Shooting competitions at the 1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles from July 29 to August 4. For the first time, women and men competed at the Olympic shooting competitions. There were 460 athletes (383 men and 77 women) from 68 countries who competed for 11 sets of medals.
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Medals
Overall Medal Score
(The highest number of medals in its category is highlighted in bold ; the host country is also highlighted)
| Total number of medals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| one | USA | 3 | one | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Great Britain | one | 0 | 3 | four |
| four | Italy | one | one | one | 3 |
| five | France | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| Japan | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| eight | Austria | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Denmark | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Colombia | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Peru | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Romania | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Germany | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Switzerland | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Sweden | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| sixteen | Australia | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
Medalists
Men
Prizewinners in rifle shooting from a prone position (from left to right): Michel Bury , Edward Etzel and Michael Sullivan
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Air gun, 10 m | Philip Eberle France | Andreas Krontaler Austria | Barry dagger Great Britain |
| Speed Gun, 25 m | Takeo Kamati Japan | Corneliu Yon Romania | Rauno Bies Finland |
| Free gun, 50 m | Xu haifeng China | Ragnar Scanoker Sweden | Wang Yifu China |
| Small bore rifle prone, 50 m | Edward Etzel USA | Michel Bury France | Michael sullivan Great Britain |
| Small-bore rifle with three positions, 50 m | Malcolm Cooper Great Britain | Daniel Nipkov Switzerland | Alistair Allan Great Britain |
| Small bore rifle on a moving target, 50 m | Li Yuwei China | Helmut Bellingrodt Colombia | Juan Sheping China |
Women
Medalists in 25m pistol shooting (from left to right): Ruby Fox , Linda Tom and Patricia Dench
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Pistol 25 m | Linda tom Canada | Ruby Fox USA | Patricia Dench Australia |
| Air rifle, 10 m | Pat Spargin USA | Edith Gufler Italy | Wu Xiaoxuan China |
| Small-bore rifle with three positions, 50 m | Wu Xiaoxuan China | Ulrike Holmer Germany | Wanda jewel USA |
Open disciplines - bench shooting
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ladder | Luciano Giovannetti Italy | Francisco Bosa Peru | Daniel Carlisle USA |
| Skete | Matthew Dryk USA | Ole Rieber Rasmussen Denmark | Luca Scribani Rossi Italy |