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The People's Republic of China's first gold medal in Olympic competition came at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles by Xu Haifeng in 50 meter pistol shooting.
At the Olympics, that was the 2004 Summer Games in Athens when he won silver in double trap shooting.
India won one gold medal at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, that by Abhinav Bindra in men's 10 meter air rifle shooting.
The country of Russia has won 7 Olympic gold medals in shooting, 2 in men's 50 meter free pistol and 1 each in men's 25 meter rapid fire pistol, men's 10 meter air rifle, men's 10 meter running target, women's 10 meter air pistol, and women's 50 meter three position small bore rifle. Shooters from Russia competed for the Soviet Union between 1952-1988 and for the Unified Team in 1992. The Soviet Union won 17 gold medals in shooting and the Unified Team won 5. Of the 17 Soviet Union gold medals 9 were won by Russian born shooters and of the 5 Unified Team gold medals 3 were won by Russian born shooters.
No country can "win" the Olympics.