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Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open

Date20 July 1980 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationStrelbishche Dynamo, Mytishchi
Participants33 from 19 countries
Format50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

The 1978 World Champion and the world record holder with 577 with Switzerland’s Moritz Minder but he was not in Moskva because of the American-led boycott. In his absence the gold medal went to Aleksandr Melentyev who broke Minder’s record with 581. This was likely the most dominating Olympic shooting victory in the modern era (post-World War II), as Melentyev defeated Harald Vollmar (GDR) by 13 points. Vollmar repeated his silver medal from Montréal.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRound 1 PointsRound 2 PointsRound 3 PointsRound 4 PointsRound 5 PointsRound 6 Points
1Aleksandr MelentyevURS581959698989896GoldWR
2Harald VollmarGDR568939393979894Silver
3Lyubcho DyakovBUL565969293929597Bronze
4Seo Gil-SanPRK565919794939397
5Seppo SaarenpääFIN565919896949591
6Sergey PyzhyanovURS564919692969495
7Ragnar SkanåkerSWE563909494959397
8Paavo PalokangasFIN561919493969493
9Silvio CarvalhoBRA558919489959396
10Sławomir RomanowskiPOL558899692929594
=11Lyuben PopovBUL558919294959294
=11Enrico RabbachinITA558889295959791
=13Erwin MatelskiPOL557929590929395
=13Lajos NagyHUN557919394949194
=13Ivan NémethyTCH557969295909391
16Uwe PotteckGDR556919194939394
17Dan IugaROU555959092919592
=18Carlos HoraPER551929391949091
=18Kim Ji-JongPRK551889390939691
20Phan Huy KhảngVIE550918993939391
21Rudolf SeresHUN549939588909093
22Ngô Hữu KínhVIE548919190949389
23Staffan OscarssonSWE547898793969389
24Roberto FerrarisITA546968791939584
25Ken StanfordIRL545878987959592
26Mariano LaraCRC542938993889188
27Ian RedmondZIM527839291858987
28Maureen ReichertZIM524888681909089
29Rodrigo RuizCRC512848984847992
30Gianfranco GiardiSMR509898583868482
31Eliseo PaoliniSMR507878189908476
32Souvanny SouksavathLAO502848886808876
33 SyseuyLAO481808179858175