Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Shooting Centre
Date 19 September 2000
Competitors 36 from 27 nations
Winning score 666.0
Medalists
    Bulgaria
    Belarus
    Czech Republic
«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

The men's 50 metre pistol competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 19 September. Tanyu Kiryakov won, becoming the first shooter to win Olympic gold medals in both this event and 10 metre air pistol. 2.7 points behind, Igor Basinski won his fourth Olympic medal.

Contents

Records

The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record  Aleksandr Melentiev (URS) 581 Moscow, Soviet Union 20 July 1980
Olympic record  Aleksandr Melentiev (URS) 581 Moscow, Soviet Union 20 July 1980
Final records
World record  William Demarest (USA) 676.2 Milan, Italy 4 June 2000
Olympic record  Boris Kokorev (RUS) 666.4 Atlanta, United States 23 July 1996

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country Score Notes
1 Tanyu Kiryakov Bulgaria 570 Q
2 Igor Basinski Belarus 569 Q
3 Martin Tenk Czech Republic 566 Q
4 Dilshod Mukhtarov Uzbekistan 565 Q
5 Vladimir Gontcharov Russia 564 Q
6 Wang Yifu China 563 Q
7 Vladimir Guchsha Kazakhstan 562 Q
8 Roberto Di Donna Italy 560 Q (6th: 96)
9 Sorin Babii Romania 560 (6th: 93)
9 Kanstantsin Lukashyk Belarus 560 (6th: 94)
9 Jerzy Pietrzak Poland 560 (6th: 93)
12 Franck Dumoulin France 559
12 Boris Kokorev Russia 559
14 Masaru Nakashige Japan 558
14 Xu Dan China 558
16 Dionysios Georgakopoulos Greece 557
16 Sergio Werner Sanchez Gomez Guatemala 557
18 Alexander Danilov Israel 556
18 David Moore Australia 556
20 Hans-Jürgen Bauer-Neumaier Germany 553
20 Vigilio Fait Italy 553
20 David Porter Australia 553
23 William Demarest United States 552
23 Noriyuki Nishitani Japan 552
25 Daryl Szarenski United States 550
26 Stéphane Gagne France 549
27 João Costa Portugal 548
27 Jan Fabo Slovakia 548
27 Chris Rice Virgin Islands 548
30 Norbelis Barzaga Cuba 547
31 Tarek Riad Egypt 544
32 Artur Gevorgjan Germany 543
32 Friedhelm Sack Namibia 543
34 Felipe Beuvrin Venezuela 542
34 Yuri Melentiev Kyrgyzstan 542
36 Christian Munoz Ortega Chile 537

Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual Final Total
 Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) 570 96.0 666.0
 Igor Basinski (BLR) 569 94.3 663.3
 Martin Tenk (CZE) 566 96.5 662.5
4  Vladimir Gontcharov (RUS) 564 98.2 662.2
5  Dilshod Mukhtarov (UZB) 565 97.0 662.0
6  Wang Yifu (CHN) 563 96.0 659.0
7  Roberto Di Donna (ITA) 560 97.3 657.3
8  Vladimir Guchsha (KAZ) 562 93.8 655.8

References