| 50 metre pistol | |
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| Number of shots: | 60 + 10 |
| Olympic Games: | Since 1896 |
| World Championships: | Since 1900 |
| Abbreviation: | FP |
50 metre pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called free pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting types, dating back to the 19th century and only having seen marginal rule changes since the 1930s.
The pistol used must be in caliber .22 using .22 Long Rifle ammunition, may only be loaded with one round at a time, and have 'open' sights (i.e. optical and laser sights are not allowed). It must also be operated by one hand and not supported by any other part of the shooter's body. Apart from that, there are practically no rules for the pistol, explaining the former name of the event. Trigger weight may be as low as the shooter pleases, the grip may be designed in any way and there are no restrictions on size and weight. Precision pistols with long barrels, grips fitted to the shooter's hand, very light trigger pull, etc., are often themselves called free pistols.
The course of fire is 60 shots within a maximum time of two hours. The target is the same as in 25 m Standard Pistol, and with double the distance this explains the lower result level. 570 out of the maximum 600 is considered a world-class result. The current world record, 581, was achieved in the Moscow Olympics in 1980 by the USSR's Alexander Melentiev.
Most shooters excelling in 50 metre pistol also compete at the same level in 10 metre air pistol, a similar precision event.
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This event was held in 1900-2006.
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This event was held in 1900-2006.
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1900 | Friedrich Luethi Paul Probst Conrad Karl Roderer Louis Richardet Konrad Staeheli |
Louis Duffoy Maurice Marie Lecoq Achille Paroche Leon Moreaux Trinite |
Antonius Hubertus Maria Bouwens Anthony Ahasuerus Henrik Sweijs Henrik Sillem Gerardus van Haan Solko Johannes van Den Bergh |
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| 1901 | Karl Hess Paul Probst Louis Richardet Conrad Karl Roderer Konrad Staeheli |
Louis Duffoy Maurice Faure Achille Paroche Raphael Py Trinite |
Borgogelli L. Cristoforo Buttafava Giuliozzi G. Righini A. Tagliabue R. |
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| 1902 | Karl Hess Lang J. Conrad Karl Roderer Roch A. Konrad Staeheli |
Castellano P. Righini A. Sandri G. Tagliabue R. Tavelli L. |
Caurette Louis Duffoy Leon Moreaux Raphael Py Athanase Sartori |
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| 1903 | Marcelo de Alvear T. Angel Velaz Jorge Lubary Benjamin Segura Andres Del Pino |
Attilio Conti Pederzoli A. Righini A. Tavelli L. Cesare Valerio |
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| 1904 | Karl Hess Paul Probst Louis Richardet Conrad Karl Roderer Konrad Staeheli |
Jose Fernandez Marcelo de Alvear T. Alberto Pero Pedro Partarrie Benjamin Segura |
Caurette Jean Fouconnier Molinie-Paget Leon Moreaux Raphael Py |
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| 1905 | Julien van Asbroeck Paul van Asbroeck Rene Englebert Charles Paumier de Verger Victor Robert |
Mathias Brunner Jaques F. Karl Hess Louis Richardet Konrad Staeheli |
Andre Barbillat Andre de Castelbajac Jean Depassis Louvier Leon Moreaux |
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| 1906 | Rene Englebert Charles Paumier de Verger Julien van Asbroeck Victor Robert Paul van Asbroeck |
Louis Richardet Conrad Karl Roderer Konrad Staeheli Schalcher J. Karl Hess |
Andre Barbillat Jean Fouconnier Louvier Leon Moreaux Raphael Py |
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| 1907 | Julien van Asbroeck Paul van Asbroeck Charles Paumier de Verger Victor Robert Reginald Storms |
Mathias Brunner Karl Hess Schalcher J. Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer |
Andre Barbillat Andre de Castelbajac Jean Depassis Leon Moreaux Raphael Py |
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| 1908 | Cristoforo Buttafava Daniele Bonicelli Gian Galeazzo Cantoni Raffaele Frasca Righini A. |
Julien van Asbroeck Paul van Asbroeck Charles Paumier de Verger Reginald Storms Victor Robert |
Andre Barbillat Andre de Castelbajac Duvoir Leon Moreaux Andre Regaud |
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| 1909 | Gerhard Bock Richard Fischer Eduard Ehricht Eduard Schmeisser Vogel J. |
Mathias Brunner Karl Hess Conrad Karl Roderer Konrad Staeheli Wanner E. |
Andre Barbillat Maurice Faure Leon Moreaux Andre Regaud Raphael Py |
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| 1910 | Rene Englebert Charles Paumier de Verger Paul van Asbroeck Norbert van Molle Wullemans |
Raffaele Frasca Mussino G. Righini A. Riccardo Ticchi Vercellone C. |
Gerhard Bock Eduard Ehricht Richard Fischer Eduard Schmeisser Vogel J. |
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| 1911 | Norbert van Molle Serruys Philippe Cammaerts Paul van Asbroeck Charles Paumier de Verger |
Gassmann Eduard Ehricht Richard Fischer Eduard Schmeisser Vogel J. |
Mathias Brunner Landry J. Conrad Karl Roderer Konrad Staeheli Caspar Widmer |
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| 1912 | Paul van Asbroeck Philippe Cammaerts Charles Paumier de Verger Norbert van Molle Serruys |
Andre Barbillat Jean Carrere Andre de Castelbajac Paul Maujean Andre Regaud |
Alfredo Galli Raffaele Frasca Moretto L. Mussino G. Riccardo Ticchi |
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| 1913 | James Howard Snook John Dietz Alfred Lane Mc Cutcheon C. Hanford P. |
Jean Carrere Girardot Léon Johnson Andre Regaud Louis Percy |
Wilhelm Carlberg Otto Christiansson Sigvard Hultcrantz Loewman Casimir Reuterskioeld |
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| 1914 | Alfredo Galli Raffaele Frasca Moretto L. Preda R. Riccardo Ticchi |
Andre Barbillat Jean Carrere Girardot Léon Johnson Andre Regaud |
Paul van Asbroeck Louis Andrieu Henri Sauveur Fils Victor Robert Serruys |
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| 1921 | Giancarlo Boriani Raffaele Frasca Franco Micheli Moretto L. Riccardo Ticchi |
Mathias Brunner Domenico Giambonini Hans Haenni Fritz Zulauf Caspar Widmer |
Léon Johnson Paul Maujean Pecchia R. Andre Regaud Louis Tetart |
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| 1922 | Robert Blum Hans Haenni Koenig F. Wilhelm Schnyder Fritz Zulauf |
Corba L. Camillo Isnardi Franco Micheli Moretto L. Riccardo Ticchi |
Irving Romaro Calkins Considine J. Karl Telford Frederick Alfred Lane Paul Raymond |
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| 1923 | Irving Romaro Calkins Dunn J. Karl Telford Frederick Charles Price Wescott R. G. |
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| 1924 | Mathias Brunner Robert Blum Hans Haenni Koenig F. Wilhelm Schnyder |
Andre de Castelbajac Keller-Dorian Paul Maujean Gilles Petit Veyssiere |
Frederiksen F. Jensen C. Christian Lehrman Lars Joergen Madsen Christen Moeller |
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| 1925 | Andre Charles Des Jamonnieres J. Keller-Dorian Pecchia R. Gilles Petit Louis Tetart |
Balmer F. Robert Blum Hans Haenni Koenig F. Wilhelm Schnyder |
Frederiksen F. Jensen C. Niels Hansen Ditlev Larsen Christian Lehrman Christen Moeller |
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| 1927 | Balmer F. Robert Blum Wilhelm Schnyder August Wiederkehr Fritz Zulauf |
Boll A. Christian Lehrman Moeller P. Christen Moeller Erik Saetter-Lassen |
Antonio Bonilla Sanmartin Jose Bento Lopez Luis Calvet Sandoz Julio Castro Del Rosario Martinez G. |
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| 1928 | Robert Blum Jakob Fisher Wilhelm Schnyder August Wiederkehr Fritz Zulauf |
Luis Calvet Sandoz Jose Bento Lopez Julio Castro Del Rosario Martinez G. Romero C. |
Andre de Castelbajac Andre Charles Des Jamonnieres J. Keller-Dorian Pecchia R. |
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| 1929 | Robert Blum Jakob Fisher Lean Revilliod de Bude Wilhelm Schnyder Fritz Zulauf |
Jose Bento Lopez Luis Calvet Sandoz Esquena J. Martinez G. Romero C. |
Marcel Bonin Andre de Castelbajac Andre Charles Des Jamonnieres J. Gremeaux P. Regis G. |
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| 1930 | Flueckiger E. Severin Crivelli Lean Revilliod de Bude Wilhelm Schnyder Fritz Zulauf |
Marcel Bonin Andre Charles Des Jamonnieres J. Gantier Gremeaux P. Regis G. |
Boll A. Jensen C. Niels Hansen Ditlev Larsen Christian Lehrman Axel Lerche |
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| 1931 | Flueckiger E. Severin Crivelli Lean Revilliod de Bude Wilhelm Schnyder Fritz Zulauf |
Marcel Bonin Andre de Castelbajac Andre Charles Des Jamonnieres J. Gremeaux P. Neveu |
Granholm A. Viktor Miinalainen Karl Gustaf Svensson Timonen S. Vilenius |
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| 1933 | Andres E. Bullo F. Flueckiger E. Severin Crivelli Wilhelm Schnyder |
Brion M. Marcel Bonin Andre Charles Des Jamonnieres J. Rene Koch Neveu |
Botllan Jose Bento Lopez Esquena J. Martinez G. Romero C. |
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| 1935 | Andres E. Flueckiger E. Severin Crivelli Leibundgut F. Walter Buechi |
Giancarlo Boriani Capone B. Stefano Margotti Maresca C. Ugo Pistolesi |
Beltzner H. Erich Krempel Lorenz G. Emil Martin Paul Wehner |
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| 1937 | Walter Buechi Flueckiger E. Severin Crivelli Gaemperli H. Schaffner W. |
Klaus Henrik Lahti Aatto Johannes Nuora Jaakko Eliel Rintanen Suokontu K. Tapio Vartiovaara |
Gustaf Bergstroem Gustafsson B. Helge Meuller Torsten Elis Ullman von Tooth G. |
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| 1939 | Heinz Ambuehl Andres E. Walter Buechi Flueckiger E. Muster W. |
Gustaf Bergstroem Gustafsson B. Kristian Sjoeberg Torsten Elis Ullman von Tooth G. |
Kraft W. Erich Krempel Krempel F. Emil Martin Paul Wehner |
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| 1947 | Oscar Bidegain Pablo Cagnasso Federico Gruben Federico Manes Alberto Martijena |
Sven Lundquist Sture Nordlund Schoett G. Karl Axel Wallen Torsten Elis Ullman |
Heinz Ambuehl Flueckiger E. Schaffner W. Beat Rhyner Alexander Specker |
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| 1949 | Oscar Bidegain Pablo Cagnasso Antonio Cannavo Federico Gruben Alberto Martijena |
Hugo Lundqvist Sven Lundquist Sture Nordlund Goesta Pihl Torsten Elis Ullman |
Huelet Leo Benner Hancock W. Logie C. Harry Wendell Reeves Toney W. |
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| 1952 | Aeke Lindblom Sture Nordlund Hugo Lundqvist Schoett G. Torsten Elis Ullman |
Heinz Ambuehl Heinrich Keller Beat Rhyner Rudolf Schnyder Alexander Specker |
Veli-Jussi Hoelsoe Klaus Henrik Lahti Leonard Ravilo Oiva Kalerva Tylli Widnaes S. |
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| 1954 | Vladimir Demin Anton Jasinsky Konstantin Martazov Evgeni Polikanin Lev Vainshtein |
Anthony R. Huelet Leo Benner John Dodds Harry Wendell Reeves Offutt Pinion |
Aeke Lindblom Leif Uno Larsson Hugo Lundqvist Preutz G. Torsten Elis Ullman |
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| 1958 | Alexei Gustchin Anton Jasinsky Makhmud Umarov Lev Vainshtein Anatoli Zapolski |
William Blankenship Nelson Hayford Lincoln Miller D. Offutt Pinion Raymond Sutherland |
Jiri Hrnecek Vladimir Kudrna Karel Mucha Frantisek Maxa Josef Svab |
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| 1962 | Mihail Akulov Alexei Gustchin Grigori Kosych Vladimir Stolipin |
William Blankenship Lloyd Burchett Franklin Green Frederik Schaser |
Ludwig Hemauer Frederic Michel Albert Spaeni Ernst Stoll |
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| 1966 | Grigori Kosych Evgeni Raskazov Vladimir Stolipin Albert Udachin |
Ludwig Hemauer Fritz Lehmann Albert Spaeni Ernst Stoll |
Jozef Frydel Henryk Siek Rajmund Stachurski Jozef Zapedzki |
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| 1970 | Grigori Kosych Vladimir Stolipin Anatoli Egrishin Boris Yermakov |
Helmut Artelet Harald Vollmar Heinz Szurlies Gert Schreiber |
Karol Chodkiewicz Zbigniew Fedyczak Pawel Malek Rajmund Stachurski |
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| 1974 | Anatoli Egrishin Grigori Kosych Igor Raenko Georgi Zapolskich |
Vladimir Hyka Hynek Hromada Ivan Nemethy Milos Stefan |
Hubert Garschall Hans-Peter Schmidt Othmar Schneider Heinz Tschabrun |
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| 1978 | Herbert Binder Roman Burkhard Moritz Minder Arno Rissi |
Chikafumi Hirai Mamoru Inagaki Fumihisa Semizuki Shigetoshi Tashiro |
Klaus Bolbrock Alfons Messerschmidt Udo Scharf Karl-Otto Westphalen |
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| 1982 | Anatoli Egrishin Alexsander Melentiev Sergei Sumatokhin Vladas Turla |
Erich Buljung Jimmie Mc Coy Don Nygord Eugene Ross |
Zhijian Chou Zhibo Su Ming Wang Yifu Wang |
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| 1986 | Igor Basinski Alexsander Melentiev Sergei Pyzhianov |
Benny Oestlund Pertti Paeaekkoenen Ragnar Skanaker |
Gernot Eder Michael Hochmuth Uwe Potteck |
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| 1990 | Istvan Agh Csaba Gyorik Zoltan Papanitz |
Igor Basinski Alexsander Melentiev Sergei Pyzhianov |
Bengt Kamis Benny Oestlund Ragnar Skanaker |
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| 1994 | Oleksandr Bliznuchenko Volodymyr Ivanchuk Victor Makarov |
Boris Kokorev Sergei Pyzhianov Sergei Poliakov |
Jinbao Li Yifu Wang Haifeng Xu |
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| 1998 | Yifu Wang Dan Xu Zongliang Tan |
Mikhail Nestruev Boris Kokorev Vladimir Gontcharov |
Igor Basinski Siarhei Yurusau Kanstantsin Lukashyk |
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| 2002 | Zongliang Tan Yifu Wang Dan Xu |
Vladimir Gontcharov Mikhail Nestruev Boris Kokorev |
Victor Makarov Oleg Dronov Ivan Rybovalov |
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| 2006 | Zongliang Tan Zhongzai Lin Xiao Wu |
Vladimir Gontcharov Vladimir Isakov Mikhail Nestruev |
Francesco Bruno Vigilio Fait Giuseppe Giordano |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 60 | |
| 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |
| 3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 8 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 34 | |
| 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 17 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 92 | 91 | 90 | 273 | |
| Current world records in 50 metre pistol | ||||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 581 | July 20, 1980 | Moscow (URS) | edit | |||
| Final | 676.2 | June 4, 2000 | Milan (ITA) | edit | ||||
| Teams | 1719 | September 7, 1985 | Osijek (YUG) | edit | ||||
| Junior Men | Individual | 577 | August 9, 1990 | Moscow (URS) | edit | |||
| Teams | 1666 | August 4, 1988 | Joensuu (FIN) | edit | ||||
There are no double Olympic champions in 50 metre pistol. World Championships were held annually up to the 1930s, which made a few long streaks possible, but after World War II few shooters have been able to win two major worldwide titles.
Another rare double is that between this precision event and its direct opposite 25 metre rapid fire pistol; this has only been accomplished by Alfred Lane (completed in 1912), Torsten Ullman (1939), Huelet Benner (1952) and Pentti Linnosvuo (1964), with Lane and Linnosvuo using only Olympic titles. Benner, on the other hand, is the only shooter with two titles in both events.
1 The Olympic competitions in Paris also counted as the 1900 World Championships.
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