Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for rifle and 4 for pistol, across a range of men's, women's and mixed events.
| Shooting at the XV Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | National Shooting Center |
| Dates | 8–14 September 2016 |
| Competitors | 140 |
Paralympic shooters were also 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
Qualification
There were 140 athletes (100 male, 40 female) taking part in this sport. Any athlete awarded a qualification slot in one event is permitted to enter other eligible event if they have a minimum qualification score. Therefore, fields in each event are likely to be significantly larger than the qualification quotas below.
Qualification slots will be allocated as follows:[1]
° : Bipartite invitation of named athlete.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10m air pistol SH1 |
Yang Chao |
Lee Ju-hee |
Server Ibragimov |
| Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 |
Dong Chao |
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani |
Kim Su-wan |
| Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 |
Laslo Šuranji |
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani |
Doron Shaziri |
| Women's 10m air pistol SH1 |
Sareh Javanmardi |
Olga Kovalchuk |
Aysegul Pehlivanlar |
| Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 |
Veronika Vadovicova |
Zhang Cuiping |
Yan Yaping |
| Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 |
Zhang Cuiping |
Veronika Vadovicova |
Lee Yun-Ri |
| Mixed 25m pistol SH1 |
Huang Xing |
Joackim Norberg |
Lee Ju-hee |
| Mixed 50m pistol SH1 |
Sareh Javanmardi |
Yang Chao |
Oleksii Denysiuk |
| Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 |
Veronika Vadovicova |
Natascha Hiltrop |
Lee Jang-ho |
| Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 |
Vasyl Kovalchuk |
Kim Geun-soo |
McKenna Dahl |
| Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 |
Veselka Pevec |
Franček Gorazd Tiršek |
Kim Geun-soo |
| Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 |
Zhang Cuiping |
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani |
Laslo Šuranji |
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