Shooting
- Men's 10 m air rifle: China's Zhu Qinan, 702.7 points (August 16)
- previous record of 702.5 was set in June 2003 by Jason Parker
- Men's 10 m running target (30+30 shots): Germany's Manfred Kurzer, 590 points (August 19)
- previous record of 588 was set in May 2002 by Igor Kolesov, and tied in July 2002 by Yang Ling
Read more about this topic: World Records At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word shooting:
“I’ll tell you one thing. If a little green man pops out at me I’m shooting first and asking questions later.”
—Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1922–1978)
“One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us survivors a great deal about daily living which is valuable to us now that it is, ethically at least, a question of cold weapons and hot words.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“My time has come.
There are twenty people in my belly,
there is a magnitude of wings,
there are forty eyes shooting like arrows,
and they will all be born.
All be born in the yellow wind.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)