ISSF 10 meter air rifle
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze
1966 Wiesbaden Switzerland Auguste Hollenstein Erwin Vogt Hans Simonet Kurt Mueller West Germany Gerd Kuemmet Ernst Beith Bernd Klingner Gunter Vetter Soviet Union Ludwig Lustberg Eduard Jarosh Vladimir Konyakhin Vassily Borisov
1970 Phoenix West Germany Peter Kohnke Bernd Klingner Gottfried Kustermann Klaus Zaehringer United States Lanny Bassham David Boyd John Robert Foster Lones Wigger East Germany Dieter Munzert Hartmut Sommer Helman Uhlemann Uto Wunderlich
1974 Thun West Germany Franz Hamm Gottfried Kustermann Bernd Ramms Wolfgang Ruehle United States Lanny Bassham David Cramer Edward Schumacher John Writer Poland Stanislaw Marucha Eugeniusz Pedzisz Romuald Simionov Andrzej Trajda
1978 Seoul West Germany Kurt Hillenbrand Gottfried Kustermann Oswald Schlipf Werner Seibold United States John Akemon Lanny Bassham Kurt Fitz Randolph David Kimes South Korea Gyong Hwan Bae Ja Hyoun Myoung Jang Woon Seo Deok Ha Yoon
1979 Seoul Switzerland Kuno Bertschy Hans Braem Hansueli Minder Anton Mattle United States David Cramer Ray Carter Michael Gross Ernest van de Zande Great Britain Malcolm Cooper John Churchill Barry Dagger Robert Joyce
1981 Santo Domingo West Germany Walter Hillenbrand Kurt Hillenbrand Kurt Rieth Oswald Schlipf France Pascal Bessy Patrice de Mullenheim Daniel Labrune Dominique Maquin Norway Amund Bjerbnes Arnt-Olav Haugland Per Erik Lokken Harald Stenvaag
1982 Caracas Norway Arnt-Olav Haugland Per Erik Lokken Svien Sotberg Harald Stenvaag West Germany Kurt Hillenbrand Kurt Rieth Oswald Schlipf Bernhard Suess East Germany Bernd Hartstein Sven Martini Frank Rettkowski Andreas Wolfram
1983 Innsbruck France Jean-Pierre Amat Michel Bury Philippe Heberlé West Germany Peter Heinz Bernhard Suess Hubert Suess Soviet Union Alexander Mitrofanov Viktor Vlasov Juri Zavolodko
1985 Mexico City France Jean-Pierre Amat Philippe Heberlé Dominique Maquin Yugoslavia Rajmond Debevec Sacir Dzeko Goran Maksimovic West Germany Kurt Hillenbrand Walter Hillenbrand Bernhard Suess
1986 Suhl West Germany Johann Riederer Hubert Suess Bernhard Suess United States Daniel Durben Kurt Fitz Randolph Robert Foth Norway Arnt-Olav Haugland Harald Stenvaag Kare Inge Viken
1987 Budapest United States Daniel Durben Robert Foth Matthew Suggs Yugoslavia Rajmond Debevec Sacir Dzeko Goran Maksimovic Soviet Union Juri Fedkin Kirill Ivanov Juri Zavolodko
1989 Sarajevo France Jean-Pierre Amat Franck Badiou Nicolas Berthelot Soviet Union Viatcheslav Botchkarev Juri Fedkin Sergei Martynov West Germany Hannes Hirschvogel Johann Riederer Matthias Stich
1990 Moscow West Germany Hannes Hirschvogel Johann Riederer Matthias Stich East Germany Olaf Hess Sven Martini Frank Rettkowski South Korea Young Chul Cha Tae Jin Eom Jung Mo Yoo
1991 Stavanger Norway Nils Petter Haakedal Leif Steinar Rolland Harald Stenvaag Soviet Union Eugeni Aleinikov Juri Fedkin Sergei Schedrin Germany Hannes Hirschvogel Johann Riederer Matthias Stich
1994 Milan Belarus Anatoli Klimenko Georgi Nekhaev Sergei Martynov Czech Republic Milan Bakes Petr Kurka Dalimil Nejezchleba Russia Juri Fedkin Artem Khadjibekov Sergei Schedrin
1998 Barcelona Russia Artem Khadjibekov Eugeni Aleinikov Konstantin Prikhodtchenko South Korea Kean Bae Chae Young Sueb Lim Jung Jun Ko Slovakia Jozef Gönci Miroslav Svorada Peter Bubernik
2002 Lahti Russia Konstantin Prikhodtchenko Eugeni Aleinikov Artem Khadjibekov China Li Jie Fu Zhang Yalin Cai United States Jason Parker Matthew Emmons Troy Bassham
2006 Zagreb China Li Jie Qinan Zhu Lei Zhang Russia Konstantin Prikhodtchenko Denis Sokolov Serguei Kruglov Austria Christian Planer Thomas Farnik Mario Knoegler
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10 meter air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot over a distance of from a standing position with a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . The use of specialized clothing is allowed to improve the stability of the shooting position and prevent chronic back injury which can be caused by the asymmetric offset load on the spine when the rifle is held in position. It is one of the ISSF-governed shooting events included in the Olympic games. Shots are fired from the standing position only, as opposed to some other airgun shooting disciplines such as for three positions (popular in the United States) or in disabled sports. The major competitions are the Olympic Games every four years and the ISSF World Shooting Championships every four years (the Games and the Championships are held two years apart). In addition, the event is included in the ISSF World Cup series, the ISSF World Cup Final, in continental championships, and in many other international and national competitions. It is an indoor sport. In many clubs and ranges, electronic targets are now being used instead of the traditional paper targets. Scores in 10 meter air rifle have improved rapidly during the last few decades. During the 1970s technical advances in the employed match air rifles made the international shooting union, known as the UIT back then, but today the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), decide to reduce the size of the 10 meter air rifle target to its current dimensions.