Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre
in Liverpool
, New South Wales
, Australia
during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000.
While the rifle, pistol and running target rules were largely unchanged from the Atlanta Games
, two new shotgun events were added (women's trap
and women's skeet
), raising the number of individual Olympic shooting events to an all-time high of seventeen.
Sydney International Shooting Centre
The Sydney International Shooting Centre in Cecil Park, New South Wales, Australia was built for the shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. It has also been used for four ISSF World Cup events:* 2000 , all events...
in Liverpool
Liverpool, New South Wales
Liverpool is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Liverpool is located 32 km south-west of the Sydney central business district, and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Liverpool...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000.
While the rifle, pistol and running target rules were largely unchanged from the Atlanta Games
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...
, two new shotgun events were added (women's trap
Olympic Trap
Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...
and women's skeet
Olympic Skeet
Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...
), raising the number of individual Olympic shooting events to an all-time high of seventeen.
Medal summary
Medal table
| 1 | align=left | |3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | align=left | |2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| |2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | align=left | |1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | align=left | |1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | align=left | |1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| |1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| |0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 17 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 23 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's events
| 50 metre rifle three positions |
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| 50 metre rifle prone |
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| 10 metre air rifle |
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| 50 metre pistol |
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| 25 metre rapid fire pistol |
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| 10 metre air pistol |
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| Trap |
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| Double trap |
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| Skeet |
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| 10 metre running target |
Women's events
| 50 metre rifle three positions |
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| 10 metre air rifle |
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| 25 metre pistol |
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| 10 metre air pistol |
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| Trap |
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| Double trap |
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| Skeet |