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Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men

Date	5 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, London
Participants	38 from 27 countries

Jin Jong-O came into London as the defending champion in the free pistol, and he had already won a gold medal in London in the air pistol. In this event he had a close battle with his teammate Choi Yeong-Rae, defeating him on the final shot to repeat as gold medalist. Choi had the led the qualifiers, taking a three-point lead into the final. On the final shot, Jin scored 10.2 to Choi’s 8.1 to win by ½-a-point. This made Korea the first nation since the Soviet Union in 1960 to go 1-2 in this event.

Jin’s victory was historic in a number of ways. Most importantly, this made Jin the first shooter to ever win three individual gold medals in Olympic shooting. He also became the first shooter to win two gold medals at one Olympics since Unified Team shooter Marina Dobrancheva-Logvinenko in 1992, and only the second shooter to do so since 1924, back when there were numerous team events. In fact, Jin became only the seventh shooter to win two individual gold medals at one Olympics, following Dobrancheva-Logvinenko and five shooters from 1906-20. This was also his third consecutive medal in the event, as he had also won a silver in 2004.

The world #1 seed Damir Mikec of Serbia placed only 16th in qualifying, after a disappointing 90 in his second series. Five shooters tied for eighth in qualifying and had to shoot-off for the finals, which was won by Italian Giuseppe Giordano with 49.6. Losing out were the 2008 bronze medalist Vladimir Isakov of Russia and world #2 ranked Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying	Final
1	1496	Jin Jong-O	KOR	662.0	562 (5)	100.0 (1)	Gold
2	1493	Choi Yeong-Rae	KOR	661.5	569 (1)	92.5 (2)	Silver
3	1162	Wang Zhiwei	CHN	658.6	566 (2)	92.6 (3)	Bronze
4	1923	Hoàng Xuân Vinh	VIE	658.5	563 (4)	95.5 (4)
5	1457	Giuseppe Giordano	ITA	656.0	559 (8)	97.0 (5)
6	1763	Andrija Zlatić	SRB	655.9	564 (3)	91.9 (6)
7	1349	Christian Reitz	GER	654.3	560 (6)	94.3 (7)
8	1711	Leonid Yekimov	RUS	652.0	560 (7)	92.0 (8)
9	1670	João Costa	POR	559	559 (9)	–
10	1714	Vladimir Isakov	RUS	559	559 (10)	–
11	1470	Tomoyuki Matsuda	JPN	559	559 (11)	–
12	1851	İsmail Keleş	TUR	559	559 (12)	–
13	1849	Yusuf Dikeç	TUR	559	559 (13)	–
14	1815	Jakkrit Panichpatikum	THA	558	558 (14)	–
15	1895	Nick Mowrer	USA	558	558 (15)	–
16	1759	Damir Mikec	SRB	558	558 (16)	–
17	1351	Florian Schmidt	GER	557	557 (17)	–
18	1025	Norayr Bakhtamyan	ARM	557	557 (18)	–
19	1042	Dan Repacholi	AUS	557	557 (19)	–
20	1789	Pavol Kopp	SVK	556	556 (20)	–
21	1304	Walter Lapeyre	FRA	554	554 (21)	–
22	1264	Pablo Carrera	ESP	554	554 (22)	–
23	1792	Juraj Tužinský	SVK	554	554 (23)	–
24	1449	Francesco Bruno	ITA	553	553 (24)	–
25	1168	Zhang Tian	CHN	553	553 (25)	–
26	1288	Kai Jahnsson	FIN	552	552 (26)	–
27	1418	Ebrahim Barkhordari	IRI	552	552 (27)	–
28	1901	Daryl Szarenski	USA	550	550 (28)	–
29	1872	Oleh Omelchuk	UKR	548	548 (29)	–
30	1098	Kanstantsin Lukaschyk	BLR	547	547 (30)	–
31	1097	Andrei Kazak	BLR	547	547 (31)	–
32	1437	Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	ISL	544	544 (32)	–
33	1299	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	541	541 (33)	–
34	1480	Vyacheslav Podlesny	KAZ	540	540 (34)	–
35	1837	Roger Daniel	TTO	539	539 (35)	–
36	1369	Sergio Sánchez	GUA	533	533 (36)	–
37	1000	Arben Kucana	ALB	524	524 (37)	–
38	1589	Nikola Šaranović	MNE	524	524 (38)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	5 August 2012 — 9:00
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Inner 10s	Series 1 Points	Series 2 Points	Series 3 Points	Series 4 Points	Series 5 Points	Series 6 Points	Shoot-off Points
1	18	Choi Yeong-Rae	KOR	569	12	98	94	93	92	95	97	–	Q
2	43	Wang Zhiwei	CHN	566	8	95	95	95	98	93	90	–	Q
3	55	Andrija Zlatić	SRB	564	13	92	97	95	91	96	93	–	Q
4	48	Hoàng Xuân Vinh	VIE	563	9	94	95	96	92	92	94	–	Q
5	34	Jin Jong-O	KOR	562	14	97	95	94	91	92	93	–	Q
6	22	Christian Reitz	GER	560	12	94	94	94	95	92	91	–	Q
7	38	Leonid Yekimov	RUS	560	7	94	93	94	95	95	89	–	Q
8	27	Giuseppe Giordano	ITA	559	9	93	96	93	92	93	92	49.6	Q
9	28	João Costa	POR	559	10	93	95	97	92	91	91	49.5
10	29	Vladimir Isakov	RUS	559	11	92	98	95	91	92	91	49.0
11	25	Tomoyuki Matsuda	JPN	559	9	94	90	96	92	93	94	49.0
12	41	İsmail Keleş	TUR	559	8	94	92	94	94	94	91	46.6
13	26	Yusuf Dikeç	TUR	559	10	95	94	94	92	92	92	46.5
14	32	Jakkrit Panichpatikum	THA	558	12	95	90	90	93	96	94	–
15	45	Nick Mowrer	USA	558	11	93	93	90	93	94	95	–
16	52	Damir Mikec	SRB	558	9	92	90	94	95	94	93	–
17	30	Florian Schmidt	GER	557	12	95	94	91	94	95	88	–
18	21	Norayr Bakhtamyan	ARM	557	9	95	96	87	91	94	94	–
19	19	Dan Repacholi	AUS	557	8	94	95	90	93	90	95	–
20	40	Pavol Kopp	SVK	556	8	92	92	96	92	90	94	–
21	44	Walter Lapeyre	FRA	554	8	91	93	90	93	92	95	–
22	36	Pablo Carrera	ESP	554	7	91	94	92	91	94	92	–
23	33	Juraj Tužinský	SVK	554	7	91	97	90	90	96	90	–
24	47	Francesco Bruno	ITA	553	10	90	92	93	92	96	90	–
25	39	Zhang Tian	CHN	553	8	92	87	93	92	95	94	–
26	35	Kai Jahnsson	FIN	552	9	91	91	93	90	92	95	–
27	37	Ebrahim Barkhordari	IRI	552	4	95	89	91	94	91	92	–
28	24	Daryl Szarenski	USA	550	10	92	95	91	89	88	95	–
29	17	Oleh Omelchuk	UKR	548	5	92	89	91	91	94	91	–
30	53	Kanstantsin Lukaschyk	BLR	547	10	94	93	90	91	92	87	–
31	51	Andrei Kazak	BLR	547	8	93	88	93	91	92	90	–
32	20	Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	ISL	544	7	89	92	92	92	93	86	–
33	42	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	541	7	89	88	92	89	92	91	–
34	31	Vyacheslav Podlesny	KAZ	540	6	89	91	88	89	89	94	–
35	49	Roger Daniel	TTO	539	5	89	93	91	90	87	89	–
36	54	Sergio Sánchez	GUA	533	1	91	90	88	89	89	86	–
37	50	Arben Kucana	ALB	524	5	89	84	89	89	90	83	–
38	23	Nikola Šaranović	MNE	524	3	83	84	90	88	91	88	–

Final

Date	5 August 2012 — 12:30
Format	Top eight from Qualification advanced to the Final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Total Points	Qualification Points	Shot 1 Points	Shot 2 Points	Shot 3 Points	Shot 4 Points	Shot 5 Points	Shot 6 Points	Shot 7 Points	Shot 8 Points	Shot 9 Points	Shot 10 Points
1	5	Jin Jong-O	KOR	100.0	662.0	562	10.2	9.5	9.8	9.8	10.6	10.6	9.5	10.3	9.5	10.2
2	1	Choi Yeong-Rae	KOR	92.5	661.5	569	8.8	9.8	10.5	9.8	7.4	10.5	9.2	9.0	9.4	8.1
3	2	Wang Zhiwei	CHN	92.6	658.6	566	10.3	9.0	8.7	7.2	9.7	8.4	10.1	8.9	9.7	10.6
4	4	Hoàng Xuân Vinh	VIE	95.5	658.5	563	9.6	8.3	10.1	9.3	9.7	10.0	10.4	10.6	7.3	10.2
5	8	Giuseppe Giordano	ITA	97.0	656.0	559	9.5	10.2	10.5	9.6	8.6	9.1	10.6	10.3	9.2	9.4
6	3	Andrija Zlatić	SRB	91.9	655.9	564	8.1	10.2	8.9	9.3	7.7	9.3	10.3	10.4	10.1	7.6
7	6	Christian Reitz	GER	94.3	654.3	560	10.1	7.3	8.1	8.9	10.7	10.3	10.8	9.0	10.2	8.9
8	7	Leonid Yekimov	RUS	92.0	652.0	560	9.0	9.1	10.3	9.7	9.9	9.6	8.6	8.8	10.4	6.6