| Men's 50 metre pistol at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad |
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| Venue | Wolf Creek Shooting Complex | |||||||||
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| Competitors | 45 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 666.4 (OR) | |||||||||
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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 50 metre pistol (then known as free pistol) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The first time decimals were used in the 50 metre pistol finals, Boris Kokorev set a new Olympic record after scoring 570 points in the qualification round and 96.4 in the final, where places 2 through 5 were occupied by Belarusian and Italian shooters.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Kokorev | Russia | 570 | Q |
| 2 | Roberto Di Donna | Italy | 569 | Q |
| 3 | Vigilio Fait | Italy | 569 | Q |
| 4 | Igor Basinski | Belarus | 565 | Q |
| 5 | Kanstantsin Lukashyk | Belarus | 564 | Q |
| 6 | Martin Tenk | Czech Republic | 564 | Q |
| 7 | Wang Yifu | China | 564 | Q |
| 8 | Sergio Sánchez | Guatemala | 563 | Q (6th: 95) |
| 9 | Skukhrat Akhmedov | Uzbekistan | 563 | (6th: 94) |
| 9 | Jerzy Pietrzak | Poland | 563 | (6th: 94) |
| 11 | Franck Dumoulin | France | 560 | |
| 11 | Kim Sung-joon | South Korea | 560 | |
| 11 | Masaru Nakashige | Japan | 560 | |
| 11 | Marek Nowak | Poland | 560 | |
| 15 | Stanislav Jirkal | Czech Republic | 559 | |
| 16 | Aleksandr Danilov | Russia | 558 | |
| 16 | Bernardo Tobar | Colombia | 558 | |
| 16 | Alex Tripolski | Israel | 558 | |
| 19 | Kolio Zakhariev | Bulgaria | 557 | |
| 20 | Sorin Babii | Romania | 556 | |
| 20 | Jan Fabo | Czech Republic | 556 | |
| 20 | Tanyu Kiryakov | Bulgaria | 556 | |
| 20 | Viktor Makarov | Ukraine | 556 | |
| 20 | Yuri Melentiev | Kyrgyzstan | 556 | |
| 25 | Ben Amonette | United States | 555 | |
| 25 | Oleksandr Bliznyuchenko | Ukraine | 555 | |
| 25 | Ragnar Skanåker | Sweden | 555 | |
| 28 | Gerard Fernandez | France | 553 | |
| 28 | Zoltán Papanitz | Hungary | 553 | |
| 30 | Phillip Adams | Australia | 552 | |
| 30 | Constantin Tarloiu | Romania | 552 | |
| 30 | Xu Dan | China | 552 | |
| 33 | Zsolt Karacs | Hungary | 551 | |
| 34 | Tu Tai Hsing | Chinese Taipei | 550 | |
| 35 | Hans-Jürgen Bauer-Neumaier | Germany | 549 | |
| 35 | Bengt Sandstrom | Australia | 549 | |
| 37 | Artur Gevorgjan | Germany | 548 | |
| 37 | Kim Sung-jun | South Korea | 548 | |
| 39 | Neal Caloia | United States | 544 | |
| 40 | Pål Hembre | Norway | 542 | |
| 40 | Surin Klomjai | Thailand | 542 | |
| 42 | Lennart Andersson | Sweden | 538 | |
| 43 | Jakkrit Panichpatikum | Thailand | 536 | |
| 44 | Viet Trinh Quoc | Vietnam | 535 | |
| 45 | Jaspal Rana | India | 534 |
Q Qualified for final
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
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| Boris Kokorev (RUS) | 570 | 96.4 | 666.4 | OR | |
| Igor Basinski (BLR) | 565 | 97.0 | 662.0 | ||
| Roberto Di Donna (ITA) | 569 | 92.8 | 661.8 | ||
| 4 | Kanstantsin Lukashyk (BLR) | 564 | 96.1 | 660.1 | |
| 5 | Vigilio Fait (ITA) | 569 | 90.8 | 659.8 | |
| 6 | Wang Yifu (CHN) | 564 | 95.3 | 659.3 | |
| 7 | Martin Tenk (CZE) | 564 | 93.7 | 657.7 | |
| 8 | Sergio Sánchez (GUA) | 563 | 94.1 | 657.1 |
OR Olympic record