Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics — competition at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games
The 2008 Olympic shooting competitions produced historic milestones including India's first individual Olympic gold and the sport's first major doping disqualification.
Key Facts
- Dates held
- August 9–17, 2008
- Total events
- 15
- Host country gold medals
- 5
- Kateřina Emmons air rifle score
- 400 (equalled world record)
- Doping disqualification
- Kim Jong-su stripped of two medals for propranolol
- Abhinav Bindra achievement
- India's first individual Olympic gold medal
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
As part of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, shooting was scheduled across two venues — the Beijing Shooting Range Hall for rifle and pistol events and the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field for shotgun events — bringing together elite competitors from across the world over a nine-day period.
Fifteen shooting events were contested from August 9 to 17. China won five gold medals as the host nation. Notable performances included Abhinav Bindra's historic individual gold for India, Kateřina Emmons's world-record-equalling score of 400 in women's air rifle, and a poignant podium moment between Russian and Georgian athletes whose nations were simultaneously at war.
The competition produced lasting records in Olympic participation history, with several shooters reaching five, six, or seven career Olympic appearances. North Korean Kim Jong-su's disqualification for propranolol use marked the sport's first major doping case, drawing attention to beta-blocker use in precision sports and prompting broader anti-doping scrutiny.
Result
at Beijing Shooting Range Hall / Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field