Competitors 43 from 30 nations Date 16 September 2000 | Winning score 688.9 (OR) | |
Location Sydney International Shooting Centre, Australia Venue Sydney International Shooting Centre | ||
The men's 10 metre air pistol competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 16 September, the day after the opening ceremony. Franck Dumoulin and Wang Yifu both reached 590 points in the qualification round of 60 shots, raising the Olympic record by three points. Although both shooters performed considerably worse in the final, their seven-point gap to the bronze medal was quite safe. Dumoulin outperformed Wang by two points, setting a new final Olympic record.
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round
DQ Disqualified – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final
OR Olympic record
References
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA