| Times held | 19 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 575 |
| Total countries | 97 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men | Olympic | 20 | 4 |
| 1906 | Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men | Intercalated | 30 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Republic of Korea | KOR |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Finland | FIN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Sweden | SWE |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Greece | GRE |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peru | PER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | ROU |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France | FRA |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Belarus | BLR |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brazil | BRA |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | GER |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | ESP |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | VIE |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jin Jong-O | KOR |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Torsten Ullman | SWE |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Al Lane | USA |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kanstantsin Lukaschyk | 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 |
| 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 |
| Joe Benner | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Karl Frederick | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mikhail Nestruyev | RUS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |