Shooting at the 1996 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 XXVI Olympiad
Stamps of Turkmenistan, 1997 - Shooting.jpg
Turkmenistan stamp commemorating 1996 Olympic shooting
Venue Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Dates23–24 July
Competitors23 from 19 nations
Winning score698.0 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ralf Schumann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Emil Milev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Vladimir Vokhmyanin
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
  1992
2000  

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Ralf Schumann defended his title from Barcelona, setting two new Olympic records. [1] Schumann was the third man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the rapid fire pistol, and the first (and, as of the 2016 Games, only) to win three or more medals in the event; he would finish his career with three golds and five total medals. Emil Milev of Bulgaria (silver) and Vladimir Vokhmyanin of Kazakhstan (bronze) each won their nation's first medals in the event, though Vokhmyanin was a repeat bronze medalist (having also won for the Unified Team in 1992), making him the 10th man to win multiple medals in the event. There were 23 competitors from 19 nations. [2] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games.

Background

This was the 20th 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] [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 is more similar to the non-Olympic men's ISSF 25 meter center-fire pistol than the rapid fire pistol).

Seven of the eight semifinalists from 1992 returned: gold medalist (and 1988 silver medalist) Ralf Schumann of Germany, silver medalist (and 1988 gold medalist) Afanasijs Kuzmins of Latvia, bronze medalist Vladimir Vokhmyanin of the Unified Team (now competing for Kazakhstan), fourth-place finisher Krzysztof Kucharczyk of Poland, fifth-place finisher (and 1988 finalist) John McNally of the United States, sixth-place finisher Miroslav Ignatiuk of the Unified Team (now competing for Ukraine), and eighth-place finisher (and 1988 finalist) Bernardo Tovar of Colombia. Kucharczyk had won the 1994 world championship, with Emil Milev of Bulgaria second and Schumann (the 1990 world champion) third.

Croatia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Ukraine each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 17th appearance, most of any nation.

Competition format

The competition format dropped the three-round format used in 1992 and went back to a two-round (qualifying round and final) format, as in 1988.

The qualifying round from 1988 onward 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 1988 tournament had added a two-series final for the top eight shooters; the 1992 competition broke that down to a four-series semifinal for the top eight and two-series final for the top four. In 1996, the top eight once again advanced to the final.

In the final, each shooter fired two five-shot series at 4 seconds. Scoring in the final was to 1/10 of a point, with each shot worth up to 10.9 points (for a final round maximum of 109, and total maximum of 709). It was the first time scoring to 1/10 of a point was done in the Olympic rapid fire pistol.

The 1992 competition had introduced round targets rather than the silhouettes used from 1948 to 1988 as well as many pre-World War II versions of the event. Score, rather than hits, had been used as the primary ranking method since 1960. [2] [7] [8]

Records

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

Two courses (60 shots, 600 maximum)
Qualifying (60 shots)
World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Ralf Schumann  (GER)597 Munich, Germany 14 June 1995
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Ralf Schumann  (GER)594 Barcelona, Spain 29–30 July 1992
Qualifying plus final (70 shots)
World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Ralf Schumann  (GER)699.7 Barcelona, Spain 8 June 1994
Olympic recordNew format

Ralf Schumann broke his own Olympic record in the qualifying round with 596 points. His total of 698.0 points was the inaugural record for the new format.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 23 July 1996Qualifying: Course 1
Wednesday, 24 July 1996 
14:30
Qualifying: Course 2
Final

Results

Qualifying

RankShooterNationCourse 1Course 2TotalNotes
1 Ralf Schumann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 298298596Q, OR
2 Emil Milev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 294296590Q
3 Krzysztof Kucharczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 292297589Q
Vladimir Vokhmyanin Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 293296589Q
5 Meng Gang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 291296587Q
6 Daniel Leonhard Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 293293586Q
Ghenadie Lisoconi Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 295291586Q
Lajos Pálinkás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 290296586Q
9 Myroslav Ihnatyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 295291586
10 Afanasijs Kuzmins Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 290295585
11 Iulian Raicea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 292292584
12 Michel Ansermet Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 293290583
Tomohiro Kida Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 290293583
John McNally Flag of the United States.svg  United States 288295583
Urs Tobler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 290293583
16 Sabin Chaushev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 286296582
Roman Špirelja Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 291291582
18 Roger Mar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 292289581
19 Petri Eteläniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 290289579
20 Anders Lau Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 292286578
21 Franck Dumoulin Flag of France.svg  France 285290575
Patrick Murray Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 285290575
23 Bernardo Tovar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 279286565

Final

RankShooterNationQualifyingFinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ralf Schumann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 596102.0698.0 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Emil Milev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 590102.1692.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Vladimir Vokhmyanin Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 589102.5691.5
4 Krzysztof Kucharczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 589101.5690.5
5 Meng Gang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 587100.1687.1
6 Ghenadie Lisoconi Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 586101.0687.0
7 Lajos Pálinkás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58699.9685.9
8 Daniel Leonhard Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 58697.6683.6

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men's". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. "Olympedia – Shooting". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 338.
  8. "Pistol". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

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