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Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol

Men's 50 metre pistol
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Royal Artillery Barracks
Date 5 August 2012
Competitors 38 from 27 nations
Winning score 662.0
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Jin Jong-Oh  South Korea
2nd, silver medalist(s) Choi Young-Rae  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wang Zhiwei  China
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1st, gold medalist(s) Jin Jong-Oh  South Korea
2nd, silver medalist(s) Choi Young-Rae  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wang Zhiwei  China

The Men's 50 metre pistol event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 5 August 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a pistol at 50 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.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.


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