The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on 17 August at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. There were 42 competitors from 31 nations.
Russia's Mikhail Nestruyev, after winning air pistol silver medal, took gold in the event with a total of 663.3, just two points adrift of South Korea's Jin Jong-oh, who left only with the silver on 661.5. Meanwhile, North Korean shooter Kim Jong-su fired a total of 657.7 points to steadily round out the podium with a bronze. Nestruyev's gold was Russia's second victory in the event. Both South Korea and North Korea earned their first medals in the free pistol.
Background
This was the 21st 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.
Three of the eight finalists, the medalists, from the 2000 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1992 finalist) Tanyu Kiryakov of Bulgaria, two-time silver medalist (and 1988 bronze medalist) Igor Basinski of Belarus, and bronze medalist (and 1988 finalist) Martin Tenk of the Czech Republic. Tan Zongliang of China was the reigning (2002) world champion, with Tenk the runner-up.
Armenia and Serbia and Montenegro each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event and the boycotted 1980 Games.
Nestruyev 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 21 quota spots available for the free pistol: 4 at the 2002 World Cup events, 5 at the 2002 World Championship, 4 at the 2003 World Cup events, 2 at each of the 2003 European Championships, 2003 Pan American Games, and 2004 Asian Championships, and 1 each at the 2003 Oceania Championships and 2003 African Championships. One additional quota place was added through the exchange system. There were also 20 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; ties necessary for qualifying were broken by 6th-series score, while other ties were not broken. 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. Any pistol was permitted.
Records
Prior to this competition, 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, 17 August 2004 9:0012:15 QualifyingFinal
Results
Qualifying
Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Notes 1 Jin Jong-oh 94 94 93 96 95 95 567 2 Mikhail Nestruyev 92 92 94 93 98 96 565 3 Kim Jong-su 92 95 91 97 94 95 564 4 Norayr Bakhtamyan 91 96 94 96 93 94 564 5 Isidro Lorenzo 95 93 90 92 98 94 562 6 Tanyu Kiryakov 92 96 95 93 94 92 562 7 Vladimir Issachenko 96 92 93 92 95 93 561 8 Boris Kokorev 94 92 90 95 93 96 560 9 Martin Tenk 91 96 92 92 95 93 559 10 Viktor Makarov 95 94 94 92 91 92 558 Tan Zongliang 96 90 94 92 96 90 558 12 Francesco Bruno 94 91 97 91 93 90 556 João Costa 97 90 90 94 91 94 556 Vigilio Fait 94 88 92 92 96 94 556 15 Igor Basinski 91 90 96 96 91 90 554 Alexander Danilov 90 91 90 95 92 96 554 Daryl Szarenski 90 93 89 97 94 91 554 18 Sorin Babii 91 92 95 93 89 93 553 Kim Hyon-ung 91 96 90 91 90 95 553 Frank Seeger 91 92 97 88 94 91 553 Jason Turner 93 92 93 91 91 93 553 Xu Dan 92 90 97 93 91 90 553 23 Daniel Repacholi 97 91 93 93 87 90 551 24 Franck Dumoulin 88 91 92 94 93 92 550 Lee Sang-do 92 91 96 90 88 93 550 David Moore 86 95 86 92 96 95 550 Abdulla Ustaoglu 93 93 96 91 85 92 550 28 Dionissios Georgakopoulos 97 91 91 87 90 93 549 Jakkrit Panichpatikum 93 91 92 92 86 95 549 30 Chang Yi-ning 91 90 91 92 91 93 548 Maximo Modesti 92 88 91 90 92 95 548 32 Andrija Zlatić 90 92 91 92 89 92 546 33 Roger Daniel 92 91 91 89 93 89 545 34 Norbelis Bárzaga 90 86 90 93 88 95 542 José Antonio Colado 90 88 90 92 91 91 542 36 Attila Simon 89 90 92 92 89 89 541 37 Kanstantsin Lukashyk 88 86 93 94 89 89 539 38 Masaru Nakashige 90 86 94 89 87 91 537 39 Wojciech Knapik 92 86 89 91 88 90 536 40 Arseny Borrero 87 90 89 90 91 88 535 41 Chris Rice 88 86 93 90 88 84 529 Friedhelm Sack 86 86 88 92 87 90 529
Final
Rank Shooter Nation Qualifying Final Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Mikhail Nestruyev 565 10.4 9.9 9.3 10.4 10.0 9.7 8.9 9.8 9.3 10.6 98.3 663.3 Jin Jong-oh 567 9.8 10.5 7.6 9.9 10.1 10.4 6.9 9.8 9.7 9.8 94.5 661.5 Kim Jong-su 9.0 10.9 9.0 8.4 9.6 9.8 9.2 9.4 8.7 9.7 93.7 657.7 4 Norayr Bakhtamyan 564 9.4 10.0 8.4 10.6 8.9 9.2 7.7 7.1 10.0 9.5 90.8 654.8 5 Boris Kokorev 560 10.8 9.1 9.2 9.9 9.3 10.4 10.0 7.9 8.9 9.1 94.6 654.6 6 Vladimir Issachenko 561 8.9 8.9 8.8 9.9 9.9 7.8 8.6 9.9 10.6 10.2 93.5 654.5 7 Tanyu Kiryakov 562 9.4 9.4 10.6 7.8 9.9 8.7 9.5 8.7 8.5 9.8 92.3 654.3 8 Isidro Lorenzo 10.7 7.0 10.3 9.2 9.5 8.9 7.7 8.6 9.3 8.8 90.0 652.0
References
External links Official Results