Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol

The mixed (or "open") ISSF 50 meter pistol was one of the seven sport shooting events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. There were 33 competitors from 19 nations.[1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The gold medal was won by Aleksandr Melentyev of the Soviet Union who broke the world record with 581 points. It was the Soviet Union's third victory in the event, second-most behind the United States at four. Melentyev defeated Harald Vollmar of East Germany by 13 points. For Vollmar this was his third Olympic medal in the same event, having won silver at 1976 Montreal and bronze at 1968 Mexico City.[2][3][4] Vollmar was the first man to win at least three medals in the free pistol. Lyubcho Dyakov's bronze was Bulgaria's first medal in the event.

Mixed 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Medal winners in 50 metre pistol. From left to right: Harald Vollmar, Aleksandr Melentyev and Lyubcho Dyakov.
VenueDynamo Shooting Range
Date20 July 1980
Competitors33 from 19 nations
Winning score581 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Melentyev
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Harald Vollmar
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lyubcho Dyakov
 Bulgaria
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Background

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This was the 15th appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. A separate women's event would be introduced in 1984.[5] 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 metres and the latter 50 yards.[6][1]

Three of the top 10 shooters from the 1976 Games returned: gold medalist Uwe Potteck of East Germany, silver medalist (and 1968 bronze medalist and 1972 fifth-place finisher) Harald Vollmar of East Germany, and fifth-place finisher (and 1972 gold medalist) Ragnar Skanåker of Sweden. Moritz Minder of Switzerland was the reigning (1978) world champion and world record holder, but was not competing in Moscow due to the American-led boycott.[1] Skanåker had been the runner-up.

Ireland, Laos, North Korea, and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the event. Sweden made its 13th appearance, matching the boycotting United States for most of any nation.

Melentyev used a TsKIB SOO MЦ55.

Competition format

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Each shooter fired 60 shots, in 6 series of 10 shots each, at a distance of 50 metres. The target was round, 50 centimetres in diameter, with 10 scoring rings. Scoring for each shot was up to 10 points, in increments of 1 point. The maximum score possible was 600 points. Any pistol was permitted.[1][7]

Records

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

World record   Moritz Minder (SUI) 577 [1]
Olympic record   Uwe Potteck (GDR) 573 Montreal, Canada 18 July 1976 [2]

Aleksandr Melentyev beat the world record by 4 points, finishing at 581 points.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Sunday, 20 July 1980 9:00 Final

Results

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Rank Shooter Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Notes
  Aleksandr Melentyev   Soviet Union 95 96 98 98 98 96 581 WR
  Harald Vollmar   East Germany 93 93 93 97 98 94 568
  Lyubcho Dyakov   Bulgaria 96 92 93 92 95 97 565
4 So Gil-San   North Korea 91 97 94 93 93 97 565
5 Seppo Saarenpää   Finland 91 98 96 94 95 91 565
6 Sergei Pyzhianov   Soviet Union 91 96 92 96 94 95 564
7 Ragnar Skanåker   Sweden 90 94 94 95 93 97 563
8 Paavo Palokangas   Finland 91 94 93 96 94 93 561
9 Sylvio Carvalho   Brazil 91 94 89 95 93 96 558
10 Sławomir Romanowski   Poland 89 96 82 92 95 94 558
11 Lyuben Popov   Bulgaria 91 92 94 95 92 94 558
Enrico Rabbachin   Italy 88 92 95 95 97 91 558
13 Erwin Matelski   Poland 92 95 90 92 93 95 557
Lajos Nagy   Hungary 91 93 94 94 91 94 557
Ivan Némethy   Czechoslovakia 96 92 95 90 93 91 557
16 Uwe Potteck   East Germany 91 91 94 93 93 94 556
17 Daniel Iuga   Romania 95 90 92 91 95 92 555
18 Carlos Hora   Peru 92 93 91 94 90 91 551
Kim Ji-jong   North Korea 88 93 90 93 96 91 551
20 Phan Huy Khảng   Vietnam 91 89 93 93 93 91 550
21 Rudolf Seres   Hungary 93 95 88 90 90 93 549
22 Ngô Hữu Kính   Vietnam 91 91 90 94 93 89 548
23 Staffan Oscarsson   Sweden 89 87 93 96 93 89 547
24 Roberto Ferraris   Italy 96 87 91 93 95 84 546
25 Ken Stanford   Ireland 87 89 87 95 95 92 545
26 Mariano Lara   Costa Rica 93 89 93 88 91 88 542
27 Ian Redmond   Zimbabwe 83 92 91 85 89 87 527
28 Maureen Reichert   Zimbabwe 88 86 81 90 90 89 524
29 Rodrigo Ruiz   Costa Rica 84 89 84 84 79 92 512
30 Gianfranco Giardi   San Marino 89 85 83 86 84 82 509
31 Eliseo Paolini   San Marino 87 81 89 90 84 76 507
32 Souvanny Souksavath   Laos 84 88 86 80 88 76 502
33 Syseuy   Laos 80 81 79 85 81 75 481

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Free Pistol, 50 Metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Moscow 1980 Shooting - Olympic Results by Discipline".
  3. ^ "IOC - International Olympic Committee | Olympics.com".
  4. ^ "Shooting at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Mixed Free Pistol, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Olympedia – Shooting".
  6. ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 533.