Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol
The Men's 50 metre pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 12 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a pistol at 50 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of.1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol.Records
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Qualification round
DQ Disqualified – Q Qualified for finalFinal
DQ Disqualified
