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The document discusses the history and evolution of shooting events in the Olympics, highlighting Pierre de Coubertin's role and the changes made to events over time to align with modern standards. The 2004 Olympics featured 15 medal events across rifle, pistol, and shotgun disciplines, with a focus on gender equity through the introduction of Mixed Pairs events. The International Shooting Sport Federation oversees these events globally, while national bodies manage them locally.

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Olympics

The document discusses the history and evolution of shooting events in the Olympics, highlighting Pierre de Coubertin's role and the changes made to events over time to align with modern standards. The 2004 Olympics featured 15 medal events across rifle, pistol, and shotgun disciplines, with a focus on gender equity through the introduction of Mixed Pairs events. The International Shooting Sport Federation oversees these events globally, while national bodies manage them locally.

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Olympics

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French pistol champion and founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin,
participated in many of these early competitions. This fact certainly contributed to the
inclusion of five shooting events in the 1896 Olympics. Over the years, the events have
been changed a number of times in order to keep up with technology and social
standards. The targets that formerly resembled humans or animals in their shape and
size have are now a circular shape in order to avoid associating the sport with any form
of violence. At the same time, some events have been dropped and new ones have
been added. The 2004 Olympics featured three shooting disciplines (rifle, pistol, and
shotgun) where athletes competed for 51 medals in 10 men's and 7 women's events—
slightly fewer than the previous Olympic schedule.[16]

In the Olympic Games, the shooting sport has always enjoyed the distinction of
awarding the first medals of the Games. Internationally, the International Shooting Sport
Federation (ISSF) has oversight of all Olympic shooting events worldwide, while
National Governing Bodies (NGBs) administer the sport within each country.

Competition disciplines
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Shooting at the Summer Olympics includes fifteen medal events, covering seven
disciplines. Medal events are evenly distributed between rifle, pistol and shotgun with
five events each. Three Mixed Pairs events were introduced to ensure gender equity
between men's and women's events. They replaced 50m Prone Rifle, 50m Free Pistol
and Double Trap which were all men-only events.[17]

Rifle

 50 meter rifle three positions (individual - men and women)


 10 meter air rifle (individual - men and women)
 10 meter air rifle (mixed pairs)
Pistol

 25 meter rapid fire pistol (individual - men)


 25 meter sport pistol (individual - women)
 10 meter air pistol (individual - men and women)
 10 meter air pistol (mixed pairs)
Shotgun

 Trap (men and women)


 Skeet (individual - men and women)
 Skeet (mixed pairs)

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