Shooting at the Commonwealth Games

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Shooting sports have been contested at the Commonwealth Games at every games since 1966 with the exception of the 1970 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Events were open until they were segregated by gender in 1994 for pistol and most rifle events and in 2002 for trap and skeet events; the full bore rifle competitions remained open.

2022 Games

Games Year Host city Host country Best nation
VIII1966Kingston Jamaica Canada
X1974Christchurch New Zealand Canada
XI1978Edmonton, Alberta Canada Canada
XII1982Brisbane, Queensland Australia Australia
XIII1986Edinburgh Scotland England
XIV1990Auckland New Zealand Australia
XV1994Victoria, British Columbia Canada Australia
XVI1998Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Australia
XVII2002Manchester England India
XVIII2006Melbourne, Victoria Australia India
XIX2010Delhi India India
XX2014Glasgow Scotland Australia
XXI2018Gold Coast, Queensland Australia India

Shooting is an optional sport at the Commonwealth Games, but had been routinely included since 1974. In January 2018 it was announced that shooting would not feature in the 2022 Games programme, citing a lack of facilities near Birmingham.[1][2][3] In December 2018, a delegation including the International Shooting Sport Federation and British Shooting visited Birmingham and discussed the addition of shooting with the Birmingham Organising Committee.[4] In June 2019 it was reported that this proposal had been unsuccessful.[5][6][7]

In response, India - who count Shooting as one of their most successful sports - threatened to boycott the 2022 Games in their entirety.[8] In September 2019, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra stated that the Games "are a waste of time and money" and that India should withdraw.[9] Batra's comments drew broad criticism from Indian athletes.[10]

In January 2020, the IOA submitted a proposal to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to host a combined archery and shooting championships in Chandigarh during January 2022.[11][12][13] The CGF Executive Board approved the proposal in February 2020, and also confirmed that the 2022 Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games would be two separately organised and funded Commonwealth Sport events.[14][15][16] In July 2021, the CGF announced that the event had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[17][18]

2026 Games

In July 2022, the organising committee for the 2026 Commonwealth Games released their programme, which also did not include shooting. India expressed strong disappointment, raising the matter with organisers from Victoria during the Birmingham Games.[19] In August 2022, Shooting Australia announced that the ISSF has submitted a proposal for shooting when the expression of interest period for additional sports opened.[20][21][22][23][24] Like the proposals for the 2022 Games, the programme was significantly restricted and included just four disciplines - Skeet, Air Rifle, Air Pistol and Fullbore Rifle. This dropped cartridge pistol, 50m rifle, trap and double trap. "Para-Shooting" events were also promised, though it was not specified whether this was limited to airgun disciplines or included Para-Skeet, as demonstrated at the 2017 CSF(ED) Championships in Wales.

In October 2022, the inclusion of Shooting was confirmed, but without Fullbore Rifle.[25][26] It was later announced that Shooting would be held in the Gippsland region, east of Melbourne.[27][28] The proposal had originally been based in Greater Bendigo, north of Melbourne - to use the Wellsford Fullbore Rifle Range (which also hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games fullbore events).

There is concern as to the continuation of meaningful CSF Championships, as test events for the Games would typically follow the Games programme - not a full programme. This has also raised concerns over funding for both the Championships and participating teams as this has traditionally been drawn from Games budgets as part of preparations.

Events

Men's events
Event667478828690949802061014182226Games
Current programs
50 metre free pistolXXXXXXXXXXXXX13
25 metre rapid fire pistolXXX3
10 metre air pistolXXXXXXXXXXX11
50 metre small bore rifle proneXXXXXXXXXXXX12
50 metre small bore rifle three positionsXXXXXXXXXX10
10 metre air rifleXXXXXXXXXXX11
TrapXXX3
Double trapXXXXX5
SkeetXXXXXXXXXXXXX13
Past events
50 metre free pistol pairsXXXXXXXX8
25 metre standard pistolXXX3
25 metre standard pistol pairsXXX3
25 metre centre fire pistolXXXXXXXXX9
25 metre centre fire pistol pairsXXXXXXXX8
25 metre rapid fire pistol pairsXXXXXXXX8
10 metre air pistol pairsXXXXXXXX8
10 metre air rifle pairsXXXXXXXX8
50 metre small bore rifle prone pairsXXXXXXX7
50 metre small bore rifle three positions pairsXXXXXXXX8
Free rifle proneX1
Free rifle prone pairsX1
10 metre running targetXX2
10 metre running target pairsXX2
Clay pigeon trapXXXXXXXXX9
Clay pigeon trap pairsXX2
Trap pairsXXXXX5
Double trap pairsXXX3
Skeet pairsXXXXXXX7
Events344171718181721212210903
Women's events
Event667478828690949802061014182226Games
Current programs
25 metre sport pistolXXXXXXX7
10 metre air pistolXXXXXXXX8
50 metre small bore rifle proneXXXXXXX7
50 metre small bore rifle three positionsXXXXXXX7
10 metre air rifleXXXXXXXX8
TrapXXX3
Double trapXXXX4
SkeetXXXXX5
Past events
25 metre sport pistol pairsXXXXX5
10 metre air pistol pairsXXXXX5
50 metre small bore rifle prone pairsXXXXX5
50 metre small bore rifle three positions pairsXXXXX5
10 metre air rifle pairsXXXXX5
Clay pigeon trapXX2
Clay pigeon trap pairsXX2
Trap pairsX1
Double trap pairsXX2
Skeet pairsXX2
Events10101616128803
Open events
Event667478828690949802061014182226Games
Current programs
Full bore Queen's prize individualXXXXXXXXXX10
Full bore Queen's prize pairsXXXXXXXXXXXXX13
Past events
Skeet pairsX1
Events111222322222200

All-time medal table

Games records

References

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