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Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men

Date	12 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Shejiguan, Beijing
Participants	45 from 32 countries

Korea’s Jin Jong-O had won the silver medal in Athina, but the favorite was China’s Tan Zongliang, the 2006 World Champion. Tan led the qualifying with 565 with four shooters posting 563, including Jin, but Jin moved into the lead early in the final round and held on to win the gold medal. The silver was initally won by DPR Korea’s (North) Kim Jong-Su, who moved into second only on his last shot, posting a 10.5. Tan scored only a 7.9 on his first shot of the final, dropping him out of the lead and he seemed to have placed third for bronze, but Kim was later disqualified during the Olympics for doping with propranolol, a beta-blocker that slows the heart rate, moving Tan up to silver with Vladimir Isakov receiving the bronze. Kim also lost a bronze medal from the air pistol in Beijing.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round	Final
1	–	Jin Jong-O	KOR	660,4	563 (5)	660,4 (1)	Gold
2	–	Tan Zongliang	CHN	659,5	565 (1)	659,5 (2)	Silver
3	–	Vladimir Isakov	RUS	658,9	563 (4)	658,9 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Oleh Omelchuk	UKR	658,9	563 (2)	658,9 (4)
5	–	Pavol Kopp	SVK	657,6	563 (3)	657,6 (5)
6	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	656,8	562 (6)	656,8 (6)
7	–	Damir Mikec	SRB	655,8	559 (7)	655,8 (7)
8	–	Tomoyuki Matsuda	JPN	558	558 (8)	–
9	–	Susumu Kobayashi	JPN	558	558 (9)	–
10	–	Kanstantsin Lukaschyk	BLR	558	558 (10)	–
11	–	Yury Dauhapolau	BLR	558	558 (11)	–
12	–	Hans-Jörg Meyer	GER	557	557 (12)	–
13	–	Daryl Szarenski	USA	555	555 (13)	–
14	–	Norayr Bakhtamyan	ARM	555	555 (14)	–
15	–	Lin Zhongzai	CHN	555	555 (15)	–
16	–	Rashid Yunusmetov	KAZ	555	555 (16)	–
17	–	Júlio Almeida	BRA	554	554 (17)	–
18	–	Francesco Bruno	ITA	554	554 (18)	–
19	–	Ivan Rybovalov	UKR	553	553 (19)	–
20	–	Jason Turner	USA	553	553 (20)	–
21	–	Kai Jahnsson	FIN	553	553 (21)	–
22	–	Yusuf Dikeç	TUR	552	552 (22)	–
23	–	Mikhail Nestruyev	RUS	552	552 (23)	–
24	–	Walter Lapeyre	FRA	552	552 (24)	–
25	–	Lee Dae-Myeong	KOR	551	551 (25)	–
26	–	Ryu Myong-Hong	PRK	551	551 (26)	–
27	–	Vigilio Fait	ITA	551	551 (27)	–
28	–	Florian Schmidt	GER	549	549 (28)	–
29	–	Jakkrit Panichpatikum	THA	549	549 (29)	–
30	–	Dilshod Mukhtarov	UZB	549	549 (30)	–
31	–	Samy Abdel Razek	EGY	549	549 (31)	–
32	–	João Costa	POR	549	549 (32)	–
33	–	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	548	548 (33)	–
34	–	David Moore	AUS	546	546 (34)	–
35	–	E. M. Senanayake	SRI	545	545 (35)	–
36	–	Martin Tenk	CZE	544	544 (36)	–
37	–	Nguyễn Mạnh Tường	VIE	543	543 (37)	–
38	–	Wojciech Knapik	POL	543	543 (38)	–
39	–	Christoph Schmid	SUI	542	542 (39)	–
40	–	Dan Repacholi	AUS	540	540 (40)	–
41	–	Samresh Jung	IND	540	540 (41)	–
42	–	Sergey Babikov	TJK	540	540 (42)	–
43	–	Stênio Yamamoto	BRA	538	538 (43)	–
44	–	Nikola Šaranović	MNE	535	535 (44)	–
DQ	–	Kim Jong-Su	PRK	[660,2]	[563] (DQ)	[660,2] (DQ)

Preliminary Round

Date	12 August 2008 — 9:00
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points
1	–	Tan Zongliang	CHN	565	96	94	93	96	90	96	Q
2	–	Oleh Omelchuk	UKR	563	94	96	94	93	93	93	Q
3	–	Pavol Kopp	SVK	563	99	92	89	93	98	92	Q
4	–	Vladimir Isakov	RUS	563	95	93	96	94	93	92	Q
5	–	Jin Jong-O	KOR	563	91	94	94	97	97	90	Q
6	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	562	90	93	95	94	95	95	Q
7	–	Damir Mikec	SRB	559	92	93	94	95	95	90	Q
8	–	Tomoyuki Matsuda	JPN	558	92	94	91	94	93	94
9	–	Susumu Kobayashi	JPN	558	91	95	94	92	93	93
10	–	Kanstantsin Lukaschyk	BLR	558	96	95	92	92	92	91
11	–	Yury Dauhapolau	BLR	558	93	94	95	95	93	88
12	–	Hans-Jörg Meyer	GER	557	93	91	88	95	96	94
13	–	Daryl Szarenski	USA	555	91	94	88	94	92	96
14	–	Norayr Bakhtamyan	ARM	555	93	91	92	93	93	93
15	–	Lin Zhongzai	CHN	555	92	92	94	93	92	92
16	–	Rashid Yunusmetov	KAZ	555	91	96	92	90	96	90
17	–	Júlio Almeida	BRA	554	96	91	94	93	89	91
18	–	Francesco Bruno	ITA	554	92	95	95	92	92	88
19	–	Ivan Rybovalov	UKR	553	89	91	91	96	91	95
20	–	Jason Turner	USA	553	91	93	92	93	90	94
21	–	Kai Jahnsson	FIN	553	92	94	93	90	92	92
22	–	Yusuf Dikeç	TUR	552	94	94	92	93	90	89
23	–	Mikhail Nestruyev	RUS	552	98	88	93	90	95	88
24	–	Walter Lapeyre	FRA	552	94	94	93	96	87	88
25	–	Lee Dae-Myeong	KOR	551	90	90	90	91	96	94
26	–	Ryu Myong-Hong	PRK	551	87	93	92	93	92	94
27	–	Vigilio Fait	ITA	551	92	90	89	91	96	93
28	–	Florian Schmidt	GER	549	93	91	91	89	91	94
29	–	Jakkrit Panichpatikum	THA	549	91	93	88	93	91	93
30	–	Dilshod Mukhtarov	UZB	549	93	92	90	90	93	91
31	–	Samy Abdel Razek	EGY	549	91	92	97	87	91	91
32	–	João Costa	POR	549	93	95	91	95	88	87
33	–	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	548	90	89	96	94	88	91
34	–	David Moore	AUS	546	89	85	92	92	95	93
35	–	E. M. Senanayake	SRI	545	89	93	88	88	94	93
36	–	Martin Tenk	CZE	544	90	91	90	91	93	89
37	–	Nguyễn Mạnh Tường	VIE	543	92	89	89	91	93	89
38	–	Wojciech Knapik	POL	543	95	86	95	91	89	87
39	–	Christoph Schmid	SUI	542	94	86	91	91	92	88
40	–	Dan Repacholi	AUS	540	89	93	89	81	94	94
41	–	Samresh Jung	IND	540	88	92	91	86	90	93
42	–	Sergey Babikov	TJK	540	90	83	93	92	90	92
43	–	Stênio Yamamoto	BRA	538	91	89	86	92	91	89
44	–	Nikola Šaranović	MNE	535	89	88	87	90	93	88
DQ	–	Kim Jong-Su	PRK	[563]	[94]	[92]	[95]	[94]	[94]	[94]	Q

Final Round

Date	12 August 2008 — 12:00
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Final Points	Preliminary Points	Shoot-off Points
1	–	Jin Jong-O	KOR	660,4	563	97,4	–
2	–	Tan Zongliang	CHN	659,5	565	94,5	–
3	–	Vladimir Isakov	RUS	658,9	563	95,9	9,1
4	–	Oleh Omelchuk	UKR	658,9	563	95,9	6,5
5	–	Pavol Kopp	SVK	657,6	563	94,6	–
6	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	656,8	562	94,8	–
7	–	Damir Mikec	SRB	655,8	559	96,8	–
DQ	–	Kim Jong-Su	PRK	[660,2]	[563]	[97,2]	–