52ND ISSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ALL EVENTS CHANGWON, KOR 31 AUG - 15 SEP 2018 MEDIA GUIDE INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION BAVARIARING 21 - D - 80336 MUNICH - GERMANY - PHONE: +49 89 5443550 - EMAIL: [email protected] ALL OU ANT TO NO AOUT OUR FAORITE SPORT E ERE ITS HAPPENING O Pad On In he ISSF NES O A INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION Contact: Phone +49(0)89-544-355-0 · E-Mail: [email protected] · www.issf-sports.org CONTENTS 1 WELCOME TO CHANGWON Welcome Message from ISSF 4 Welcome Message from the Organizing Committee of the WCH 2 THE ISSF What is the ISSF? 5 The ISSF Milestones 3 THE ISSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Facts 7 Official Schedule 8 Schedule of the Olympic Events 9 EBU Live TV Schedule 10 4 OLYMPIC QUOTA PLACES What is an Olympic Quota Place 11 Quota places at the 52nd ISSF World Championship 5 OLYMPIC EVENTS PREVIEW The 15 Olympic Events at the ISSF World Championship 12 6 MEDIA CONTACTS How to get to the venue 27 Media Contacts 7 STATISTICS Medal Standings of the 2014 ISSF World Championship 28 Current Qualification World Records 29 Current World Records 30 All Medal Winners of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series 33 Interesting stats and facts 36 All-time World Championship Multi-Medalists 37 MEDIA INFORMATION – 2018 ISSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHANGWON KOR 3 1. WELCOME TO GRANADA ISSF WELCOME MESSAGE On behalf of the International Shooting Sport Federation ISSF, We acknowledge and appreciate the work and assistance of we welcome you to the 52nd ISSF World Championship in the media; press, radio, television and internet in favor of our Changwon, Republic of Korea, taking place from 31 August to sport, and the support of the industries and the sponsors who 15 September 2018. collaborated to the organization and the success of the event. This is the greatest and most spectacular shooting champi- We wish all participants the best of luck and great success in onship of the world, and here we will assign the first Olympic the spirit of fair play. quota places for Tokyo 2020, hence we expect a large number of participants from all over the world. This will be an historic Championship: the modernization process of our disciplines that started after the 2012 Olympic Olegario Vázquez Raña Franz Schreiber Games, and continued through the 2014 ISSF World Champi- President of ISSF Secretary General of ISSF onship and the 2016 Olympic Games will be on display here in Changwon. Mixed Team events, new technical rules, and the new competition formats modernized our sport, which retains his traditional character while appealing the new generations. The Korea Shooting Federation and the Organizing Commit- tee of the Championship had worked very hard to prepare this 52nd ISSF World Championship, with the great support of the City and region of Changwon. The ISSF is certain that the participants will find the ideal conditions for competing and enjoying this extraordinary event in a beautiful shooting range which has been reconstructed in occasion of the Championship. We wish to extend our gratitude to the national and local authorities, the people of Changwon, and of the Republic of Ko- rea for their extraordinary hospitality and support. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MESSAGE On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my greatest pleasu- I would like to express my great appreciation to the Orga- re to welcome all athletes, officials, and honorable guests to the nizing Committee and the authorities who have been working 52 nd ISSF World Championship in all Shooting events in Chang- with great enthusiasm and dedication. won, Republic of Korea. The World Shooting Championship is a prominent interna- I wish you success and good health. tional sporting event that began in 1897. It is considered to be Thank you very much. one of the world’s largest sports exhibitions, standing amongst the Olympic games, FIFA World Cup and IAAF World Athletics tournaments, throughout its 120 year history. The Organizing Committee has meticulously prepared over the preceding years to make this ISSF World Championship a display of the utmost passionate sporting performance. We hope all participating athletes representing their home nations utilize this event as a validation of their excellency and honor for them- selves and their countries. I hope all of the athletes compete in the spirit of sportsman- ship and fair play, as well as take this opportunity to come closer to one another. At the same time, I encourage you to witness the highest quality shooting sports has to offer over the course of this World Championship. Lee Dalgon Indeed, I hope you experience genuine Korean culture and The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 52nd ISSF World Championship in all remember a warm embrace from Changwon city during your Shooting events in Changwon stay. MEDIA INFORMATION – 2018 ISSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHANGWON KOR 4 2. THE INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION WHO IS THE ISSF? The International Shooting Sport Federation is the governing body The ISSF World Championship in Changwon (KOR) is the of the Olympic shooting sport events in the Rifle, Pistol and Shot- 52nd world championship of our Federation’s history, the previ- gun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic shooting sport events. ous being held in Granada (ESP) in 2014, where more than 2000 The Federation’s activities include regulation of the sport, shooters competed in several Olympic and non-Olympic events. Olympic qualifications and organization of international competi- The competition will be contested under the new ISSF Rules tions such as the ISSF World Cup Series, the ISSF World Cup Final, introduced at the start of the 2018 ISSF Season. Major changes the separate ISSF World Championship in Shotgun, Running Tar- were introduced to guarantee full gender equality: three mixed get and Target Sprint events and the ISSF World Championship in team events were added to the Olympic program — 10m Air Rifle all events. Mixed Team, 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team and Trap Mixed Team. Founded in 1907 as the International Shooting Union, and Furthermore, men and women will fire an equal number of shots then changing its name to ISSF in 1998, the Federation currently during the qualification phases of Olympic events. affiliates more than 150 national shooting federations from Africa, The ISSF World Championship in Changwon is also the first Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Olympic shooting sport qualifying competition on the road to To- Since 1980, the ISSF President is Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña, kyo 2020. A total of 60 Olympic quota places will be distributed in a successful entrepreneur and a member of the Mexican shooting the 15 Olympic rifle, pistol and shotgun events during the cham- team at four edition of the Olympic Games — from 1964 to 1976 — pionship. Follow the ISSF activities on its official website www. and at all editions of the ISSF World Championship from 1966 to issf-sports.org. 1979. The ISSF headquarters is based in Munich (GER). THE ISSF MILESTONES 19TH CENTURY – During the 19th century, earlier forms of orga- The 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp (NED) have 21 shooting sport nizations such as shooting clubs develop into national federations. events in their program, the highest number of events in Olympic The Société Suisse des Carabiniers is founded in 1824 in Switzer- history. A total of 18 nations participated with 233 athletes. land; the British National Rifle Association was inaugurated by 1924 – Shooting sport events at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games Queen Victoria in 1859; Duke Ernst II of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha are conducted under ISSF regulations, and they are organized by founded the Deutscher Schützenbund in 1861; and military lea- L’Union des Sociétés de Tir de France. More than 260 athletes from ders established the National Rifle Association of America in 1871. 27 nations participate. The Federation Francaise des Societies de Tir was also formally 1937 – The year 1937 see the first participation of a woman in a established in 1884, but earlier French national bodies had prece- World Championship event: Catherine Woodring participate as a ded it. member of the United States of America, winning the 50m Rifle 1896 – The shooting sport is part of the modern Olympic Games Prone team gold medal. since its first steps. In the first edition, held in Athens (GRE) in 1940 – The Olympic Games in Helsinki cannot take place because 1896, 39 athletes from seven nations compete in three pistol and of the second World War. For the second time in the ISSF short two high-power rifle events. Shooting is also included in the pro- history, a decision to suspend operations is taken. The ISSF records gram of the 1900 Olympic Games where 139 athletes from 13 na- and archives were transported from Paris (FRA) to Stockholm tions compete 11 total events: three in the pistol discipline, five in (SWE) by Karl August Larsson, Secretary General of the Swedish rifle, two in clay target and one in running target. Shooting Federation, in order to keep them protected in a neutral 1907 – On the 17th of July 1907, representatives of seven national nation. shooting federations — Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy and 1951 – The Pan American Games and Asian Games are created as Holland in Europe, and Argentina in South America — meet in in multi-sport international competitions like the Olympic Games, to Zurich (SUI) to formally establish L’Union Internationale des Fédé- be held on their respective continents in 1951. Shooting was ac- rations et Associations Nationals de Tir or International Union of cepted as a sport in both of them. National Shooting Federations and Associations. Daniel Mérillon, 1958 – A men’s Skeet event is added to the ISSF program.