Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol

Men's 10 metre air pistol
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Shooting Centre
Date 16 September 2000
Competitors 43 from 30 nations
Winning score 688.9 (OR)
Medalists
  Franck Dumoulin   France
  Wang Yifu   China
  Igor Basinski   Belarus
«1996 2004»
Shooting at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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 women
Skeet men women
Running target
10 m running target men
Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The men's 10 metre air pistol competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 16 September, the day after the opening ceremony. Franck Dumoulin and Wang Yifu both reached 590 points in the qualification round of 60 shots, raising the Olympic record by three points. Although both shooters performed considerably worse in the final, their seven-point gap to the bronze medal was quite safe. Dumoulin outperformed Wang by two points, setting a new final Olympic record.

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Records

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

Qualification records
World record  Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) 593 Munich, West Germany 13 October 1989
Olympic record  Wang Yifu (CHN) 587 Atlanta, United States 20 July 1996
Final records
World record  Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) 695.1 (593+102.1) Munich, West Germany 13 October 1989
Olympic record  Wang Yifu (CHN) 684.8 Barcelona, Spain 28 July 1992

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country Score Notes
1 Wang Yifu China 590 Q OR
2 Franck Dumoulin France 590 Q OR
3 Mikhail Nestruyev Russia 583 Q
4 Igor Basinski Belarus 583 Q
5 João Costa Portugal 581 Q
6 Roberto Di Donna Italy 581 Q
7 Stéphane Gagne France 581 Q
8 Tanyu Kiryakov Bulgaria 581 Q
9 Vladimir Gontcharov Russia 579
9 Dilshod Mukhtarov Uzbekistan 579
11 Sorin Babii Romania 578
11 Jerzy Pietrzak Poland 578
11 Tan Zongliang China 578
11 Martin Tenk Czech Republic 578
15 Michael Douglass United States 577
15 Kanstantsin Lukashyk Belarus 577
17 Jan Fabo Slovakia 576
17 Dionysios Georgakopoulos Greece 576
17 Yuri Melentiev Kyrgyzstan 576
20 Hans-Jürgen Bauer-Neumaier Germany 575
20 Artur Gevorgjan Germany 575
20 Paolo Ranno Italy 575
23 William Demarest United States 574
23 Vladimir Guchsha Kazakhstan 574
25 Masaru Nakashige Japan 573
26 Boris Kokorev Russia 572
27 Vigilio Fait Italy 571
27 Tarek Riad Egypt 571
29 Lajos Palinkas Hungary 570
30 Felipe Beuvrin Venezuela 569
30 Iulian Raicea Romania 569
32 David Moore Australia 567
33 Norbelis Barzaga Cuba 566
34 Friedhelm Sack Namibia 565
34 Sergio Werner Sanchez Gomez Guatemala 565
36 Noriyuki Nishitani Japan 564
37 Ricardo Chandeck Panama 562
38 David Porter Australia 561
39 Chris Rice Virgin Islands 560
40 Christian Munoz Ortega Chile 559
41 Luis Mendez Uruguay 556
42 Istvan Jambrik Hungary 555
Alexander Danilov Israel DQ

DQ Disqualified – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual Final Total Notes
 Franck Dumoulin (FRA) 590 98.9 688.9 OR
 Wang Yifu (CHN) 590 96.9 686.9
 Igor Basinski (BLR) 583 99.7 682.7
4  Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) 583 99.3 682.3
5  Stéphane Gagne (FRA) 581 101.0 682.0
6  Roberto Di Donna (ITA) 581 99.5 680.5
7  João Costa (POR) 581 98.4 679.4
8  Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) 581 95.8 676.8

OR Olympic record

References