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Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Jean Quiquampoix
VenueAsaka Shooting Range
Dates1 August 2021 (qualifying course 1)
2 August 2021 (qualifying course 2 and final)
Competitors27 from 19 nations
Winning score34
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean Quiquampoix  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leuris Pupo  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Yuehong  China
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The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 1 and 2 August 2021 at the Asaka Shooting Range.[1] Approximately 30 shooters from 20 nations are expected to compete in the rapid fire pistol, with the precise number depending on how many shooters compete in multiple events.[2]

Background

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This will be the 26th of what has been standardised in 1948 as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years.[3] The first five events were quite different, with some level of consistency finally beginning with the 1932 event—which, though it had differences from the 1924 competition, was roughly similar. The 1936 competition followed the 1932 one quite closely.[4] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again.[5] The 1984 Games introduced women's-only shooting events, including the ISSF 25 meter pistol (though this is more similar to the non-Olympic men's ISSF 25 meter center-fire pistol than the rapid fire pistol).

Of the six finalists from 2016, one has been announced as a returning competitor. Jean Quiquampoix of France earned a qualifying spot at the 2018 World Championships and has been selected by his NOC. Three other 2016 finalists (gold medalist Christian Reitz of Germany, fifth-place finisher Leuris Pupo of Cuba, and sixth-place finisher Riccardo Mazzetti of Italy) have earned quota spots but their NOCs have not announced selections yet. The remaining two (bronze medalist Li Yuehong and fourth-place finisher Zhang Fusheng of China) saw other shooters from their NOC earn spots; the NOC has not announced its selections yet.

The United States has earned a qualifying spot and is expected to make its 22nd appearance, most of any nation.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two shooters if the NOC earns enough quota sports or has enough double starter-qualified shooters. To compete, a shooter needs a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). Once a shooter is using a quota spot in any shooting event, they can enter any other shooting event for which they have achieved the MQS as well (a double starter qualification). There are 29 quota spots available for the rapid fire pistol (significantly increased since the elimination of the 50 metre pistol after 2016). They are: 4 for the 2018 World Championships, 8 for 2019 World Cup events,[6] 13 from continental events (4 each from Asia and Europe, 3 from the Americas, and 1 each from Africa and Oceania), 1 for the host nation (Japan),[7] 2 from Tripartite Commission invitations, and 1 from world ranking.

The MQS for the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol for 2020 is 560.[8]

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed some of the events for qualifying for shooting, though many had been complete before the effects were felt.

Competition format

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The competition format will continue to use the two-round (qualifying round and final) format, as in 1988 and since 1996, with the final format introduced in 2012. The 2005 rules changes required the pistols used to be sport pistols, banning .22 Short cartridges.

The qualifying round from 1988 onward was essentially the same as the full competition format from 1948 to 1984. Each shooter fired 60 shots. These were done in two courses of 30; each course consisted of two stages of 15; each stage consisted of three series of 5. In each stage, the time limit for each series was 8 seconds for the first, 6 seconds for the second, and 4 seconds for the third.

The 1988 tournament had added a two-series final for the top eight shooters; the 1992 competition broke that down to a four-series semifinal for the top eight and two-series final for the top four. In 1996 and 2000, the top eight once again advanced to the final. The 2004 version had reduced the number of finalists to six, where it stayed in 2008 and 2012.

Prior to 2008, the final involved two series of 5 shots at 4 seconds. In 2008, that was expanded to four series. The 2012 competition used an entirely different format, however, which remained in effect in 2016 and 2020. The competition switched to a "hit-or-miss" system, where a 9.7 or better scores as a "hit" for 1 point and anything lower scores as a "miss" for 0 points. The final featured 8 series of 5 shots each (5 points maximum per series, 40 points maximum total). However, starting with the fourth series, the remaining shooter with the lowest total was eliminated after each series (5 shooters remaining in the fifth series, 4 in the sixth, 3 in the seventh, and only 2 in the eighth and final series).

The 1992 competition had introduced round targets rather than the silhouettes used from 1948 to 1988 as well as many pre-World War II versions of the event. Score, rather than hits, had been used as the primary ranking method since 1960.[9][10]

Records

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

Qualifying records
World record  Christian Reitz (GER)
 Kim Jun-hong (KOR)
593 Osijek, Croatia
Beijing, China
30 July 2013
6 July 2014
Olympic record  Alexei Klimov (RUS) 592 London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012
Final records
World record  Kim Jun-hong (KOR) 38 Changwon, South Korea 25 April 2018
Olympic record  Leuris Pupo (CUB) 34 London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012

Schedule

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The competition is held over two days, Sunday, 1 August and Monday, 2 August. The first half of the qualifying round is the first day; the second half of the qualifying round as well as the final is on the second day.[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 1 August 2021 8:30 Qualifying: Course 1
Monday, 2 August 2021 8:30 Qualifying: Course 2
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Shooter Nation Course 1 Course 2 Total[11] Notes
8s 6s 4s Total 8s 6s 4s Total
1 Christian Reitz  Germany 100 98 98 296 98 99 94 291 587-18x Q
2 Jean Quiquampoix  France 100 99 98 297 98 98 93 289 586-24x Q
3 Han Dae-yoon  South Korea 97 99 99 295 98 98 94 290 585-22x Q
4 Lin Junmin  China 97 100 97 294 97 99 94 290 584-20x Q
5 Leuris Pupo  Cuba 98 99 93 290 99 99 95 293 583-21x Q
6 Li Yuehong  China 96 99 97 292 96 100 94 290 582-28x Q
7 Clément Bessaguet  France 100 100 97 297 99 93 93 285 582-22x
8 Dai Yoshioka  Japan 95 98 97 290 100 99 93 292 582-17x
9 Pavlo Korostylov  Ukraine 97 96 93 286 99 99 96 294 580-17x
10 Ghulam Mustafa Bashir  Pakistan 99 98 96 293 99 95 92 286 579-14x
11 Leonid Yekimov  ROC 96 99 94 289 98 97 94 289 578-21x
12 Jorge Álvarez  Cuba 98 97 92 287 100 98 93 291 578-17x
13 Oliver Geis  Germany 96 96 93 285 96 99 97 292 577-24x
14 Tommaso Chelli  Italy 94 98 96 288 95 98 96 289 577-16x
15 Muhammad Khalil Akhtar  Pakistan 98 96 92 286 97 94 95 286 572-19x
16 Riccardo Mazzetti  Italy 94 97 94 285 99 96 92 287 572-16x
17 Sergei Evglevski  Australia 94 96 95 285 97 96 94 287 572-14x
18 Marko Carrillo  Peru 99 92 97 288 96 97 91 284 572-11x
19 Peeter Olesk  Estonia 95 94 95 284 99 96 93 288 572-10x
20 Isaranuudom Phurihiranphat  Thailand 97 97 92 286 97 94 93 284 570-13x
21 Ruslan Lunev  Azerbaijan 98 93 90 281 95 95 96 286 567-11x
22 Henry Leverett  United States 98 94 92 284 93 97 92 282 566-9x
23 Enkhtaivany Davaakhüü  Mongolia 98 94 91 283 99 89 94 282 565-18x
24 Özgür Varlık  Turkey 98 97 86 281 96 95 83 274 555-10x
25 Jack Leverett III  United States 98 92 86 276 96 95 85 276 552-15x
26 Bernardo Tobar Prado  Colombia 93 96 85 274 93 88 91 272 546-12x
Song Jong-ho  South Korea Disqualified[12]

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Series[13] Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean Quiquampoix  France 4 7 12 17 21 25 30 34 =OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leuris Pupo  Cuba 3 8 12 16 19 24 27 29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Yuehong  China 3 7 11 15 19 22* 26
4 Han Dae-yoon  South Korea 3 8 12 15 19 22* SO
5 Christian Reitz  Germany 3 7 11 14 18
6 Lin Junmin  China 2 5 8 12

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shooting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Shooting" (PDF). International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Originally 2 spots in each of 4 events, but the spots from the New Delhi event were revoked and reassigned to the Beijing and Munich events (for a total of 3 each), while the Rio de Janeiro event stayed at 2. ISSF.
  7. ^ Because Japan qualified through the Asian championships, this place is reallocated.
  8. ^ "The IOC Executive Board approved updated ISSF Qualification System for Tokyo". ISSF. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Pistol". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Pistol Rules" (PDF). International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Shooting – 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men – Qualification Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Shooting – 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men – Qualification - Stage 1 – Official Communication" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Shooting – 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men – Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.