There are 15 events on the Olympic program, divided into three disciplines based on the type of weapon used:

Disciplines                     Men                         Women                     Total Events
 
Rifle                       50m Rifle 3 Positions         50m Rifle 3 Positions                5    
                              50m Rifle Prone
                              10m Air Rifle                    10m Air Rifle

Pistol                     50m Pistol                        25m Pistol                               5
                              25m Rapid Fire Pistol         10m Air Pistol
                              10m Air Pistol

Shotgun                 Trap                                  Trap                                       5
                              Double Trap
                              Skeet                               Skeet

Each event consists of a qualification round and finals.  In the rifle and pistol events, competitors shoot at a 10-ring target.  In the shotgun events, competitors shoot at targets that are fired into the air.

Shooting will take place at the Royal Artillery Barracks.  The Barracks had been home to the 16th Regiment of the Royal Artillery for 291 years.

London 2012 Storylines:
American Kim Rhode will be aiming to win her fifth medal in five Olympic Games.  No other American Olympian in an individual sport has won medals in five consecutive Games.  She started as a double trap shooter, taking gold in Atlanta 1996, bronze in Sydney 2000 and gold in Athens 2004 before switching to skeet and winning silver in Beijing 2008.  Most recently she claimed bronze at the 2011 World Championships.

Canada's Outlook:
Canada has won nine Olympic shooting medals, the most recent in Los Angeles 1984 when Linda Thom won gold in the inaugural women's 25m pistol event.

Cory Niefer was the first individual Canadian athlete to earn an Olympic quota place for London 2012 after finishing second in the 10m air rifle at the 2010 American Continental Championships.  Niefer coached the rifle team in Beijing 2008 but will be making his Olympic competitive debut in 2012.

London 2012 would be the seventh Olympic appearance for Sue Nattrass since making her debut in Montreal 1976.  Her best result was a sixth place finish in Athens 2004 in the women's trap.  She finished 11th in that event in Beijing 2008 but fell to 47th at the 2010 World Championships.

Dorothy Ludwig was able to earn her Olympic spot in the 10m Air Pistol via her gold medal winning performance for Canada at the Pan Am Games.  Ludwig continues her family's Olympic legacy as her father, Bill Hare, was a three-time Olympian in shooting.

Other International Athletes to Follow:

MEN

Jin Jong-Oh – South Korea

• In Beijing 2008 he won gold in the 50m pistol and silver in the 10m air pistol to go with the silver he earned in the 50m pistol in Athens 2004
• Won bronze in the 10m air pistol at the 2010 World Championships

• Won gold in the 50m rifle prone in Athens 2004 and followed that with a silver in the event in Beijing 2008; also finished 4th in the 50m rifle 3 positions in Beijing 2008
• Met his wife, Czech shooter Katerina Emmons (née Kurkova), in Athens 2004; she is a three-time Olympic medallist who won gold in the 10m air rifle and silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions in Beijing 2008

• Won gold in the trap in Athens 2004 and followed that with a bronze in the event in Beijing 2008
• Won silver in the trap at the 2010 World Championships

• Won silver in the trap in her Olympic debut in Beijing 2008
• Earned her first World title in 2010, taking gold in the trap
• Earned silver at 2011 World Championships in the trap

• Earned her first senior World title in 2010, taking gold in the 10m air pistol; also won silver in the 25m pistol
• Will be making her Olympic debut in London 2012

• Has been a world champion in both 10m air rifle (1998, 1994) and 50m rifle 3 positions (1998); she won silver in the latter event at the 2010 World Championships
• Still seeking her first Olympic medal in London 2012, which will be her fifth Olympic appearance