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| Men's 10 metre air pistol at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Wolf Creek Shooting Complex | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20 July 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 684.2 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 | |
| Double trap | men | women |
| Skeet | men | |
| Running target | ||
| 10 m running target | men | |
Men's 10 metre air pistol was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The defending champion, Wang Yifu, set an Olympic record of 587 points in the qualification round, taking a two-point lead. His lead increased during the final up to the last shot, where he scored a mere 6.5, and then fainted. He still won his fourth Olympic medal but lost the gold to Roberto Di Donna by the closest possible margin, 0.1 point. Medical staff of the Atlanta Games connected the incident to the heat, around 99 °F (37 °C) outside (although the final hall was air-conditioned). [1] [2]
