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![[ISSF flag]](../images/i/int@issf.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 14 February 2011
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The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is an organization that
governs international shooting sports (but not archery). It is a member of the
International Olympic Committee and so it is in charge of the Olympic shooting
events. But, not all ISSF shooting events are Olympic. The organization, with
154 national member federations, has its headquarters in Munich, Germany.
There was no governing body for shooting sport until 1907, when eight national
federations founded the union, and soon to be called Union International de Tir
(UIT) (French for the International Shooting Union and sometimes referred to in
English as the ISU). This was the name until the current name was adapted in
1998.
Zoltan Horvath, 14 February 2011
ISSF has a white flag with its emblem in the middle of the flag.
Image of
ISSF flag at
www.issf-sports.org
Zoltan Horvath, 14 February 2011
The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual
London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations
for flag designs. Each international federation
and international paralympics federation was sent an image of the flag,
including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG
produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these
specs may not be the official version of each flag, they are certainly what the international
federation and international paralympics federation believed the flag to be.
For ISSF: PMS 032 red, 348 green, 293 blue, 123 yellow and black. The vertical
flag is simply the horizontal version in 5:3.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012
![[European Shooting Confederation]](../images/i/int@esc.gif)
image
by Zachary Harden, 23 March 2024
The European Shooting Confederation (ESC) was founded in 1969 and is a member of the International Shooting Sport Federation. [As of 2024], it has 57 members, i.e. national shooting associations from Europe, Israel and Turkey. Its flag shows the confederation's logo on a white background.
Martin Karner, 3 February 2024
