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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sydney International Shooting Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 16 September 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 688.9 (OR) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| Qualification records | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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
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DQ Disqualified – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
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 Franck Dumoulin (FRA)
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590 | 98.9 | 688.9 | OR |
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Wang Yifu (CHN)
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590 | 96.9 | 686.9 | |
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 Igor Basinski (BLR)
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583 | 99.7 | 682.7 | |
| 4 |  Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS)
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583 | 99.3 | 682.3 | |
| 5 | Stéphane Gagne (FRA)
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581 | 101.0 | 682.0 | |
| 6 |  Roberto Di Donna (ITA)
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581 | 99.5 | 680.5 | |
| 7 |  João Costa (POR)
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581 | 98.4 | 679.4 | |
| 8 |  Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL)
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581 | 95.8 | 676.8 |
OR Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
Sources
[edit]- Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad — Shooting (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2008.
Olympic champions in men's 10 metre air pistol | |
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