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Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres), Men

Date	23 – 24 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Wolf Creek Shooting Complex, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	23 from 19 countries

The format was slightly different in 1996 with only a preliminary round and a final, but no semi-final round. Former East German Ralf Schumann was the defending champion, the World Champion, and the world record holder and was expected to win. He dominated the event winning both phases of the qualifying, and leading by six points going into the final. He could only lose by completely losing his nerve in the final and he came thru for the gold medal easily over Bulgaria’s Emil Milev. Schumann became the third shooter to defend the gold medal in rapid-fire pistol, after Hungary’s Károly Takács in 1948-52, and Poland’s Józef Zapędzki in 1968-72.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Final
1	Ralf Schumann	GER	596 (1)	698.0 (1)	Gold
2	Emil Milev	BUL	590 (2)	692.1 (2)	Silver
3	Vladimir Vokhmyanin	KAZ	589 (=3)	691.5 (3)	Bronze
4	Krzysztof Kucharczyk	POL	589 (=3)	690.5 (4)
5	Meng Gang	CHN	587 (5)	687.1 (5)
6	Ghenadie Lisoconi	MDA	586 (=6)	687.0 (6)
7	Lajos Pálinkás	HUN	586 (=6)	685.9 (7)
8	Daniel Leonhard	GER	586 (=6)	683.6 (8)
9	Myroslav Ihnatiuk	UKR	586 (9)	–
10	Afanasijs Kuzmins	LAT	585 (10)	–
11	Iulian Raicea	ROU	584 (11)	–
=12	Michel Ansermet	SUI	583 (=12)	–
=12	Tomohiro Kida	JPN	583 (=12)	–
=12	John McNally	USA	583 (=12)	–
=12	Urs Tobler	SUI	583 (=12)	–
=16	Sabin Chaushev	BUL	582 (=16)	–
=16	Roman Špirelja	CRO	582 (=16)	–
18	Roger Mar	USA	581 (18)	–
19	Petri Eteläniemi	FIN	579 (19)	–
20	Anders Lau	DEN	578 (20)	–
=21	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	575 (=21)	–
=21	Pat Murray	AUS	575 (=21)	–
23	Bernardo Tobar	COL	565 (23)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	23 – 24 July 1996
Format	25 metres. 60 shots in two courses of 30. 600 possible.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Day 1 Points	8 seconds Day 1	6 seconds Day 1	4 seconds Day 1	Day 2 Points	8 seconds Day 2	6 seconds Day 2	4 seconds Day 2
1	Ralf Schumann	GER	596	298	100	100	98	298	100	100	98	Q
2	Emil Milev	BUL	590	294	99	98	97	296	100	98	98	Q
=3	Vladimir Vokhmyanin	KAZ	589	293	99	99	95	296	99	99	98	Q
=3	Krzysztof Kucharczyk	POL	589	292	96	98	98	297	99	99	99	Q
5	Meng Gang	CHN	587	291	98	96	97	296	100	98	98	Q
=6	Ghenadie Lisoconi	MDA	586	295	100	97	98	291	98	96	97	Q
=6	Lajos Pálinkás	HUN	586	290	100	96	94	296	98	100	98	Q
=6	Daniel Leonhard	GER	586	293	98	99	96	293	99	98	96	Q
9	Myroslav Ihnatiuk	UKR	586	295	100	99	96	291	99	99	93
10	Afanasijs Kuzmins	LAT	585	290	97	97	96	295	99	98	98
11	Iulian Raicea	ROU	584	292	100	95	97	292	99	98	95
=12	Michel Ansermet	SUI	583	293	98	100	95	290	98	98	94
=12	Tomohiro Kida	JPN	583	290	99	99	92	293	99	98	96
=12	John McNally	USA	583	288	98	98	92	295	99	99	97
=12	Urs Tobler	SUI	583	290	99	98	93	293	99	97	97
=16	Sabin Chaushev	BUL	582	286	99	97	90	296	99	100	97
=16	Roman Špirelja	CRO	582	291	98	97	96	291	98	100	93
18	Roger Mar	USA	581	292	98	98	96	289	98	97	94
19	Petri Eteläniemi	FIN	579	290	97	98	95	289	98	100	91
20	Anders Lau	DEN	578	292	98	100	94	286	95	98	93
=21	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	575	285	98	97	90	290	98	96	96
=21	Pat Murray	AUS	575	285	96	96	93	290	100	96	94
23	Bernardo Tobar	COL	565	279	88	94	97	286	98	99	89

Final Round

Date	24 July 1996 — 14:30
Format	Top 8 from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round Points	Final Round Points
1	Ralf Schumann	GER	698.0	596	102.0	=OR
2	Emil Milev	BUL	692.1	590	102.1
3	Vladimir Vokhmyanin	KAZ	691.5	589	102.5
4	Krzysztof Kucharczyk	POL	690.5	589	101.5
5	Meng Gang	CHN	687.1	587	100.1
6	Ghenadie Lisoconi	MDA	687.0	586	101.0
7	Lajos Pálinkás	HUN	685.9	586	99.9
8	Daniel Leonhard	GER	683.6	586	97.6