Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Shooting pictogram.svg
Shooting pictogram
Venue Taereung International Shooting Range
Date23 September 1988
Competitors32 from 23 nations
Winning score698 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Afanasijs Kuzmins
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Ralf Schumann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Zoltán Kovács
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  1984
1992  

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The last Olympic competition on the non-circular target, and the first to feature final shooting, it was won by Latvian Afanasijs Kuzmins after a perfect 300 in the first stage, 298 in the second, and two perfect 50 series in the final, thus not allowing Ralf Schumann and John McNally to eliminate his one-point pre-final lead. It was the first gold medal for the Soviet Union in the event. Schumann comfortably won the silver while McNally fell back during the final with a 47 and a 46, finishing seventh and giving way to a third-place tie between Zoltán Kovács and Alberto Sevieri, resolved in Kovács's favour on grounds of higher final score. [1] The bronze was Hungary's first rapid fire pistol since 1952. There were 32 competitors from 23 nations. [2] Each nation had been limited to two shooters since the 1952 Games.

Background

This was the 18th 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. [3] 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. [4] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again. [5] 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).

Five of the top 10 shooters from 1984 returned: silver medalist (and 1980 gold medalist) Corneliu Ion of Romania, fourth-place finisher Delival Nobre of Brazil, fifth-place finisher Yang Chung-yeol of South Korea, eighth-place finisher Bernardo Tovar of Colombia, and tenth-place finisher Juan Seguí of Spain. Afanasijs Kuzmins of the Soviet Union, who had placed 6th in 1980 and not competed in 1984 due to the Soviet-led boycott, also returned. Poland had taken the top two spots at the 1986 world championships; winner Adam Kaczmarek competed in Seoul but runner-up Andrzej Macur did not. The third-place finisher at the world championships, Ralf Schumann of East Germany, was also the world record holder.

For the first time, no nations made their debut in the event. The United States made its 15th appearance, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition format introduced a two-round tournament for the first time, using a qualifying round and a final.

The qualifying round was essentially the same as the full competition format from 1948–1984. 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.

The new final consisted of two series of 5 shots each, scored normally. The top eight shooters advanced to the final. Ties to get into the final were broken first by the total of the two 4-second series in the second course, then the two 6-second series in the second course, then the two 8-second series in the second course, then the 4-, 6-, and 8-second series in order in the first course. Ties in the final were broken first by the total of the two series in the final.

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 1960–1984, ranking was done by score, regardless of hits. [2] [6]

Records

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

Qualifying (60 shots)
World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ralf Schumann  (GDR)
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Norbert Klaar  (GDR)597 Montreal, Canada 22–23 July 1976
Qualifying plus final (70 shots)
World recordNew formatn/a n/an/a
Olympic recordNew formatn/a n/an/a

Afanasijs Kuzmins set a new Olympic record for the 60-shot qualifying round at 598; Ralf Schumann and John McNally were 1 point behind him in tying the old record at 597.

Kuzmins also set the initial record for the new 70-shot total qualifying plus final at 698. [6]

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 23 September 198813:30Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying

RankShooterNationCourse 1Course 2TotalNotes
1 Afanasijs Kuzmins Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 300298598Q, OR
2 John McNally Flag of the United States.svg  United States 298299597Q
3 Ralf Schumann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 298299597Q
4 Alberto Sevieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 296300596Q
5 Adam Kaczmarek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 297298595Q
6 Zoltán Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 296298594Q
7 Bernardo Tovar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 296297593Q
8 Dirk Köhler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 294297591Q
4-second series, course 2: 98
6-second series, course 2: 100)
9 László Balogh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 295296591Q
4-second series, course 2: 98
6-second series, course 2: 98)
Yang Chung-yul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 295296591Q
4-second series, course 2: 98
6-second series, course 2: 98
11 Krzysztof Kucharczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 296295591Q
4-second series, course 2: 95
Meng Gang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 297294591Q
4-second series, course 2: 95
13 Rojelio Arredondo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 296294590
Nguyễn Quốc Cường Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 297293590
Hans-Rudolf Schneider Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 297293590
16 Toni Küchler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 294294589
Li Zhongqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 295294589
18 Corneliu Ion Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 294294588
Roland Müller Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 294294588
Juan Segui Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 294294588
21 Hideo Nonaka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 291296587
Lkhagvaagiin Undralbat Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 296291587
Vladimir Vokhmianin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 293294587
24 Adrian Breton Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 292294586
Delival Nobre Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 295291586
26 Alfredo Gonzalez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 289296585
Christian Kezel Flag of France.svg  France 289296585
Břetislav Putna Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 291294585
29 Mark Howkins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 293291584
Hermann Sailer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 292292584
31 Jouni Vainio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 280298578
32 Lim Jang-soo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 288287575

Final

Kovács' final score of 99 broke the tie for bronze medal in his favor over Sevieri's 97.

RankShooterNationQualifyingFinalTotalNotes
Series 1Series 2Total
Gold medal icon.svg Afanasijs Kuzmins Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5985050100698 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Ralf Schumann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 597495099696
Bronze medal icon.svg Zoltán Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 594504999693
4 Alberto Sevieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 596494897693
5 Adam Kaczmarek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 595484896691
6 Bernardo Tovar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 593494897690
7 John McNally Flag of the United States.svg  United States 597474693690
8 Dirk Köhler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 591494998689

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men's". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 Official Report, vol. 2, p. 541.

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