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The distance of the Free Pistol event was 30 metres initially. This was because 30 metres was used in the German Championship, the most important competition at the time. Starting from the 1900 Olympics, which also served as the first world championship for Free Pistol, the distance was set to 50 metres.
"Free" pistol is used to distinguish between other pistol disciplines (air, rapid fire, standard, sport, military/centre-fire). The competition was first held at the inaugural 1896 Olympics (at 30 metres) and then held at 50 metres (or yards, in 1908) each time that shooting was on the programme (that is, excluding 1904) until 1920.
25 m rapid fire pistol: Qual. 592 Alexei Klimov Russia (RUS) 2012 London: 3 August 2012 592 Christian Reitz Germany (GER) 2016 Rio: 13 August 2016 [9] Final 34 Leuris Pupo Cuba (CUB) 2012 London: 3 August 2012 34 Christian Reitz Germany (GER) 2016 Rio: 13 August 2016 [10] 34 Jean Quiquampoix France (FRA) 2020 Tokyo: 2 August 2021 [11] 10 m air ...
Boris Kokorev set a new Olympic record after scoring 570 points in the qualification round and 96.4 in the final, winning the gold medal, while places 2 through 5 were occupied by Belarusian and Italian shooters. [1] Russia, Belarus, and Italy all received their first medal in the free pistol.
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Alfréd Hajós — who won the first Olympic gold medal in swimming in 1896 and also played for the Hungarian national football team — won a silver medal in architecture in the 1924 Olympics.
The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 10 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center. There were 41 competitors from 29 nations. [1] The event was won by Jin Jong-oh of South Korea, his third consecutive victory in the free pistol. He was the only man to win two gold medals in the event, much less three.