Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle
The Men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 30 July 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Men's 10 metre air rifle at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Artillery Barracks | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 47 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 702.1 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Rifle | ||
50 m rifle three positions | men | women |
50 m rifle prone | men | |
10 m air rifle | men | women |
Pistol | ||
50 m pistol | men | |
25 m pistol | women | |
25 m rapid fire pistol | men | |
10 m air pistol | men | women |
Shotgun | ||
Trap | men | women |
Double trap | men | |
Skeet | men | women |
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. Defending gold medalist Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final.
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.
Gun - 4.5 mm Calibre Rifle Maximum 5.5 kg Bullet - 4.5 mm Pellets BullsEye - 0.55 mm Time for Each Shot - 75 seconds
Alin Moldoveanu of Romania won the gold medal by scoring 702.1. Gagan Narang won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1.[1] [2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records | ||||
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World record | Tevarit Majchacheeap (THA) | 600 | Langkawi, Malaysia | 27 January 2000 |
Olympic record | Zhu Qinan (CHN) | 599 | Athens, Greece | 16 August 2004 |
Final records | ||||
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World record | Zhu Qinan (CHN) | 703.8 (600+103.8) | Wroclaw, Poland | 22 August 2011 |
Olympic record | Zhu Qinan (CHN) | 702.7 (599+103.7) | Athens, Greece | 16 August 2004 |
Qualification round
Rank | Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | Inner 10s | Notes |
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1 | Niccolò Campriani | Italy | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 599 | 56 | Q |
2 | Alin Moldoveanu | Romania | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 599 | 53 | Q |
3 | Gagan Narang | India | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 598 | 53 | Q |
4 | Wang Tao | China | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 598 | 52 | Q |
5 | Illia Charheika | Belarus | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 597 | 52 | Q |
6 | Ole Magnus Bakken | Norway | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 597 | 47 | Q |
7 | Peter Hellenbrand | Netherlands | 97 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 596 | 51 | Q |
8 | Pierre Edmond Piasecki | France | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 596 | 50 | Q |
9 | Sergy Rikhter | Israel | 99 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 595 | 50 | |
10 | Zhu Qinan | China | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 595 | 50 | |
11 | Vitali Bubnovich | Belarus | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 595 | 46 | |
12 | Julian Justus | Germany | 99 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 595 | 44 | |
13 | Péter Sidi | Hungary | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 594 | 52 | |
14 | Are Hansen | Norway | 97 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 594 | 51 | |
15 | Alexei Kamenski | Russia | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 96 | 100 | 594 | 46 | |
16 | Abhinav Bindra | India | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 594 | 45 | |
17 | Kim Jong-Hyun | South Korea | 98 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 593 | 46 | |
18 | Serhiy Kulish | Ukraine | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 593 | 45 | |
19 | Artur Ayvazyan | Ukraine | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 96 | 593 | 45 | |
20 | Alexandre Sokolov | Russia | 99 | 100 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 593 | 44 | |
21 | Ruslan Ismailov | Kyrgyzstan | 100 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 593 | 43 | |
22 | Anton Rizov | Bulgaria | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 593 | 43 | |
23 | Nyantain Bayaraa | Mongolia | 100 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 593 | 42 | |
24 | James Huckle | Great Britain | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 593 | 42 | |
25 | Tino Mohaupt | Germany | 100 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 592 | 50 | |
26 | Jeremy Monnier | France | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 592 | 46 | |
27 | Jonathan Hall | United States | 100 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 592 | 42 | |
28 | Thomas Farnik | Austria | 97 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 591 | 47 | |
29 | Amgad Hosen | Egypt | 100 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 591 | 45 | |
30 | Nemanja Mirosavljev | Serbia | 100 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 98 | 591 | 43 | |
31 | Jozef Gönci | Slovakia | 99 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 591 | 41 | |
32 | Han Jin-Seop | South Korea | 97 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 590 | 46 | |
33 | Václav Haman | Czech Republic | 97 | 97 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 590 | 45 | |
34 | Marco De Nicolo | Italy | 99 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 590 | 44 | |
35 | Matthew Emmons | United States | 97 | 98 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 97 | 590 | 42 | |
36 | Bojan Durković | Croatia | 97 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 590 | 42 | |
37 | Pascal Lorentan | Switzerland | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 94 | 98 | 589 | 43 | |
38 | Midori Yajima | Japan | 97 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 589 | 37 | |
39 | Simon Beyeler | Switzerland | 95 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 588 | 44 | |
40 | William Godward | Australia | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 95 | 588 | 44 | |
41 | Javier López | Spain | 97 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 588 | 38 | |
42 | Dane Sampson | Australia | 98 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 587 | 40 | |
43 | Petar Gorša | Croatia | 98 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 586 | 38 | |
44 | Nedžad Fazlija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96 | 97 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 585 | 36 | |
45 | Mangala Samarakoon | Sri Lanka | 97 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 583 | 31 | |
46 | Cory Niefer | Canada | 94 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 581 | 31 | |
47 | Rudi Lausarot | Uruguay | 99 | 94 | 97 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 575 | 28 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total |
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Alin Moldoveanu (ROU) | 599 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 103.1 | 702.1 | |
Niccolò Campriani (ITA) | 599 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 102.5 | 701.5 | |
Gagan Narang (IND) | 598 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 103.1 | 701.1 | |
4 | Wang Tao (CHN) | 598 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 102.4 | 700.4 |
5 | Peter Hellenbrand (NED) | 596 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 103.8 | 699.8 |
6 | Pierre Edmond Piasecki (FRA) | 596 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 103.1 | 699.1 |
7 | Illia Charheika (BLR) | 597 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 101.6 | 698.6 |
8 | Ole Magnus Bakken (NOR) | 597 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 94.5 | 691.5 |