Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol
The men's 10 metre air pistol competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on 14 August at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.[1]
| Men's 10 metre air pistol at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 14 August 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 690.0 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Qualification | ||
| Rifle | ||
| 50 m rifle three positions | men | women |
| 50 m rifle prone | men | |
| 10 m air rifle | men | women |
| Pistol | ||
| 50 m pistol | men | |
| 25 m pistol | women | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men | |
| 10 m air pistol | men | women |
| Shotgun | ||
| Trap | men | women |
| Double trap | men | women |
| Skeet | men | women |
| Running target | ||
| 10 m running target | men | |
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of 0.1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
2002 World champion Mikhail Nestruyev of Russia had attained a score of 591 to break a new Olympic record in the qualification round, until Chinese shooter and six-time Olympian Wang Yifu caught him up on the last shot to grab his second Olympic gold (the first being done in Barcelona 1992) in the event by an immensely thin 0.2-point margin, finishing with a total of 690.0 to 689.8.[2][3] Nestruyev's countryman Vladimir Isakov, on the other hand, took the bronze medal with 684.3, edging out 1988 champion Tanyu Kiryakov of Bulgaria by almost a single point.[4][5]
France's Franck Dumoulin, who eluded Wang for an Olympic gold in Sydney 2000, failed to reach the final round after slipping off from his title defense to share a twentieth place tie with four other shooters in the prelims.[6]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| Qualification records | ||||
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| World record |  Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 593 | Munich, Germany | 13 October 1989 |
| Olympic record |  Wang Yifu (CHN) | 590 | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 |
| Final records | ||||
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| World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 695.1 (593+102.1) | Munich, Germany | 13 October 1989 |
| Olympic record |  Franck Dumoulin (FRA) | 688.9 (590+98.9) | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 |
Qualification round
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OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total | Notes |
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 | Wang Yifu (CHN) | 590 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 100.0 | 690.0 | OR |
 |  Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | 591 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 98.8 | 689.8 | |
 | Vladimir Isakov (RUS) | 584 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 100.3 | 684.3 | |
| 4 |  Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) | 583 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 100.4 | 683.4 | |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jin Jong-oh (KOR) | 582 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 100.9 | 682.9 | |
| 6 |  Kim Hyon-ung (PRK) | 583 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 99.0 | 682.0 | |
| 7 |  Norayr Bakhtamyan (ARM) | 582 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 99.9 | 681.9 | |
| 8 | Kim Jong-su (PRK) | 582 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 99.2 | 681.2 |
References
- "Shooting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- "Wang Yifu Notches a Second Shooting Gold for China". China Internet Information Center. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- Kirschbaum, Erik (14 August 2004). "Yifu shoots second gold for China". Rediff.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- "China wins 4 golds at Athens Olympics". China Daily. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- "Bulgarian Shooter 4th in Athens". Novinite. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- "Wang Yifu wins 2nd gold for China at Athens Olympics". Xinhua. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
External links
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