Beijing Shooting Range Hall
The Beijing Shooting Range Hall (simplified Chinese: 北京射击馆; traditional Chinese: 北京射擊館; pinyin: Běijīng Shèjīguǎn) is a shooting hall located in Shijingshan District, Beijing. It hosted the qualifying rounds and finals of ten shooting sports events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, consisting of all 10-, 25- and 50-metre events. It was the venue of the first gold medal awarded at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The entire shooting sports events for the 2008 Summer Paralympics were also held at this venue.
The Beijing Shooting Range Hall used for the qualification rounds | |
Location | Shijingshan District, Beijing |
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Owner | State General Administration of Sport |
Capacity | 8,600 (2,170 permanent 6,430 removable) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | July 2004 |
Opened | July 2007 |
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