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

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

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

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

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

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 Kingdom3 August 2012
Final records
World record Kim Jun-hong (KOR)38 Changwon, South Korea25 April 2018
Olympic record Leuris Pupo (CUB)34 London, United Kingdom3 August 2012

Schedule

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 20218:30Qualifying: Course 1
Monday, 2 August 20218:30Qualifying: Course 2
Final

Results

Qualifying

RankShooterNationCourse 1Course 2Total[11]Notes
8s6s4sTotal8s6s4sTotal
1Christian Reitz Germany1009898296989994291587-18xQ
2Jean Quiquampoix France1009998297989893289586-24xQ
3Han Dae-yoon South Korea979999295989894290585-22xQ
4Lin Junmin China9710097294979994290584-20xQ
5Leuris Pupo Cuba989993290999995293583-21xQ
6Li Yuehong China9699972929610094290582-28xQ
7Clément Bessaguet France10010097297999393285582-22x
8Dai Yoshioka Japan9598972901009993292582-17x
9Pavlo Korostylov Ukraine979693286999996294580-17x
10Ghulam Mustafa Bashir Pakistan999896293999592286579-14x
11Leonid Yekimov ROC969994289989794289578-21x
12Jorge Álvarez Cuba9897922871009893291578-17x
13Oliver Geis Germany969693285969997292577-24x
14Tommaso Chelli Italy949896288959896289577-16x
15Muhammad Khalil Akhtar Pakistan989692286979495286572-19x
16Riccardo Mazzetti Italy949794285999692287572-16x
17Sergei Evglevski Australia949695285979694287572-14x
18Marko Carrillo Peru999297288969791284572-11x
19Peeter Olesk Estonia959495284999693288572-10x
20Isaranuudom Phurihiranphat Thailand979792286979493284570-13x
21Ruslan Lunev Azerbaijan989390281959596286567-11x
22Henry Leverett United States989492284939792282566-9x
23Enkhtaivany Davaakhüü Mongolia989491283998994282565-18x
24Özgür Varlık Turkey989786281969583274555-10x
25Jack Leverett III United States989286276969585276552-15x
26Bernardo Tobar Prado Colombia939685274938891272546-12x
Song Jong-ho South KoreaDisqualified[12]

Final

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

  1. 1 2 "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.
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