Shooting — Free Pistol, Men (discontinued)

Times held 28
Total participants 765
Total countries 106

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 Free Pistol (30 metres), Men Olympic 5 3
1900 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 20 4
1900 Free Pistol, King of Shooting, Open Olympic (non-medal) 5 3
1900 Free Pistol, Open Olympic (non-medal) 67 9
1906 Free Pistol (25 metres), Men Intercalated 28 8
1906 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Intercalated 30 8
1908 Free Pistol (50 yards), Men Olympic 43 7
1912 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 54 12
1920 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 33 9
1936 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 43 19
1948 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 50 22
1952 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 48 28
1956 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 33 22
1960 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 67 40
1964 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 52 34
1968 Free Pistol (50 metres), Open Olympic 69 42
1972 Free Pistol (50 metres), Open Olympic 59 36
1976 Free Pistol (50 metres), Open Olympic 47 31
1980 Free Pistol (50 metres), Open Olympic 33 19
1984 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 56 38
1988 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 43 31
1992 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 44 29
1996 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 45 28
2000 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 36 27
2004 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 42 31
2008 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 45 32
2012 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 38 27
2016 Free Pistol (50 metres), Men Olympic 41 29

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Sumner PaineUSA Holger NielsenDEN Ioannis FragkoudisGRE
1900 Conrad Karl RödererSUI Achille ParocheFRA Konrad StäheliSUI
1906 Maurice LecoqFRA Léon MoreauxFRA Aristidis RagkavisGRE
1906 Georgios OrfanidisGRE Georges FouconnierFRA Aristidis RagkavisGRE
1908 Paul Van AsbroeckBEL Réginald StormsBEL Jim GormanUSA
1912 Al LaneUSA Peter DolfenUSA Charles StewartGBR
1920 Karl FrederickUSA Afrânio da CostaBRA Al LaneUSA
1936 Torsten UllmanSWE Erich KrempelGER Charles des JamonièresFRA
1948 Edwin VásquezPER Rudolf SchnyderSUI Torsten UllmanSWE
1952 Joe BennerUSA Ángel LeónESP Ambrus BaloghHUN
1956 Pentti LinnosvuoFIN Makhmud UmarovURS Offutt PinionUSA
1960 Aleksey GushchinURS Makhmud UmarovURS Yoshihisa YoshikawaJPN
1964 Väinö MarkkanenFIN Frank GreenUSA Yoshihisa YoshikawaJPN
1968 Grigory KosykhURS Heinz MertelFRG Harald VollmarGDR
1972 Ragnar SkanåkerSWE Dan IugaROU Rudolf DollingerAUT
1976 Uwe PotteckGDR Harald VollmarGDR Rudolf DollingerAUT
1980 Aleksandr MelentyevURS Harald VollmarGDR Lyubcho DyakovBUL
1984 Xu HaifengCHN Ragnar SkanåkerSWE Wang YifuCHN
1988 Sorin BabiiROU Ragnar SkanåkerSWE Ihar BasinskiURS
1992 Kanstantsin LukashykEUN Wang YifuCHN Ragnar SkanåkerSWE
1996 Boris KokorevRUS Ihar BasinskiBLR Roberto Di DonnaITA
2000 Tanyu KiryakovBUL Ihar BasinskiBLR Martin TenkCZE
2004 Mikhail NestruyevRUS Jin Jong-OhKOR Kim Jong-SuPRK
2008 Jin Jong-OhKOR Tan ZongliangCHN Vladimir IsakovRUS
2012 Jin Jong-OhKOR Choi Yeong-RaeKOR Wang ZhiweiCHN
2016 Jin Jong-OhKOR Hoàng Xuân VinhVIE Kim Song-GukPRK

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 2 3 9
Soviet Union URS 3 2 1 6
Republic of Korea KOR 3 2 0 5
Sweden SWE 2 2 2 6
Russian Federation RUS 2 0 1 3
Finland FIN 2 0 0 2
France FRA 1 3 1 5
People's Republic of China CHN 1 2 2 5
East Germany GDR 1 2 1 4
Switzerland SUI 1 1 1 3
Belgium BEL 1 1 0 2
Romania ROU 1 1 0 2
Greece GRE 1 0 3 4
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 1 2
Peru PER 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 2 0 2
Brazil BRA 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
Germany GER 0 1 0 1
Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
Vietnam VIE 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 0 2 2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 0 2 2
Japan JPN 0 0 2 2
Czechia CZE 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jin Jong-Oh KOR 3 1 0 4
Ragnar Skanåker SWE 1 2 1 4
Torsten Ullman SWE 1 0 1 2
Al Lane USA 1 0 1 2
Paul Van Asbroeck BEL 1 0 0 1
Kanstantsin Lukashyk BLR
EUN
1 0 0 1
Tanyu Kiryakov BUL 1 0 0 1
Xu Haifeng CHN 1 0 0 1
Pentti Linnosvuo FIN 1 0 0 1
Väinö Markkanen FIN 1 0 0 1
Maurice Lecoq FRA 1 0 0 1
Uwe Potteck GDR 1 0 0 1
Georgios Orfanidis GRE 1 0 0 1
Edwin Vásquez PER 1 0 0 1
Sorin Babii ROU 1 0 0 1
Boris Kokorev RUS
URS
EUN
1 0 0 1
Conrad Karl Röderer SUI 1 0 0 1
Aleksey Gushchin RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Grigory Kosykh RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Aleksandr Melentyev KGZ
URS
1 0 0 1
Joe Benner USA 1 0 0 1
Karl Frederick USA 1 0 0 1
Sumner Paine USA 1 0 0 1
Mikhail Nestruyev RUS 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 1972 Summer Olympics Fatos Pilkati 24 See all
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Federico Grüben 9 See all
Armenia ARM 2004 Summer Olympics Norayr Bakhtamyan 4 See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Len Tolhurst 8 See all
Austria AUT 1972 Summer Olympics Rudolf Dollinger 3 Bronze See all
1976 Summer Olympics Rudolf Dollinger 3 Bronze
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Ihar Basinski 2 Silver See all
2000 Summer Olympics Ihar Basinski 2 Silver
Belgium BEL 1908 Summer Olympics Paul Van Asbroeck 1 Gold See all
Belize BIZ 1976 Summer Olympics John Waight 47 See all
Bohemia BOH 1906 Intercalated Games Antonín Ehrenberger 26 See all
Bolivia BOL 1976 Summer Olympics Jaime Sánchez =39 See all
Brazil BRA 1920 Summer Olympics Afrânio da Costa 2 Silver See all
Bulgaria BUL 2000 Summer Olympics Tanyu Kiryakov 1 Gold See all
Canada CAN 1960 Summer Olympics Gary McMahon 11 See all
Chile CHI 1936 Summer Olympics Roberto Müller 14 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Tu Tsai-Hsing 10 See all
Colombia COL 1956 Summer Olympics Enrique Hanabergh 14 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1984 Summer Olympics Mariano Lara =25 See all
Cuba CUB 1968 Summer Olympics Nelson Oñate 7 See all
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Martin Tenk 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Summer Olympics Hynek Hromada 6 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2004 Summer Olympics Kim Jong-Su 3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Kim Song-Guk 3 Bronze
Denmark DEN 1896 Summer Olympics Holger Nielsen 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Uwe Potteck 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 1984 Summer Olympics Galo Miño =23 See all
Egypt EGY 1992 Summer Olympics Tarek Zaki Riadh =16 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Tito Castillo 58 See all
Finland FIN 1956 Summer Olympics Pentti Linnosvuo 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Väinö Markkanen 1 Gold
France FRA 1906 Intercalated Games Maurice Lecoq 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 2016 Summer Olympics Tsotne Machavariani 15 See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Erich Krempel 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 1912 Summer Olympics Charles Stewart 3 Bronze See all
Greece GRE 1906 Intercalated Games Georgios Orfanidis 1 Gold See all
Guatemala GUA 1996 Summer Olympics Sergio Sánchez 8 See all
Haiti HAI 1976 Summer Olympics Eddy Louis DNS See all
1976 Summer Olympics Monod Philippe DNS
Hong Kong, China HKG 1988 Summer Olympics Gilbert U =29 See all
Hungary HUN 1952 Summer Olympics Ambrus Balogh 3 Bronze See all
Iceland ISL 2012 Summer Olympics Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson 32 See all
India IND 2016 Summer Olympics Jitu Rai 12 See all
Indonesia INA 1960 Summer Olympics Sanusi Tjokroadiredjo 57 r1/2 See all
Iraq IRQ 1992 Summer Olympics Hassan Hassan =28 See all
Ireland IRL 1980 Summer Olympics Ken Stanford 25 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Ebrahim Barkhordari 27 See all
Israel ISR 2004 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Danilov =15 See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Roberto Di Donna 3 Bronze See all
Jamaica JAM 1964 Summer Olympics Tony Bridge 51 See all
Japan JPN 1960 Summer Olympics Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 3 Bronze See all
1964 Summer Olympics Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 3 Bronze
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Vladimir Isachenko 6 See all
Kenya KEN 1984 Summer Olympics Shuaib Adam =31 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2016 Summer Olympics Atallah Al-Anazi 20 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Yury Melentyev =20 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1980 Summer Olympics Souvanny Souksavath 32 See all
Lebanon LBN 1952 Summer Olympics Abdel Sattar Tarabulsi 29 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1968 Summer Olympics Nico Klein 30 See all
Malaya MAL 1956 Summer Olympics Joseph Chong 33 See all
Malaysia MAS 1984 Summer Olympics Sabiahmad Abdullah Ahad 35 See all
Mexico MEX 1952 Summer Olympics Raúl Ibarra 13 See all
Monaco MON 1936 Summer Olympics Hermann Schultz 38 See all
Mongolia MGL 1968 Summer Olympics Tüdeviin Myagmarjav 19 See all
Montenegro MNE 2012 Summer Olympics Nikola Šaranović 38 See all
Morocco MAR 1960 Summer Olympics Naji El-Mekki 66 r1/2 See all
Myanmar MYA 2016 Summer Olympics Naung Ye Tun 17 See all
Namibia NAM 2000 Summer Olympics Friedhelm Sack =32 See all
Netherlands NED 1900 Summer Olympics Dirk Boest Gips 6 See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics Greg Yelavich =37 See all
Norway NOR 1992 Summer Olympics Stein Olav Fiskebeck 10 See all
Oman OMA 1984 Summer Olympics Juma Al-Rahbi 47 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics M. Z. Ahmed 31 See all
Panama PAN 2016 Summer Olympics David Muñoz 40 See all
Paraguay PAR 1984 Summer Olympics Vicente Bergues DNS See all
1984 Summer Olympics José Farres DNS
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Xu Haifeng 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1948 Summer Olympics Edwin Vásquez 1 Gold See all
Philippines PHI 1952 Summer Olympics Félix Cortes 22 See all
Poland POL 1972 Summer Olympics Rajmund Stachurski 4 See all
Portugal POR 2012 Summer Olympics João Costa 9 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1952 Summer Olympics Alberto Guerrero 27 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Jin Jong-Oh 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Jin Jong-Oh 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Jin Jong-Oh 1 Gold
Romania ROU 1988 Summer Olympics Sorin Babii 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Boris Kokorev 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Mikhail Nestruyev 1 Gold
San Marino SMR 1980 Summer Olympics Gianfranco Giardi 30 See all
Senegal SEN 1984 Summer Olympics Amadou Ciré Baal 53 See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Andrija Zlatić 6 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Andrija Zlatić 32 See all
Singapore SGP 1960 Summer Olympics Kok Kum Woh 58 r1/2 See all
Slovakia SVK 2008 Summer Olympics Pavol Kopp 5 See all
South Africa RSA 1912 Summer Olympics Bob Bodley DNS See all
1912 Summer Olympics George Harvey DNS
1912 Summer Olympics Charles Jeffreys DNS
1912 Summer Olympics Ernest Keeley DNS
1912 Summer Olympics Robert Patterson DNS
1912 Summer Olympics Arthur Smith DNS
South Vietnam VNM 1968 Summer Olympics Hồ Minh Thu 43 See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Aleksey Gushchin 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Grigory Kosykh 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Melentyev 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1952 Summer Olympics Ángel León 2 Silver See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2008 Summer Olympics E. M. Senanayake 35 See all
Sweden SWE 1936 Summer Olympics Torsten Ullman 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Ragnar Skanåker 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1900 Summer Olympics Conrad Karl Röderer 1 Gold See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1972 Summer Olympics Zakai Hakki DNS See all
Tajikistan TJK 2008 Summer Olympics Sergey Babikov 42 See all
Thailand THA 2012 Summer Olympics Jakkrit Panichpatikum 14 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2004 Summer Olympics Roger Daniel 33 See all
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics İsmail Keleş 12 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Oleh Omelchuk 4 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Kanstantsin Lukashyk 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1896 Summer Olympics Sumner Paine 1 Gold See all
1912 Summer Olympics Al Lane 1 Gold
1920 Summer Olympics Karl Frederick 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Joe Benner 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2000 Summer Olympics Chris Rice =27 See all
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Enrique Barragán 48 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2000 Summer Olympics Dilshod Mukhtarov 5 See all
Venezuela VEN 1984 Summer Olympics Héctor D'Lima Carrillo 7 See all
Vietnam VIE 2016 Summer Olympics Hoàng Xuân Vinh 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Heinz Mertel 2 Silver See all
West Indies Federation WIF 1960 Summer Olympics Tony Bridge =60 r1/2 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1952 Summer Olympics Edvard Delorenco 21 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Ian Redmond 27 See all