Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
April 10, 2024
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.
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. There is no women's equivalent on the Olympic programme, as of 2021.[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 formatedit
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]
Recordsedit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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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 Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistolat the Games of the XXIII OlympiadShooting pictogramVenuePrado Regional ParkDatesAugust 1 2Competitors55 from 31 nationsWinning score595MedalistsTakeo Kamachi JapanCorneliu Ion RomaniaRauno Bies Finland 1980 mixed 1988 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 ReferencesBackground editThis 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 There is no women s equivalent on the Olympic programme as of 2021 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 editThe 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 editPrior to the competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World recordOlympic record nbsp Norbert Klaar GDR 597 Montreal Canada 22 23 July 1976No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition Schedule editDate Time RoundWednesday 1 August 1984 9 00 Course 1Thursday 2 August 1984 9 00 Course 2Results editRank Shooter Nation Total Notes nbsp Takeo Kamachi nbsp Japan 595 nbsp Corneliu Ion nbsp Romania 593 nbsp Rauno Bies nbsp Finland 591 Shoot off 1464 Delival Nobre nbsp Brazil 591 Shoot off 1415 Yang Chung yeol nbsp South Korea 5906 Alfred Radke nbsp West Germany 5907 Park Jong Gil nbsp South Korea 5908 Bernardo Tovar nbsp Colombia 5909 Viktor Engel nbsp West Germany 58910 Juan Segui nbsp Spain 58911 Gerhard Petritsch nbsp Austria 589Roberto Vannozzi nbsp Italy 58913 Aldo Andreotti nbsp Italy 588Du Xuean nbsp China 588Mark Howkins nbsp Canada 588Li Zhongqi nbsp China 588Opas Ruengpanyawoodhi nbsp Thailand 588Marin Stan nbsp Romania 58819 Pedro Garcia Jr nbsp Peru 58720 Allyn Johnson nbsp United States 586Francisco Neto nbsp Portugal 58622 Refaat Kaid nbsp Egypt 58523 Hiroyuki Akatsuka nbsp Japan 583John Cooke nbsp Great Britain 583Graham Harvey nbsp Great Britain 58326 John McNally nbsp United States 581Mario Sanchez nbsp Mexico 58128 Daniel Felizia nbsp Argentina 58029 Alfredo Gonzalez nbsp Colombia 579Eduardo Jimenez nbsp Spain 579Eliseo Paolini nbsp San Marino 57932 Leopoldo Fossati nbsp Argentina 578Rajinder Kumar Vij nbsp India 57834 Mohinder Lal nbsp India 577Bruno Morri nbsp San Marino 577Ragnar Skanaker nbsp Sweden 57737 Ove Gunnarsson nbsp Sweden 576Solomon Lee nbsp Hong Kong 576Jules Sobrian nbsp Canada 57640 Peera Piromrut nbsp Thailand 57541 Emad El Gaindi nbsp Egypt 57342 Said Al Karbi nbsp Qatar 571Jose Jacques Pena nbsp Portugal 57144 Said Al Khatry nbsp Oman 56645 Abdullah Al Hussini nbsp Oman 56146 Safaq Al Anzi nbsp Saudi Arabia 560Ho Chung Kin nbsp Hong Kong 560William Wilka nbsp Paraguay 56049 Eid Fayroze nbsp Qatar 55750 Sayed Al Asibi nbsp Saudi Arabia 54551 Mohamed Abdul Rahman nbsp Bahrain 53552 Mamadou Sow nbsp Senegal 52853 Ronald Dunn nbsp Ecuador 52454 Alfredo Coello nbsp Paraguay 52255 Ali Al Khalifa nbsp Bahrain 506References edit 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 a b Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metres Men s Olympedia Retrieved December 14 2020 Shooting Olympedia Retrieved August 24 2021 Muzzle Loading Pistol 25 metres Men 1896 Olympedia Retrieved December 11 2020 Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metres Men 1936 Olympedia Retrieved December 11 2020 Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metres Men 1948 Olympedia Retrieved December 11 2020 Official Report vol 2 p 534 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics Men 27s 25 metre rapid fire pistol amp oldid 1051901153, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,