In the shooting competition of Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, there were 15 events, which were divided into three categories: rifle, pistol and UFO shooting, and 15 gold medals were produced, all of which were individual events. Due to the "Olympic slimming plan", the International Shooting Federation re-planned the shooting events of the Olympic Games, and the shooting events of the Beijing Olympic Games cancelled the men's 10 meter moving target and the women's flying saucer.
Each sub-item retains 5 sub-items, and the situation is {
Rifle 5: women's 10m air rifle, men's 10m air rifle, women's three-position 50m rifle (3X20), men's three-position 50m rifle (3X40) and men's horizontal shooting 50m rifle;
Pistol 5: women's 10m air pistol, men's 10m air pistol, women's 25m sport pistol, men's pistol and men's 25m rapid fire pistol;
UFO 5: Women's multi-directional, women's two-directional, men's multi-directional, men's two-directional. }
1896 there were three shooting events in the first Athens Olympic games, and men's shooting became an Olympic event; 1984 Olympic Games set up some women's events (previously mixed), 1996 Olympic Games completely separated men's and women's events. In the history of modern Olympic Games, shooting is an official event in other Olympic Games except the 3rd Olympic Games of 1904 and the 8th Olympic Games of 1928. By 2000, the number of events in Sydney Olympic Games had increased to 17, which was mainly divided into pistol, air gun, flying saucer and moving target competition.
There were 17 events in the 28th Olympic Games in 2004.
{A Men's 10 event: 60 men's small caliber rifles (50m), 3×40 small caliber rifles,10m air rifles, 50m optional pistols, 25m pistol rapid fire,10m air guns,10m moving targets, skeet, etc.
B Seven events for women: women's small-caliber rifle 3×40,10m air rifle, 25m sport pistol,10m air pistol, skeet and skeet.