Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol
| Men's 10 metre air pistol at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Wolf Creek Shooting Complex | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20 July 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 684.2 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 10 metre air pistol was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The defending champion, Wang Yifu, set an Olympic record of 587 points in the qualification round, taking a two-point lead. His lead increased during the final up to the last shot, where he scored a mere 6.5, and then fainted. He still won his fourth Olympic medal but lost the gold to Roberto Di Donna by the closest possible margin, 0.1 point. Medical staff of the Atlanta Games connected the incident to the heat, around 99 °F (37 °C) outside (although the final hall was air-conditioned).[1][2]
Qualification round
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OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total |
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 Roberto Di Donna (ITA)
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585 | 99.2 | 684.2 |
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 Wang Yifu (CHN)
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587 | 97.1 | 684.1 |
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 Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL)
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584 | 99.8 | 683.8 |
| 4 |  Sergei Pyzhianov (RUS)
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583 | 100.5 | 683.5 |
| 5 |  Jerzy Pietrzak (POL)
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585 | 97.7 | 682.7 |
| 6 | Tan Zongliang (CHN)
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581 | 101.0 | 682.0 |
| 7 |  Igor Basinski (BLR)
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582 | 99.8 | 681.8 |
| 8 |  Friedhelm Sack (NAM)
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583 | 97.2 | 680.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ Reuters (22 July 1996). "ATLANTA: DAY 3 -- NOTEBOOK;Heat Got to Shooter". New York Times. New York. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
Sources
[edit]- Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results (PDF). Retrieved 10 September 2008.
Olympic champions in men's 10 metre air pistol | |
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