It’s a wrap for the shooting events at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the world saw phenomenal shooting with five new Olympic records set in 14 different medal events and 42 medals up for grabs. China showed they are currently the ones to beat winning the most shooting medals in Paris with 10 including five gold, two silver and three bronze. The USA (one gold, three silver, one bronze) and Korea (two gold, three silver) were next with five medals each and Italy followed suit with four medals (one gold, two silver, one bronze). India, Switzerland and Guatemala each joined the countries earning more than one medal with two apiece.
The USA saw veteran skeet shooter, Vincent Hancock, become one of only six competitors in Olympic history to win four gold medals in the same event. He joins Al Oerter (USA, discus), Paul Elvstrom (Denmark, sailing one-person class), Carl Lewis (USA, long jump), Michael Phelps (USA, 200m individual medley), and Mijain Lopez (Cuba, Greco-Roman heavyweight) to accomplish the feat and is the first Olympic shooter to do so. He won gold medals in 2008 in Beijing, in 2012 in London, in 2020 in Tokyo and now in 2024 in Paris. He also won a silver medal for his participation and finish in the Skeet Mixed Team competition.
USA Shooting Olympic Highlights
Here are more USA Shooting highlights from Paris:
- Sagen Maddalena, earned the first medal for USA in the 2024 Olympics when she won a silver medal in the Women’s 50m Smallbore Rifle. Maddalena, from Groveland, California, is a sergeant in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit and a University of Alaska Fairbanks alumna. She previously competed in Tokyo 2020, placing fifth.
- Conner Prince from Burleson, Texas, made his Olympic debut in Paris 2024 where he won silver in Men’s Skeet finishing right behind Hancock. Besides being his first Olympic medal in his first Olympics, it also marked the first time the USA secured more than one medal in Men’s Skeet at an Olympic Games. Prince’s performance, which included tying the Olympic qualification record, was a significant achievement.
- Austen Smith from Keller, Texas, is a University of Texas at Arlington student and a seasoned international shooter with over 20 medals. She made her Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020, finishing 10th. She won bronze in Women’s Skeet in Paris this year for her first Olympic medal and followed it up with a silver while paired up with Hancock competing in the Skeet Mixed Team event.
Olympic Shooting Went Viral
Olympic shooters in 2024 also became brief internet sensations with their style and approach to their games with Korean shooter, Kim Yeji, 31, landing attention for the aura of cool she projected when competing and winning a silver in the 10m Air Pistol event. While Turkish shooter, Yusef Dikec, rolling in with regular looking glasses, a white Turkish t-shirt, no muffs, gray hair and just hanging back with one hand in his pocket and the other driving tacks from his air pistol, looked more like a guy who got disturbed from reading a book and asked if he wanted to compete in a shooting event. Dikec, 51, a former officer in the Turkish Gendarmerie, won a silver along with Sevval Ilayda Tarhan in the Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol. But not until after he had already been featured in countless memes and videos on X, Instagram and YouTube. He has competed in every Olympics since 2008.
Olympic Shooting Records Broken and Tied
Five Olympic shooting records were broken and two were tied during the games as well, as reported by the Associated Press:
- Chiara Leone of Switzerland scored a 464.4 in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position final, breaking the Olympic record of 463.9 set by fellow Swiss shooter Nina Christen at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
- Adriana Ruano of Guatemala hit 45 of 50 targets in women’s Trap to break the Olympic record of 43 set by Rehak Stefecekova of Slovakia at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
- Nathan Hales of Britain scored a 48 in men’s Trap, breaking the Olympic record of 43 set by Jiri Liptak and David Kosteleck at the Tokyo Games in 2021, during the gold medal round.
- Sheng Lihao of China scored 252 in men’s 10m Air Rifle, breaking the Olympic record of 251.6 set by William Shaner of the United States at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
- Ban Hyojin of South Korea and Huang Yuting of China each scored a 251.8 in women’s Team 10m Air Rifle to tie the Olympic record set by China’s Yang Qian at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
- Yusef Dikec and Ilayda Tarhan of Turkey scored a 582 in Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol to tie the Olympic record set by India’s Manu Bhaker and Chaudhary Saurabh at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
- Oh Ye Jin of South Korea scored a 243.2 in women’s 10m Air Pistol, breaking the Olympic record of 240.3 set by Vitalina Batsarashkina of the Russian Olympic Committee at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Roommate Kim Yeji also surpassed the previous mark with her score of 241.3 and won the silver medal in that event.
Complete Olympic Shooting Results
Following is a complete rundown of the 2024 Paris Olympic shooting events and medal winners:
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
Gold: China
Silver: Korea
Bronze: Kazakhstan
10m Air Pistol Men
Gold: China – Xie Yu
Silver: Italy – Federico Nilo Maldini
Bronze: Italy – Paolo Monna
10m Air Pistol Women
Gold: Korea – Oh Ye Jin
Silver: Korea – Kim Yeji
Bronze: India – Manu Bhaker
10m Air Rifle Women
Gold: Korea – Ban Hyojin
Silver: China – Huang Yuting
Bronze: Switzerland – Audrey Gogniat
10m Air Rifle Men
Gold: China – Sheng Lihao
Silver: Sweden – Victor Lindgren
Bronze: Croatia – Miran Maricic
Trap Men
Gold: Great Britain – Nathan Hales
Silver: China – Qi Ying
Bronze: Guatemala – Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas
Trap Women
Gold: Guatemala – Adriana Ruano Oliva
Silver: Italy – Silvana Maria Stanco
Bronze: Australia – Penny Smith
50m Rifle 3 Position Men
Gold: China – Liu Yukun
Silver: Ukraine – Serhiy Kulish
Bronze: India – Swapnil Kusale
50m Rifle 3 Position Women
Gold: Switzerland – Chiara Leone
Silver: USA – Sagen Maddalena (first medal for U.S. Shooting at the Olympics)
Bronze: China – Zhang Qiongyue
25m Pistol Women
Gold: Korea – Yang Jiin
Silver: France – Camille Jedrzejewski
Bronze: Hungary – Veronika Major
Skeet Men
Gold: USA – Vincent Hancock (first shooting gold medal and record set)
Silver: USA – Connor Prince (Prince’s first medal)
Bronze: Taipei – Lee Meng Yuan
Skeet Women
Gold: Chile – Francisca Crovetto Chadid
Silver: Great Britain – Amber Jo Rutter
Bronze: USA – Austen Smith
25M Rapid Fire Pistol Men
Gold: China – Li Yuehong
Silver: Korea – Cho Yeongjae
Bronze: China – Wang Xinjie
Skeet Mixed Team
Gold: Italy
Silver: USA (Vincent Hancock & Austin Jewell Smith
Bronze: China
Absent from Competition
An obvious absence among the medal winners is Russia , always a nemesis in the Olympics for the USA, even after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia was banned, along with Belarus, from this year’s games by the IOC for their country’s involvement in the war in Ukraine. Their athletes can still technically compete as Individual Neutral Athletes, but not under their nation’s flags.
Correction: The winner of the Women’s Skeet medal event was incorrectly identified and should be from Chile, not China. China also won 10 medals, not 11 and only five gold, not six. Russian and Belarus was banned from competition, not their athletes. Athletes can still compete as Individual Neutral Athletes without a country as their designation. This story updated Aug. 5 at 11:17 EST.
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Actually, Russian and Belarus athletes were not banned from competing, they just could not compete under their country’s flag. They had to compete in a kinda random category.
Thanks Gipper for that clarification. I checked my original source and that designation wasn’t clear, but checking with a couple others, I saw you are indeed correct and that just the countries are banned, not the athletes. Correction made.
“Skeet Women
Gold: China – Francisca Crovetto Chadid”
Needs a correction. That is not a Chinese name. She is from Chile.
Thanks for the catch. Made the correction with an edit note at the end of the story.
Rutter is mayhap too polite to say it, but Chile’s medal needs an asterisk.
Why? She actually a man or something?
Very bad call in the shoot-off, verified on video, decided gold/silver break…
IIRC, no gender advantage in shooting.
“25M Rapid Fire Pistol Men
Gold: China – Li Yuehong
Silver: Korea – Cho Yeongjae
Bronze: China – Wang Xinjie”
Uh-oh…
BREAKING: Gun control money used to fund tr*ns-camps for the young people.
(article referenced in video above) “We Investigated a ‘Trans Kids’ Camp. Look Who’s Funding It” > https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2024/08/05/smyal-funding-n2642009
for completeness… The above article link is part 1 in that particular investigative series. This is part 2 > “A Major Children’s Hospital Is Hosting Workshops on How to Transition Kids” > https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2024/08/06/smyal-workshop-n2642852
Supreme Court + Rahimi = Who Cannot Have Guns? What You Need To Know, Domestic Restraining Order.
FEDERAL JUDGE MAKE MASSIVE MISTAKES IN HUGE 2A CASE..
A Federal District Court judge issued a somewhat favorable 2A ruling in a case arising from NJ’s ban on AR-15s and so-called large-capacity magazines. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner analyzes the decision.
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“Dem Rep Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About the 2024 Election” > https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/08/06/jamie-raskin-remarks-on-scotus-trump-supporters-n2643005
(selected quotes from the above link)…
“Even if voters unquestionably elect Donald Trump as President, no matter the margin, and even if the election is universally accepted as free and fair, top Democrats are calling on Congress to block certification of the results, and prep for civil war. pic.twitter.com/U9QL5FZW10
— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) August 5, 2024”
“Congressman Jamie Raskin says EVEN IF TRUMP WINS they will disqualify him on January 6th, 2025 under 14A. pic.twitter.com/EJ78RQUhkr
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 5, 2024”
“Holy crap, this is as advertised. Raskin says Congress will have to tell Trump on January 6th, 2025 that he’s “disqualified” and that it’ll put the country on a civil war footing.
He’s advertising plans to steal the election right out in the open. https://t.co/uSe5MyoCJr
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 6, 2024″
“He’s advertising plans to steal the election right out in the open“
Yes, Donald Trump did advocate terminating Constitution but that’s not going to happen.
Regarding Jamie Raskin, it’s not stealing when you’re operating under the due process of the constitution’s 14th amendment:
“shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability“
Trump told the insurrectionists “you are very special and I love you“, the very definition of giving aid and comfort to a domestic enemy.
“Yes, Donald Trump did advocate terminating Constitution but that’s not going to happen.”
That’s a lie.
First, where this got started was that Trump pointed out that the election was fraudulent due to the democrats manipulating it, perpetrating a fraud, something we know today to have been at least partially true. In response Trump on December 3, 2022 on Truth Social “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution…Our great ‘Founder’ did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections!”
Then Chris Christie claimed that Donald Trump had said “it is okay to suspend the Constitution.”
It is unconstitutional to run for office of president, to gather votes for the office of president, by use of fraud and that’s what the democrats were doing.
Trump never made any such claim that “it is okay to suspend the Constitution” nor did he “advocate terminating Constitution”. What Trump was speaking of was the “termination of all rules, regulations, and articles,” not in the constitution AND even those “found in the Constitution” due to the fraud the democrats has perpetrated, and he was correct, it is permissible to ‘terminate’ those for a short period of time while SCOTUS weighs in. In other words Trump was advocating and asking for the election process to be stopped until this could be ironed out. This has happened before many times… it happens in many different aspects, from every time there are irregularities in the vote count to the types of voting to verifying the certification, and who can forget it happening with the ‘chad’ incident from the Florida votes in 2000. Its actually common for “the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution” until it can be sorted out. The rest of the constitution would have remained in full force and effect, it would not have been ‘suspended’ or ‘terminated’.
It is a 100% lie that “Donald Trump did advocate terminating Constitution”
“Regarding Jamie Raskin, it’s not stealing when you’re operating under the due process of the constitution’s 14th amendment:”
According to SCOTUS the 14th doesn’t do what you and Raskin think. Raskin has the same context and confirmation bias issue you have, typical of the extremist violent left wing.
‘Trump told the insurrectionists ‘you are very special and I love you’, the very definition of giving aid and comfort to a domestic enemy.”
Hmmm.. lets look at this lie a little closer… “SECTION 3. Clause 1. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open court.”
the requirement is … first, Trump would have had to levy war against the U.S….hmmm, where exactly is this open declaration of war that is needed to levy war? Second…where was the ‘adherence’ to the ‘enemy’ by saying ‘you are very special and I love you’ Third, they were not ‘insurrectionists’ – if they were they would have been charged with that instead of any garden variety offenses (e.g. trespass) they may have been charged with, if they were ‘insurrectionists’ they would have been charged under “18 U.S. Code § 2383 – Rebellion or insurrection”
Or in other words, again, your whole post is full of BS, lies, lack of context, and confirmation bias. In short, typical of the extremist violent left wing stuff.
Raskin and his cohort are liars and are declaring a levy of war against the United States and threatening violence upon American citizens, and you Miner49er are aiding them by your public posted comments facilitating and promoting their lies … they are a traitors and you are a traitor by the very definition under “SECTION 3. Clause 1. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open court.”
Rat Skin … er Raskin was at a Politically Oriented Bookstore on Connecticut Avenue NW bragging to like minded DC Marxists. His remarks assume the unlikely possibility that Democrats take the majority in the House, but they will be spending a lot of untraceable money trying. As I recall this was first proposed by Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries.
Take Away: You are not voting for a President, you are voting for the Government you want so vote the whole ticket. We seriously need a big Republican Majority.
After this endless parade of spammy videos and questionable links you have the audacity to complain about cap lock guy?
Anybody else notice most of the Chinese medal winners were not even shooting real FIREARMS but “air guns”? The communists would never let any individual own a real firearm. They wouldn’t want a revolt. Who here remembers watching the Tiananmen Square massacre on TV back in 89’?
everyone was using air guns in that phase of the competition. It was an air gun competition. Its called “10 Meter Air Rifle”
“Who remembers watching the Tiananmen Square massacre on TV?”….
Today it would be Biden’s F-15s he’s been wanting to use against us, instead of Chinese tanks, and they wouldn’t be stopping for protesters.
One of my quirks is that I collect old competition guns, both air guns and 22s. I just got a fairly rare one, a French Unique 66, the first I have seen in thirty years.
In 1968 the EPA cracked down on lead pollution for indoor 22 ranges. I am not an enviro crazy but agree this was a good thing as at least most primers contain considerable lead. My private military high school, that had a basement range got wind of this and found a donor willing to provide matching funds to build a new building with a new state of the art range, but most weren’t so lucky and were forced to switch to air rifles and presumably pistols and parallel competition tracks were created. This is what evolved into the Olympic and other competition tracks and this is reasonable given the air arms are slightly more accurate (probably recoil related). At this point there have been three generations of .177 air arms. The first were spring powered pneumatics, where you cock the spring that when fired the spring compresses air in a cylinder that in turn powers the pellet. These commonly called springers had elaborate mechanisms to compensate for, frankly, squirrely recoil, example Feinwerkbau 300s. The second generation were true one pump pneumatics with built in hand pumps that had to be pumped for each shot. These avoided the squirrely recoil. Very accurate, but you loose your sight picture with every shot. The third generation are PCP rifles and pistols. PCP is pre-charged pneumatic. These eliminate both the internal pump and the need to reestablish the sight picture but require each pellet be loaded manually. Both the second and third generations are probably slightly more accurate than the 22 LR equivalent, but are much less powerful for anything but targets. The good part is you can buy a second hand one at relatively low price compared to new and given a long clear distance set up a safe, fun basement range.