Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle

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Men's 10 metre air rifle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Royal Artillery Barracks
Date30 July 2012
Competitors47 from 33 nations
Winning score702.1
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alin Moldoveanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Niccolò Campriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Gagan Narang Flag of India.svg  India
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The Men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 30 July 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. Defending gold medalist Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final.

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.

Gun - 4.5 mm Calibre Rifle Maximum 5.5 kg Bullet - 4.5 mm Pellets BullsEye - 0.55 mm Time for Each Shot - 75 seconds

Alin Moldoveanu of Romania won the gold medal by scoring 702.1. Gagan Narang won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1. [1] It was India's second consecutive medal in the event. [2]

Records

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

Qualification records
World recordFlag of Thailand.svg  Tevarit Majchacheeap  (THA)600 Langkawi, Malaysia 27 January 2000
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Qinan  (CHN)599 Athens, Greece 16 August 2004
Final records
World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Qinan  (CHN)703.8 (600+103.8) Wroclaw, Poland 22 August 2011
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Qinan  (CHN)702.7 (599+103.7) Athens, Greece 16 August 2004

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountry123456TotalInner 10sNotes
1 Niccolò Campriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1001001009910010059956Q
2 Alin Moldoveanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1001001001009910059953Q
3 Gagan Narang Flag of India.svg  India 1001009810010010059853Q
4 Wang Tao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 991001001001009959852Q
5 Illia Charheika Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 100100100100999859752Q
6 Ole Magnus Bakken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1001001001001009759747Q
7 Peter Hellenbrand Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 979910010010010059651Q
8 Pierre Edmond Piasecki Flag of France.svg  France 10099100100989959650Q
9 Sergy Rikhter Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 99989810010010059550
10 Zhu Qinan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9999991001009859550
11 Vitali Bubnovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 10010099100989859546
12 Julian Justus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 99100100981009859544
13 Péter Sidi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9998100100999859452
14 Are Hansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9710099991009959451
15 Alexei Kamenski Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 99100100999610059446
16 Abhinav Bindra Flag of India.svg  India 9999100100999759445
17 Kim Jong-Hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 981009999989959346
18 Serhiy Kulish Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 9999100100979859345
19 Artur Ayvazyan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 9999100100999659345
20 Alexandre Sokolov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9910096991009959344
21 Ruslan Ismailov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 100999799999959343
22 Anton Rizov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9999100100979859343
23 Nyantain Bayaraa Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 10096991009810059342
24 James Huckle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9998100100989859342
25 Tino Mohaupt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1009998969910059250
26 Jeremy Monnier Flag of France.svg  France 98999999999859246
27 Jonathan Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1009810096999959242
28 Thomas Farnik Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 979910098989959147
29 Amgad Hosen Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 100989997989959145
30 Nemanja Mirosavljev Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1009898971009859143
31 Jozef Gönci Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 999896999910059141
32 Han Jin-Seop Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 9710098991009659046
33 Václav Haman Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 9797971009910059045
34 Marco De Nicolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 99999897999859044
35 Matthew Emmons Flag of the United States.svg  United States 979810099999759042
36 Bojan Durković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 9710010099979759042
37 Pascal Lorentan Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 991009999949858943
38 Midori Yajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 97989998999958937
39 Simon Beyeler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 959910098989858844
40 William Godward Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 99999899989558844
41 Javier López Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 97979999989858838
42 Dane Sampson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 98989997979858740
43 Petar Gorša Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 98989699999658638
44 Nedžad Fazlija Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 96979699989958536
45 Mangala Samarakoon Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 97979997979658331
46 Cory Niefer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 94979899979658131
47 Rudi Lausarot Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 99949796939657528

Final

RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Romania.svg  Alin Moldoveanu  (ROU)59910.310.510.110.310.69.910.310.310.510.3103.1702.1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Niccolò Campriani  (ITA)5999.710.210.710.210.410.810.89.99.410.4102.5701.5
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of India.svg  Gagan Narang  (IND)59810.79.610.610.710.410.69.99.510.310.7103.1701.1
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Tao  (CHN)59810.610.69.310.710.410.410.89.210.010.4102.4700.4
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Peter Hellenbrand  (NED)59610.410.710.19.810.610.610.410.910.69.7103.8699.8
6Flag of France.svg  Pierre Edmond Piasecki  (FRA)59610.710.610.79.910.410.59.910.69.810.0103.1699.1
7Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Illia Charheika  (BLR)5979.99.910.410.210.710.59.79.910.110.3101.6698.6
8Flag of Norway.svg  Ole Magnus Bakken  (NOR)5979.79.49.06.610.210.49.910.29.79.494.5691.5

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References

  1. "London 2012 Shooting - Olympic Results by Discipline".
  2. "Gagan Narang wins India's first medal at London 2012 Olympics" . Retrieved 2012-07-30.