History history. Results of the Day Image Gallery. Some form of shooting has been around olympic Firsts For the first time in the history of Ancient Olympia http://www.athens2004.com/en/ShootingHistory
Extractions: Home Sports Shooting History Javascript must be enabled to view this page, although the important information on the page is also available to browsers that do not support scripts. Some form of Shooting has been around since prehistoric times, when men hunted prey to secure food or protect themselves from enemies. The ancient Greeks had dove-shooting contests in honour of their gods. By the 10th century, Indians, Slavs, Celts and Germans all practiced similar kinds of rituals. The invention of gunpowder provided great impetus to the sport, for it led to the development of the gun. The founding of Shooting clubs started in numerous European towns - in Germany and Switzerland, as early as the 13th and 14th centuries. Little by little, Shooting as a sport became very popular; 1907 saw the creation of what is known today as the International Shooting Sport Federation, originally called the International Shooting Union. Menâs Shooting was one of the nine sports on the programme of the first Olympic Games of modern times in Athens in 1896. In the Paris Games in 1900, live pigeons were used as moving targets; this was eventually considered unethical and unsporting, so after 1900 the pigeons were replaced with clay targets (âclay pigeonsâ). The womenâs Shooting disciplines were first included in the Los Angeles 1984 Games. Greeceâs first Olympic victories came in 1896. The medallists were: Georgios Frangoudis (pistol, 25 m, gold; rifle, 300 m, silver); Georgios Orfanidis (rifle, 300 m, gold; pistol, 25 m, silver); Pantelis Karasevdas (gras gun, 200 m, gold); and P. Pavlidis (gras gun, 200 m, silver).
Olympic Shooting Fact Sheet Information describing the events and history of shooting events in the Olympics. http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mellenek/olyshoot.htm
Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com history of the olympic Flame flame The tradition of the olympic flame began plus shooting), and curling (using brooms to propel an object over ice). http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/
Extractions: Athens, Greece, will host the 2004 Summer Olympics. For information on Greece, click here . For a page on Greece's flag, click here The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are being held in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremonies are on August 13, 2004. The closing ceremonies are on Sunday, August 29, 2004. The Ancient Olympics The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed in the nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.
Live Pigeon Shooting At The Olympics birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. This was thefirst and only time in olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. http://www.topendsports.com/events/discontinued/pigeonshooting.htm
Extractions: contact rob Live Pigeon Shooting Held: Rules: The birds were released in front of a participant and the winner was the competitor who shot down the most birds from the sky. Winners: Leon de Lunden (BEL) 21 birds killed Maurice Faure (FRA) 20 birds killed Donald MacIntosh (AUS) 18 birds killed Interesting facts: The event turned out to be quite messy with dead or injured birds on the ground and blood and feathers all over the place. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose. Back to TOP + Site Design by Rob J Wood Designs + Page Last Modified
USA Basketball: Men's Olympic History - 2004 And as predicted, the olympic men s basketball competition in 2004 was indeed the However, the USA struggled with its shooting. shooting 45.9 percent http://www.usabasketball.com/history/moly_2004.html
Extractions: The top to bottom competitive Olympic basketball tournament FIBA envisioned for a future Olympics after rules were changed in 1989 to allow players from the NBA to play in international competitions, occurred in 2004 at the Athens Olympic Games. The Olympic basketball competition and the prestigious Olympic gold medal, once the sole property of the U.S. men's teams which had claimed gold in 12 of the 14 previous Olympic basketball competitions they had competed in between 1936 and 2000, was up for grabs in 2004. And as predicted, the Olympic men's basketball competition in 2004 was indeed the most competitive and unpredictable ever.
USA Basketball: Men's Olympic History - 1984 It was the first time in olympic basketball history that a single nation won the shooting 63.9 percent from the floor, the American men captured their http://www.usabasketball.com/history/moly_1984.html
Extractions: Basketball, the sport invented 93 years prior in Springfield, Mass., made its first Olympic appearance on its native soil. Waltzing past all opposition, both the USA men's and women's basketball teams captured gold medals. It was the first time in Olympic basketball history that a single nation won the men's and women's tournaments in the same Olympiad.
DJournalist- Trinidad And Tobago-Olympic History 1 FIFTY YEARS HAVE PASSED since Trinidad and Tobago began its olympic journey. John Fong Yew was at the shooting range for the second, consecutive games http://djournalist.tripod.com/olympichistory.htm
Extractions: FIFTY YEARS HAVE PASSED since Trinidad and Tobago began its Olympic journey. A half century since a team of three athletes travelled to the 1948 games in London with the aim of attaining glory for a small British colony. With the exception of 1960, the last five decades have seen this nation represented in 12 Olympiads with a total of 90 athletes in eight different disciplines: badminton, boxing, cycling, shooting, swimming, track and field, weightlifting and yachting. It wasn't until the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo that Trinidad and Tobago returned to the fold as an independent nation with a team of ten competitors. It was on the athletic track that the greatest prosperity was attained. Edwin Roberts, an outstanding collegian with the University of North Carolina, made it to the final of the 200m where he earned a bronze medal. The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich saw two important records being established. Trinidad and Tobago fielded its largest ever contingent of 20 athletes, among whom a female sprinter, Laura Pierre was included for the first time. Once again, the top performances came on the athletic track.
Athens Olympics 2004 Kim Rhode finished her olympic double trap shooting career the way she started it shooting Diamond, the Tiger of the trap, ready to make history http://smh.com.au/olympics/shooting/
Extractions: @import url("/olympics/css/athens_smh.css"); Welcome to 2004 Olympics. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Text Version ... Athens document.write(showDates('-7')); (max 22C) Sydney document.write(showDates('0')); (max 21C) August Shooting Shooter Suzy Balogh will go from the sublime to the ridiculous when she returns from gold-medal Athens glory to join the front-line attack on the looming locust plague in country NSW. more American Matthew Emmons gave up an almost certain gold medal when he fired at the wrong target on the verge of victory in the men's 50-metre rifle three-position target event. more In a puff of red dust as a clay target disintegrated, an Azerbaijan shooter ended Lauren Mark's hopes of adding another Olympic medal to the family mantelpiece. more Kim Rhode finished her Olympic double trap shooting career the way she started it: golden. The 25-year-old from El Monte in the US won the final instalment of her specialty event at the Olympics on Wednesday, staying calm despite missing four shots in the final round, then eventually edging South Korea's Lee Bo-na by the score of 36-35. more Suzy Balogh has failed to make the final of the double trap, finishing equal 13th in a field of 15.
International Institute For Sport And Olympic History and olympic history. The following subject areas are suggested areas of interest for Serials Collection (Periodicals, journals); shooting; Shuffleboard http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com/501c3subjects.html
Extractions: Additional subjects may be added at any time by the Board of Directors or suggested by Benefactors. Subjects in BOLD are on the program of the Modern Olympic Games and are the primary areas of interest in seeking endowments. Some subjects have links to a more detailed page on that subject to give you more information. Adapted physical education Air Sports Alpine skiing (see skiing) Ancient / Antiquities (Greece, Rome, etc) Aquatics (see Water sports) Archery Architecture (sports stadiums and facilities) Arts (see Sport in Art: coins, medals, posters) Association football (see soccer) Athletic injuries (see sports medicine) Backgammon Baseball Badminton Basketball Biathlon Bibliography Bicycling (see cycling Billiards Biomechanics Blacks in Sport Canoeing, Rowing, Yachting Bobsleigh (see Winter Sports) Bowling Boxing Business (see Sport and Business) Canoeing Cars and car racing (See Automobiles) Cards Checkers Cheerleading Chess Children and Physical Education Coaching (19th century) College Athletics Cricket Croquet Curling Cycling Dance Diving (See Dressage (See Equestrian Sports Drugs and sport (See Sports medicine) Equestrian Sports Exercise Facilities (see sports stadiums and facilities) Falconry Fencing Field Hockey Figure skating (see Skating) Fitness (See Physical Fitness) Football (American) Football (British, see Soccer)
Clay Shooting History This page is about the history of Clay shooting, provided by The Scottish behind them to promote and encourage Clay shooting even to olympic standards. http://www.scta.co.uk/public/about-clay-shooting/a-history-of-clay-shooting.jsp
Archery History He succeeded in shooting the apple, leaving his son untouched. olympic history.Archery events for men were held in the olympic Games in 1900, 1904, http://tucsonarchery.com/Archery_History.php
Shooting Sports - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Competing in shooting accuracy has a history almost as old as weaponry itself . The four Rifle ISSF shooting events (including two olympic events) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_sports
Extractions: The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of accuracy and speed when shooting various types of guns , including airguns . Shooting with bows and arrows is not treated in this article, but at Archery . Sometimes hunting is also considered a shooting sport, and indeed shooting on live pigeons was once an Olympic event. The shooting sports are categorized by the type of firearm or target used. The web site www.wheretoshoot.org identifies 20 different shooting sports, but does not claim that the list is complete. edit Competing in shooting accuracy has a history almost as old as weaponry itself. During the 19th century , shooters began to organize themselves nationally, and one of these was French pistol champion Pierre de Coubertin , founder of the modern Olympics. This fact certainly contributed to the inclusion of ten shooting events in the 1896 Olympics . Soon World Championships were being organized as well. During the years, the sports have been changed a number of times and new ones have been added. For instance, from the beginning many of the targets had human-like (or in the case of running target, animal-like) shapes; most have now assumed a circular form to reduce the connotations with the use of guns in
HISTORY OF SKEET SHOOTING THE history OF SKEET shooting. An American Game producer of the olympic Games,where skeet shooting was first included on the program in 1968. http://www.ohioskeet.org/SkeetHistory.html
Extractions: For close to 20,000 members of the National Skeet Shooting Association, shattering clay targets is a way of life...exercise of the body, mind and the soul. Through winter and summer they shoot at millions of targets - breaking most of them - meet new people and travel across the U.S. It all started on the ground of the Glen Rock Kennels in the town of Andover, Massachusetts in 1920. It was there and then that a small group of upland game hunters, including the late C. E. Davies, proprietor of the Glen Rock Kennels, his son Henry W., and the late William H. Foster, all of Andover, were shooting at clay targets as a means of obtaining wing-shooting practice with their favorite upland guns. Their shooting gradually developed into a regular program that gave each shooter the same series of shots so that the competition, which was inevitable, might be even. Originally, the arrangement was a complete circle of twenty-five yards radius with the circumference marked off like the face of a clock. The trap was set at "12 o'clock" and was set to throw the targets over "6 o'clock". The competitive program consisted of shooting two shots from each of the twelve stations. The shell that was left over from a box was used, first as a stunt, to shoot at an incomer from the center of the circle. This later proved to be a shot offering real snap-shooting practice and has since developed into the plan of Station Eight shots of the regulation program.
Equestrians Make Olympic History Equestrians make olympic history. Sydney, 19 September 2000 in the Women s10m Air Pistol shooting competition to be the Foundation s first medallist. http://www.fosters.com.au/mediacentre/C7EFA14A47654924958CE005019F52BC.htm
Extractions: Sitemap FAQ Advanced Search Media Centre ... 2000 Announcements Three day Equestrian Team Gold medallist, Andrew Hoy not only achieved a personal goal by winning his third consecutive gold medal, but he and his team mates, Stuart Tinney, Phillip Dutton and Matt Ryan gave the Foster's Sports Foundation their first Gold medal of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Games. On day two of the Olympics, 22 year old Annemarie Forder won a Bronze medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol shooting competition to be the Foundation's first medallist. Today, however, it was cheers all round for the all conquering three day Equestrian Team specialists when they held on to defeat England and the USA. Two of the members Andrew Hoy and Phillip Dutton previously won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games whilst Hoy also won Gold in 1992 at Barcelona. Established in 1997 the Foster's Sports Foundation has provided $2.275 million toward recognising and promoting excellence in Olympic sport across Australia. The Foundation specifically targeted up and coming athletes with grants being given to a total of 338 individual recipients.
Shooting Events Olympic Games on the events including a history of the sport in the olympics, schedules, BBC olympics 2004 shooting International olympic coverage from the http://www.chiff.com/olympics/olympics-shooting.htm
Extractions: Main e-Biz Pages Features Business ... Olympic Games Shooting The Olympics has a large number of shooting events. Men usually compete in ten events including 50m rifle three positions (prone, standing, kneeling); 50m rifle prone; 10m air rifle; 50m pistol; 25m rapid fire pistol; 10m air pistol; 10m running target; Trap (shotgun); Double Trap (shotgun); and Skeet (shotgun) The women have seven events: 50m rifle three positions (prone, standing, kneeling); 10m air rifle; 25m pistol; 10m air pistol; Trap (shotgun); Double Trap (shotgun); and Skeet (shotgun). Keep up with all of the results and news on these sites dedicated to the sport... International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) - Formerly the UIT, this group supervises sport shooting competition in the Olympic Games and in addition to the headlines on the main page, it has a very complete section on the games Olympics 2004 Shooting - The official Olympics Summer Games site has all of the information on the events including a history of the sport in the Olympics, schedules, an image gallery, glossary and much more...
NOCSA It was the only time in olympic history that animals were deliberately killed . Markopoulo olympic shooting Centre, southeast Athens, with facilities for http://www.nocsa.co.za/default.asp?Id=9829&des=content
View From America - September 2004 - Olympic History September 2004 Newsletter A brief history of the olympic Games. (a marvellousspectacle), beach style volley ball, womens air rifle shooting, etc, http://www.huddersfield1.co.uk/america/september2004/olympic_history.htm
Extractions: From the year 776BC the games were held every four years for almost 12 Centuries. Literary and Archaeological evidence however suggest that the games may have been held as early as the 9th or 10th Century BC. The early Olympic games were contested by male citizens, who came from every corner of the Greek Empire to compete in Olympia.
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15th Asian Games - Doha - 2006 shooting. history. shooting originated as a means of survival, as it was practised in Women were first allowed to compete in olympic shooting in 1968. http://www.doha-2006.com/en/asian_games_2006/sports/shooting_history.htm
Untitled Document Wu Xiaoxuan became the first female olympic champion in Chinas history, breakingthe olympic record of womens small standard pistol in three shooting http://www.bjreview.com.cn/200430/Cover-200430(C).htm
