Shooting
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad

Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California, United States. The games marked the first time that women’s shooting events were included in the Olympic program.[1]

Medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3126
2 China (CHN)3036
3 Italy (ITA)1113
4 France (FRA)1102
5 Great Britain (GBR)1034
6 Canada (CAN)1001
 Japan (JPN)1001
8 Austria (AUT)0101
 Colombia (COL)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Peru (PER)0101
 Romania (ROU)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
 West Germany (FRG)0101
16 Australia (AUS)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (17 entries)11111133

Medalists

Men's events

From left to right: Michel Bury, Edward Etzel and Michael Sullivan
Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air rifle
Philippe Heberlé
 France
Andreas Kronthaler
 Austria
Barry Dagger
 Great Britain
25 m rapid fire pistol
Takeo Kamachi
 Japan
Corneliu Ion
 Romania
Rauno Bies
 Finland
50 m fire pistol
Xu Haifeng
 China
Ragnar Skanåker
 Sweden
Wang Yifu
 China
50 m rifle prone
Edward Etzel
 United States
Michel Bury
 France
Michael Sullivan
 Great Britain
50 m rifle three positions
Malcolm Cooper
 Great Britain
Daniel Nipkov
 Switzerland
Alister Allan
 Great Britain
50 m running target
Li Yuwei
 China
Helmut Bellingrodt
 Colombia
Huang Shiping
 China

Women's events

From left to right: Ulrike Holmer, Wu Xiauxuan and Wanda R. Jewell
From left to right: Ruby Fox, Linda Thom and Patricia Dench
Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m air rifle
Pat Spurgin
 United States
Edith Gufler
 Italy
Wu Xiaoxuan
 China
25 m pistol
Linda Thom
 Canada
Ruby Fox
 United States
Patricia Dench
 Australia
50 m rifle three positions
Wu Xiaoxuan
 China
Ulrike Holmer
 West Germany
Wanda Jewell
 United States

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Skeet
Matthew Dryke
 United States
Ole Riber Rasmussen
 Denmark
Luca Scribani Rossi
 Italy
Trap
Luciano Giovannetti
 Italy
Francisco Boza
 Peru
Daniel Carlisle
 United States

Participating nations

A total of 460 shooters, 382 men and 77 women, from 68 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Shooting at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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