50 Metre Pistol - Olympic and World Champions

Olympic and World Champions

Further information: List of Olympic medalists in shooting: 50 metre pistol

Jin Jong-oh is the only double Olympic champion in 50 metre pistol. World Championships were held annually up to the 1930s, which made a few long streaks possible, but after World War II few shooters have been able to win two major World-level titles. Paul Van Asbroeck has won the most number of Olympic and World titles combined with seven titles (1 Olympic and 6 World titles). Torsten Ullman won six titles (1 Olympic, 5 World titles) over the span of 1933-1952, including four successive Championships between 1933 and 1937 (including the 1936 Summer Olympics). Wilhem Schnyder won four consecutive World Championships between 1924 and 1928.

Another rare double is that between this precision event and its direct opposite 25 metre rapid fire pistol; this has only been accomplished by Alfred Lane (completed in 1912), Torsten Ullman (1939), Huelet Benner (1952) and Pentti Linnosvuo (1964), with Lane (in one Olympics) and Linnosvuo using only Olympic titles. Benner, on the other hand, is the only shooter with two titles in both events. Several athletes have won 50 metre pistol and 10 metre pistol titles; Jin is the ony person to have done so at the Olympics.

Year Venue Individual Team
1896 Athens Sumner Paine (USA)
19001 Paris Karl Röderer (SUI) Switzerland
1901 Luzern Karl Hess (SUI) Switzerland
1902 Rome Karl Hess (SUI) Switzerland
1903 Buenos Aires Benjamin Segura (ARG) Argentina
1904 Lyon Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) Switzerland
1905 Brussels Julien Van Asbroeck (BEL) Belgium
1906 Milan Konrad Stäheli (SUI) Belgium
1907 Zürich Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) Belgium
1908 Vienna Richard Fischer (GER) Italy
1908 London Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) United States
1909 Hamburg Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) Germany
1910 Loosduinen Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) Belgium
1911 Rome Charles Paumier du Verger (BEL) Belgium
1912 Bayonne-Biarritz Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) Belgium
1912 Stockholm Alfred Lane (USA) United States
1913 Camp Perry Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) United States
1914 Viborg Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) Italy
1920 Antwerp Karl Frederick (USA) United States
1921 Lyon Hans Hänni (SUI) Italy
1922 Milan Hans Hänni (SUI) Switzerland
1923 Camp Perry Irving Romaro Calkins (USA) United States
1924 Reims Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) Switzerland
1925 St. Gallen Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) France
1927 Rome Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) Switzerland
1928 Loosduinen Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) Switzerland
1929 Stockholm Fritz Zulauf (SUI) Switzerland
1930 Antwerp Lean Revilliod de Bude (SUI) Switzerland
1931 Lwów Marcel Bonin (FRA) Switzerland
1933 Granada Torsten Ullman (SWE) Switzerland
1935 Rome Torsten Ullman (SWE) Switzerland
1936 Berlin Torsten Ullman (SWE)
1937 Helsinki Torsten Ullman (SWE) Switzerland
1939 Luzern Erich Krempel (GER) Switzerland
1947 Stockholm Torsten Ullman (SWE) Argentina
1948 London Edwin Vásquez (PER)
1949 Buenos Aires Beat Rhyner (SUI) Argentina
1952 Oslo Torsten Ullman (SWE) Sweden
1952 Helsinki Huelet Benner (USA)
1954 Caracas Huelet Benner (USA) Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
1958 Moscow Makhmud Umarov (URS) Soviet Union
1960 Rome Alexei Gushchin (URS)
1962 Cairo Vladimir Stolipin (URS) Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo Väinö Markkanen (FIN)
1966 Wiesbaden Vladimir Stolipin (URS) Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City Grigori Kosych (URS)
1970 Phoenix Harald Vollmar (GDR) Soviet Union
1972 Munich Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)
1974 Thun Gregori Zapolski (URS) Soviet Union
1976 Montreal Uwe Potteck (GDR)
1978 Seoul Moritz Minder (SUI) Switzerland
1980 Moscow Aleksandr Melentiev (URS)
1982 Caracas Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles Xu Haifeng (CHN)
1986 Suhl Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) Soviet Union
1988 Seoul Sorin Babii (ROU)
1990 Moscow Spas Koprinkov (BUL) Hungary Juniors
1992 Barcelona Kanstantsin Lukashyk (EUN) Individual Team
1994 Milan Wang Yifu (CHN) Ukraine Anatolie Corovai (MDA) Moldova
1996 Atlanta Boris Kokorev (RUS)
1998 Barcelona Franck Dumoulin (FRA) China Andrija Zlatić (YUG) Poland
2000 Sydney Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL)
2002 Lahti Tan Zongliang (CHN) China Vladimir Issachenko (KAZ) Ukraine
2004 Athens Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS)
2006 Zagreb Tan Zongliang (CHN) China Pu Qifeng (CHN) China
2008 Beijing Jin Jong-oh (KOR)
2010 Munich Tomoyuki Matsuda (JPN) South Korea Tomasz Palamarz (POL) Germany
2012 London Jin Jong-oh (KOR)

ISSF shooting events
Rifle
  • 300 metre rifle three positions
  • 300 metre rifle prone
  • 300 metre standard rifle
  • 50 metre rifle three positions
  • 50 metre rifle prone
  • 10 metre air rifle
Pistol
  • 50 metre pistol
  • 25 metre pistol
  • 25 metre rapid fire pistol
  • 25 metre center-fire pistol
  • 25 metre standard pistol
  • 10 metre air pistol
Trap and skeet
  • Trap
  • Double trap
  • Skeet
Target
  • 50 metre running target
  • 50 metre running target mixed
  • 10 metre running target
  • 10 metre running target mixed

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