The largest Rifle and Pistol World Cup of the year was closed in Munich, today. The People’s Republic of China and the German team finished atop of the medal standings.
Today’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event closed the 2011 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Munich, conducted on the lines of the 1972 Olympic Shooting Range from the 16th of June.
The People’s Republic of China finished atop of the medal standings of the fourth and last Rifle and Pistol world cup of the year. Winning four Gold, one Silver and one Bronze, the Chinese team collected a total of six medals, two more then the home team.
Germany placed in second, with two Gold, one Silver and one Bronze, totalizing four awards. Coming in third place, Belarus, France, Japan and Turkey all won one Gold meal each.
890 shooters coming from 86 countries came here to compete in the 10 Olympic events of Rifle and Pistol shooting form all around the world, aiming at the 24 Olympic Quota Places to be awarded during the championship. Almost 1500 starts were registered, and the ISSF Secretary General Franz Schreiber spoke of a “record turnout of athletes.”
Munich’s world cup was the fourth a last ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Stage of the year. The ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Final, which will crown the champions of the season, will take place in Wroclaw, from 18 through the 24 of September.
The medals stangings
|
Rank
|
NAT
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
|
1
|
CHN
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
|
2
|
GER
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
3
|
BLR
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
3
|
FRA
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
3
|
JPN
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
3
|
TUR
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
7
|
SRB
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
8
|
BUL
|
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
8
|
DEN
|
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
10
|
CZE
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
11
|
AUS
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
11
|
ITA
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
11
|
KOR
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
11
|
NOR
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
11
|
SVK
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
11
|
USA
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Total
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
30
|