ISSF

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Recorded Aug 6, 2026

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The first ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in 1897, establishing the international competition tradition that has run continuously (with wartime gaps) ever since. The 1897 championships preceded the modern Olympic shooting program by years and established a stable World Championship calendar that survived shifts in the Olympic shooting program through the 1930s. Foundational competition milestone that established the federation's authority to set international rules — every modern ISSF rulebook descends from the rules drafted to govern these early championships.

Recorded May 8, 2026

ISSF added the 10m airgun events (10m air rifle and 10m air pistol) and the 25m standard pistol event to its competition program in 1970, the most consequential program expansion of the modern ISSF era. The 10m airgun events later became Olympic medal events (10m air rifle 1984, 10m air pistol 1988) and have grown into some of the highest-participation events in the ISSF program. The 1970 expansion defined the indoor / short-range arc of modern Olympic shooting and remains the basis for elite-level airgun specifications today.

Recorded May 8, 2026

ISSF designated the number of inner tens — shots scoring 10.0+ in the precise center of the bullseye — as the first tie-breaking criterion in competition standings. Replacing prior tie-break rules that relied on alternate criteria such as the highest-scoring final shot or last-shot countbacks, the inner-tens criterion rewards consistent precision over the entire string of shots and aligns the tie-break procedure with the underlying skill the sport prizes. Discrete procedural tightening that materially affects close finishes at every level of competition.

Recorded May 8, 2026

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