Men's 10 metre air pistol at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing Shooting Range Hall | ||||||||||||
Date | August 9, 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 688.2 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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 | women |
Double trap | men | |
Skeet | men | women |
The men's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 9 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall, and was won by the reigning World champion, Pang Wei of the host country, who thus became the first male gold medal winner of the Beijing Olympics.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol, upgrading Turner from fourth to third place. [1]
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records | ||||
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World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 593 | Munich, Germany | 13 October 1989 |
Olympic record | Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | 591 | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 |
Final records | ||||
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World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 695.1 (593+102.1) | Munich, Germany | 13 October 1989 |
Olympic record | Wang Yifu (CHN) | 690.0 (590+100.0) | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 |
The qualification round was held between 12:00 and 13:45 China Standard Time (UTC+8), with all shooters fitting into a single relay.
DQ Disqualified – Q Qualified for final
^ 1: Kim was third in the original official result list for the qualification round, but was disqualified several days after the final had taken place. In the final version of the document, Kim's result is removed and the third place is empty, indicating that no extra shooter had been allowed into the final.
The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8).
Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
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Pang Wei (CHN) | 586 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 102.2 | 688.2 | |||
Jin Jong-oh (KOR) | 584 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 100.5 | 684.5 | |||
Jason Turner (USA) | 583 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 99.0 | 682.0 | 10.5 | ||
4 | Brian Beaman (USA) | 581 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 101.0 | 682.0 | 10.3 | |
5 | Leonid Yekimov (RUS) | 582 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 98.5 | 680.5 | ||
6 | Walter Lapeyre (FRA) | 581 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 99.3 | 680.3 | ||
7 | Jakkrit Panichpatikum (THA) | 581 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 98.0 | 679.0 | ||
Kim Jong-su (PRK) | 584 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 99.0 | 683.0 | DQ |
DQ Disqualified
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