Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

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Men's 50 metre free pistol
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Shooting pictogram.svg
Shooting pictogram
Venue Prado Regional Park
DateJuly 29
Competitors56 from 38 nations
Winning score566
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Xu Haifeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Ragnar Skanåker
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Yifu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  1980
(mixed)
1988  

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on July 29, 1984, at the shooting ranges in Los Angeles. 56 shooters from 38 nations competed. [1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Xu Haifeng of China, with his countryman Wang Yifu taking bronze. As the free pistol was the first medal event in 1984 and the People's Republic of China fully competed for the first time in 1984, these were the first Olympic medals won by competitors from that nation. [2] Ragnar Skanåker of Sweden took silver, 12 years after winning his first medal (gold in 1972); he was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event and third to win medals 12 years apart (Torsten Ullman had medaled in 1936 and 1948, Harald Vollmar in 1968, 1976, and 1980).

Background

This was the 16th 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 nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. A separate women's event would be introduced in 1984. [3] 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. [4] [2]

Three of the top 10 shooters from the 1980 Games returned: seventh-place finisher (and 1972 gold medalist and 1976 fifth-place finisher) Ragnar Skanåker of Sweden, eighth-place finisher Paavo Palokangas of Finland, and ninth-place finisher Sylvio Carvalho of Brazil. Skanåker was also the reigning (1982) world champion. Many of the rest of the 1980 Olympians were from Eastern Bloc nations, including the reigning gold medalist and 1982 world championship runner-up Aleksandr Melentyev of the Soviet Union.

The People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Ecuador, India, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Senegal each made their debut in the event. Sweden and the United States each made their 14th appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Xu used a Hämmerli 150.

Competition format

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. Any pistol was permitted. [2] [5]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Melentyev  (URS)581 Moscow, Soviet Union 20 July 1980
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Melentyev  (URS)581 Moscow, Soviet Union 20 July 1980

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

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 29 July 19849:00Final

Results

RankShooterNationScore
Gold medal icon.svg Xu Haifeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 566
Silver medal icon.svg Ragnar Skanåker Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 565
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Yifu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 564
4 Jürgen Hartmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 560
5 Vincenzo Tondo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 560
6 Philippe Cola Flag of France.svg  France 559
7 Hector de Lima Carrilla Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 558
8 Paavo Palokangas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 558
9 Erich Buljung Flag of the United States.svg  United States 558
10 Tu Tsai-hsing Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 558
11 Sorin Babii Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 555
Carlos Hora Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 555
Vinzenz Schweighofer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 555
14 Rolf Beutler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 554
Don Nygord Flag of the United States.svg  United States 554
16 Seo In-taek Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 553
17 Bernardo Tovar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 552
18 Tom Guinn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 551
Chikafumi Hirai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 551
20 Phil Adams Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 550
Ernesto Alais Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 550
Walter Bauza Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 550
23 Gerhard Beyer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 548
Galo Miño Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 548
25 Sylvio Carvalho Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 546
Mariano Lara Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 546
27 Ángel Corsino Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 543
Arthur Spencer Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 543
29 Ove Gunnarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 540
Shigetoshi Tashiro Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 540
31 Shuaib Adam Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 539
Baljit Singh Kharab Flag of India.svg  India 539
Park Seung-rin Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 539
Somchai Thingpakdee Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 539
35 Sabiahmad Abdullah Ahad Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 537
36 Gary Aramist Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 536
Gilbert U Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 536
38 Luis Ortiz Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 535
39 José Jacques Pena Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 533
40 Herbert Binder Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 532
Edgar Espinoza Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 532
Pedro García Jr. Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 532
43 Paúl Margraff Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 531
44 William Henderson Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 528
45 Rolf Lofstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 523
46 Geoffrey Robinson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 521
47 Juma Al-Rahbi Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman 520
48 Manhi Al-Mutairy Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 513
Jean-Pierre Gasparotti Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 513
50 Joël Nigiono Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 505
51 Germano Bollini Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 500
Gianfranco Giardi Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 500
53 Amadou Ciré Baal Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 499
54 Nirundon Lepananon Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 494
55 Roland Scott Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 459
56 Ali Al-Ghafiri Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman 445

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