Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre free pistol

Mixed 50 metre pistol at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Dynamo Shooting Range
Date	20 July 1980
Competitors	33 from 19 nations
Winning score	581 (WR, OR)
Medalists
Aleksandr Melentyev   Soviet Union   Harald Vollmar   East Germany   Lyubcho Dyakov   Bulgaria

Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions		mixed
50 m rifle prone		mixed
Pistol
50 m pistol	mixed
25 m rapid fire pistol	mixed
Shotgun
Trap	mixed
Skeet	mixed
Running target
50 m running target	mixed

Switzerland’s Moritz Minder, the 1978 world champion and the world record holder with 577 points, was not in Moscow because of the American-led boycott. In his absence the gold medal was won by Aleksandr Melentyev who broke Minder’s record with 581 points. He 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.

Medal winners in 50 metre pistol. From left tor right: Harald Vollmar, Aleksandr Melentyev and Lyubcho Dyakov

Rank	Athlete	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Notes
	Aleksandr Melentyev (URS)	95	96	98	98	98	96	581	WR, OR
	Harald Vollmar (GDR)	93	93	93	97	98	94	568
	Lyubcho Dyakov (BUL)	96	92	93	92	95	97	565
4	So Gil-San (PRK)	91	97	94	93	93	97	565
5	Seppo Saarenpää (FIN)	91	98	96	94	95	91	565
6	Sergei Pyzhianov (URS)	91	96	92	96	94	95	564
7	Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)	90	94	94	95	93	97	563
8	Paavo Palokangas (FIN)	91	94	93	96	94	93	561
9	Sylvio Carvalho (BRA)	91	94	89	95	93	96	558
10	Sławomir Romanowski (POL)	89	96	82	92	95	94	558
11T	Lyuben Popov (BUL)	91	92	94	95	92	94	558
11T	Enrico Rabbachin (ITA)	88	92	95	95	97	91	558
13T	Erwin Matelski (POL)	92	95	90	92	93	95	557
13T	Lajos Nagy (HUN)	91	93	94	94	91	94	557
13T	Ivan Némethy (TCH)	96	92	95	90	93	91	557
16	Uwe Potteck (GDR)	91	91	94	93	93	94	556
17	Daniel Iuga (ROU)	95	90	92	91	95	92	555
18T	Carlos Hora (PER)	92	93	91	94	90	91	551
18T	Kim Ji-Jong (PRK)	88	93	90	93	96	91	551
20	Phan Huy Khảng (VIE)	91	89	93	93	93	91	550
21	Rudolf Seres (HUN)	93	95	88	90	90	93	549
22	Ngô Hữu Kính (VIE)	91	91	90	94	93	89	548
23	Staffan Oscarsson (SWE)	89	87	93	96	93	89	547
24	Roberto Ferraris (ITA)	96	87	91	93	95	84	546
25	Ken Stanford (IRL)	87	89	87	95	95	92	545
26	Mariano Lara (CRC)	93	89	93	88	91	88	542
27	Ian Redmond (ZIM)	83	92	91	85	89	87	527
28	Maureen Reichert (ZIM)	88	86	81	90	90	89	524
29	Rodrigo Ruiz (CRC)	84	89	84	84	79	92	512
30	Gianfranco Giardi (SMR)	89	85	83	86	84	82	509
31	Eliseo Paolini (SMR)	87	81	89	90	84	76	507
32	Souvanny Souksavath (LAO)	84	88	86	80	88	76	502
33	Syseuy (LAO)	80	81	79	85	81	75	481

OR Olympic record