# Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California, United States. The games marked the first time that women’s shooting events were included in the Olympic program.

## Medal count

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 m air rifle details | Philippe Heberlé France | Andreas Kronthaler Austria | Barry Dagger Great Britain |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol details | Takeo Kamachi Japan | Corneliu Ion Romania | Rauno Bies Finland |
| 50 m fire pistol details | Xu Haifeng China | Ragnar Skanåker Sweden | Wang Yifu China |
| 50 m rifle prone details | Edward Etzel United States | Michel Bury France | Michael Sullivan Great Britain |
| 50 m rifle three positions details | Malcolm Cooper Great Britain | Daniel Nipkov Switzerland | Alister Allan Great Britain |
| 50 m running target details | Li Yuwei China | Helmut Bellingrodt Colombia | Huang Shiping China |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 m air rifle details | Pat Spurgin United States | Edith Gufler Italy | Wu Xiaoxuan China |
| 25 m pistol details | Linda Thom Canada | Ruby Fox United States | Patricia Dench Australia |
| 50 m rifle three positions details | Wu Xiaoxuan China | Ulrike Holmer West Germany | Wanda Jewell United States |

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Skeet details | Matthew Dryke United States | Ole Riber Rasmussen Denmark | Luca Scribani Rossi Italy |
| Trap details | Luciano Giovannetti Italy | Francisco Boza Peru | Daniel Carlisle United States |

## Participating nations

A total of 460 shooters, 382 men and 77 women, from 68 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:
| Andorra (2)  Argentina (6)  Australia (9)  Austria (10)  Bahrain (4)  Belgium (6)  Bolivia (4)  Brazil (8)  Canada (17)  Chile (4)  China (17)  Chinese Taipei (3)  Colombia (14)  Costa Rica (3)  Cyprus (4)  Denmark (3)  Ecuador (4) | Egypt (9)  El Salvador (1)  Finland (10)  France (15)  Great Britain (18)  Greece (5)  Guatemala (4)  Hong Kong (7)  India (8)  Indonesia (2)  Ireland (2)  Israel (3)  Italy (12)  Japan (15)  Jordan (7)  Kenya (2)  Lebanon (4) | Liechtenstein (2)  Luxembourg (1)  Malaysia (1)  Malta (2)  Mexico (8)  Monaco (4)  Netherlands (4)  New Zealand (3)  Norway (7)  Oman (8)  Papua New Guinea (2)  Paraguay (6)  Peru (7)  Philippines (1)  Portugal (5)  Puerto Rico (2)  Qatar (4) | Romania (6)  San Marino (10)  Saudi Arabia (6)  Senegal (2)  South Korea (18)  Spain (11)  Sweden (14)  Switzerland (9)  Syria (1)  Thailand (17)  Turkey (2)  United States (20)  Virgin Islands (3)  Venezuela (5)  West Germany (18)  Yugoslavia (6)  Zimbabwe (3) |