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Ohio will try to add to its Olympic medal count this summer ... (Shooting, Steubenville): Team free pistol 50 meters. Bud Fisher (Shooting, Youngstown): Free rifle three positions, team free rifle ...
"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.
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.
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.
The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 5 August 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks. There were 38 competitors from 27 nations. [1] The event was won by Jin Jong-oh of South Korea, the second of his three consecutive victories in the free pistol. He was the first (and, since the event has been discontinued ...
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 30 metre pistol; Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol; Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 yard pistol; Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol; Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol
The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol (then called free pistol) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the second Olympic free pistol competition to feature final shooting, after an abortive attempt in 1960. [1] There were 43 competitors from 31 nations. [2] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the ...
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