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69 Olympic Quota Places distributed to 26 countries

China and Russia led the Quota's standings. Sixty-nine Olympic Quota Place, the entrance tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games, have been distributed by the ISSF to 26 different countries, during the 50th ISSF World Championship in all events, the first Olympic qualifier for London 2012.

The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China secured nine Olympic Quota Places each, becoming the two countries with the highest number of qualified athletes for the next 2012 London Olympic Games.

“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

Marco Dalla Dea

 

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