Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol

Men's 10 metre air pistol was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The defending champion, Wang Yifu, set an Olympic record of 587 points in the qualification round, taking a two-point lead. His lead increased during the final up to the last shot, where he scored a mere 6.5, and then fainted. He still won his fourth Olympic medal but lost the gold to Roberto Di Donna by the closest possible margin, 0.1 point. Medical staff of the Atlanta Games connected the incident to the heat, around outside (although the final hall was air-conditioned).

Qualification round RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes1Wang Yifu587Q OR2Jerzy Pietrzak585Q3Roberto Di Donna585Q4Tanyu Kiryakov584Q5Friedhelm Sack583Q6Sergei Pyzhianov583Q7Igor Basinski582Q8Tan Zongliang581Q9Artur Gevorgjan5809Kanstantsin Lukashyk5809Hans-Jürgen Bauer-Neumaier58012Gérard Fernandez57912Vladimir Isakov57912Kim Sung-joon57912Viktor Makarov57912Yuri Melentiev57917Vigilio Fait57817Constantin Tărloiu57819Shukhrat Akhmedov57719Oleksandr Blizniuchenko57719Zoltán Papanitz57719Bernardo Tovar57723Lennart Andersson57623Zsolt Karacs57623Martin Tenk57626Sorin Babii57526Pål Hembre57526Ragnar Skanåker57529Phillip Adams57429Tomohiro Kida57429Afanasijs Kuzmins57429Marek Nowak57429Jakkrit Panichpatikum57429Jaspal Rana57429Bengt Sandstrom57436Franck Dumoulin57336Kim Sung-joon57336Sergio Sanchez57339Stanislav Jirkal57239Alex Tripolski57241Neal Caloia57141Tu Tai Hsing57143Roman Špirelja57044Ben Amonette56944Ján Fabo56944Hassan Hassan56947Kolyo Zakhariev56848Masaru Nakashige56749Soe Myint55550Surin Klomjai547 OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final RankAthleteQualFinalTotal585 99.2684.2587 97.1684.1584 99.8683.84583100.5683.55585 97.7682.76581101.0682.07582 99.8681.88583 97.2680.2

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