Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
# Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall from 7 September to 12 September.

## Classification

Paralympic shooters are 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.

## Events

For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. After each classification is given the date that the event was contested.

* Men's 10 m air pistol
   * SH1 - 7 September
* Men's 10 m air rifle standing
   * SH1 - 8 September
* Men's 50 m free rifle 3×40
   * SH1 - 10 September
* Women's 10 m air pistol
   * SH1 - 8 September
* Women's 10 m air rifle standing
   * SH1 - 7 September
* Women's 50 m sport rifle 3×20
   * SH1 - 9 September
* Mixed 25 m sport pistol
   * SH1 - 10 September
* Mixed 50 m free pistol
   * SH1 - 12 September
* Mixed 10 m air rifle prone
   * SH1 - 11 September
   * SH2 - 9 September
* Mixed 10 m air rifle standing
   * SH2 - 11 September
* Mixed 50 m free rifle prone
   * SH1 - 12 September

## Participating countries

There were 140 athletes (96 male, 44 female) from 44 nations taking part in this sport.

* Australia (4)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (13)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Croatia (3)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (3)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (4)
* France (7)
* Germany (10)
* Great Britain (4)
* Greece (3)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Iran (3)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (5)
* Macedonia (2)
* Mongolia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (5)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Russia (6)
* Serbia (4)
* Slovakia (3)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Korea (12)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Turkey (4)
* Ukraine (4)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (2)

## 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 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 details | Valeriy Ponomarenko Russia | Sergey Malyshev Russia | Lee Ju-Hee South Korea |
| Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 details | Jonas Jacobsson Sweden | Norbert Gau Germany | Franc Pinter Slovenia |
| Men's 50 m rifle 3×40 details | Jonas Jacobsson Sweden | Doron Shaziri Israel | Dong Chao China |
| Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 details | Lin Haiyan China | Moon Aee-Kyung South Korea | Natalia Dalekova Russia |
| Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 details | Veronika Vadovicova Slovakia | Manuela Schmermund Germany | Nilda Gomez Lopez Puerto Rico |
| Women's 50 m rifle 3×20 SH1 details | Lee Yun-Ri South Korea | Kim In-Yeon South Korea | Zhang Cuiping China |
| Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 details | Andrey Lebedinskiy Russia | Li Jianfei China | Valeriy Ponomarenko Russia |
| Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 details | Park Sea-Kyun South Korea | Lee Ju-Hee South Korea | Valeriy Ponomarenko Russia |
| Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 details | Matt Skelhon Great Britain | Zhang Cuiping China | Sim Jae-Yong South Korea |
| Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 details | Lee Ji-Seok South Korea | Raphael Voltz France | Viktoria Wedin Sweden |
| Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 details | Lee Ji-Seok South Korea | Raphael Voltz France | Michael Johnson New Zealand |
| Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1 details | Jonas Jacobsson Sweden | Zhang Cuiping China | Dong Chao China |
