There are 17 events in Sydney, including seven for women. The three main
categories of gun are pistol, rifle (including moving target) and shotgun.
For men, there are three pistol events, four rifle events and three shotgun
events. For women, there are two pistol events, two rifle events (but no
moving target) and three shotgun events, two of which will be held for
women for the first time in Sydney. The bull's eye and the rings on the
target vary from event to event. Each one of the three groups is divided
into events as set out below:
PISTOL
1. Rapid-fire pistol
Shooters fire four lots of 15 shots from a .22 calibre pistol at five silhoettes 25 metres away. Each 15 consists of firing at the each of the silhoettes three times. Each set of five shots
within the 15 gets progressivley more difficult, 8 seconds allowed for the
first five shots, 6 seconds for the second five and 4 second for the last
five. The elimination round leaves eight shooters in a semi-final, with
four of those progressing to the final, in which two sets of five shots are
fired, each within 4 seconds.
2. Free Pistol
Shooters have two and a half hours in which to fire 60 shots at a target
50m away during the elimination rounds. However, in the final shooters have
75 seconds to take each one of 10 shots.
3. Air Pistol
Shooters have two hours and 15 mins to fire 60 shots at a target 10m away
in the elimination rounds. The final, of eight shooters, consists of only
10 shots. In women's events, 40 shots are fired at a target 10 metres away
within 90 minutes in the elimination rounds, while the final of eight
shooters consists of 10 shots each taken within 75 seconds.
Women only
1. Sport Pistol
Shooters fire two rounds of 30, the first 15 "precision" shots, the second
"rapid-fire" shots, at a target 25 metres away. Each shooter gets 6 minutes
in which to fire her precision shots, while the rapid-fire shots require
the shooter to fire at a turning target.
RIFLE
1. Small-bore Rifle, prone.
Shooters have one hour 45 minutes in which to fire a .22 rimfire rifle at a
target 50m away in the elimination round. The wrist must be at least 6
inches above the ground. In the final, shooters have 45 seconds to take
each one of 10 shots.
2. Small-bore rifle, three positions
Shooters fire 40 shots from a prone position within 1 hour, 40 while
kneeling and within 1 hour 15 minutes, and 40 while standing and within 1
hour 30 minutes. The gun is a .22 rifle and the target stands 50m away. In
the final just ten shots are fired, each within 75 seconds and all from a
standing position. In women's events, just 20 shots are taken in each
position, not 40 and the time limit is an overall two and a half hours
rather than set times for each position.
3. Air Rifle
Shooters fire 60 shots at a target 10m away in the elimination rounds. Ten
shots, each within 75 seconds, are fired in the final. In women's events,
shooters have 90 minutes in which to fire 40 shots in the elimination
rounds.
4. Moving Target
Shooters fire a .177 calibre air rifle at a moving target, the speed of
which varies: 30 shots are taken at the fast speed, in which the target is
seen for just 2.5 seconds, and 30 are taken at the slow speed, in which the
target is seen for 5 seconds. In the final, all ten shots are taken at 2.5
seconds.
SHOTGUN
1. Trap
Shooters fire at clay pigeons with a .12-gauge shotgun. Two shots at each
pigeon are allowed and the best six scorers after 125 shots advance to the
final.
2. Double Trap
Shooters fire from five stations as two clay pigeons are released at a time
at unpredictable angles.
3. Skeet
Shooters must hold their guns at the hip until clay pigeons are released
from two places on a tower, one high, one low. The elimination rounds
consist of 125 shots, while just 25 hots are fired by each of six
competitors in the final.
