Shooting Sport at the Olympics: Paine brothers share the spoils – and the whiskey – at Athens 1896, the first Modern Games
27.06.2024 by ISSF
Shooting sport was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympics at Athens in 1896, and has featured in every subsequent summer Games save for the 1904 and 1928 editions. Women began competing at the 1968 Mexico Games. Men’s and women’s events were separated from 1984 onwards in rifle and pistol, for double trap from 1996 and for trap and skeet from 2000. The sport will make its 28th Olympic appearance at this summer’s Paris 2024 Games. A month away from the start of competition on July 27 the ISSF website starts its look at past highlights…