History of shooting at the Olympics

A HISTORY OF SHOOTING AT OLYMPICS:

* Shooting has been at every Olympics since the first Games in 1896, except St Louis in 1904 and Amsterdam in 1928

* It is one of nine sports that have remained on the program since the inaugural Olympics in Athens

* The founder of the modern Olympic movement Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a French pistol champion

* Only men competed in shooting events until 1972, after which women shot against the men. The men's and women's events were only completely separated in 1996

* Australia's first gold medallist in shooting was Donald MacKintosh, who took out the game shooting event at the 1900 Paris Olympics

* It was another 84 years before Australia claimed another podium finish, when 52-year-old Patti Dench took out the women's sport pistol bronze medal in Los Angeles

* More recently, Michael Diamond (trap) and Russell Mark (double trap) won gold at Atlanta 1996, with Diamond defending his title four years later in Sydney

* Suzy Balogh won the gold medal in the women's trap shooting at the Athens 2004 Games

* Australia has not won an Olympic shooting medal since Warren Potent took out bronze in the men's 50m rifle prone at Beijing 2008.