Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 12 and 13 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center.[1] There were 26 competitors from 20 nations.[2] The event was won by Christian Reitz of Germany, the nation's first victory in the event and fifth overall (most of any nation). Reitz, the bronze medalist in 2008, was the 12th man to win multiple medals in the rapid fire pistol. Jean Quiquampoix of France took silver, the nation's first medal in the event since 1900. China took bronze, just as in 2012, this time by Li Yuehong.

Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Aerial view of the National Shooting Center in Deodoro, where the Men's 25m rapid fire pistol took place.
VenueNational Shooting Center
Dates12–13 August 2016
Competitors26 from 20 nations
Winning score34
Medalists
Christian Reitz
 Germany
Jean Quiquampoix
 France
Li Yuehong
 China

The medals were presented by Austin Sealy, IOC member, Barbados and Franz Schreiber, Secretary General of the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Background

This was the 25th appearance of what had 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.[2] 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).

Three of the six finalists from 2012 returned: gold medalist Leuris Pupo of Cuba, fourth-place finisher Alexei Klimov of Russia, and sixth place finisher (and 2008 bronze medalist) Christian Reitz of Germany. For the first time since 1984, Ralf Schumann was not competing. The 2014 world championship podium had been Korean shooter Kim Jun-hong, German shooter Oliver Geis, and Chinese shooter Li Yuehong. Kim and Reitz shared the world record for the qualifying round.[2]

Azerbaijan and Estonia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to two shooters if the NOC earned enough quota sports or had enough crossover-qualified shooters. To compete, a shooter needed a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS). Once a shooter was using a quota spot in any shooting event, they could enter any other shooting event for which they had achieved the MQS as well (a crossover qualification). There were 18 quota spots available for the rapid fire pistol: 1 for the host nation (Brazil), 2 at the 2014 World Championship, 8 at the 2015 World Cup events (2 spots at each of 4 events), and 7 for continental events (2 each for Europe and Asia, 1 each for Americas, Africa, and Oceania). Four additional quota places were added through exchange from other events, a Tripartite Commission invitation, and re-allocation of unused quota. In 2016, four crossover qualifications (sharply increased from the one per year the last few Games) were used in the rapid fire pistol, 3 from the 10 metre air pistol and 1 from the 50 metre pistol.

Competition format

The competition format continued 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 1948–1984. 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. 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.[2][6]

Records

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

Qualifying records
World record Christian Reitz (GER)
 Kim Jun-hong (KOR)
593Osijek, Croatia
Beijing, China
30 July 2013
6 July 2014
Olympic record Alexei Klimov (RUS)592London, United Kingdom3 August 2012
Final records
World record Riccardo Mazzetti (ITA)
 Leonid Ekimov (RUS)
 Alexei Klimov (RUS)
35Beijing, China
Gabala, Azerbaijan
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 July 2014
24 October 2014
23 April 2016
Olympic record Leuris Pupo (CUB)34London, United Kingdom3 August 2012

Christian Reitz matched the Olympic records in both the qualifying and final rounds.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Friday, 12 August 2016Qualifying: Course 1
Saturday, 13 August 2016 
12:30
Qualifying: Course 2
Final

Results

Qualifying

RankShooterNationCourse 1Course 2TotalXsNotes
8 seconds6 seconds4 secondsTotal8 seconds6 seconds4 secondsTotal
1 Christian Reitz  Germany 1009997296 1001009629659227Q, =OR
2 Zhang Fusheng  China 999994292 100999929859027Q
3 Jean Quiquampoix  France 999896293 99999529358619Q
4 Riccardo Mazzetti  Italy 989896292 97999829458618Q
5 Li Yuehong  China 979796290 97999829458423Q
6 Leuris Pupo  Cuba 9510095290 100989529358319Q
7 Gurpreet Singh  India 1009990289 97989729258124
8 Kim Jun-hong  South Korea 989792287 99989729458119
9 Alexei Klimov  Russia 989794289 98969829258116
10 Keith Sanderson  United States 999497290 98999329058019
11 Roman Bondaruk  Ukraine 979693286 100989529357918
12 Emil Milev  United States 969791284 100989629457819
13 Emerson Duarte  Brazil 989790285 991009429357819
14 Jorge Llames  Spain 979992288 98969528957714
15 Ruslan Lunev  Azerbaijan 949797288 97969428757517
16 Pavlo Korostylov  Ukraine 969998293 99968628157418
17 Oliver Geis  Germany 979995291 94969128157222
18 Ghulam Mustafa Bashir  Pakistan 979496287 98949228457112
19 Eita Mori  Japan 979691284 95979428657013
20 Piotr Daniluk  Poland 979794288 97958727956712
21 Kang Min-su  South Korea 979485276 98959528856419
22 Teruyoshi Akiyama  Japan 989694288 95938827656418
23 Ahmed Shaban  Egypt 969290278 9695932845626
24 Marko Carrillo  Peru 949583272 96979228555714
25 Peeter Olesk  Estonia 929286270 9595932835538
26 David Chapman  Australia 989576269 95969128255118

Final

Rank AthleteNation 1 2 3 4 Int 5 Int 6 Int 7 Int 8 Total Notes
Christian Reitz Germany 5 4 4 4 17 4 21 4 25 4 29 5 34 =OR
Jean Quiquampoix France 2 4 5 3 14 5 19 5 24 3 27 3 30
Li Yuehong China 3 5 4 4 16 4 20 2 22 5 27 N/A
4 Zhang Fusheng China 5 4 5 4 18 2 20 1 21 N/A
5 Leuris Pupo Cuba 5 3 3 4 15 3 18 N/A
6 Riccardo Mazzetti Italy 2 2 4 2 10 N/A

References

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  2. "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men's". Olympedia. 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.
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