The men's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 9 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall, and was won by the reigning World champion, Pang Wei of the host country, who thus became the first male gold medal winner of the Beijing Olympics.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol, upgrading Turner from fourth to third place.bbc.co.uk Athletes stripped of medals for doping
Records The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round The qualification round was held between 12:00 and 13:45 China Standard Time (UTC+8), with all shooters fitting into a single relay.
RankAthleteCountry1 23456TotalNotes 1 Pang Wei 97 98 100 96 97 98 586 Q 2 Jin Jong-oh 99 96 99 99 94 97 584 Q Kim Jong-su 97 98 98 98 97 96 584 DQ 4 Jason Turner 98 100 93 96 99 97 583 Q 5 Leonid Yekimov 95 97 99 97 96 98 582 Q 6 Brian Beaman 98 96 95 98 94 100 581 Q 7 Jakkrit Panichpatikum 96 96 98 97 98 96 581 Q 8 Walter Lapeyre 98 98 95 96 99 95 581 Q 9 Vigilio Fait 95 96 98 98 95 98 580 10 Tanyu Kiryakov 96 96 97 97 97 97 580 11 Tan Zongliang 95 98 97 99 95 96 580 12 Norayr Bakhtamyan 97 98 97 97 95 96 580 13 Júlio Almeida 98 97 97 98 95 95 580 14 Damir Mikec 96 98 95 99 98 94 580 15 Dilshod Mukhtarov 94 98 99 99 96 94 580 16 Lee Dae-myung 97 98 98 99 95 93 580 17 Oleg Omelchuk 95 98 96 97 96 97 579 18 João Costa 100 95 97 95 97 95 579 19 Tomoyuki Matsuda 97 98 97 97 96 94 579 20 Rashid Yunusmetov 94 98 97 96 97 96 578 21 Hans-Jörg Meyer 95 97 93 98 96 98 577 22 Yury Dauhapolau 99 96 95 93 97 97 577 23 Susumu Kobayashi 93 96 99 96 96 97 577 24 Wojciech Knapik 97 97 99 96 95 93 577 25 Franck Dumoulin 92 96 97 97 97 97 576 26 Kwon Tong-hyok 97 95 95 96 93 99 575 27 Kanstantsin Lukashyk 94 95 97 95 97 97 575 28 Pavol Kopp 95 95 96 96 98 95 575 29 Mikhail Nestruyev 96 96 94 97 99 93 575 30 Kai Jahnsson 93 94 97 98 96 96 574 31 Sergey Babikov 96 96 95 95 96 96 574 32 Daniel Repacholi 97 97 96 95 94 94 573 33 Christoph Schmid 95 95 98 97 96 92 573 34 Nguyễn Mạnh Tường 92 99 97 93 95 96 572 35 Ivan Rybovalov 95 95 96 97 96 93 572 36 David Moore 95 94 93 94 98 97 571 37 Roger Daniel 98 95 92 94 96 96 571 38 Florian Schmidt 94 96 95 97 93 96 571 39 Yang Wang 96 93 94 97 97 94 571 40 Mauro Badaracchi 94 96 94 96 97 94 571 41 Nikola Šaranović 94 96 92 96 96 96 570 42 Samaresh Jung 92 95 96 98 96 93 570 43 Stênio Yamamoto 92 96 94 97 92 97 568 44 Iulian Raicea 93 97 95 95 96 91 567 45 Yusuf Dikeç 93 97 93 95 94 94 566 46 Philip Elhage 93 99 93 93 94 94 566 47 Mahmod Abdelaly 94 94 93 93 92 97 563 48 Edirisinghe Senanayake 91 94 93 91 94 98 561
DQ Disqualified – Q Qualified for final
Final The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8).
RankAthleteQual1 2345678910FinalTotalShoot-offNotes5869.310.310.510.310.410.310.710.410.79.3102.2688.29.59.910.610.39.410.210.110.89.99.8100.5684.55838.810.410.610.110.59.59.710.88.910.099.010.5410.010.310.310.010.49.110.010.110.49.7101.0682.010.3558210.210.38.79.810.49.59.210.010.69.898.5680.569.710.39.410.79.410.39.69.210.410.399.3680.379.99.69.29.89.710.310.49.110.89.298.0679.089.210.210.59.910.39.510.28.910.310.099.0683.0DQ
DQ Disqualified
References
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