Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Shooting pictogram.svg
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Venue Prado Regional Park
DatesAugust 1–2
Competitors55 from 31 nations
Winning score595
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Takeo Kamachi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Corneliu Ion
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Rauno Bies
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1980
(mixed)
1988  

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on August 1 and 2 at the shooting ranges in Los Angeles. 55 shooters from 31 nations competed. [1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Takeo Kamachi of Japan, the nation's first rapid fire pistol medal. Defending champion Corneliu Ion of Romania took silver, the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event. Finland's Rauno Bies earned bronze, the first medal for a Finn in the rapid fire pistol since 1964.

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Background

This was the 17th appearance of what had been standardised in 1948 as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. [2] The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. There is no women's equivalent on the Olympic programme, as of 2021. [3] [4] The first five events were quite different, with some level of consistency finally beginning with the 1932 event—which, though it had differences from the 1924 competition, was roughly similar. The 1936 competition followed the 1932 one quite closely. [5] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again. [6] The 1984 Games introduced women's-only shooting events, including the ISSF 25 meter pistol (though this was more similar to the non-Olympic men's ISSF 25 meter center-fire pistol than the rapid fire pistol).

Three of the top 10 shooters from 1980 returned: gold medalist Corneliu Ion of Romania, bronze medalist Gerhard Petritsch of Austria, and seventh-place finisher Marin Stan of Romania. Japan's Takeo Kamachi, who had competed in 1968, 1972, and 1976 but never finished in the top 10, also returned. Reigning (1982) world champion Igor Puzirev of the Soviet Union did not compete due to the Soviet-led boycott, but runner-up Ove Gunnarsson of Sweden and third-place finisher Alfred Radke of West Germany were present.

Bahrain, the People's Republic of China, Ecuador, Oman, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Senegal each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 14th appearance, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition format followed the 1948 format, now very close to the modern rapid fire pistol competition after significant variation before World War II. Each shooter fired 60 shots. These were done in two courses of 30; each course consisted of two stages of 15; each stage consisted of three series of 5. In each stage, the time limit for each series was 8 seconds for the first, 6 seconds for the second, and 4 seconds for the third. Ties for medals were broken via shoot-off, with each shoot-off round consisting of 3 series of 5 shots.

A holdover from the previous Games was that silhouettes, rather than round targets, continued to be used; however, scoring rings had been added so that now each shot was scored up to 10 rather than being strictly hit or miss.

One change from 1948–1956 was that hits were no longer the primary measurement of success. As in 1960–1980, ranking was done by score, regardless of hits. [2] [7]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record'
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Norbert Klaar  (GDR)597 Montreal, Canada 22–23 July 1976

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 1 August 19849:00Course 1
Thursday, 2 August 19849:00Course 2

Results

RankShooterNationTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Takeo Kamachi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 595
Silver medal icon.svg Corneliu Ion Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 593
Bronze medal icon.svg Rauno Bies Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 591Shoot-off: 146
4 Delival Nobre Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 591Shoot-off: 141
5 Yang Chung-yeol Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 590
6 Alfred Radke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 590
7 Park Jong-Gil Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 590
8 Bernardo Tovar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 590
9 Viktor Engel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 589
10 Juan Seguí Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 589
11 Gerhard Petritsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 589
Roberto Vannozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 589
13 Aldo Andreotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 588
Du Xuean Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 588
Mark Howkins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 588
Li Zhongqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 588
Opas Ruengpanyawoodhi Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 588
Marin Stan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 588
19 Pedro García Jr. Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 587
20 Allyn Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 586
Francisco Neto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 586
22 Refaat Kaid Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 585
23 Hiroyuki Akatsuka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 583
John Cooke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 583
Graham Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 583
26 John McNally Flag of the United States.svg  United States 581
Mario Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 581
28 Daniel Felizia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 580
29 Alfredo González Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 579
Eduardo Jiménez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 579
Eliseo Paolini Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 579
32 Leopoldo Fossati Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 578
Rajinder Kumar Vij Flag of India.svg  India 578
34 Mohinder Lal Flag of India.svg  India 577
Bruno Morri Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 577
Ragnar Skanåker Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 577
37 Ove Gunnarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 576
Solomon Lee Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 576
Jules Sobrian Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 576
40 Peera Piromrut Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 575
41 Emad El-Gaindi Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 573
42 Said Al-Karbi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 571
José Jacques Pena Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 571
44 Said Al-Khatry Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman 566
45 Abdullah Al-Hussini Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman 561
46 Safaq Al-Anzi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 560
Ho Chung Kin Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 560
William Wilka Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay 560
49 Eid Fayroze Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 557
50 Sayed Al-Asibi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 545
51 Mohamed Abdul Rahman Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain 535
52 Mamadou Sow Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 528
53 Ronald Dunn Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 524
54 Alfredo Coello Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay 522
55 Ali Al-Khalifa Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain 506

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