25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sport pistol instead of the larger-caliber guns men used. As with all ISSF pistol disciplines, all firing must be done with one hand, unsupported.

25 meter pistol
Women
Number of shots2x30 + 25 + dueling for medal series by series
Olympic GamesSince 1984
World ChampionshipsSince 1966
AbbreviationSP

In 1984, female shooting competitions began in the Olympic Games, and so sport pistol made its way into the Olympic program. Internationally, it is still only shot by women and juniors, while men have center-fire pistols instead. However, in many countries, there are also male classes in 25 meter pistol on the national level and lower.

As 25 meter pistol is Olympic, it involves shooting a final, which the center-fire event does not. The top eight contestants reach the final, which consists of four additional rapid-fire stage series of 5 shots each. The final score is added to the qualification score.

Most shooters excelling in 25 meter pistol also compete at the same level in 10 meter air pistol, a similar precision event.

World Championships, Women

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Year Place Gold Silver Bronze
1966   Wiesbaden   Nina Rasskazova (URS)   Alexandra Savina (URS)   Susan Swallow (GBR)
1970   Phoenix   Nina Stoliarova (URS)   Barbara Hile (USA)   Karin Fitzner (FRG)
1974   Thun   Nina Stoliarova (URS)   Galina Zarikova (URS)   Zinaida Simonian (URS)
1978   Seoul   Kimberly Dyer (USA)   Brida Beccarelli (SUI)   Helvi Leppamaeki (FIN)
1982   Caracas   Palma Balogh (HUN)   Inna Rose (URS)   Jianmin Gao (CHN)
1986   Suhl   Marina Dobrantcheva (URS)   Irina Kotcherova (URS)   Nino Salukvadze (URS)
1990   Moscow   Marina Logvinenko (URS)   Yauheniya Haluza (URS)   Duihong Li (CHN)
1994   Milan   Soon Hee Boo (KOR)   Julita Macur (POL)   Duihong Li (CHN)
1998   Barcelona   Yeqing Cai (CHN)   Irada Ashumova (AZE)   Marina Logvinenko (RUS)
2002   Lahti   Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (GER)   Irada Ashumova (AZE)   Ying Chen (CHN)
2006   Zagreb   Ying Chen (CHN)   Fengji Fei (CHN)   Otryadyn Gündegmaa (MGL)
2010   Munich   Kira Klimova (RUS)   Zorana Arunović (SRB)   Lenka Maruskova (CZE)
2014   Granada   Jingjing Zhang (CHN)   Kim Jang-mi (KOR)   Renáta Tobai-Sike (HUN)
2018   Changwon   Olena Kostevych (UKR)   Vitalina Batsarashkina (RUS)   Doreen Vennekamp (GER)
2022   New Administrative Capital   Kim Jang-mi (KOR)   Chen Yan (CHN)   Doreen Vennekamp (GER)

World Championships, Women Team

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Year Place Gold Silver Bronze
1970   Phoenix   United States
Sally Carroll
Lucile Chambliss
Barbara Hile
  Soviet Union
Nadezda Ibragimova
Nina Rasskazova
Nina Stoliarova
  West Germany
Ortrud Feickert
Karin Fitzner
Ruth Kasten
1974   Thun   Soviet Union
Galina Zarikova
Zinaida Simonian
Nina Stoliarova
  Czechoslovakia
Tereza Bohinska
Bedriska Hykova
Katarina Pastorova
  Australia
Judith Harrison
Enid Newton
Gloria Vause
1978   Seoul   Denmark
Kirsten Broge
Bonnie Bruun
Aase Havsteen
  Australia
Julie Aitken
Patricia Dench
Lynne Uden
  United States
Sally Carroll
Kimberly Dyer
Ruby Fox
1982   Caracas   Soviet Union
Marina Dobrantcheva
Inna Rose
Auksne Treinite
  Hungary
Palma Balogh
Marta Kotroczo
Gabriella Kanyai
  China
Jianmin Gao
Zhifang Wen
Cui Qing Yang
1986   Suhl   Soviet Union
Marina Dobrantcheva
Irina Kotcherova
Nino Salukvadze
  France
Martine Guepin
Evelyne Manchon
Corine Serra-Tosio
  Albania
Diana Mata
Emanuela Delilaj
Edlira Shyti
1990   Moscow   Soviet Union
Yauheniya Haluza
Marina Logvinenko
Nino Salukvadze
  Sweden
Kerstin Bodin
Britt Marie Ellis
Chris Kajd
  China
Haiying Liu
Duihong Li
Meifang Qian
1994   Milan   China
Xiaoping Fan
Duihong Li
Lina Wang
  South Korea
Soon Hee Boo
Sun Bok Lee
Jung Hee Park
  Belarus
Zhanna Shitik
Yauheniya Haluza
Yuliya Siniak
1998   Barcelona   China
Yeqing Cai
Luna Tao
Yi Sun
  South Korea
Eun Kyung Shin
Soon Hee Boo
Joo Hyung Seo
  Mongolia
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren
Oyun Davaajantsan
Gundegmaa Otryad
2002   Lahti   China
Luna Tao
Ying Chen
Duihong Li
  Russia
Irina Dolgatcheva
Galina Beliaeva
Svetlana Smirnova
  United States
Elizabeth Callahan
Rebecca Snyder
Sandra Uptagrafft
2006   Zagreb   China
Ying Chen
Fengji Fei
Duihong Li
  Belarus
Liudmila Chabatar
Zhanna Shapialevich
Yauheniya Haluza
  Germany
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren
Stefanie Thurmann
Claudia Verdicchio
2010   Munich   Russia
Yulia Alipova
Kira Klimova
Galina Beliaeva
  Serbia
Zorana Arunović
Jasna Šekarić
Jelena Arunović
  Czech Republic
Lenka Maruskova
Michaela Musilova
Petra Hykova
2014   Granada   China
Jingjing Zhang
Chen Ying
Qian Wei
  Mongolia
Munkzul Tsogbadrah
Otryadyn Gündegmaa
Bayartsetseg Tumurchudur
  South Korea
Lee Jung-eun
Hye Jung Kwak
Kim Jang-mi
2018   Changwon   China
Jiang Ranxin
Lin Yuemei
Yao Yushi
  South Korea
Lee Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung
Kwak Jung-hye
  Germany
Monika Karsch
Doreen Vennekamp
Michelle Skeries
2022   New Administrative Capital   China
Chen Yan
Liu Rui
Xiao Jiaruixuan
  India
Manu Bhaker
Abhidnya Ashok Patil
Rhythm Sangwan
  Germany
Monika Karsch
Michelle Skeries
Doreen Vennekamp

World Championships, total medals

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union96217
2  China61613
3  United States2125
4  Russia2114
5  South Korea1203
6  Hungary1102
7  Germany1012
8  Denmark1001
9  Azerbaijan0202
  Serbia0202
11  Australia0112
  Belarus0112
13  Czechoslovakia0101
  France0101
  Poland0101
  Sweden0101
  Switzerland0101
18  Czech Republic0022
  Mongolia0022
  West Germany0022
21  Albania0011
  Finland0011
  Great Britain0011
Totals (23 entries)23232369

Current world records

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Current world records in 25 metre pistol
Women (ISSF) Qualification 594   Diana Iorgova (BUL)
  Tao Luna (CHN)
May 31, 1994
August 23, 2002
Milan (ITA)
Munich (GER)
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Final 40   Veronika Major (HUN) February 24, 2019 New Delhi (IND)
Teams 1768   China (Chen, Li, Tao) October 4, 2002 Busan (KOR) edit
Women (CISM) Individual 590   Li Duihong (CHN)
  Maria Grozdeva (BUL)
  Stephanie Thurmann (GER)
  Zhang Mengyuan (CHN)
  Doreen Vennekamp (GER)
1993
1996
2015
June 2, 2018
June 2, 2018
(NOR)
(SWE)
(KOR)
Thun (SUI)
Thun (SUI)
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Junior Women Individual 593   Nino Salukvadze (URS)
  Manu Bhaker (IND)
July 13, 1989
August 22, 2018
Zagreb (YUG)
Jakarta (INA)
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Final 39   Anna Korakaki (GRE) October 7, 2016 Bologna (ITA)
Teams 1736   China (Feng, Chen, Zhou) November 12, 2019 Doha (QAT)
Junior Men Individual 590   Pavlo Korostylov (UKR)
  Alexander Petrov (RUS)
  Pavlo Korostylov (UKR)
July 31, 2013
June 14, 2016
June 27, 2017
Osijek (CRO)
Tallinn (EST)
Suhl (GER)
Teams 1747   India (Sidhu U., Sidhu V., Sandhu) June 27, 2018 Suhl (GER)

Olympic and World Champions

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25 meter pistol for women was introduced in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In its first eight instalments, one shooter has succeeded in winning two gold medals: Mariya Grozdeva from Bulgaria. The current Olympic gold medallist is Anna Korakaki from Greece.

Women

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Year Venue Individual Team
1966 Wiesbaden   Nina Rasskazova (URS)
1970 Phoenix   Nina Stoliarova (URS)   United States
1974 Thun   Nina Stoliarova (URS)   Soviet Union
1978 Seoul   Kimberly Dyer (USA)   Denmark
1982 Caracas   Palma Balogh (HUN)   Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles   Linda Thom (CAN)
1986 Suhl   Marina Dobrantcheva (URS)   Soviet Union
1988 Seoul   Nino Salukvadze (URS)
1990 Moscow   Marina Logvinenko (URS)   Soviet Union Junior Women
1992 Barcelona   Marina Logvinenko (EUN) Individual Team
1994 Milan   Boo Soon-hee (KOR)   China   Sławomira Szpek (POL)   Germany
1996 Atlanta   Li Duihong (CHN)
1998 Barcelona   Cai Yeqing (CHN)   China   Vlatka Pervan (CRO)   Poland
2000 Sydney   Mariya Grozdeva (BUL)
2002 Lahti   Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (GER)   China   Fei Fengji (CHN)   China
2004 Athens   Mariya Grozdeva (BUL)
2006 Zagreb   Chen Ying (CHN)   China   Zorana Arunović (SRB)   China
2008 Beijing   Chen Ying (CHN)
2010 Munich   Kira Klimova (RUS)   Russia   Olga Nikulina (RUS)   Russia
2012 London   Kim Jang-Mi (KOR)
2014 Granada   Jingjing Zhang (CHN)   China   Mathilde Lamolle (FRA)   China
2016 Rio de Janeiro   Anna Korakaki (GRE)
2018 Changwon   Olena Kostevych (UKR)   China   Wang Xiaoyu (CHN)   South Korea

Junior Men

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Year Venue Individual Team
1994 Milan   Anatolie Corovai (MDA)   Moldova
1998 Barcelona   Pavel Kopp (SVK)   Russia
2002 Lahti   Denis Kulakov (RUS)   Kazakhstan
2006 Zagreb   Leonid Yekimov (RUS)   Russia
2010 Munich   Florian Fouquet (FRA)   China
2014 Granada   Alexander Chichkov (USA)   Mongolia
2018 Changwon   Udhayveer Sidhu (IND)   India

References

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