10 m Air Rifle
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| 10 m Air Rifle | |
|---|---|
| Men | |
| Number of shots: | 60+10 |
| Olympic Games: | Since 1984 |
| World Championships: | Since 1970 |
| Abbreviation: | AR60 |
| Women | |
| Number of shots: | 40+10 |
| Olympic Games: | Since 1984 |
| World Championships: | Since 1970 |
| Abbreviation: | AR40 |
10 m Air Rifle is one of the ISSF shooting events. It is possibly the most popular form of competitive shooting throughout the world, and a part of the Olympic program. The course of fire is 60 shots within 105 minutes for men, and 40 shots within 75 minutes for women. To this a ten-shot final is added for the top eight competitors.
Results in 10 m Air Rifle have increased rapidly during the last few decades, and today maximum results (600 for men and 400 for women) sometimes occur at the top level.
While only the Standing position is used for this event, airgun shooting from other positions also exists, e.g. in disabled sports or in the Three positions airgun competitions that are popular in the United States.
[edit] Current world records
| Men - Qualification | 600 |  Tevarit Majchacheeap |
2000, Langkawi | Team | 1788 |  China Russia |
2002, Busan 2006, Moscow |
| Men - Final | 703.1 599+104.1 |
 Thomas Farnik |
2006, Granada | ||||
| Junior Male | 599 |  Cheon Minho Zhu Qinan Zhu Qinan |
2004, Athens 2004, Athens 2004, Bangkok |
Team | 1774 |  Slovakia |
2004, Győr |
| Women - Qualification | 400 | Seo Sunhwa Gao Jing Lioubov Galkina Du Li Lioubov Galkina Suma Shirur Lioubov Galkina Monika Haselsberger Barbara Lechner Zhao Yinghui Wu Liuxi Du Li |
2002, Sydney 2002, Shanghai 2002, Munich 2003, Zagreb 2003, Munich 2004, Kuala Lumpur 2004, Bangkok 2004, Athens 2005, Tallinn 2005, Changwon 2005, Munich 2006, Granada |
Team | 1194 | China |
2002, Busan |
| Women - Final | 504.9 400+104.9 |
Du Li |
2003, Zagreb | ||||
| Junior Female | 400 | Seo Sunhwa |
2002, Sydney | Team | 1186 | China |
2005, Bangkok |
[edit] See also
| ISSF shooting events |
|---|
| 300 m Rifle | 300 m Standard Rifle | 50 m Rifle | 10 m Air Rifle |
| 50 m Pistol | 25 m Pistol | 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol | 25 m Center-Fire Pistol | 25 m Standard Pistol | 10 m Air Pistol |
| Trap | Double Trap | Skeet |
| 50 m Running Target | 10 m Running Target |
