Shooting

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed) using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns (see archery for more information on shooting sports that make use of bows and arrows). Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event (albeit only once, in 1900). The shooting sports are categorized by the type of firearm or target used.

The Olympic shooting program, consists of 15 different events (9 men and 6 women) in three different disciplines, five shooting events with rifles, five pistols and five skeet shotgun. The Olympic program was changed to the Olympic Games of 2008 and the number of shooting events from 17 to 15:

rifle:

-50 m Rifle 3 Positions

- 50 m Rifle Prone

-10 m Air Rifle

-50 m Rifle 3 Positions

- 10 m Air Rifle

pistol:

-Pistol 50 m

-Rapid fire gun-25 m

-10 m Air Pistol

-Pistol 25 m

-10 m Air Pistol

Clay Pigeon Shooting:

-Trap

-Double Trap

-Skeet

-Trap

-Skeet

2 Spanish representatives in shooting in the next Olympic Games in London are:

 Pablo Carrera

                                                                       Mario Fuentes

    Miguel Gallardo Ledro 3ºA