Shooting at the 2015 Pacific Games was held from 6–11 July at the June Valley Shooting Range in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1][2] Tahiti and Fiji were the most successful nations, winning three gold medals each. Medals were initially awarded for teams in the pistol shooting section,[3] but as team events for pistols were not included in the official schedule those medals were withdrawn.[4]
Five pistol events were hosted at the indoor shooting range. All were for individual shooters only, no team medals were on offer. The 10 metre air pistol was held as separate men's and women's competitions. The 25 metre standard pistol event was open to both men and women (i.e. not gender specific). There were two events for the 25 metre pistol (also known as the sport pistol) – one open, and one for women shooters only.
Six clay target events were held on the down-the-line shotgun range, contested within three disciplines; double barrel (also known as single rise), single barrel, and points score. Medals were awarded for both individual and team events in each discipline. The shotgun competition was not gender specific, with all events open to men and women.
^The 25 metre standard pistol (mixed) event was won by Fiji's Faiyum Khan, as reported in The Fiji Times.[17] The photograph accompanying the report shows Fayam on the podium as the gold medallist with Freddy Yen Kway from Tahiti as the silver medallist, and Norfolk Island's Douglas Creek as the bronze medallist.[18] Norfolk won a total of four medals in shooting at the 2015 Games.[19][20]
^As reported on the Port Moresby 2015 official website, gold, silver and bronze in the single barrel (mixed) team event was won by New Caledonia, Tahiti and Samoa, respectively.[14] The photograph accompanying the article shows (L-R) Tahiti's Moeava Bambridge, Jean-Hiro Pratx and Tuanua Degage as the silver medallists, Marion Roumagne, Kévin Lepigeon and Phillippe Simon as the gold medallists, and Eddie Chen Pao, Paul Loibl and Leasi Galuvao as the bronze medallists.[15]
