Which Summer Olympic Shooting Events Would You Change?

I really believe 50m free pistol should not have been dropped.

But quite honestly, few if any shooting events are geared to any but the hard core viewer. Between that and the state of gun control around the world, I'm mildly surprised there are any shooting competitions left in the Olympics at all.

<edit> Winter biathlon is one of my favorite shooting sports, and favorite Olympic events to watch.

• Reintroduce 500-600M 3Position High Powdered Rifle
• Add IPSC with standardized stages (to limit cheaters.)

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I would like to see these two added.

Add in summer biathalon either running with rifle or cycling
Add in Euro sporting - what we call FITASC here

Add three gun matches, 12 gauge, 45 caliber pistol, full power 30 caliber rifle.

Perhaps make the pistol competition more with the times. Have an event for the modern shooter with contemporary equipment.

We are likely to see shooting entirely dropped from the Olympics soon, as it's not televisual enough and other newer sports demand the TV coverage. It's already dropped from the Commonwealth Games.

rimfire challenge. or steel challenge using rimfire or even airguns.

Mk VII said:

We are likely to see shooting entirely dropped from the Olympics soon, as it's not televisual enough and other newer sports demand the TV coverage. It's already dropped from the Commonwealth Games.

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Agreed.

I wouldn't change anything in the Olympic shooting sports. It is the place for traditional, precision shooting sports. But, yeah, those precision shooting sports are dying, even in the US. When I look at the turn out for a CMP Service Rifle or NRA High Power match, or NRA Bullseye pistol, and then I look at the significantly larger turnout for USPSA, Steel Challenge, IDPA, 2/3 gun, etc...the writing is on the wall.

Bowling... turn it into a pin race.

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WestKentucky said:

Bowling... turn it into a pin race.

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Oh, if this is open to any Olympic sort for consideration, I have a list of them. =)

+1 on adding biathlon. Miss your target do a penalty lap.
To make it interesting athletes would be shooting blackpowder firearms. They would have to be loaded at the line with components that the athletes carry on their person.
I would watch that.

The championship of the biathlon during the last Winter Olympics in Korea was fitting for an event held near the DMZ. Watching the competitors ski and shoot in near blizzard conditions was awesome- lots of misses...

.455_Hunter said:

The championship of the biathlon during the last Winter Olympics in Korea was fitting for an event held near the DMZ. Watching the competitors ski and shoot in near blizzard conditions was awesome- lots of misses...

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Biathlon is the only sooting sport, other than archery, that I ever see televised. At 3 am.

D.B. Cooper said:

Biathlon is the only shooting sport, other than archery, that I ever see televised. At 3 am.

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America's olympic medal winner Kim Rhodes (1992 thru 2016) would be a role model for all girls and women if she was in any other sport.

She won her first Gold in Atlanta - and it was also the US' first medal of those Olympics and nada for coverage

Bring back the Modern Pentathlon.
Pistol shooting, fencing, horseback riding, running, swimming.
What a military courier was expected to be able to do.

Jim Watson said:

Bring back the Modern Pentathlon.
Pistol shooting, fencing, horseback riding, running, swimming.
What a military courier was expected to be able to do.

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That would be a "well rounded" individual.