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Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

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Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenuePrado Regional Park
DatesAugust 1–2
Competitors55 from 31 nations
Winning score595
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Takeo Kamachi
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Corneliu Ion
 Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rauno Bies
 Finland
← 1980
(mixed)
1988 →

The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on August 1 and 2 at the shooting ranges in Los Angeles. 55 shooters from 31 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to two shooters each since the 1952 Games. The event was won by Takeo Kamachi of Japan, the nation's first rapid fire pistol medal. Defending champion Corneliu Ion of Romania took silver, the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event. Finland's Rauno Bies earned bronze, the first medal for a Finn in the rapid fire pistol since 1964.

Background

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This was the 17th appearance of what had been standardised in 1948 as the men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, the only event on the 2020 programme that traces back to 1896.[2] The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1928 (when no shooting events were held) and 1908; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years.[3][4] The first five events were quite different, with some level of consistency finally beginning with the 1932 event—which, though it had differences from the 1924 competition, was roughly similar. The 1936 competition followed the 1932 one quite closely.[5] The post-World War II event substantially altered the competition once again.[6] The 1984 Games introduced women's-only shooting events, including the ISSF 25 meter pistol (though this was more similar to the non-Olympic men's ISSF 25 meter center-fire pistol than the rapid fire pistol).

Three of the top 10 shooters from 1980 returned: gold medalist Corneliu Ion of Romania, bronze medalist Gerhard Petritsch of Austria, and seventh-place finisher Marin Stan of Romania. Japan's Takeo Kamachi, who had competed in 1968, 1972, and 1976 but never finished in the top 10, also returned. Reigning (1982) world champion Igor Puzirev of the Soviet Union did not compete due to the Soviet-led boycott, but runner-up Ove Gunnarsson of Sweden and third-place finisher Alfred Radke of West Germany were present.

Bahrain, the People's Republic of China, Ecuador, Oman, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Senegal each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 14th appearance, most of any nation.

Competition format

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The competition format followed the 1948 format, now very close to the modern rapid fire pistol competition after significant variation before World War II. Each shooter fired 60 shots. These were done in two courses of 30; each course consisted of two stages of 15; each stage consisted of three series of 5. In each stage, the time limit for each series was 8 seconds for the first, 6 seconds for the second, and 4 seconds for the third. Ties for medals were broken via shoot-off, with each shoot-off round consisting of 3 series of 5 shots.

A holdover from the previous Games was that silhouettes, rather than round targets, continued to be used; however, scoring rings had been added so that now each shot was scored up to 10 rather than being strictly hit or miss.

One change from 1948–1956 was that hits were no longer the primary measurement of success. As in 1960–1980, ranking was done by score, regardless of hits.[2][7]

Records

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

World record
Olympic record  Norbert Klaar (GDR) 597 Montreal, Canada 22–23 July 1976

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 1 August 1984 9:00 Course 1
Thursday, 2 August 1984 9:00 Course 2

Results

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Rank Shooter Nation Total Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Takeo Kamachi  Japan 595
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Corneliu Ion  Romania 593
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rauno Bies  Finland 591 Shoot-off: 146
4 Delival Nobre  Brazil 591 Shoot-off: 141
5 Yang Chung-yeol  South Korea 590
6 Alfred Radke  West Germany 590
7 Park Jong-Gil  South Korea 590
8 Bernardo Tovar  Colombia 590
9 Viktor Engel  West Germany 589
10 Juan Seguí  Spain 589
11 Gerhard Petritsch  Austria 589
Roberto Vannozzi  Italy 589
13 Aldo Andreotti  Italy 588
Du Xuean  China 588
Mark Howkins  Canada 588
Li Zhongqi  China 588
Opas Ruengpanyawoodhi  Thailand 588
Marin Stan  Romania 588
19 Pedro García Jr.  Peru 587
20 Allyn Johnson  United States 586
Francisco Neto  Portugal 586
22 Refaat Kaid  Egypt 585
23 Hiroyuki Akatsuka  Japan 583
John Cooke  Great Britain 583
Graham Harvey  Great Britain 583
26 John McNally  United States 581
Mario Sánchez  Mexico 581
28 Daniel Felizia  Argentina 580
29 Alfredo González  Colombia 579
Eduardo Jiménez  Spain 579
Eliseo Paolini  San Marino 579
32 Leopoldo Fossati  Argentina 578
Rajinder Kumar Vij  India 578
34 Mohinder Lal  India 577
Bruno Morri  San Marino 577
Ragnar Skanåker  Sweden 577
37 Ove Gunnarsson  Sweden 576
Solomon Lee  Hong Kong 576
Jules Sobrian  Canada 576
40 Peera Piromrut  Thailand 575
41 Emad El-Gaindi  Egypt 573
42 Said Al-Karbi  Qatar 571
José Jacques Pena  Portugal 571
44 Said Al-Khatry  Oman 566
45 Abdullah Al-Hussini  Oman 561
46 Safaq Al-Anzi  Saudi Arabia 560
Ho Chung Kin  Hong Kong 560
William Wilka  Paraguay 560
49 Eid Fayroze  Qatar 557
50 Sayed Al-Asibi  Saudi Arabia 545
51 Mohamed Abdul Rahman  Bahrain 535
52 Mamadou Sow  Senegal 528
53 Ronald Dunn  Ecuador 524
54 Alfredo Coello  Paraguay 522
55 Ali Al-Khalifa  Bahrain 506

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men's". Olympedia. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Shooting". Olympedia. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1896)". Olympedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1936)". Olympedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 534.