2014 IPC Shooting World Championships
The 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships was an international shooting competition for athletes with a disability. It consisted of twelve events and was held at the Schießsportzentrum in Suhl, Germany from 18 to 26 July. The Championships were contested by 265 competitors from 53 nations, with South Korea finishing top of the medal table with most gold medals and medals won. During the qualification and finals, nine world records were equaled or broken and multiple regional records were set.
The 2014 Championship was a qualifying event for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Brazil. It was the first individual sport to assign competitors to the 2016 Games with 28 countries winning a total of 63 spots. South Korea were the most successful nation, claiming 11 places while China, Norway, Russia and Ukraine took four a-piece.
This proved to be the final event branded as the "IPC Shooting World Championships". On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including shooting, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships. At the same time, the IPC changed the official name of the sport to "shooting Para sport". Accordingly, future IPC shooting championships are known as "World Shooting Para Sport Championships".
Classification
Paralympic shooters were classified according to the extent of their disability. The classification system allowed shooters to compete against others with a similar level of function.Shooting classifications are:
- SH1 - competitors who do not need a shooting stand
- SH2 - competitors who use a shooting stand to support the firearm's weight
World records
Event | Competitor | Nationality | Old record | New record | Phase | Date |
Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 | Park Jinho | South Korea | 623.1 | 626.8 | Qual | 19 July |
Team Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 | Park Jinho Jeon Jinhwa Lee Seugchul | South Korea | 1838.9 | 1864.5 | Qual | 19 July |
Team Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 | Mandy Pankhurst Deanna Coates Karen Butler | Great Britain | 1173.0 | 1215.9 | Qual | 19 July |
Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 | Park Jinho | South Korea | 211.9 | 211.9 | Final | 21 July |
Team Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 | Kim Geunsoo Jeon Youngjun Kang Juyong | South Korea | 1883 | 1894.7 | Qual | 21 July |
Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 | Jeon Youngjun | South Korea | 210.6 | 210.7 | Final | 21 July |
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 | Matt Skelhon | Great Britain | 206.9 | 209.5 | Final | 22 July |
Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 | Abdulla Sultan Alaryani | United Arab Emirates | 1172 | 1175 | Qual. | 25 July |
Team Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 | Park Jinho Jeon Jinhwa Sim Jae Yong | South Korea | 3417 | 3460 | Qual. | 25 July |