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Free Pistol (50 metres), Men

Date	23 July 1996 — 12:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Wolf Creek Shooting Complex, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	45 from 28 countries

In the preliminary round, Boris Kokorev (RUS) led the Italians Roberto Di Donna and Vigilio Fait by one point, 570-569. But they completely collapsed in the final, with Fait dropping to fifth place, and Di Donna barely holding on to win the bronze. Kokorev shot 96.4 in the final to win by over four points over Belarusian Igor Basinsky, who had the highest score in the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Final
1	Boris Kokorev	RUS	570 (1)	666.4 (1)	Gold
2	Ihar Basinski	BLR	565 (4)	662.0 (2)	Silver
3	Roberto Di Donna	ITA	569 (=2)	661.8 (3)	Bronze
4	Kanstantsin Lukashyk	BLR	564 (=5)	660.1 (4)
5	Vigilio Fait	ITA	569 (=2)	659.8 (5)
6	Wang Yifu	CHN	564 (=5)	659.3 (6)
7	Martin Tenk	CZE	564 (=5)	657.7 (7)
8	Sergio Sánchez	GUA	563 (8)	657.1 (8)
=9	Shukhrat Akhmedov	UZB	563 (=9)	–
=9	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	563 (=9)	–
=11	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	560 (=11)	–
=11	Kim Seong-Jun	KOR	560 (=11)	–
=11	Masaru Nakashige	JPN	560 (=11)	–
=11	Marek Nowak	POL	560 (=11)	–
15	Stanislav Jirkal	CZE	559 (15)	–
=16	Aleksandr Danilov	RUS	558 (=16)	–
=16	Bernardo Tobar	COL	558 (=16)	–
=16	Alex Tripolski	ISR	558 (=16)	–
19	Kolyo Zahariev	BUL	557 (19)	–
=20	Sorin Babii	ROU	556 (=20)	–
=20	Ján Fabo	SVK	556 (=20)	–
=20	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	556 (=20)	–
=20	Viktor Makarov	UKR	556 (=20)	–
=20	Yury Melentyev	KGZ	556 (=20)	–
=25	Ben Amonette	USA	555 (=25)	–
=25	Oleksandr Blizniuchenko	UKR	555 (=25)	–
=25	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	555 (=25)	–
=28	Gérard Fernandez	FRA	553 (=28)	–
=28	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	553 (=28)	–
=30	Phil Adams	AUS	552 (=30)	–
=30	Constantin Tărloiu	ROU	552 (=30)	–
=30	Xu Dan	CHN	552 (=30)	–
33	Zsolt Karacs	HUN	551 (33)	–
34	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	550 (34)	–
=35	Hans-Jürgen Neumaier	GER	549 (=35)	–
=35	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	549 (=35)	–
=37	Artur Gevorgjan	GER	548 (=37)	–
=37	Kim Seong-Jun	KOR	548 (=37)	–
39	Neal Caloia	USA	544 (39)	–
=40	Pål Hembre	NOR	542 (=40)	–
=40	Surin Klomjai	THA	542 (=40)	–
42	Lennart Andersson	SWE	538 (42)	–
43	Jakkrit Panichpatikum	THA	536 (43)	–
44	Trịnh Quốc Việt	VIE	535 (44)	–
45	Jaspal Rana	IND	534 (45)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	23 July 1996
Format	50 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points
1	Boris Kokorev	RUS	570	97	94	97	96	94	92	Q=OR
=2	Roberto Di Donna	ITA	569	93	93	90	97	98	98	Q
=2	Vigilio Fait	ITA	569	94	92	94	98	96	95	Q
4	Ihar Basinski	BLR	565	94	94	96	94	95	92	Q
=5	Kanstantsin Lukashyk	BLR	564	96	94	95	93	90	96	Q
=5	Wang Yifu	CHN	564	96	95	94	95	91	93	Q
=5	Martin Tenk	CZE	564	95	94	95	94	91	95	Q
8	Sergio Sánchez	GUA	563	92	95	89	98	94	95	Q
=9	Shukhrat Akhmedov	UZB	563	94	92	94	95	94	94
=9	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	563	95	92	92	95	95	94
=11	Franck Dumoulin	FRA	560	93	91	93	92	94	97
=11	Kim Seong-Jun	KOR	560	94	94	95	91	94	92
=11	Masaru Nakashige	JPN	560	95	95	94	93	91	92
=11	Marek Nowak	POL	560	92	95	94	92	93	94
15	Stanislav Jirkal	CZE	559	93	95	94	95	96	86
=16	Aleksandr Danilov	RUS	558	94	96	90	91	91	96
=16	Bernardo Tobar	COL	558	89	95	87	95	96	96
=16	Alex Tripolski	ISR	558	89	96	95	94	94	90
19	Kolyo Zahariev	BUL	557	92	91	94	94	96	90
=20	Sorin Babii	ROU	556	95	90	93	92	94	92
=20	Ján Fabo	SVK	556	89	93	94	99	91	90
=20	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	556	99	93	89	92	94	89
=20	Viktor Makarov	UKR	556	90	94	92	91	93	96
=20	Yury Melentyev	KGZ	556	96	94	90	89	92	95
=25	Ben Amonette	USA	555	91	95	90	93	95	91
=25	Oleksandr Blizniuchenko	UKR	555	90	92	93	91	97	92
=25	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	555	94	91	94	93	88	95
=28	Gérard Fernandez	FRA	553	95	88	94	90	92	94
=28	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	553	95	96	89	91	88	94
=30	Phil Adams	AUS	552	90	90	90	95	94	93
=30	Constantin Tărloiu	ROU	552	90	89	95	91	95	92
=30	Xu Dan	CHN	552	91	93	92	89	92	95
33	Zsolt Karacs	HUN	551	91	92	97	90	90	91
34	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	550	91	89	95	93	89	93
=35	Hans-Jürgen Neumaier	GER	549	96	89	88	92	92	92
=35	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	549	94	91	94	91	95	84
=37	Artur Gevorgjan	GER	548	93	95	93	88	90	89
=37	Kim Seong-Jun	KOR	548	91	86	91	93	97	90
39	Neal Caloia	USA	544	85	93	90	93	92	91
=40	Pål Hembre	NOR	542	95	85	95	88	88	91
=40	Surin Klomjai	THA	542	94	88	86	92	89	93
42	Lennart Andersson	SWE	538	92	85	90	90	90	91
43	Jakkrit Panichpatikum	THA	536	86	87	90	92	90	91
44	Trịnh Quốc Việt	VIE	535	89	85	92	86	92	91
45	Jaspal Rana	IND	534	93	89	92	88	79	93

Final Round

Date	23 July 1996
Format	Top 8 from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round Points	Final Round Points
1	Boris Kokorev	RUS	666.4	570	96.4	OR
2	Ihar Basinski	BLR	662.0	565	97.0
3	Roberto Di Donna	ITA	661.8	569	92.8
4	Kanstantsin Lukashyk	BLR	660.1	564	96.1
5	Vigilio Fait	ITA	659.8	569	90.8
6	Wang Yifu	CHN	659.3	564	95.3
7	Martin Tenk	CZE	657.7	564	93.7
8	Sergio Sánchez	GUA	657.1	563	94.1