Free pistol at the Olympics
ISSF 50 meter pistol at the Olympic Games | |
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Alfred Lane, 1912 Olympic pistol champion | |
Overview | |
Sport | Shooting |
Gender | Men |
Years held | Men: 1896, 1900, 1908–1920, 1936–2016 |
Reigning champion | |
Men | Jin Jong-oh (KOR) |
The "free" pistol is former and still unofficially used name for the men's ISSF 50 meter pistol competition held at the Olympics. "Free" pistol is used to distinguish between other pistol disciplines (air, rapid fire, standard, sport, military/centre-fire). The competition was first held at the inaugural 1896 Olympics (at 30 metres) and then held at 50 metres (or yards, in 1908) each time that shooting was on the programme (that is, excluding 1904) until 1920. It was dropped from the programme for amateurism reasons from 1924 to 1932, but returned in 1936. It was held again at every Games from then until 2016; the event, which had no women's equivalent, was dropped after 2016 to make room for a mixed team air pistol event as the sport moved toward gender equality. In all, the event was held 24 times.[1] The event was open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years.
A team event was held four times from 1904 to 1920.
Medals
Men
Multiple medalists
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Jin Jong-oh | South Korea (KOR) | 2004–2016 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Ragnar Skanåker | Sweden (SWE) | 1972, 1984–1992 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Alfred Lane | United States (USA) | 1912–1920 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Torsten Ullman | Sweden (SWE) | 1936–1948 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Harald Vollmar | East Germany (GDR) | 1968, 1976–1980 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Igor Basinski | Soviet Union (URS) Belarus (BLR) | 1988, 1996–2000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | Makhmud Umarov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1960 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Wang Yifu | China (CHN) | 1988–1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | Japan (JPN) | 1960–1964 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Rudolf Dollinger | Austria (AUT) | 1972–1976 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists by nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Peru (PER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
26 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team pistol
Men
Multiple medalists
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | John Dietz | United States (USA) | 1908–1912 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Alfred Lane | United States (USA) | 1912–1920 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Medalists by nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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- 1896: Sumner Paine1 (USA)
- 1900: Karl Röderer (SUI)
- 1908: Paul Van Asbroeck2 (BEL)
- 1912: Alfred Lane (USA)
- 1920: Karl Frederick (USA)
- 1936: Torsten Ullman (SWE)
- 1948: Edwin Vásquez (PER)
- 1952: Huelet Benner (USA)
- 1956: Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
- 1960: Aleksey Gushchin (URS)
- 1964: Väinö Markkanen (FIN)
- 1968: Grigory Kosykh (URS)
- 1972: Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)
- 1976: Uwe Potteck (GDR)
- 1980: Alexander Melentyev (URS)
- 1984: Xu Haifeng (CHN)
- 1988: Sorin Babii (ROM)
- 1992: Kanstantsin Lukashyk (EUN)
- 1996: Boris Kokorev (RUS)
- 2000: Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL)
- 2004: Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS)
- 2008: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
- 2012: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
- 2016: Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
1 In 1896, the competition distance of the event was 30 metres.
2 In 1908, the competition distance of the event was 50 yards.