Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall from 7 September to 12 September.
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| Venue | Beijing Shooting Range Hall |
| Dates | 7–12 September 2008 |
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| Rifle – SH1 | ||
| 50m rifle three positions | men | women |
| 50m rifle prone | mixed | |
| 10m air rifle standing | men | women |
| 10m air rifle prone | mixed | |
| Rifle – SH2 | ||
| 10m air rifle prone | mixed | |
| 10m air rifle standing | mixed | |
| Pistol – SH1 | ||
| 50m pistol | mixed | |
| 25m pistol | mixed | |
| 10m air pistol | men | women |
Classification
Paralympic shooters are 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.
Events
For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification is given the date that the event was contested.
- Men's 10 m air pistol
- SH1 - 7 September
- Men's 10 m air rifle standing
- SH1 - 8 September
- Men's 50 m free rifle 3×40
- SH1 - 10 September
- Women's 10 m air pistol
- SH1 - 8 September
- Women's 10 m air rifle standing
- SH1 - 7 September
- Women's 50 m sport rifle 3×20
- SH1 - 9 September
- Mixed 25 m sport pistol
- SH1 - 10 September
- Mixed 50 m free pistol
- SH1 - 12 September
- Mixed 10 m air rifle prone
- SH1 - 11 September
- SH2 - 9 September
- Mixed 10 m air rifle standing
- SH2 - 11 September
- Mixed 50 m free rifle prone
- SH1 - 12 September
Participating countries
There were 140 athletes (96 male, 44 female) from 44 nations taking part in this sport.
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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.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 |
Valeriy Ponomarenko Russia |
Sergey Malyshev Russia |
Lee Ju-Hee South Korea |
| Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 |
Jonas Jacobsson Sweden |
Norbert Gau Germany |
Franc Pinter Slovenia |
| Men's 50 m rifle 3×40 |
Jonas Jacobsson Sweden |
Doron Shaziri Israel |
Dong Chao China |
| Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 |
Lin Haiyan China |
Moon Aee-Kyung South Korea |
Natalia Dalekova Russia |
| Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 |
Veronika Vadovicova Slovakia |
Manuela Schmermund Germany |
Nilda Gomez Lopez Puerto Rico |
| Women's 50 m rifle 3×20 SH1 |
Lee Yun-Ri South Korea |
Kim In-Yeon South Korea |
Zhang Cuiping China |
| Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 |
Andrey Lebedinskiy Russia |
Li Jianfei China |
Valeriy Ponomarenko Russia |
| Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 |
Park Sea-Kyun South Korea |
Lee Ju-Hee South Korea |
Valeriy Ponomarenko Russia |
| Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 |
Matt Skelhon Great Britain |
Zhang Cuiping China |
Sim Jae-Yong South Korea |
| Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 |
Lee Ji-Seok South Korea |
Raphael Voltz France |
Viktoria Wedin Sweden |
| Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 |
Lee Ji-Seok South Korea |
Raphael Voltz France |
Michael Johnson New Zealand |
| Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1 |
Jonas Jacobsson Sweden |
Zhang Cuiping China |
Franc Pinter Slovenia |
References
- "Schedules and Results - Shooting". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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