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

Event:Men's 50 metre pistol
Games:2004 Summer
Venue:Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
Date:17 August 2004
Competitors:42
Nations:31
Longnames:yes
Gold:Mikhail Nestruyev
Goldnoc:RUS
Silver:Jin Jong-oh
Silvernoc:KOR
Bronze:Kim Jong-su
Bronzenoc:PRK
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:663.3
Prev:2000
Next:2008

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.

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.[2] [3] Meanwhile, North Korean shooter Kim Jong-su fired a total of 657.7 points to steadily round out the podium with a bronze.[4] 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.[5] [6]

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

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 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 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.[6]

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.

Results

Qualifying

RankShooterNation123456TotalNotes
1 94 94 93 96 95 95 567
2 92 92 94 93 98 96 565
3 92 95 91 97 94 95 564
4 91 96 94 96 93 94 564
5 95 93 90 92 98 94 562
6 92 96 95 93 94 92 562
7 96 92 93 92 95 93 561
8 94 92 90 95 93 96 560
9 91 96 92 92 95 93 559
10 95 94 94 92 91 92 558
96 90 94 92 96 90 558
12 94 91 97 91 93 90 556
97 90 90 94 91 94 556
94 88 92 92 96 94 556
15 91 90 96 96 91 90 554
90 91 90 95 92 96 554
90 93 89 97 94 91 554
18 91 92 95 93 89 93 553
91 96 90 91 90 95 553
91 92 97 88 94 91 553
93 92 93 91 91 93 553
92 90 97 93 91 90 553
23 97 91 93 93 87 90 551
24 88 91 92 94 93 92 550
92 91 96 90 88 93 550
86 95 86 92 96 95 550
93 93 96 91 85 92 550
28 97 91 91 87 90 93 549
93 91 92 92 86 95 549
30 91 90 91 92 91 93 548
92 88 91 90 92 95 548
32 90 92 91 92 89 92 546
33 92 91 91 89 93 89 545
34 90 86 90 93 88 95 542
90 88 90 92 91 91 542
36 89 90 92 92 89 89 541
37 88 86 93 94 89 89 539
38 90 86 94 89 87 91 537
39 92 86 89 91 88 90 536
40 87 90 89 90 91 88 535
41 88 86 93 90 88 84 529
86 86 88 92 87 90 529

Final

RankShooter NationQualifyingFinalTotal
12345678910Total
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
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
9.0 10.9 9.0 8.4 9.6 9.8 9.2 9.4 8.7 9.7 93.7 657.7
4 564 9.4 10.0 8.4 10.6 8.9 9.2 7.7 7.1 10.0 9.5 90.8 654.8
5 560 10.8 9.1 9.2 9.9 9.3 10.4 10.0 7.9 8.9 9.1 94.6 654.6
6 561 8.9 8.9 8.8 9.9 9.9 7.8 8.6 9.9 10.6 10.2 93.5 654.5
7 562 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 10.7 7.0 10.3 9.2 9.5 8.9 7.7 8.6 9.3 8.8 90.0 652.0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234837/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/SHO/mens-free-pistol-50-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 3 March 2020.
  2. News: Nestruev takes men's pistol gold. Rediff.com. 17 August 2004. 18 July 2015.
  3. News: Russia's Nestruev takes Olympic men's 50m pistol gold. People's Daily. 17 August 2004. 18 July 2015.
  4. News: Gold for Nestruev in pistol shooting. ABC News Australia. 17 August 2004. 18 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Historical Results. International Shooting Sport Federation. issf-sports.org. 2020-12-15.
  6. Web site: Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men's . Olympedia . 16 December 2020.

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