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Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open

Date	24 – 25 July 1980 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Strelbishche Dynamo, Mytishchi
Participants	40 from 25 countries
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in two courses of 30. 600 possible.

The competition came down to three European shooters – Corneliu Ion (ROM), Jürgen Wiefel (GDR), and Austrian Gerhard Petritsch. They tied for first with 596. Wiefel had won the silver medal in 1976 and he and Ion went thru the shoot-off with 148, Petritsch dropping to the bronze medal with 147. The second round of shoot-offs saw Wiefel and Ion tied with 147, but Ion finally prevailed in the third round with 148 to Wiefel’s 147, giving the East German a second consecutive silver medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Day 1 Points	8 seconds Day 1	8 seconds Day 1 Course 1	8 seconds Day 1 Course 2	6 seconds Day 1	6 seconds Day 1 Course 1	6 seconds Day 1 Course 2	4 seconds Day 1	4 seconds Day 1 Course 1	4 seconds Day 1 Course 2	Day 2 Points	8 seconds Day 2	8 seconds Day 2 Course 1	8 seconds Day 2 Course 2	6 seconds Day 2	6 seconds Day 2 Course 1	6 seconds Day 2 Course 2	4 seconds Day 2	4 seconds Day 2 Course 1	4 seconds Day 2 Course 2
1	180	Corneliu Ion	ROU	596	299	100	50	50	100	50	50	99	50	49	297	98	48	50	100	50	50	99	49	50	Gold
2	87	Jürgen Wiefel	GDR	596	299	100	50	50	100	50	50	99	50	49	297	100	50	50	100	50	50	97	48	49	Silver
3	6	Gerhard Petritsch	AUT	596	297	100	50	50	100	50	50	97	49	48	299	100	50	50	99	50	49	100	50	50	Bronze
4	230	Vladas Turla	URS	595	296	99	49	50	98	50	48	99	50	49	299	100	50	50	99	50	49	100	50	50
5	123	Roberto Ferraris	ITA	595	296	100	50	50	100	50	50	96	49	47	299	100	50	50	100	50	50	99	49	50
6	223	Afanasijs Kuzmins	URS	595	297	99	49	50	100	50	50	98	50	48	298	99	49	50	100	50	50	99	49	50
7	182	Marin Stan	ROU	595	298	100	50	50	100	50	50	98	49	49	297	99	49	50	100	50	50	98	48	50
8	43	Rafael Rodríguez	CUB	594	297	100	50	50	100	50	50	97	49	48	297	100	50	50	98	48	50	99	49	50
9	177	Seo Gil-San	PRK	594	298	98	48	50	100	50	50	100	50	50	296	99	49	50	100	50	50	97	49	48
10	107	László Orbán	HUN	593	294	100	50	50	98	50	48	96	48	48	299	100	50	50	99	49	50	100	50	50
11	76	Andreas Franke	GDR	593	297	100	50	50	100	50	50	97	48	49	296	100	50	50	99	49	50	97	48	49
=12	23	Ivan Mandov	BUL	592	297	99	50	49	100	50	50	98	50	48	295	100	50	50	99	50	49	96	47	49
=12	128	Gianfranco Mantelli	ITA	592	295	100	50	50	99	50	49	96	50	46	297	100	50	50	99	49	50	98	50	48
=14	159	Andrzej Macur	POL	591	296	99	49	50	99	50	49	98	50	48	295	98	49	49	99	50	49	98	49	49
=14	166	Józef Zapędzki	POL	591	295	100	50	50	96	48	48	99	49	50	296	99	50	49	99	49	50	98	49	49
=16	195	Ove Gunnarsson	SWE	590	297	99	50	49	100	50	50	98	48	50	293	98	48	50	99	50	49	96	47	49
=16	28	Todor Stoimenov	BUL	590	294	99	49	50	100	50	50	95	47	48	296	99	49	50	100	50	50	97	48	49
18	96	Wibout Jolles	NED	589	292	98	48	50	97	49	48	97	48	49	297	98	48	50	99	49	50	100	50	50
=19	18	Fernando Gomes	BRA	588	293	99	49	50	98	49	49	96	49	47	295	100	50	50	100	50	50	95	47	48
=19	9	Hermann Sailer	AUT	588	293	99	49	50	99	50	49	95	48	47	295	100	50	50	97	48	49	98	50	48
=19	178	Yun Chang-Ho	PRK	588	292	99	50	49	98	50	48	95	49	46	296	100	50	50	100	50	50	96	48	48
22	53	Jaime González	ESP	586	293	99	50	49	97	48	49	97	49	48	293	100	50	50	99	49	50	94	47	47
=23	238	Nguyễn Quốc Cường	VIE	585	292	98	49	49	97	48	49	97	49	48	293	99	49	50	99	49	50	95	47	48
=23	243	Franc Peternel	YUG	585	290	97	50	47	99	50	49	94	49	45	295	99	49	50	98	48	50	98	49	49
25	150	Pedro García Miro George	PER	584	292	97	48	49	98	50	48	97	47	50	292	98	48	50	99	50	49	95	46	49
=26	209	Vladimír Hurt	TCH	583	285	100	50	50	98	49	49	87	48	39	298	100	50	50	100	50	50	98	50	48
=26	237	Nguyễn Đức Uýnh	VIE	583	292	98	49	49	99	50	49	95	49	46	291	99	49	50	96	48	48	96	47	49
=26	56	Juan Seguí	ESP	583	294	98	49	49	98	48	50	98	50	48	289	98	48	50	97	50	47	94	47	47
29	60	Olavi Heikkinen	FIN	582	295	100	50	50	96	48	48	99	49	50	287	98	49	49	100	50	50	89	40	49
30	108	Gábor Plank	HUN	580	295	100	50	50	99	50	49	96	48	48	285	100	50	50	90	40	50	95	48	47
=31	35	Marco Hidalgo	CRC	579	289	99	49	50	95	48	47	95	47	48	290	98	49	49	97	49	48	95	48	47
=31	200	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	579	292	99	49	50	98	49	49	95	46	49	287	100	50	50	89	39	50	98	49	49
=33	15	Christian Raynaud	BEL	576	290	97	50	47	97	49	48	96	48	48	286	99	49	50	99	49	50	88	47	41
=33	249	Ian Redmond	ZIM	576	287	97	50	47	96	47	49	94	47	47	289	98	49	49	97	49	48	94	46	48
=33	120	Ken Stanford	IRL	576	288	96	49	47	97	49	48	95	47	48	288	95	49	46	100	50	50	93	46	47
36	193	Roberto Tamagnini	SMR	572	287	96	47	49	97	49	48	94	47	47	285	97	49	48	95	49	46	93	48	45
37	187	Bruno Morri	SMR	570	280	92	46	46	97	49	48	91	44	47	290	99	49	50	95	47	48	96	46	50
38	251	David Westerhout	ZIM	529	271	89	41	48	94	48	46	88	44	44	258	92	45	47	82	44	38	84	41	43
39	139	Khamsing	LAO	499	258	93	47	46	93	46	47	72	30	42	241	89	45	44	90	46	44	62	31	31
40	138	Khamphanh	LAO	453	243	90	45	45	84	40	44	69	46	23	210	82	43	39	72	34	38	56	14	42
DNS	41	Juan Hernández	CUB	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	58	Matti Haapalinna	FIN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	70	John Cooke	GBR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	252	Mohinder Lal	IND	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	203	Ali El-Hassan	SYR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Shoot-Off

Date	25 July 1980

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points
1	180	Corneliu Ion	ROU	148	147	148
2	87	Jürgen Wiefel	GDR	148	147	147
3	6	Gerhard Petritsch	AUT	146	–	–