The Men's
10 metre air pistol
The 10 meter air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is similar to 10 meter air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm (or .177) caliber air guns at a distance of 10 m ...
event at the
2012 Olympic Games took place on 28 July 2012 at the
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History
In 17 ...
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The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an
air pistol
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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 0.1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round
Final
External links
Official results
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol
Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics