International Shooting Sport Federation
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The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is an organization that governs international shooting sports. While far from the only such organization, it is the one that is a member of the International Olympic Committee and so it is in charge of the Olympic shooting events. Not all ISSF shooting events are Olympic, however. The organization, with 154 national member federations, has its headquarters in Munich, Germany.
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[edit] History
International shooting competitions had begun already with Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics, and the first World Championships were held in 1897. However, there was no governing body until 1907, when eight national federations founded the union, soon to be called Union International de Tir (UIT) (French for the International Shooting Union and sometimes referred to in English as the ISU). This was the name until the current name was adapted in 1998.
[edit] Competitions and records
The ISSF recognizes the following competitions as ISSF Championships:
- The Olympic Games every four years (Olympic events only)
- The ISSF World Shooting Championships every four years, plus every other year for shotgun events
- The ISSF World Cup four times a year plus a final (Olympic events only)
- Regional championships, such as the European Championships or the Pan-American Games, with regularity that is decided on the regional level
These are the only competitions that have direct supervision from ISSF committees, and the only competitions where world records can be set. This leads to many national records in fact being higher than the world records (an extreme example is Pål Hembre's Norwegian record in 25 m Center-Fire Pistol, with 596 points no less than six points over the World record in this non-Olympic event).
[edit] See also
| ISSF shooting events |
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| 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 |
