Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Shooting
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing Shooting Range Hall (rifle & pistol)
Beijing Shooting Range Clay
Target Field
(shotgun)
Dates9–17 August 2008
Competitors390 from 103 nations
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Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall (rifle and pistol events) and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field (shotgun events). Of the fifteen events, the host country won five.

Highlights included:

The sport also faced its first major doping case, when Kim Jong-su of North Korea was stripped of his medals in 50 metre pistol and 10 metre air pistol after testing positive for propranolol, a beta blocker that some performers use to reduce stage fright and some surgeons use to reduce hand tremors during operations.[3]

  1. ^ "Olympics 2008: Shooting | Sport | the Guardian". TheGuardian.com.
  2. ^ "Olympic shooters hug as their countries do battle", CNN, August 10, 2008
  3. ^ "Scientificamerican.com". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2010-02-28.