Winning four Gold medals out of 10 total events, the People’s Republic of China claimed 1st place in the final medal standings.
Those four Golds were signed by Peng Xinyi in the women’s 10m Air Rifle, Lin Yuemei in the women’s 25m Pistol, Yang Wei in the men’s 10m Air Pistol and Shi Mengyao in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions, to which they added three Silver medals and one Bronze.
Austria’s claimed the runner-up position of the medal standings with one Gold and one Silver, while four different countries followed in 3rd place with one Gold and one Bronze: Denmark, Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine.
The only remaining Gold was claimed by Germany.
Final medal standings
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | CHN | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
2 | AUT | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | DEN | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | HUN | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | SRB | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | UKR | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | GER | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | BLR | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | FRA | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | JPN | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | KOR | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | RUS | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | TUR | 1 | 1 | ||
14 | BEL | 1 | 1 | ||
14 | ITA | 1 | 1 | ||
14 | MEX | 1 | 1 | ||
14 | POL | 1 | 1 | ||
14 | SGP | 1 | 1 | ||
10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Medalists by event
Event | Date | Medal | Name | Nation |
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10m Air Rifle Men | 8 JUN 2017 | Gold | STEFANOVIC Milutin | SRB |
Silver | YAO Yuncong | CHN | ||
Bronze | PENI Istvan | HUN | ||
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men | 13 JUN 2017 | Gold | PENI Istvan | HUN |
Silver | HUI Zicheng | CHN | ||
Bronze | BARTNIK Tomasz | POL | ||
50m Rifle Prone Men | 11 JUN 2017 | Gold | GRIMMEL Torben | DEN |
Silver | SHCHERBATSEVICH Yury | BLR | ||
Bronze | COX Lionel | BEL | ||
10m Air Pistol Men | 11 JUN 2017 | Gold | YANG Wei | CHN |
Silver | MATSUDA Tomoyuki | JPN | ||
Bronze | OMELCHUK Oleh | UKR | ||
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men | 10 JUN 2017 | Gold | REITZ Christian | GER |
Silver | BESSAGUET Clement | FRA | ||
Bronze | MAZZETTI Riccardo | ITA | ||
50m Pistol Men | 9 JUN 2017 | Gold | OMELCHUK Oleh | UKR |
Silver | DIKEC Yusuf | TUR | ||
Bronze | MIKEC Damir | SRB | ||
10m Air Rifle Women | 8 JUN 2017 | Gold | PENG Xinyi | CHN |
Silver | SHI Mengyao | CHN | ||
Bronze | SER Xiang Wei Jasmine | SGP | ||
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women | 13 JUN 2017 | Gold | SHI Mengyao | CHN |
Silver | UNGERANK Nadine | AUT | ||
Bronze | NIELSEN Stine | DEN | ||
10m Air Pistol Women | 11 JUN 2017 | Gold | STEINER Sylvia | AUT |
Silver | BATSARASHKINA Vitalina | RUS | ||
Bronze | ZAVALA VAZQUEZ Alejandra | MEX | ||
25m Pistol Women | 9 JUN 2017 | Gold | LIN Yuemei | CHN |
Silver | KIM Minjung | KOR | ||
Bronze | ZHANG Jingjing | CHN |
Four world records were equaled at the Gabala Shooting Club.
People’s Republic of China’s Yao Yuncong and Serbia’s Milutin Stefanovic both equalled the 250.9 mark of the men’s 10m Air Rifle; Germany’s Christian Reitz scored 35 hits in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men final, matching the record set in 2014 by Italy’s Riccardo Mazzetti, while Denmark’s Torben Grimmel paired the 50m Rifle Prone Men record by scoring 249.8 points.
In the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men elimination phase, Chniese shooter Cao Yifei also matched the Qualification World Record of 1186 points, while his teammate Shi Mengyao set a new Junior World Record in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions match.
The 2017 ISSF Season will now move to Suhl (GER) for the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol, scheduled from June 22nd to June 29th. Also in Suhl, from the 22nd to the 26th of June, the ISSF Target Sprint World Championship will take place.
Live results of the competitions, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.