Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Shooting
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueNational Shooting Center
Dates8–14 September
Competitors140
2012
2020

Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for rifle and 4 for pistol, across a range of men's, women's and mixed events.

Paralympic shooters were also 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:

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

Qualification

There were 140 athletes (100 male, 40 female) taking part in this sport. Any athlete awarded a qualification slot in one event is permitted to enter other eligible event if they have a minimum qualification score. Therefore, fields in each event are likely to be significantly larger than the qualification quotas below.

Qualification slots will be allocated as follows:[1]

Qualification for Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men Women
P1
10m Pistol
SH1
R1
10m Rifle Standing
SH1
R7
50m Rifle 3 Positions
SH1
P2
10m Pistol
SH1
R2
10m Rifle Standing
SH1
R8
50m Rifle 3 Positions
SH1
 China
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Hong Kong
 Iran
 South Korea
 South Korea
 Russia
 Russia
 Serbia
 Sweden
 Turkey
 China
 China
 Great Britain
 Germany
 Germany
 South Korea
 Serbia
 Sweden
 Ukraine
 Ukraine
 France
 India
 Ireland
 South Korea
 Russia
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 Sweden
 Thailand
 United Arab Emirates
 Hungary
 Iran
 Iran
 Macedonia
 Thailand
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 Issy Bailey (GBR)°
 Yelena Taranova (AZE)°
 Australia
 China
 Norway
 Slovakia
 Turkey
 Australia
 Germany
 South Korea
 South Korea
 Sweden
Mixed
P3
25m Pistol
SH1
P4
50m Pistol
SH1
R3
10m Rifle prone
SH1
R6
50m Rifle prone
SH1
R5
10m Rifle prone
SH2
R4
10m Rifle standing
SH2
 China
 China
 Hungary
 Macedonia
 Zenuer von Kohne (RSA)
 Russia
 Switzerland
 Ukraine
 United States
 Brazil
 Norway
 South Korea
 Christopher Pitt (AUS)°
 Brazil
 South Korea
 Mongolia
 Poland
 Portugal
 Serbia
 Thailand
 Turkey
 Turkey
 Uzbekistan
 Italy
 South Korea
 Russia
 Ukraine
 Iran
 Turkey
 Damir Bosnjak (CRO)°
 Australia
 France
 Great Britain
 Italy
 South Korea
 New Zealand
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Turkey
 United Arab Emirates
 China
 China
 Germany
 Norway
 United States
 Thailand
 Jozef Siroky (SVK)°
 Spain
 France
 Great Britain
 Germany
 Israel
 Norway
 United Arab Emirates
 United Arab Emirates
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 United States
 Russia
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
 New Zealand
 Russia
 Slovenia
 Serbia
 Serbia
 Turkey
 Finland
 Italy
 Japan
 Norway
 Sweden
 Australia
 Australia
 Brazil
 China
 France
 Greece
 South Korea
 South Korea
 Kuwait
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 Ukraine
 Bulgaria
 Iran
 Norway
 Slovenia
 United States
 United States

° : Bipartite invitation of named athlete.

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)5218
2 Slovakia (SVK)2103
3 Iran (IRI)2002
4 Ukraine (UKR)1113
5 Slovenia (SLO)1102
6 Serbia (SRB)1012
7 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0303
8 South Korea (KOR)0257
9 Germany (GER)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
11 Israel (ISR)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
 United States (USA)0011
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0011
Totals (14 entries)12121236

Medalists

Men
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air pistol SH1 Yang Chao
 China
Lee Ju-hee
 South Korea
Server Ibragimov
 Uzbekistan
10 m air rifle standing
details
Dong Chao
 China
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani
 United Arab Emirates
Kim Su Wan
 South Korea
50 m rifle 3 positions Laslo Šuranji
 Serbia
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani
 United Arab Emirates
Doron Shaziri
 Israel
Women
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air pistol
details
SH1 Sareh Javanmardi
 Iran
Olga Kovalchuk
 Ukraine
Ayşegül Pehlivanlar
 Turkey
10 m air rifle standing
details
Veronika Vadovičová
 Slovakia
Zhang Cuiping
 China
Yan Yaping
 China
50 m rifle 3 positions Zhang Cuiping
 China
Veronika Vadovičová
 Slovakia
Lee Yun-ri
 South Korea
Mixed
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
25 m pistol SH1 Huang Xing
 China
Joackim Norberg
 Sweden
Lee Ju-hee
 South Korea
50 m pistol Sareh Javanmardi
 Iran
Yang Chao
 China
Oleksii Denysiuk
 Ukraine
10 m air rifle prone Veronika Vadovičová
 Slovakia
Natascha Hiltrop
 Germany
Lee Jang-ho
 South Korea
50 m rifle prone Zhang Cuiping
 China
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani
 United Arab Emirates
Laslo Šuranji
 Serbia
10 m air rifle prone SH2 Vasyl Kovalchuk
 Ukraine
Kim Geun-soo
 South Korea
McKenna Dahl
 United States
10 m air rifle standing Veselka Pevec
 Slovenia
Franček Gorazd Tiršek
 Slovenia
Kim Geun-soo
 South Korea

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