Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

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Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Sorin Babii 2.jpeg
Sorin Babii
Venue Taereung International Shooting Range
Date18 September 1988
Competitors43 from 31 nations
Winning score660 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sorin Babii
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Ragnar Skanåker
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Basinski
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1984
1992  

The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol (then called free pistol) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the second Olympic free pistol competition to feature final shooting, after an abortive attempt in 1960. [1] There were 43 competitors from 31 nations. [2] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Sorin Babii of Romania, the nation's first victory in the event and first medal in free pistol since 1972. Ragnar Skanåker of Sweden repeated as silver medalist, the second man to earn three medals in the free pistol; four years later, he would become the first to win four medals. Soviet Igor Basinski took bronze.

Background

This was the 17th 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]

Four of the top 10 shooters from the 1984 Games returned: gold medalist Xu Haifeng of China, silver medalist (and 1972 gold medalist and 1976 and 1980 top-10 finisher) Ragnar Skanåker of Sweden, bronze medalist Wang Yifu of China, and sixth-place finisher Philippe Cola of France. Also returning after the 1984 boycott were 1976 gold medalist Uwe Potteck of East Germany and 1980 gold medalist Aleksandr Melentyev of the Soviet Union. The reigning (1986) world champion was Sergei Pyzhianov, but he was not on the Soviet team that instead comprised Melentyev and world record holder (and runner-up in the world championship) Igor Basinski.

New Zealand made its debut in the event. Sweden and the United States each made their 15th appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Babii used a Tula TOZ 35.

Competition format

The competition featured two rounds, adding a final to the event. 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. Now, however, the top 8 shooters advanced to a final. They shot an additional series of 10 shots, with the score added to their qualifying round score to give a 70-shot total. Ties were broken first by final round score. Any pistol was permitted. [2] [5]

Records

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

Qualifying (60 shots)
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
Final (70 shots)
World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Basinski  (URS)
Olympic recordNew format

Sorin Babii set the initial Olympic record for the final format at 660 points.

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 18 September 198813:00Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying

RankShooterNationScoreNotes
1 Igor Basinski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 570Q
2 Sorin Babii Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 566Q
3 Tanyu Kiryakov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 566Q
4 Ragnar Skanåker Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 564Q
5 Gyula Karácsony Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 564Q
6 Wang Yifu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 563Q
7 Arndt Kaspar Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 562Q
8 Gernot Eder Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 561Q
9 Uwe Potteck Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 559
10 Zoltán Papanitz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 559
11 Don Nygord Flag of the United States.svg  United States 559
12 Aleksandr Melentiev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 558
Dario Palazzani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 558
14 Benny Östlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 557
Jerzy Pietrzak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 557
16 Jean Bogaerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 556
Miroslav Růžička Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 556
Darius Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States 556
19 Phillip Adams Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 555
Philippe Cola Flag of France.svg  France 555
Sakari Paasonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 555
Tu Tai-hsing Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 555
23 Roberto Di Donna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 554
Lyubtcho Diakov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 554
Alfons Messerschmitt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 554
Bengt Sandstrom Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 554
Fumihisa Semizuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 554
Xu Haifeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 554
29 Min Young-sam Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 552
Bernardo Tovar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 552
U. G. King Hung Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 552
32 Hans Hierzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 550
33 Bruno Déprez Flag of France.svg  France 547
34 Paul Leatherdale Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 546
Undralbatiin Lkhagvaa Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 546
36 Rolf Beutler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 545
Konstantinos Panageas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 545
38 Horst Krasser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 543
39 Carlos Hora Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 540
40 Lisandro Sugezky Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 539
41 Greg Yelavich Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 535
42 Shuaib Adam Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 532
43 Hubert Foidl Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 531

Final

RankShooterNationQualifyingFinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sorin Babii Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 56694660 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Ragnar Skanåker Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56493657
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Basinski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 57087657
4 Tanyu Kiryakov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 56690656
5 Gernot Eder Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56193654
6 Gyula Karácsony Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56490654
7 Arndt Kaspar Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 56289651
8 Wang Yifu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56388651

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Men's". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Shooting". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 541.

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