ISSF 10 meter air rifle

ISSF 10 meter air rifle

Men
Number of shots	60+24
Olympic Games	Since 1984
World Championships	Since 1970
Abbreviation	AR60
Women
Number of shots	60+24
Olympic Games	Since 1984
World Championships	Since 1970
Abbreviation	AR60W

10 meter air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of 10 meters (10.94 yards) using a 4.5 mm (0.177 in) calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of 5.5 kg (12.13 lb). It is one of the ISSF-governed shooting sports included in the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Shots are fired from the standing position only, as opposed to some other airgun disciplines such as for three positions (popular in the United States) or in disabled sports, which allows sitting and prone positions. Due to the low recoil of air guns and the need for stability, the shooter frequently adopts a deliberately lordotic and scoliotic posture, which allows the non-dominant elbow to be rested against the chest to support the forearm and improves the stability of the shooting stance. The use of specialized rigidly padded vest is allowed to prevent chronic back injury, which can be caused by prolonged asymmetric load on the spinal column.

The major competitions are the Olympic Games every four years and the ISSF World Shooting Championships every four years (the Games and the Championships are held two years apart). In addition, the event is included in the ISSF World Cup series, the ISSF World Cup Final, continental championships, and many other international and national competitions. It is an indoor sport. In many clubs and ranges, electronic targets are now being used instead of the traditional paper targets.

Scores in 10-meter air rifles have improved rapidly during the last few decades. During the 1970s, technical advances in the employed match air rifles made the ISSF, known as the International Shooting Union or UIT (French: Union Internationale de Tir) back then, decide to significantly reduce the size of the 10-meter air rifle target to its current dimensions.

Rules

The target, with integer scoring rings shown: total Ø = 45.5 mm. 4 ring Ø = 30.5 mm. 9 ring Ø = 5.5 mm. 10 ring Ø = 0.5 mm, height 1.4 m above the floor

Until 2013, the maximum achievable aggregate score (qualification + final) was 709 for men (600 + 109.0) and 509 for women (400 + 109.0). The score for the qualification used integers (10 as the highest score per shot), and the final stage included decimals (10.9 as the highest score per shot). No top competitor achieved an official perfect aggregate score under these rules.

Under rules introduced in 2013, finals became "start from zero", with qualification scores no longer carried forward, and the best eight competitors started all over again. In the 20-shot final, the highest achievable final score was 218.0 points. No competitor achieved an official perfect final score under these rules.

Rules introduced in 2018 ended the differences in competition format between male and female athletes. Also, the final was changed to 24 shots (5 shots + 5 shots + 14 shots elimination phase). In the final, the highest achievable final score is 261.6 points. Until 2020, no top competitor has achieved an official perfect final score under these rules. The current world record is 253.7 for men^[1] and 252.9 for women.

Qualification Round

Pre 2013 qualification rules

The course of fire was an unlimited number of sighter shots followed by 60 competition shots for men or 40 competition shots for women, all fired within 75 minutes for men or 50 minutes for women. During this initial or qualification phase, a maximum of 10 points was awarded for each shot. Top competitors sometimes achieved maximum results (a "possible") for the initial or qualification phase (600 for men and 400 for women). Most of these full marks were achieved non-directly ISSF supervised international and national-level matches and championships, where official ISSF-recognized world records cannot be set.^[2] This leads to many national records being equal to the world records.

2013 to 2018 qualification rules

The course of fire was 60 competition shots for men or 40 for women, and all fired within 75 minutes for men or 50 minutes for women. During this initial or qualification phase, a maximum of 10.9 points was awarded for each shot. The highest possible 60-shot score for men was 654.0 points, and for women, 436.0 points.

2018 qualification rules

ISSF rules introduced in 2018 ended gender differences, expanding the 40-shot qualification phase for women to 60 shots and setting the highest possible 60-shot score at 654.0 points.

Finals

Pre 2013 finals rules

The top eight shooters from the qualification round moved on to a finals event consisting of 10 shots – each decimal scored to a maximum of 10.9 – with the cumulative score determining the winner (qualification + finals score). Every scoring ring is 5 mm wide and sub-divided in 0.5 mm (≈ 0.1719 MOA) increments in 10 "subrings". Like the other scoring rings, the maximum of 10.9 is derived from an additional set of 10 "subrings" within the center 10-point circle, increasing in 0.1 point value as the rings approach the center of the target.

2013 to 2018 finals rules

In November 2012, The ISSF announced other final rules.^[3] This finals rules had the best eight shooters starting from zero, eliminating the qualification scores that used to be combined with the finals scores for competition results. The format consisted of 20 final shots scored in 0.1 point value as the rings approach the center of the target, setting the highest possible 20 shots score at 218.0 points.

2018 finals rules

Since 2018, the ISSF finals rules have ranked the eight best shooters, starting from zero and eliminating qualification scores. The format consists of 2 series of 5 shots each, to be fired within 250 seconds per series. This is followed by 14 single shots fired on command, with 50 seconds for each shot. Eliminations of the lowest-scoring finalists begin after the tenth shot (series + first 2 single shots) and continue after every two shots until the gold and silver medalists are decided. There is a total of 24 finals shots, setting the highest possible 24 shots score at 261.6 points. If there is a tie for the lowest-ranking athlete to be eliminated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.

Equipment

Air rifle

A typical PCP match air rifle.

The occurrence of high scores in modern times is mainly due to the continuous development of precision match air rifles from spring-piston type designs into single-stroke pneumatic and then regulated pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) designs. Modern PCP match rifles feature regulated powerplants to minimize shot-to-shot variation in output pressure and resulting muzzle velocity. Modern PCP rifles are practically recoilless and vibration-free. Mechanical and electronic match triggers offer low shot development time (at low lock times, factors like the dwell time of the pellet in the barrel become influential). Weight and balance can be tailored via an adjustable stock and various accessories to the individual shooter's preferences, promoting comfortable and accurate shooting. ISSF rules mandate the use of non-magnifying diopter and globe sights.

Combined with appropriate match pellets, these rifles produce a consistent 10-ring performance, so a sub-10.0 average result can be attributed to the participant, and at the 2019 top competition level, a 10.5 average result can be regarded as excellent.

Ammunition

A typical 4.5 mm (.177 in) 10 m air rifle match pellet

For the 10-meter air rifle and air pistol disciplines, match-grade diabolo pellets are used. These pellets are wadcutter, meaning the pellet head is nearly completely flat. This leaves smooth-edged round holes in paper targets and allows easy gauging for scoring. Match pellets are offered in tins and more elaborate packaging, avoiding deformation and other damage that could impair their uniformity.

Match air rifle shooters are encouraged to perform shooting group tests with their gun clamped in a machine rest to establish which particular match pellet type performs best for their particular air gun.^[4] To facilitate maximum performance out of various air guns the leading match pellet manufacturers produce pellets with graduated "head sizes", which means the pellets are offered with front diameters from 4.48 mm (0.176 in) up to 4.52 mm (0.178 in).

However at higher and top competitive levels, even these variations are thought too coarse-grained and match pellets are batch-tested; that is, the specific gun is mounted in a machine rest test rig and pellets from a particular production run on a specific machine with the same ingredients fed into the process (a batch) are test-fired through the gun.^[5] Many different batches will be tested in this manner, and the pellets which give the smallest consistent group size without fliers (shots which fall outside of the main group) will be selected (small but inconsistent group sizes are not valuable for a top competitor); and the shooter will then purchase several tens of thousands of pellets from that batch. Group sizes of 4.5 mm (0.177 in) diameter are theoretically possible, but practically shot groups of 5.0 mm (0.197 in) are considered highly competitive.^[6] Unbatched ammunition, especially if the air gun is not regularly cleaned, is generally thought to be capable of only 8.0 mm (0.315 in) diameter group sizes. Batch-testing match pellets for a particular gun is not considered worthwhile until the shooter reaches a high proficiency level (around the 95% level, i.e., 570 for the qualification round).

Gallery

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  Women's 10 m Air Rifle competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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  Chinese students shooting 10m air rifle on their school range
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  Olympic gold medalist Nancy Johnson aims carefully as she competes in the women's 10 m Air Rifle competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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  Hattie Johnson aiming her air rifle. She competed in the women's 10 m Air Rifle competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
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  U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Peter Fiori using corrective shooting glasses as a visual aid
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  Competitor resting between shots during an ISSF competition
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  User adjustable stock of a PCP match rifle
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  Electronic scoring system used at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

World Championships, Men

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Wiesbaden	Gerd Kuemmet (FRG)	August Hollenstein (SUI)	Lajos Papp (HUN)
1970	Phoenix	Gottfried Kustermann (FRG)	Klaus Zähringer (FRG)	Rolf Blomberg (SWE)
1974	Thun	Eugeniusz Pędzisz (POL)	Lanny Bassham (USA)	David Kramer (USA)
1978	Seoul	Oswald Schlipf (FRG)	Barry Dagger (GBR)	Zuccoli G. (ITA)
1979	Seoul	Walter Hillenbrand (FRG)	Hans Braem (SUI)	Barry Dagger (GBR)
1981	Santo Domingo	Pascal Bessy (FRA)	Daniel Nipkow (SUI)	Kurt Rieth (FRG)
1982	Caracas	Frank Rettkowski (GDR)	Pierre-Alain Dufaux (SUI)	Andreas Wolfram (GDR)
1983	Innsbruck	Philippe Heberlé (FRA)	Juri Zavolodko (URS)	Frank Rettkowski (GDR)
1985	Mexico City	Philippe Heberlé (FRA)	Bernhard Suess (FRG)	Andreas Kronthaler (AUT)
1986	Suhl	Johann Riederer (FRG)	Daniel Durben (USA)	Bernhard Suess (FRG)
1987	Budapest	Kirill Ivanov (URS)	Matthew Suggs (USA)	Harald Stenvaag (NOR)
1989	Sarajevo	Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA)	Juri Fedkin (URS)	Olaf Hess (GDR)
1990	Moscow	Johann Riederer (FRG)	Rajmond Debevec (YUG)	Masaru Yanagida (JPN)
1991	Stavanger	Harald Stenvaag (NOR)	Eugeni Aleinikov (URS)	Nils Petter Haakedal (NOR)
1994	Milan	Boris Polak (ISR)	Anatoli Klimenko (BLR)	Frank Dobler (GER)
1998	Barcelona	Artem Khadjibekov (RUS)	Jozef Gönci (SVK)	Kean Bae Chae (KOR)
2002	Lahti	Jason Parker (USA)	Li Jie (CHN)	Eugeni Aleinikov (RUS)
2006	Zagreb	Abhinav Bindra (IND)	Alin George Moldoveanu (ROM)	Qinan Zhu (CHN)
2010	Munich	Niccolò Campriani (ITA)	Péter Sidi (HUN)	Gagan Narang (IND)
2014	Granada	Haoran Yang (CHN)	Nazar Louginets (RUS)	Vitali Bubnovich (BLR)
2018	Changwon	Sergey Kamenskiy (RUS)	Petar Gorsa (CRO)	Miran Maričić (CRO)
2022	Cairo	Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil (IND)	Danilo Dennis Sollazzo (ITA)	Sheng Lihao (CHN)

World Championships, Men Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Wiesbaden	Switzerland August Hollenstein Erwin Vogt Hans Simonet Kurt Mueller	West Germany Gerd Kuemmet Ernst Beith Bernd Klingner Gunter Vetter	Soviet Union Ludwig Lustberg Eduard Jarosh Vladimir Konyakhin Vasily Borisov
1970	Phoenix	West Germany Peter Kohnke Bernd Klingner Gottfried Kustermann Klaus Zähringer	United States Lanny Bassham David Boyd John Robert Foster Lones Wigger	East Germany Dieter Munzert Hartmut Sommer Helman Uhlemann Uto Wunderlich
1974	Thun	West Germany Franz Hamm Gottfried Kustermann Bernd Ramms Wolfgang Ruehle	United States Lanny Bassham David Cramer Edward Schumacher John Writer	Poland Stanislaw Marucha Eugeniusz Pędzisz Romuald Simionov Andrzej Trajda
1978	Seoul	West Germany Kurt Hillenbrand Gottfried Kustermann Oswald Schlipf Werner Seibold	United States John Akemon Lanny Bassham Kurt Fitz Randolph David Kimes	South Korea Gyong Hwan Bae Ja Hyoun Myoung Jang Woon Seo Deok Ha Yoon
1979	Seoul	Switzerland Kuno Bertschy Hans Braem Hansueli Minder Anton Mattle	United States David Cramer Ray Carter Michael Gross Ernest van de Zande	Great Britain Malcolm Cooper John Churchill Barry Dagger Robert Joyce
1981	Santo Domingo	West Germany Walter Hillenbrand Kurt Hillenbrand Kurt Rieth Oswald Schlipf	France Pascal Bessy Patrice de Mullenheim Daniel Labrune Dominique Maquin	Norway Amund Bjerbnes Arnt-Olav Haugland Per Erik Lokken Harald Stenvaag
1982	Caracas	Norway Arnt-Olav Haugland Per Erik Lokken Svien Sotberg Harald Stenvaag	West Germany Kurt Hillenbrand Kurt Rieth Oswald Schlipf Bernhard Suess	East Germany Bernd Hartstein Sven Martini Frank Rettkowski Andreas Wolfram
1983	Innsbruck	France Jean-Pierre Amat Michel Bury Philippe Heberlé	West Germany Peter Heinz Bernhard Suess Hubert Suess	Soviet Union Alexander Mitrofanov Viktor Vlasov Juri Zavolodko
1985	Mexico City	France Jean-Pierre Amat Philippe Heberlé Dominique Maquin	Yugoslavia Rajmond Debevec Sacir Dzeko Goran Maksimović	West Germany Kurt Hillenbrand Walter Hillenbrand Bernhard Suess
1986	Suhl	West Germany Johann Riederer Hubert Suess Bernhard Suess	United States Daniel Durben Kurt Fitz Randolph Robert Foth	Norway Arnt-Olav Haugland Harald Stenvaag Kare Inge Viken
1987	Budapest	United States Daniel Durben Robert Foth Matthew Suggs	Yugoslavia Rajmond Debevec Sacir Dzeko Goran Maksimović	Soviet Union Juri Fedkin Kirill Ivanov Juri Zavolodko
1989	Sarajevo	France Jean-Pierre Amat Franck Badiou Nicolas Berthelot	Soviet Union Viatcheslav Botchkarev Juri Fedkin Sergei Martynov	West Germany Hannes Hirschvogel Johann Riederer Matthias Stich
1990	Moscow	West Germany Hannes Hirschvogel Johann Riederer Matthias Stich	East Germany Olaf Hess Sven Martini Frank Rettkowski	South Korea Young Chul Cha Tae Jin Eom Jung Mo Yoo
1991	Stavanger	Norway Nils Petter Haakedal Leif Steinar Rolland Harald Stenvaag	Soviet Union Eugeni Aleinikov Juri Fedkin Sergei Schedrin	Germany Hannes Hirschvogel Johann Riederer Matthias Stich
1994	Milan	Belarus Anatoli Klimenko Georgi Nekhaev Sergei Martynov	Czech Republic Milan Bakeš Petr Kůrka Dalimil Nejezchleba	Russia Juri Fedkin Artem Khadjibekov Sergei Schedrin
1998	Barcelona	Russia Artem Khadjibekov Eugeni Aleinikov Konstantin Prikhodtchenko	South Korea Kean Bae Chae Young Sueb Lim Jung Jun Ko	Slovakia Jozef Gönci Miroslav Svorada Peter Bubernik
2002	Lahti	Russia Konstantin Prikhodtchenko Eugeni Aleinikov Artem Khadjibekov	China Li Jie Fu Zhang Yalin Cai	United States Jason Parker Matthew Emmons Troy Bassham
2006	Zagreb	China Li Jie Qinan Zhu Lei Zhang	Russia Konstantin Prikhodtchenko Denis Sokolov Sergey Kruglov	Austria Christian Planer Thomas Farnik Mario Knögler
2010	Munich	China Wang Tao Qinan Zhu Liu Tianyou	Russia Konstantin Prikhodtchenko Denis Sokolov Sergey Kamenskiy	Italy Niccolò Campriani Marco De Nicolo Giorgio Sommaruga
2014	Granada	China Liu Tianyou Yang Haoran Cao Yifei	Russia Nazar Louginets Denis Sokolov Sergey Kruglov	Belarus Vitali Bubnovich Illia Charheika Yury Shcherbatsevich
2018	Changwon	China Yang Haoran Yu Haonan Hui Zicheng	Russia Sergey Kamenskiy Vladimir Maslennikov Alexander Dryagin	South Korea Nam Taeyun Kim Hyeonjun Song Soojoo
2022	Cairo	India Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil Kiran Ankush Jadhav Arjun Babuta	China Sheng Lihao Song Buhan Yang Haoran	Serbia Milenko Sebić Milutin Stefanović Lazar Kovačević

World Championships, Women

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970	Phoenix	Tamara Cherkasova (URS)	Desanka Perović (YUG)	Tatiana Ratnikova (URS)
1974	Thun	Tatiana Ratnikova (URS)	Kira Boiko (URS)	Baiba Zarina (URS)
1978	Seoul	Wanda Oliver (USA)	Karen Monez (USA)	Nam Soon Park (KOR)
1979	Seoul	Karen Monez (USA)	Wanda Jewell (USA)	Kyung Ok Chung (KOR)
1981	Santo Domingo	Svetlana Komaristova (URS)	Thoril Brodahl-Radet (NOR)	Young Mi Kim (KOR)
1982	Caracas	Sigrid Lang (FRG)	Lessia Leskiv (URS)	Marlies Helbig (GDR)
1983	Innsbruck	Marlies Helbig (GDR)	Xiaoxuan Wu (CHN)	Silvia Sperber (FRG)
1985	Mexico City	Eva Forian (HUN)	Barbara Troeger (AUT)	Vesela Letcheva (BUL)
1986	Suhl	Vesela Letcheva (BUL)	Valentina Cherkasova (URS)	Deena Wigger (USA)
1987	Budapest	Vesela Letcheva (BUL)	Irene Dufaux Suter (SUI)	Birgit Zeiske (FRG)
1989	Sarajevo	Vesela Letcheva (BUL)	Anna Maloukhina (URS)	Nonka Matova (BUL)
1990	Moscow	Eva Joo (HUN)	Renata Mauer (POL)	Jolande Swinkels (NED)
1991	Stavanger	Eva Forian (HUN)	Svitlana Seledkova (URS)	Wera Stamm (GER)
1994	Milan	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)	Christine Chuard (FRA)	Renata Mauer (POL)
1998	Barcelona	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)	Renata Mauer (POL)	Jung Mi Kim (KOR)
2002	Lahti	Kateřina Kůrková (CZE)	Li Du (CHN)	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)
2006	Zagreb	Li Du (CHN)	Kateřina Kůrková (CZE)	Olga Dovgun (KAZ)
2010	Munich	Yi Siling (CHN)	Wu Liuxi (CHN)	Elania Nardelli (ITA)
2014	Granada	Petra Zublasing (ITA)	Yi Siling (CHN)	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)
2018	Changwon	Im Ha-na (KOR)	Anjum Moudgil (IND)	Jung Eun-hea (KOR)
2022	Cairo	Alison Marie Weisz (USA)	Huang Yuting (CHN)	Zhang Yu (CHN)

World Championships, Women Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970	Phoenix	Yugoslavia Magdalena Herold Mirjana Masic Desanka Perovic	Soviet Union Tamara Cherkasova Lucia Fagereva Tatiana Ratnikova	West Germany Ingrid Kappes Monika Riesterer Anneliese Rhomberg
1974	Thun	Soviet Union Kira Boiko Tatiana Ratnikova Baiba Zarina	Poland Elzbieta Janik Elzbieta Kowalewska Irena Wierzbowska-Mlotkowska	West Germany Elke Becker Elisabeth Balș Elisabeth Boehmer
1978	Seoul	United States Karen Monez Wanda Oliver Sue Ann Sandusky	South Korea Young Soon Kim Nam Soon Park Joo Hee Yoo	West Germany Elisabeth Balș Monika Sonnet Jutta Sperlich
1979	Seoul	United States Becky Braun Wanda Jewell Karen Monez	South Korea Kyung Ok Chung Nam Soon Park Duk Nam Yoon	Great Britain Sarah Cooper Leslie Dodds Irene Daw
1981	Santo Domingo	Soviet Union Baiba Berklava Valentina Cherkasova Svetlana Komaristova	Norway Thoril Brodahl-Radet Elisabeth Brodahl Anne Grethe Jeppesen	Bulgaria Anna Kirova Vesela Letcheva Anka Pelova
1982	Caracas	East Germany Gilda Gorzkulla Marlies Helbig Marlies Moch	United States Wanda Jewell Karen Monez Gloria Parmentier	Soviet Union Svetlana Komaristova Lessia Leskiv Anna Malukhova
1983	Innsbruck	West Germany Ulrike Holmer Sigrid Lang Silvia Sperber	Hungary Eva Forian Kiss Eva Herrne Laszlone Hunyadi	Soviet Union Svetlana Komaristova Marina Kuznetsova Lessia Leskiv
1985	Mexico City	Bulgaria Krassimira Dontcheva Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova	United States Mary Godlove Mary Schweitzer Pat Spurgin	Hungary Eva Forian Laszlone Hunyadi Agnes Szasz
1986	Suhl	Finland Leena Melartin Thune Pirjo Peltola Sirpa Ylönen	Switzerland Gaby Buehlmann Irene Dufaux Suter Vreni Ryter	Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Anna Maloukhina Marina Suslova
1987	Budapest	Bulgaria Krassimira Dontcheva Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova	West Germany Heike Goette Carmen Giese Birgit Zeiske	Soviet Union Anna Maloukhina Natalia Oleneva Irina Shevtsova
1989	Sarajevo	Bulgaria Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova Anitza Valkova	Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Anna Maloukhina Svitlana Seledkova	Hungary Marta Bogdan Eva Forian Eva Joo
1990	Moscow	United States Launi Meili Kristen Peterson Deena Wigger	Hungary Bernadette Fehrentheil Eva Forian Eva Joo	Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Anna Maloukhina Iryna Shylava
1991	Stavanger	Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Svitlana Seledkova Iryna Shylava	Hungary Bernadette Fehrentheil Eva Forian Eva Joo	United States Elizabeth Bourland Launi Meili Debora Sinclair
1994	Milan	Germany Petra Horneber Bettina Knells Sonja Pfeilschifter	Russia Valentina Cherkasova Irina Gerasimenok Anna Maloukhina	South Korea Eun Joo Lee Mi Ran Oh Kab Soon Yeo
1998	Barcelona	Germany Sonja Pfeilschifter Petra Horneber Dunja Beilharz	China Yinghui Zhao Hong Shan Xian Wang	Spain Marina Pons Cristina Antolin Marta Antolin
2002	Lahti	China Li Du Jing Gao Yinghui Zhao	South Korea Sun Hwa Seo Hyung Mi Kim Dae Young Choi	Ukraine Natallia Kalnysh Lessia Leskiv Nataliya Omelyanenko
2006	Zagreb	Germany Sonja Pfeilschifter Barbara Lechner Sylvia Aumann	China Li Du Yinghui Zhao Jieyi Tang	Russia Marina Bobkova Tatiana Goldobina Lioubov Galkina
2010	Munich	Germany Jessica Mager Beate Gauss Sonja Pfeilschifter	China Yi Siling Wu Liuxi Liu Qing	United States Meghann Morrill Jamie Lynn Gray Emily Caruso
2014	Granada	Germany Barbara Englender Sonja Pfeilschifter Lisa Mueller	China Yi Siling Wu Liuxi Zhang Binbin	Serbia Andrea Arsovic Ivana Maksimovic Katarina Bisercic
2018	Changwon	South Korea Im Hana Jung Eunhea Keun Jihyeon	India Anjum Moudgil Apurvi Chandela Mehuli Ghosh	Germany Isabella Straub Selina Gschwandtner Julia Anita Simon
2022	Cairo	China Huang Yuting Wang Zhilin Zhang Yu	United States Sagen Maddalena Mary Carolynn Tucker Alison Marie Weisz	India Mehuli Ghosh Meghana Sajjanar Elavenil Valarivan

World Championships, Mixed Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Changwon	China Zhao Ruozhu Yang Haoran	China Wu Mingyang Song Buhan	Russia Anastasiia Galashina Vladimir Maslennikov

World Championships, total medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany	14	6	9	29
2	Soviet Union	7	12	10	29
3	United States	7	12	4	23
4	France	7	2	0	9
5	Bulgaria	6	0	3	9
6	Germany	5	0	4	9
7	China	3	6	1	10
8	Hungary	3	3	3	9
9	Norway	3	2	4	9
10	Russia	3	2	3	8
11	East Germany	3	1	6	10
12	Switzerland	2	6	0	8
13	Yugoslavia	1	4	0	5
14	Poland	1	3	2	6
15	Czech Republic	1	2	0	3
16	India	1	1	1	3
17	Belarus	1	1	0	2
18	Finland	1	0	0	1
	Israel	1	0	0	1
20	South Korea	0	4	8	12
21	Great Britain	0	1	3	4
22	Austria	0	1	2	3
23	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
24	Romania	0	1	0	1
25	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		70	71	71	212

Current world records

See also: List of Olympic records in shooting and List of national shooting records surpassing the world records

Pre 2013 world records in 10 metre air rifle
Men	Qualification	600	Tevarit Majchacheep (THA)  Denis Sokolov (RUS)  Gagan Narang (IND)  Gagan Narang (IND)  Zhu Qinan (CHN)	January 27, 2000 March 1, 2008 May 5, 2008 May 16, 2008 September 22, 2011	Langkawi (MAS) Winterthur (SUI) Bangkok (THA) New Delhi (IND) Wrocław (POL)	edit
	Final	703.8	Zhu Qinan (CHN) (600+103.8)	September 22, 2011	Wrocław (POL)	edit
	Teams	1792	China (Zhu, Wang, Liu)	January 13, 2012	Doha (QAT)
Junior Men	Individual	599	Cheon Min-ho (KOR)  Zhu Qinan (CHN)  Zhu Qinan (CHN)  Sergey Richter (ISR)	April 24, 2004 August 16, 2004 October 30, 2004 May 16, 2009	Athens (GRE) Athens (GRE) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER)	edit
	Teams	1774	Slovakia (Baláž, Homola, Jancek)	March 26, 2004	Győr (HUN)
Women	Qualification	400	Seo Sun-hwa (KOR)  Gao Jing (CHN)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Du Li (CHN)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Suma Shirur (IND)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Monika Haselsberger (AUT)  Barbara Lechner (GER)  Zhao Yinghui (CHN)  Wu Liuxi (CHN)  Du Li (CHN)  Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)  Kateřina Emmons (CZE)  Lioubov Galkina (RUS)  Yi Siling (CHN)	12 April 2002 22 April 2002 24 August 2002 4 June 2003 14 June 2003 13 February 2004 22 February 2004 22 April 2004 5 March 2005 11 April 2005 11 June 2005 4 October 2006 24 May 2008 9 August 2008 5 November 2008 1 August 2010	Sydney (AUS) Shanghai (CHN) Munich (GER) Zagreb (CRO) Munich (GER) Kuala Lumpur (MAS) Bangkok (THA) Athens (GRE) Tallinn (EST) Changwon (KOR) Munich (GER) Granada (ESP) Milan (ITA) Beijing (CHN) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER)	edit
	Final	505.6	Yi Siling (CHN) (400+105.6)	1 August 2010	Munich (GER)	edit
	Teams	1196	China (Du, Wu, Zhao)	December 6, 2007	Kuwait City (KUW)	edit
Junior Women	Individual	400	Seo Sun-hwa (KOR)  Zhang Yi (CHN)	April 12, 2002 December 6, 2007	Sydney (AUS) Kuwait City (KUW)	edit
	Teams	1188	South Korea (Choi, Kim, Seo)	July 8, 2002	Lahti (FIN)	edit

Post 1 January 2013 World and Olympic Records

Post 1 January 2013 world records in 10 metre air rifle
Men	Qualification	633.5	Péter Sidi (HUN)	May 25, 2013	Munich (GER)
	Final	210.6	Xuechao Qian (CHN)	May 21, 2016	Munich (GER)
Women	Qualification	422.9	Chen Dongqi (CHN)	May 28, 2015	Munich (GER)
	Final	211.0	Yi Siling (CHN)	July 3, 2014	Beijing (CHN)

Post 1 January 2013 Olympic records in 10 metre air rifle
Men	Qualification	630.2	Niccolò Campriani (ITA)	August 8, 2016	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
	Final	206.1	Niccolò Campriani (ITA)	August 8, 2016	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
Women	Qualification	420.7	Du Li (CHN)	August 6, 2016	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
	Final	208.0	Virginia Thrasher (USA)	August 6, 2016	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)

Post 1 January 2018 World and Olympic Records

Current world records in 10 metre air rifle
Men	Qualification	637.9	Sheng Lihao (CHN)	May 12, 2023	Baku (AZE)
	Final	253.7	Divyansh Singh Panwar (IND)	January 28,2024	Cairo (EGY)	edit
	Teams	1893.7	India (Patil, Tomar, Panwar)	September 25, 2023	Hangzhou (CHN)	edit
Junior Men	Qualification	637.9	Sheng Lihao (CHN)	May 12, 2023	Baku (AZE)
	Final	253.3	Sheng Lihao (CHN)	September 25, 2023	Hangzhou (CHN)
	Teams	1886.9	India (Dhanush, Makhija, Rajpreet Singh)	October 2, 2021	Lima (PER)
Women	Qualification	635.3	Alison Marie Weisz (USA)	November 8, 2023	Lima (PER)
	Final	254.0	Han Jiayu (CHN)	May 12, 2023	Baku (AZE)
	Teams	1898.4	USA (Weisz, Maddalena, Tucker)	November 9, 2022	Lima (PER)
Junior Women	Qualification	634.2	Océanne Muller (FRA)	March 25, 2022	Hamar (NOR)
	Final	253.3	Nancy Nancy (IND)	May 12, 2023	Baku (AZE)
	Teams	1892.0	China (Wang, Fan, Zhang)	July 18, 2023	Changwon (KOR)
Mixed Team	Qualification	635.8	Narmada Nithin Raju (IND)  Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil (IND)	February 20, 2023	Cairo (EGY)
Junior Mixed Team	Qualification	634.4	Huang Yuting (CHN)  Sheng Lihao (CHN)	September 26, 2023	Hangzhou (CHN)

Current Olympic records in 10 metre air rifle
Men	Qualification	632.7	Yang Haoran (CHN)	July 25, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)
	Final	251.6	William Shaner (USA)	July 25, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)
Women	Qualification	632.9	Jeanette Hegg Duestad (NOR)	July 24, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)
	Final	251.8	Yang Qian (CHN)	July 24, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)

References

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