“The shooting sport are popular all around the world, and they are a true base sport practiced in all the continents,” said the International Olympic Committee’s Sports Director Christophe Dubi, while visiting the competition four days ago.
And the 50th ISSF World Championship kept up with the expectations of universalities, distributing Olympic Quotas to 26 different countries. From Russia to India, form Iran to USA, form Korea to Turkey, sixty-nine athletes won an Olympic pass to London 2012.
Nation |
Quota Places |
CHN | 9 |
RUS | 9 |
ITA | 6 |
USA | 5 |
GER | 4 |
KOR | 4 |
SRB | 4 |
BLR |
2 |
CYP | 2 |
CZE | 2 |
ESP | 2 |
FRA | 2 |
IND | 2 |
JPN | 2 |
SVK | 2 |
UKR | 2 |
AUS | 1 |
FIN | 1 |
HUN | 1 |
IRI | 1 |
KAZ | 1 |
NOR | 1 |
POR | 1 |
PRK | 1 |
SUI | 1 |
TUR | 1 |
26 Nation | 69 quota places |