Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 12 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. There were 45 competitors from 32 nations.[1] The event was won by Jin Jong-oh of South Korea, the first of his three consecutive victories in the free pistol. It was his second medal, after taking silver in 2004; he was the 10th man to win multiple medals in the event (he would later become the fourth to win three and second to win four).

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Jin Jong-oh (2012)
VenueBeijing Shooting Range Hall
DateAugust 12, 2008
Competitors45 from 32 nations
Winning score660.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jin Jong-oh
 South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tan Zongliang
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladimir Isakov
 Russia
← 2004
2012 →

Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol.[2] This moved Tan Zongliang of China from bronze to silver and gave Vladimir Isakov of Russia the bronze. It was China's first medal in the event since 1992; Russia was on the free pistol podium for the third time in four Games.

Background

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This was the 22nd appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1980. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.[3][1]

Five of the eight finalists from the 2004 Games returned: gold medalist Mikhail Nestruyev of Russia, silver medalist Jin Jong-oh of South Korea, bronze medalist Kim Jong-su of North Korea, fourth-place finisher Norayr Bakhtamyan of Armenia, and seventh-place finisher (and 2000 gold medalist and 1992 finalist) Tanyu Kiryakov of Bulgaria. Tan Zongliang of China was the two-time reigning (2002 and 2006) world champion, with Vigilio Fait of Italy the 2006 runner-up and Vladimir Isakov of Russia third.

Montenegro, Serbia, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event and the boycotted 1980 Games.

Jin used a Morini CM84E.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to two shooters if the NOC earned enough quota sports or had enough crossover-qualified shooters. To compete, a shooter needed a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). Once a shooter was using a quota spot in any shooting event, they could enter any other shooting event for which they had achieved the MQS as well (a crossover qualification). There were 23 quota spots used for the free pistol: 4 at the 2005 World Cup events, 4 at the 2006 World Cup events, 4 at the 2006 World Championship, 4 at the 2007 World Cup events, 2 each at the 2007 European Championships and 2007 Asian Championships, and 1 each at the 2005 American Continental Championships, 2007 Pan American Games, and 2007 Oceania Champions. One additional place came from the exchange system, and one place from re-allocation. There were also 19 shooters who double-started into the free pistol, primarily from the 10 metre air pistol event.

Competition format

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The competition featured two rounds, qualifying and final. The qualifying round was the same as the previous competitions: each shooter fired 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. The top 8 shooters advanced to a final. They shot an additional series of 10 shots, with the score added to their qualifying round score to give a 70-shot total. The 1996 competition had added decimal scoring to the final; shots could score up to 10.9 for the final. The total maximum was therefore 709.0. Ties were broken first by final round score, then a single-shot shoot-off. Any pistol was permitted.[1]

Records

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The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualifying (60 shots)
World record   Aleksandr Melentiev (URS) 581 Moscow, Soviet Union 20 July 1980
Olympic record   Aleksandr Melentiev (URS) 581 Moscow, Soviet Union 20 July 1980
Final (70 shots)
World record   William Demarest (USA) 676.2 (577+99.2) Milan, Italy 4 June 2000
Olympic record   Boris Kokorev (RUS) 666.4 (570+96.4) Atlanta, United States 23 July 1996

No new world or Olympics records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 9:00
12:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Kim's results were wiped out when he was disqualified a few days after the event.

Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Notes
1 Tan Zongliang   China 96 94 93 96 90 96 565 Q
2 Kim Jong-su   North Korea 94 92 95 94 94 94 563 Q, DPG[2]
3 Oleg Omelchuk   Ukraine 94 96 94 93 93 93 563 Q
4 Pavol Kopp   Slovakia 99 92 89 93 98 92 563 Q
5 Vladimir Isakov   Russia 95 93 96 94 93 92 563 Q
6 Jin Jong-oh   South Korea 91 94 94 97 97 90 563 Q
7 Tanyu Kiryakov   Bulgaria 90 93 95 94 95 95 562 Q
8 Damir Mikec   Serbia 92 93 94 95 95 90 559 Q
9 Tomoyuki Matsuda   Japan 92 94 91 94 93 94 558
10 Susumu Kobayashi   Japan 91 95 94 92 93 93 558
11 Kanstantsin Lukashyk   Belarus 96 95 92 92 92 91 558
12 Yury Dauhapolau   Belarus 93 94 95 95 93 88 558
13 Hans-Jörg Meyer   Germany 93 91 88 95 96 94 557
14 Daryl Szarenski   United States 91 94 88 94 92 96 555
15 Norayr Bakhtamyan   Armenia 93 91 92 93 93 93 555
16 Lin Zhongzai   China 92 92 94 93 92 92 555
17 Rashid Yunusmetov   Kazakhstan 91 96 92 90 96 90 555
18 Júlio Almeida   Brazil 96 91 94 93 89 91 554
19 Francesco Bruno   Italy 92 95 95 92 92 88 554
20 Ivan Rybovalov   Ukraine 89 91 91 96 91 95 553
21 Jason Turner   United States 91 93 92 93 90 94 553
22 Kai Jahnsson   Finland 92 94 93 90 92 92 553
23 Yusuf Dikeç   Turkey 94 94 92 93 90 89 552
24 Mikhail Nestruyev   Russia 98 88 93 90 95 88 552
25 Walter Lapeyre   France 94 94 93 96 87 88 552
26 Lee Dae-myung   South Korea 90 90 90 91 96 94 551
27 Ryu Myong-yon   North Korea 87 93 92 93 92 94 551
28 Vigilio Fait   Italy 92 90 89 91 96 93 551
29 Florian Schmidt   Germany 93 91 91 89 91 94 549
30 Jakkrit Panichpatikum   Thailand 91 93 88 93 91 93 549
31 Dilshod Mukhtarov   Uzbekistan 93 92 90 90 93 91 549
32 Samy Abdel Razek   Egypt 91 92 97 87 91 91 549
33 João Costa   Portugal 93 95 91 95 88 87 549
34 Franck Dumoulin   France 90 89 96 94 88 91 548
35 David Moore   Australia 89 85 92 92 95 93 546
36 Edirisinghe Senanayake   Sri Lanka 89 93 88 88 94 93 545
37 Martin Tenk   Czech Republic 90 91 90 91 93 89 544
38 Nguyễn Mạnh Tường   Vietnam 92 89 89 91 93 89 543
39 Wojciech Knapik   Poland 95 86 95 91 89 87 543
40 Christoph Schmid   Switzerland 94 86 91 91 92 88 542
41 Daniel Repacholi   Australia 89 93 89 81 94 94 540
42 Samaresh Jung   India 88 92 91 86 90 93 540
43 Sergey Babikov   Tajikistan 90 83 93 92 90 92 540
44 Stênio Yamamoto   Brazil 91 89 86 92 91 89 538
45 Nikola Šaranović   Montenegro 89 88 87 90 93 88 535

Final

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Kim initially placed second, but his results were wiped out when he was disqualified a few days after the event.

Rank Shooter Nation Qualifying Final Total Shoot-off Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
  Jin Jong-oh   South Korea 563 10.3 10.5 9.8 8.5 10.4 10.3 9.7 9.9 9.8 8.2 97.4 660.4
  Tan Zongliang   China 565 7.9 9.2 10.2 8.1 10.6 9.8 10.2 9.6 9.7 9.2 94.5 659.5
  Vladimir Isakov   Russia 563 87 84 98 97 10.5 95 10.3 95 91 10.4 95.9 658.9 9.1
4 Oleg Omelchuk   Ukraine 563 8.2 10.5 10.1 10.5 9.3 10.1 9.6 8.3 10.3 9.0 95.9 658.9 6.5
5 Pavol Kopp   Slovakia 563 9.4 10.3 10.0 10.0 8.7 8.3 10.2 8.7 10.0 9.0 94.6 657.6
6 Tanyu Kiryakov   Bulgaria 562 9.3 9.1 9.8 10.4 9.8 10.7 8.7 9.3 8.9 8.8 94.8 656.8
7 Damir Mikec   Serbia 559 9.9 10.6 8.7 9.9 8.7 9.8 10.5 8.2 10.2 10.3 96.8 655.8
Kim Jong-su   North Korea 563 9.3 10.0 9.0 9.0 10.7 10.2 9.4 9.2 9.9 10.5 97.2 660.2 DPG[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men's". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7562384.stm Athletes stripped of medals for doping
  3. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.