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. 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).
Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol.bbc.co.uk Athletes stripped of medals for doping 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
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.
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
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
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.
Records
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympics records were set during the competition.
Schedule
Date Time Round Tuesday, 12 August 2008 9:0012:00 QualifyingFinal
Results
Qualifying
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 96 94 93 96 90 96 565 2 Kim Jong-su 94 92 95 94 94 94 563 , 3 Oleg Omelchuk 94 96 94 93 93 93 563 4 Pavol Kopp 99 92 89 93 98 92 563 5 Vladimir Isakov 95 93 96 94 93 92 563 6 Jin Jong-oh 91 94 94 97 97 90 563 7 Tanyu Kiryakov 90 93 95 94 95 95 562 8 Damir Mikec 92 93 94 95 95 90 559 9 Tomoyuki Matsuda 92 94 91 94 93 94 558 10 Susumu Kobayashi 91 95 94 92 93 93 558 11 Kanstantsin Lukashyk 96 95 92 92 92 91 558 12 Yury Dauhapolau 93 94 95 95 93 88 558 13 Hans-Jörg Meyer 93 91 88 95 96 94 557 14 Daryl Szarenski 91 94 88 94 92 96 555 15 Norayr Bakhtamyan 93 91 92 93 93 93 555 16 Lin Zhongzai 92 92 94 93 92 92 555 17 Rashid Yunusmetov 91 96 92 90 96 90 555 18 Júlio Almeida 96 91 94 93 89 91 554 19 Francesco Bruno 92 95 95 92 92 88 554 20 Ivan Rybovalov 89 91 91 96 91 95 553 21 Jason Turner 91 93 92 93 90 94 553 22 Kai Jahnsson 92 94 93 90 92 92 553 23 Yusuf Dikeç 94 94 92 93 90 89 552 24 Mikhail Nestruyev 98 88 93 90 95 88 552 25 Walter Lapeyre 94 94 93 96 87 88 552 26 Lee Dae-myung 90 90 90 91 96 94 551 27 Ryu Myong-yon 87 93 92 93 92 94 551 28 Vigilio Fait 92 90 89 91 96 93 551 29 Florian Schmidt 93 91 91 89 91 94 549 30 Jakkrit Panichpatikum 91 93 88 93 91 93 549 31 Dilshod Mukhtarov 93 92 90 90 93 91 549 32 Samy Abdel Razek 91 92 97 87 91 91 549 33 João Costa 93 95 91 95 88 87 549 34 Franck Dumoulin 90 89 96 94 88 91 548 35 David Moore 89 85 92 92 95 93 546 36 Edirisinghe Senanayake 89 93 88 88 94 93 545 37 Martin Tenk 90 91 90 91 93 89 544 38 Nguyễn Mạnh Tường 92 89 89 91 93 89 543 39 Wojciech Knapik 95 86 95 91 89 87 543 40 Christoph Schmid 94 86 91 91 92 88 542 41 Daniel Repacholi 89 93 89 81 94 94 540 42 Samaresh Jung 88 92 91 86 90 93 540 43 Sergey Babikov 90 83 93 92 90 92 540 44 Stênio Yamamoto 91 89 86 92 91 89 538 45 Nikola Šaranović 89 88 87 90 93 88 535
Final
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 56310.310.5 9.8 8.510.410.3 9.7 9.9 9.8 8.297.4 660.4 Tan Zongliang 565 7.9 9.210.2 8.110.6 9.810.2 9.6 9.7 9.294.5 659.5 Vladimir Isakov 87 84 98 9710.5 9510.3 95 9110.495.9 658.9 9.14 Oleg Omelchuk 563 8.210.510.110.5 9.310.1 9.6 8.310.3 9.095.9 658.9 6.55 Pavol Kopp 563 9.410.310.010.0 8.7 8.310.2 8.710.0 9.094.6 657.66 Tanyu Kiryakov 562 9.3 9.1 9.810.4 9.810.7 8.7 9.3 8.9 8.894.8 656.87 Damir Mikec 559 9.910.6 8.7 9.9 8.7 9.810.5 8.210.210.396.8 655.8 — Kim Jong-su 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
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