Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol

Men's 10 metre air pistol
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Shooting Centre
Date16 September 2000
Competitors43 from 30 nations
Winning score688.9 (OR)
Medalists
   France
   China
   Belarus
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 10 metre air pistol competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 16 September, the day after the opening ceremony. Franck Dumoulin and Wang Yifu both reached 590 points in the qualification round of 60 shots, raising the Olympic record by three points. Although both shooters performed considerably worse in the final, their seven-point gap to the bronze medal was quite safe. Dumoulin outperformed Wang by two points, setting a new final Olympic record.

Records

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

Qualification records
World record  Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) 593 Munich, West Germany 13 October 1989
Olympic record  Wang Yifu (CHN) 587 Atlanta, United States 20 July 1996
Final records
World record  Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) 695.1 (593+102.1) Munich, West Germany 13 October 1989
Olympic record  Wang Yifu (CHN) 684.8 Barcelona, Spain 28 July 1992

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1Wang Yifu China 590Q OR
2Franck Dumoulin France 590Q OR
3Mikhail Nestruyev Russia 583Q
4Igor Basinski Belarus 583Q
5João Costa Portugal 581Q
6Roberto Di Donna Italy 581Q
7Stéphane Gagne France 581Q
8Tanyu Kiryakov Bulgaria 581Q
9Vladimir Gontcharov Russia 579
9Dilshod Mukhtarov Uzbekistan 579
11Sorin Babii Romania 578
11Jerzy Pietrzak Poland 578
11Tan Zongliang China 578
11Martin Tenk Czech Republic 578
15Michael Douglass United States 577
15Kanstantsin Lukashyk Belarus 577
17Jan Fabo Slovakia 576
17Dionissios Georgakopoulos Greece 576
17Yuri Melentiev Kyrgyzstan 576
20Hans-Jürgen Bauer-Neumaier Germany 575
20Artur Gevorgjan Germany 575
20Paolo Ranno Italy 575
23William Demarest United States 574
23Vladimir Guchsha Kazakhstan 574
25Masaru Nakashige Japan 573
26Boris Kokorev Russia 572
27Vigilio Fait Italy 571
27Tarek Riad Egypt 571
29Lajos Pálinkás Hungary 570
30Felipe Beuvrin Venezuela 569
30Iulian Raicea Romania 569
32David Moore Australia 567
33Norbelis Bárzaga Cuba 566
34Friedhelm Sack Namibia 565
34Sergio Werner Sanchez Gomez Guatemala 565
36Noriyuki Nishitani Japan 564
37Ricardo Chandeck Panama 562
38David Porter Australia 561
39Chris Rice Virgin Islands 560
40Christian Munoz Ortega Chile 559
41Luis Mendez Uruguay 556
42Istvan Jambrik Hungary 555
Alexander Danilov Israel DQ

DQ Disqualified – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
1st Franck Dumoulin (FRA) 590 98.9688.9OR
2nd Wang Yifu (CHN) 590 96.9686.9
3rd Igor Basinski (BLR) 583 99.7682.7
4 Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) 583 99.3682.3
5 Stéphane Gagne (FRA) 581101.0682.0
6 Roberto Di Donna (ITA) 581 99.5680.5
7 João Costa (POR) 581 98.4679.4
8 Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) 581 95.8676.8

OR Olympic record

References

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