Shooting at the Commonwealth Games

Shooting sports have been contested at the Commonwealth Games at every games since 1966 with the exception of the 1970 Commonwealth Games. Events were open until they were segregated by gender in 1994 for pistol and most rifle events and in 2002 for trap and skeet events; the full bore rifle competitions remained open.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Best nation
VIII	1966	Kingston	Jamaica	Canada
X	1974	Christchurch	New Zealand	Canada
XI	1978	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	Canada
XII	1982	Brisbane, Queensland	Australia	Australia
XIII	1986	Edinburgh	Scotland	England
XIV	1990	Auckland	New Zealand	Australia
XV	1994	Victoria, British Columbia	Canada	Australia
XVI	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Australia
XVII	2002	Manchester	England	India
XVIII	2006	Melbourne, Victoria	Australia	India
XIX	2010	Delhi	India	India
XX	2014	Glasgow	Scotland	Australia
XXI	2018	Gold Coast, Queensland	Australia	India

Events

Men's events

Event	66	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	Games
Current programs
50 metre free pistol	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
25 metre rapid fire pistol											X	X	2
10 metre air pistol				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
50 metre small bore rifle prone	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	11
50 metre small bore rifle three positions				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
10 metre air rifle				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
10 metre air rifle pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Trap											X	X	2
Double trap									X	X	X	X	4
Skeet		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Past events
50 metre free pistol pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
25 metre standard pistol									X	X	X		3
25 metre standard pistol pairs									X	X	X		3
25 metre centre fire pistol	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
25 metre centre fire pistol pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
25 metre rapid fire pistol pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
10 metre air pistol pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
50 metre small bore rifle prone pairs				X	X		X	X	X	X	X		7
50 metre small bore rifle three positions pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		8
Free rifle prone						X							1
Free rifle prone pairs						X							1
10 metre running target						X	X						2
10 metre running target pairs						X	X						2
Clay pigeon trap		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			9
Clay pigeon trap pairs									X	X			2
Trap pairs				X	X		X	X			X		5
Double trap pairs									X	X	X		3
Skeet pairs				X	X	X		X	X	X	X		7
Events	3	4	4	17	17	18	18	17	21	21	22	8

Women's events

Event	94	98	02	06	10	14	Games
Current programs
25 metre sport pistol	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
10 metre air pistol	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
50 metre small bore rifle prone	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
50 metre small bore rifle three positions	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
10 metre air rifle	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Trap					X	X	2
Double trap			X	X		X	3
Skeet			X	X		X	3
Past events
25 metre sport pistol pairs	X	X	X	X	X		5
10 metre air pistol pairs	X	X	X	X	X		5
50 metre small bore rifle prone pairs	X	X	X	X	X		5
50 metre small bore rifle three positions pairs	X	X	X	X	X		5
10 metre air rifle pairs	X	X	X	X	X		5
Clay pigeon trap			X	X			2
Clay pigeon trap pairs			X	X			2
Trap pairs					X		1
Double trap pairs			X	X			2
Skeet pairs			X	X			2
Events	10	10	16	16	12	8

Open events

Event	66	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	Games
Current programs
Full bore Queen's prize individual				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Full bore Queen's prize pairs	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
Past events
Skeet pairs							X						1
Events	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2018 Commonwealth Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	70	60	45	175
2	India	63	44	27	134
3	England	49	60	67	176
4	Canada	39	40	38	117
5	New Zealand	15	16	21	52
6	Scotland	13	16	22	51
7	Cyprus	11	5	5	21
8	Singapore	10	5	7	22
9	Wales	7	9	11	27
10	Northern Ireland	5	3	6	14
11	Malaysia	3	10	14	27
12	South Africa	2	13	9	24
13	Bangladesh	2	4	2	8
14	Isle of Man	1	2	3	6
15	Guernsey	1	2	2	5
16	Sri Lanka	1	2	0	3
17	Hong Kong	1	0	4	5
18	Jersey	1	0	1	2
19	Malta	0	1	3	4
19	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	3	4
21	Pakistan	0	1	2	3
22	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
23	Namibia	0	0	3	3
24	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 nations)		294	295	296	885

Games records

2014:

10 m rifle men's qualification: Daniel Rivers .623.6 . England
10 m rifle women's qualification : Apurvi Chandela 415. India
50 m pistol men's qualification: Jitu Rai. 562. India
50 m pistol men's : Jitu Rai. 194.1. India.(Final Games Record)
50 m rifle prone men's Qualification: Warren Potent. 624.5. Australia
50 m rifle prone men's : Warren Potent. 204.3. Australia.(Final Games Record)
50 m rifle prone women's : Sally Johnston. 204.3. New Zealand.
50 m rifle three positions women's qualification : Jasmin Ser. 581. Singapore.
Queen's prize pairs: 598-77v. England

References

"COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - SHOOTING". gbrathletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 21 May 2010.

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