1 - 3 September
  • Mixed 50 m pistol
    • SH1 - 6 September
  • Mixed 10 m air rifle prone
    • SH1 - 1 September
    • SH2 - 1 September
  • Mixed 10 m air rifle standing
    • SH2 - 2 September
  • Mixed 50 m rifle prone
    • SH1 - 4 September

Participating nations

There were 140 athletes (99 male, 41 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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)4138
2 South Korea (KOR)3014
3 France (FRA)1102
 Sweden (SWE)1102
5 Macedonia (MKD)1001
 Ukraine (UKR)1001
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)1001
8 Russia (RUS)0314
9 Great Britain (GBR)0123
10 Germany (GER)0112
11 Israel (ISR)0101
 Slovenia (SLO)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
 Turkey (TUR)0101
15 Australia (AUS)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Slovakia (SVK)0011
Totals (18 entries)12121236

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 10m air pistol SH1
details
Park Sea-Kyun
 South Korea
Muharrem Korhan Yamaç
 Turkey
Lee Ju-Hee
 South Korea
Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1
details
Dong Chao
 China
Jonas Jacobsson
 Sweden
Josef Neumaier
 Germany
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
details
Jonas Jacobsson
 Sweden
Doron Shaziri
 Israel
Dong Chao
 China
Women's 10m air pistol SH1
details
Olivera Nakovska-Bikova
 Macedonia
Marina Klimenchenko
 Russia
Sareh Javanmardi
 Iran
Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1
details
Cuiping Zhang
 China
Manuela Schmermund
 Germany
Natalie Smith
 Australia
Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
details
Cuiping Zhang
 China
Shibei Dang
 China
Veronika Vadovičová
 Slovakia
Mixed 25m pistol SH1
details
Jianfei Li
 China
Sergey Malyshev
 Russia
Valery Ponomarenko
 Russia
Mixed 50m pistol SH1
details
Park Sea-Kyun
 South Korea
Valery Ponomarenko
 Russia
Hedong Ni
 China
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
details
Cédric Fèvre
 France
Matt Skelhon
 Great Britain
Cuiping Zhang
 China
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2
details
Vasyl Kovalchuk
 Ukraine
Raphaël Voltz
 France
James Bevis
 Great Britain
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2
details
Ju-Young Kang
 South Korea
Franček Gorazd Tiršek
 Slovenia
Michael Johnson
 New Zealand
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1
details
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani
 United Arab Emirates
Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo
 Spain
Matthew Skelhon
 Great Britain

References

  1. ^ "Paralympic Shooting - Schedule, Results, Medals". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

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