Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol


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.

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, with all shooters fitting into a single relay.
RankAthleteCountry123456TotalNotes
1Pang Wei9798100969798586Q
2Jin Jong-oh999699999497584Q
Kim Jong-su979898989796584DQ
4Jason Turner9810093969997583Q
5Leonid Yekimov959799979698582Q
6Brian Beaman9896959894100581Q
7Jakkrit Panichpatikum969698979896581Q
8Walter Lapeyre989895969995581Q
9Vigilio Fait959698989598580
10Tanyu Kiryakov969697979797580
11Tan Zongliang959897999596580
12Norayr Bakhtamyan979897979596580
13Júlio Almeida989797989595580
14Damir Mikec969895999894580
15Dilshod Mukhtarov949899999694580
16Lee Dae-myung979898999593580
17Oleg Omelchuk959896979697579
18João Costa1009597959795579
19Tomoyuki Matsuda979897979694579
20Rashid Yunusmetov949897969796578
21Hans-Jörg Meyer959793989698577
22Yury Dauhapolau999695939797577
23Susumu Kobayashi939699969697577
24Wojciech Knapik979799969593577
25Franck Dumoulin929697979797576
26Kwon Tong-hyok979595969399575
27Kanstantsin Lukashyk949597959797575
28Pavol Kopp959596969895575
29Mikhail Nestruyev969694979993575
30Kai Jahnsson939497989696574
31Sergey Babikov969695959696574
32Daniel Repacholi979796959494573
33Christoph Schmid959598979692573
34Nguyễn Mạnh Tường929997939596572
35Ivan Rybovalov959596979693572
36David Moore959493949897571
37Roger Daniel989592949696571
38Florian Schmidt949695979396571
39Yang Wang969394979794571
40Mauro Badaracchi949694969794571
41Nikola Šaranović949692969696570
42Samaresh Jung929596989693570
43Stênio Yamamoto929694979297568
44Iulian Raicea939795959691567
45Yusuf Dikeç939793959494566
46Philip Elhage939993939494566
47Mahmod Abdelaly949493939297563
48Edirisinghe Senanayake919493919498561

DQ Disqualified – Q Qualified for final

Final

The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time.
RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalShoot-offNotes
5869.310.310.510.310.410.310.710.410.79.3102.2688.2
9.59.910.610.39.410.210.110.89.99.8100.5684.5
5838.810.410.610.110.59.59.710.88.910.099.010.5
410.010.310.310.010.49.110.010.110.49.7101.0682.010.3
558210.210.38.79.810.49.59.210.010.69.898.5680.5
69.710.39.410.79.410.39.69.210.410.399.3680.3
79.99.69.29.89.710.310.49.110.89.298.0679.0
89.210.210.59.910.39.510.28.910.310.099.0683.0DQ

DQ Disqualified