Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

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.[1] There were 42 competitors from 31 nations.[2]

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Mikhail Nestruyev
VenueMarkópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
Date17 August 2004
Competitors42 from 31 nations
Winning score663.3
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mikhail Nestruyev
 Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jin Jong-oh
 South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Jong-su
 North Korea
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2008 →

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.[3][4] Meanwhile, North Korean shooter Kim Jong-su fired a total of 657.7 points to steadily round out the podium with a bronze.[5] 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

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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.[6][2]

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

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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 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

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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; 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.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, 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, 17 August 2004 9:00
12:15
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Notes
1 Jin Jong-oh   South Korea 94 94 93 96 95 95 567 Q
2 Mikhail Nestruyev   Russia 92 92 94 93 98 96 565 Q
3 Kim Jong-su   North Korea 92 95 91 97 94 95 564 Q
4 Norayr Bakhtamyan   Armenia 91 96 94 96 93 94 564 Q
5 Isidro Lorenzo   Spain 95 93 90 92 98 94 562 Q
6 Tanyu Kiryakov   Bulgaria 92 96 95 93 94 92 562 Q
7 Vladimir Issachenko   Kazakhstan 96 92 93 92 95 93 561 Q
8 Boris Kokorev   Russia 94 92 90 95 93 96 560 Q
9 Martin Tenk   Czech Republic 91 96 92 92 95 93 559
10 Viktor Makarov   Ukraine 95 94 94 92 91 92 558
Tan Zongliang   China 96 90 94 92 96 90 558
12 Francesco Bruno   Italy 94 91 97 91 93 90 556
João Costa   Portugal 97 90 90 94 91 94 556
Vigilio Fait   Italy 94 88 92 92 96 94 556
15 Igor Basinski   Belarus 91 90 96 96 91 90 554
Alexander Danilov   Israel 90 91 90 95 92 96 554
Daryl Szarenski   United States 90 93 89 97 94 91 554
18 Sorin Babii   Romania 91 92 95 93 89 93 553
Kim Hyon-ung   North Korea 91 96 90 91 90 95 553
Frank Seeger   Germany 91 92 97 88 94 91 553
Jason Turner   United States 93 92 93 91 91 93 553
Xu Dan   China 92 90 97 93 91 90 553
23 Daniel Repacholi   Australia 97 91 93 93 87 90 551
24 Franck Dumoulin   France 88 91 92 94 93 92 550
Lee Sang-do   South Korea 92 91 96 90 88 93 550
David Moore   Australia 86 95 86 92 96 95 550
Abdulla Ustaoglu   Germany 93 93 96 91 85 92 550
28 Dionissios Georgakopoulos   Greece 97 91 91 87 90 93 549
Jakkrit Panichpatikum   Thailand 93 91 92 92 86 95 549
30 Chang Yi-ning   Chinese Taipei 91 90 91 92 91 93 548
Maximo Modesti   Argentina 92 88 91 90 92 95 548
32 Andrija Zlatić   Serbia and Montenegro 90 92 91 92 89 92 546
33 Roger Daniel   Trinidad and Tobago 92 91 91 89 93 89 545
34 Norbelis Bárzaga   Cuba 90 86 90 93 88 95 542
José Antonio Colado   Spain 90 88 90 92 91 91 542
36 Attila Simon   Hungary 89 90 92 92 89 89 541
37 Kanstantsin Lukashyk   Belarus 88 86 93 94 89 89 539
38 Masaru Nakashige   Japan 90 86 94 89 87 91 537
39 Wojciech Knapik   Poland 92 86 89 91 88 90 536
40 Arseny Borrero   Cuba 87 90 89 90 91 88 535
41 Chris Rice   Virgin Islands 88 86 93 90 88 84 529
Friedhelm Sack   Namibia 86 86 88 92 87 90 529

Final

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Rank Shooter Nation Qualifying Final Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
  Mikhail Nestruyev   Russia 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   South Korea 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   North Korea 564 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   Armenia 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   Russia 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   Kazakhstan 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   Bulgaria 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   Spain 562 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

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men's". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Nestruev takes men's pistol gold". Rediff.com. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Russia's Nestruev takes Olympic men's 50m pistol gold". People's Daily. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Gold for Nestruev in pistol shooting". ABC News Australia. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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