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. 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)
Venue	Beijing Shooting Range Hall
Date	August 12, 2008
Competitors	45 from 32 nations
Winning score	660.4
Medalists
Jin Jong-oh  South Korea Tan Zongliang  China Vladimir Isakov  Russia

Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol. 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

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 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.

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

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

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	China	96	94	93	96	90	96	565	Q
2	Kim Jong-su	North Korea	94	92	95	94	94	94	563	Q, DPG
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

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