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Participation in the Olympic Games was open until 1984. From the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, as per the agreement with the International Olympic Committee, the UIT (now ISSF) put a restriction on the number of shooters per event and all the shooters were required to earn “Quota Place” through designated competitions such as World Cup, Continental Championships and World Championships. Those countries whose shooters fail to earn a “Quota Place” are issued “Wild Cards” by the ISSF.

The first “Quota Place” for India was earned by Mansher Singh in Trap event in 1995. He participated in the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.

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Olympic Shooters

Shooter	Year of Participation
Dr. Harihar Banerjee	1952, 1956
H.C.Shaw	1956
Dr. Karni Singh	1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980
Thakur Devi Singh	1964
Randhir Singh	1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984
P K Chatterjee	1972
Gurbir Singh	1976
Maharaj Bhim Singh of Kota	1976
Gian Chand	1980
S.K.Roy Chaudhary	1980
Baljit Singh	1984
Soma Dutta	1984, 1988, 1992
Bhagirath Samai	1984
Mansher Singh	1984, 1996, 2004, 2008
Major R.K.Vij	1984
Mohinder Lal	1984
H.S.Sandhu	1984
Abha Dhillan	1992
Jaspal Rana	1996
Anjali Vedpathak/Bhagwat	2000, 2004, 2008
Abhinav Bindra	2000, 2004, 2008
Anwer Sultan	2000
Manavjit Singh Sandhu	2004, 2008
Gagan Narang	2004, 2008
Major R V S Rathore	2004, 2008
Suma Shirur	2004
Deepali Deshpande	2004
Avneet Kaur	2008
Sanjeev Rajput	2008
Samaresh Jung	2008

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Olympic Games Quota Winners

Year	Olympic Games	Name of the shooter	Event
1996	Atlanta	Mansher Singh	Trap
2000	Sydney - 3	Anjali Bhagwat	Air Rifle
		Abhinav Bindra	Air Rifle
		Anwer Sultan	Trap
2004	Athens - 8	Abhinav Bindra	Air Rifle
		Gagan Narang	Air Rifle
		Anjali Bhagwat	Air Rifle
		Suma Shirur	Air Rifle
		Deepali Deshpande	Sport Rifle 3 P
		Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap
		Mansher Singh	Trap
		R V S Rathore	Double Trap
2008	Beijing	Gagan Narang	Air Rifle
		Anjali Bhagwat	Sport Rifle 3 P
		Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap
		R V S Rathore	Double Trap
		Abhinav Bindra	Air Rifle
		Avneet Kaur Sidhu	Air Rifle
		Sanjeev Rajput	50M Rifle 3 Position
		Samaresh Jung	10M Pistol
		Mansher Singh	Trap

Olympic Finalists

Year	Olympic Games	Name	Event	Rank
2000	Sydney	Anjali Bhagwat	Air Rifle Women	VIII
2004	Athens	Suma Shirur	Air Rifle Women	VIII
	Athens	Abhinav Bindra	Air Rifle Men	VII
	Athens	R V S Rathore	Double Trap	Silver Medal
2008	Beijing	Abhinav Bindra	Air Rifle	Gold Medal

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World Record Holder

Year	Name	Event	Score	Place	Remarks
1994	Jaspal Rana	Standard Pistol Junior Men	569/600	World Championship, Milan, Italy	Equlled World Record
2006	Jaspal Rana	Centre Fire Pistol	590/600	15^th Asian Games, Doha	Equalled World Record
2008	Ronjon Sodhi	Double Trap	145/150	ISSF World Cup Belgrade	Equalled World Record
	Ronjon Sodhi	Double Trap	194/200	ISSF World Cup Belgrade	Equalled World Record
	Gagan Narang	Air Rifle	600/600	ISSF World Cup Finals, Bangkok	Equalled World Record
	Gagan Narang	Air Rifle	703.5	ISSF World Cup Finals, Bangkok	New World Record

Ranked World Number One

Year	Name	Event
2002	Anjali Bhagwat	Air Rifle
2004	R V S Rathore	Double Trap
2006	Gagan Narang	Air Rifle
2006	Manavjit Singh Sandhu	Trap

Medals Won

Year	Olympics			World Championships			World Cup			Asian Games			Commonwealth Games
	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B	G	S	B
1962	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1		-	-	-
1978	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
1982	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1
1986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
1990	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3
1994	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	2	2
1997	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	4	2	1
2000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	2	-	14	7	3
2003	-	-	-	-	-	1*	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	-	-	-	3	1	2	2	1	1	3	5	6	16	7	4
2007	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

*World Championship Nicosia 2003, Event: Shotgun

Chef De Mission


Kumar Surendra Singh Commonwealth Games, Victoria, New Zealand, 1994	Baljit Singh Sethi, SAF Games, Islamabad, Pakistan 2004, Dy Chef-De-Mission Beijing Olympics 2008


Digvijay Singh 16th Asian Games, Guangzhou, China 2010

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Flag Bearers


Jaspal Rana Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, 1998 SAF Games Islamabad, 2004	Lt Col RVS Rathore Commonwealth Games Melbourne, 2006 Olympic Games, Beijing, 2008

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Anuja Jung	Avneet Kaur

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