Men’s 10m air pistol
Pang Wei (China) was first in the qualification round with incredible consistency to score a total of 590 with a total of 27 inner 10s. Jong-oh Jin (South Korea) had the best round, scoring 100 in one round but was still six down on Wei. Jin and Giuseppe Giordano (Italy) tied with 24 inner 10s. Round three was the key to qualification with anyone who shot 98 qualifying. Three men were over 51 after the first five shots in the final, headed by Felipe Almeida Wu (Brazil). By the time of the first elimination four men were within .1 of the top spot. Giordano would struggle between rounds nine and twelve, leading to his elimination. The closest battle came for the bronze medal position, with Pang Wei taking it by 0.2 over Juraj Tuzinsky (Slovakia). The final pair left battling were Wu and Hoang Xuân Vinh (Vietnam). Wu led going into the final shot but could only score 10.1, whilst Vinh managed to hit a 10.7 to get the win, setting an Olympic Record.
🥇Hoang Xuân Vinh 🇻🇳
🥈Felipe Almeida Wu 🇧🇷
🥉Pang Wei 🇨🇳
Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol
The qualification round saw 26 competitors whittled down to six. Christian Reitz (Germany) was quickly out of the gate with a 100 score and led after the first overall phase of 30 shots. Reitz scored 296, including a perfect round, with Jean Quiquampoix (France) and Pavlo Korostylov (Ukraine) three points back. Zhang Fusheng (China) dominated the second phase, scoring 298. Reitz scored 296 to get a total scoring of 502, an Olympic Record. The final was split into phases again, with Fusheng leading as the first elimination happened. Quiquampoix was bottom but managed to shoot a perfect score to save himself for another round. Fusheng who led after four shots, cruelly fell away, only scoring three points to be eliminated before the medals were decided. Reitz continues to fire and equalled the Olympic Record with a score of 34.
🥇Christian Reitz 🇩🇪
🥈Jean Quiquampoix 🇫🇷
🥉Li Yuehong 🇨🇳
Men’s 50m Pistol
In qualification, it was Pang Wei (China) who started fastest with an opening round of 97 followed by Pablo Carrera (Spain) and Han Seung-Woo (South Korea) in rounds two and three. The leader at the end of the qualification was Jin Jong-oh (South Korea) who scored over 95 in four rounds and hit 12 inner 10s. The most inner 10s came when Vladimir Gontcharov (Russia) hit 13, qualifying in fourth. Poor last rounds from Joao Costa (Portugal) and Jitu Rai (India) cost them spots in the final. Kim Song-Guk (North Korea) led the final at the first elimination with a strong start. The field soon whittled itself down as any shooter who scored less than eight for any one shot found themselves eliminated before the medal battle. Hoang Xuân Vinh (Vietnam) led at this point by over two points. Song-Guk would go out as Jong-Oh hit a big score, leading to the final faceoff. That big score also helped him close the gap on Vinh and when Vinh only managed 35.2 for his last two shots, it was over with Jong-Oh going on to set an Olympic Record of 193.7
🥇Jin Jong-Oh 🇰🇷
🥈Hoang Xuân Vinh 🇻🇳
🥉Kim Song-Guk 🇰🇵
Men’s 10m air rifle
At the halfway stage of qualification Ilia Charheika (Belarus) and Abhinav Bindra (India) led with a score of 314.6, just ahead of Petar Gorsa (Croatia). Those three would all qualify for the final but it was Niccolo Campriani (Italy) who ended up top of the qualification, with three consecutive scores over 105. Serhiy Kulish (Ukraine) top scored an individual round by scoring 106.4 whilst a score of 106.1 by Vitali Bubnovich (Belarus) was still not enough to make the final. In the final, after the first two rounds, it was tight with four men on 61 points, led by Peter Sidi (Hungary). A score of 18.8 soon put paid to his hopes though. Round seven was the key as Campriani jumped from bottom to the lead with a 21.0 score. This kept Bindra out of the medal places. Kulish would overtake Vladimir Maslennikov (Russia) and seal himself a top two finish but couldn’t beat Campriani who set Olympic Records in both rounds.
🥇Niccolo Campriani 🇮🇹
🥈Serhiy Kulish 🇺🇦
🥉Vladimir Maslennikov 🇷🇺
Men’s 50m rifle prone
At the halfway point of qualification, it was clear that the Russian pair of Sergey Kamenskiy (Russia) and Kirill Grigoryan (Russia) were a long way in front, with Kim Jong-Hyun (South Korea) 2.4 points behind at halfway. The gap closed before the end of qualification as Jong-Hyun and Marco De Nicolo (Italy) both scored over 315 for the second half. In the final Henri Junghänel (Germany) got out to a fast start, leading after two rounds from Grigoryan and Jong-Hyun. That front three soon built up a decent lead and would battle for the medals. With two shots left, Junghänel led by 0.5 to Grigoryan and Jong-Hyun was almost a full point back. Grigoryan could only manage a 19.8 though and was eliminated with a bronze medal, whilst Junghänel kept a wide gap, winning by over a point.
🥇Henri Junghänel 🇩🇪
🥈Kim Jong-Hyun 🇰🇷
🥉Kirill Grigoryan 🇷🇺
Men’s 50m rifle three positions
Sergey Kamenskiy (Russia) led the prone phase of qualification, slightly ahead of Yury Shcherbatsevich (Belarus). Matthew Emmons (United States) scored a perfect 400 in the standing round, with many on big totals. The kneeling portion was led by Zhu Qinan (China) but it was Kamenskiy who led the overall qualification, setting an Olympic Record. Niccolo Campriani (Italy) and Kamenskiy soon pulled away in the final, the pair comfortably ahead after 20 shots. At the first elimination stage, Kamenskiy led Campriani by 0.1. The gap began to be closed on them by Alexis Raynaud (France) but he ran out of time. With four rounds to go, Campriani had a slight lead, but Kamenskiy went ahead and heading into the final round had an advantage of 0.6. Kamenskiy could only hit a score of 8.3 and Campriani was able to overcome the lead with a 9.2, confirming himself as a double 2016 Olympic champion.
🥇Niccolo Campriani 🇮🇹
🥈Sergiy Kamenskiy 🇷🇺
🥉Alexis Raynaud 🇫🇷
Men’s skeet
The qualification was close with not much separating the top shooters. With a round to go, Abdullah Al-Rashidi (Independent Olympic Athlete) and Marcus Svensson (Sweden) led with 99. They qualified on top of the standings, with a five-way tie for fifth, meaning only two of the five would qualify for the final. It was Jesper Hansen (Denmark) and Gabriele Rossetti (Italy) who came through the shoot-off. In the semi-final, Rossetti and Svensson scored 16 to go into the gold medal match. Mykola Milchev (Ukraine) sealed his spot in the bronze medal match with a 15 whilst the other three finalists tied on 14. Al-Rashidi won the shoot-off to get into the bronze medal match, which he proceeded to win, scoring 16. That score was matched by Rossetti, who took the gold medal match.
🥇Gabriele Rossetti 🇮🇹
🥈Marcus Svensson 🇸🇪
🥉Abdullah Al-Rashidi
Men’s Trap
Eight men went through day one of qualification with scores in the 70s and Massimo Fabbrizi (Italy) hit a perfect 75. Six of those eight qualified for the final with Ahmed Kamar (Egypt) and Giovanni Pellielo (Italy) hitting the best scores on day two of 49. Josip Glasnovic (Croatia) led the semi-final round with a perfect 15. He would come up against Pellielo in the final, whilst David Kostelecky (Czech Republic) and Edward Ling (Great Britain) would battle for bronze. Ling got a comfortable win to take bronze but the final would see the two men tie. Eventually, on the fourth sudden death shot, it was Glasnovic who got the win.
🥇Josip Glasnovic 🇭🇷
🥈Giovanni Pellielo 🇮🇹
🥉Edward Ling 🇬🇧
Men’s Double Trap
James Willett (Australia) led with a perfect 30 after round one but could only follow that with a 24. At the end of round two, it was a shared lead between Andreas Low (Germany), Marco Innocenti (Italy) and Pan Qiang (China). Willett scored 59 over his next rounds, a feat matched by Tim Kneale (Great Britain) who led. They both made the next round but qualification was led by Low. There was a three-way tie for sixth place and after eleven sudden death shots, Joshua Richmond (United States) finally missed one, with Fehaid Al-Deehani (Independent Olympic Athlete) heading to the final. Al-Deehani would lead the semi-final and head to the gold medal match alongside Innocenti whilst the two Brits would go on to the bronze medal match. Steven Scott (Great Britain) would hit a perfect 30 to defeat Kneale and win bronze, whilst Al-Deehani edged Innocenti for gold.
🥇Fehaid Al-Deehani
🥈Marco Innocenti 🇮🇹
🥉Steven Scott 🇬🇧
Women’s 10m Air Pistol
Halfway through qualification Vitalina Batsarashkina (Russia) led with 196. She similarly led the second half with a score of 194 although that was matched by Ekaterina Korshunova (Russia), Anna Korakaki (Greece) and Bobana Velickovic (Serbia). It was her compatriot Zorana Arunovic who led the field in the inner 10s but she didn’t make the final. Batsarashkina, once again started fast in the final, leading on 39.8. That gap was closed by Zhang Mengxue though who scored 41.7 over the next four shots. She continued her hot streak and by the medal rounds had opened up a strong lead over Korakaki, who was in second ahead of Batsarashkina. The Russian would manage to overcome Korakaki but couldn’t get near Mengxue who won by over 2 points, setting an Olympic Record.
🥇Zhang Mengxue 🇨🇳
🥈Vitalina Batsarashkina 🇷🇺
🥉Anna Korakaki 🇬🇷
Women’s 25m Pistol
At the halfway stage of qualification, Anna Korakaki (Greece) led with a score of 297. Bobana Velickovic (Serbia) was in second with a good score of 295. But, the story of qualification would be Zhang Jingjing (China), who scored 299 in the second half to set an Olympic Record. After three shots of the semi-final stage, it was once again Korakaki leading in a tie with Jingjing and Heidi Diethelm Gerber (Switzerland). Korakaki scored eight over the final two shots to get herself into the gold medal final alongside Monika Karsch (Germany). In the final, Korakaki would once again get an early lead which she would not relinquish.
🥇Anna Korakaki 🇬🇷
🥈Monika Karsch 🇩🇪
🥉Heidi Diethelm Gerber 🇨🇭
Women’s 10m Air Rifle
Du Li (China) led qualification at the halfway stage by over a point to Barbara Engleder (Germany). The positions were reversed over the second but Li would still have the overall lead. Seven shooters were separated by a point after four rounds led by Yi Siling (China). The standout four quickly emerged as Siling was chased by Li, Engleder and Virginia Thrasher (United States). Heading into the medal rounds, the four were tightly bunched but consecutive good rounds from Thrasher and Li helped them move into the final, where Thrasher would take the win with an Olympic Record.
🥇Virginia Thrasher 🇺🇸
🥈Du Li 🇨🇳
🥉Yi Siling 🇨🇳
Women’s 50m Rifle Three Positions
The prone rounds in qualification saw Olivia Hofmann (Austria) and Petra Zublasing (Italy) lead with 199 edging Malin Westerheim (Norway). Three shooters scored 199 in the standing position: Du Li (China), Virginia Thrasher (United States) and Snjezana Pejcic (Croatia). In the kneeling position, scores were hard to come by but Nina Christen (Switzerland) led. She was second in the overall qualification, led by Zublasing. Halfway through the final, three shooters had over 255 points, led by Barbara Engleder (Germany), Du Li (China) and Olivia Hofmann (Austria). By the time of the first elimination, Du Li was in the lead. When it came down to the final four, Engelder led by a whole point with Zhang Binbin (China) back in fourth. A 9.2 from Zublasing meant she missed out on the medal, as everyone else scored 10s for that round. A poor score would then cost Li, as she scored 8.6 which left her in the bronze medal position. Engleder would finish with a score of 458.6, setting an Olympic Record.
🥇Barbara Engleder 🇩🇪
🥈Zhang Binbin 🇨🇳
🥉Du Li 🇨🇳
Women’s Skeet
Diana Bacosi (Italy) landed the perfect score of 25 in the opening qualification round, with Morgan Craft (United States), Chiara Cainero (Italy) and Wei Ning (China) one back on 24. It was Kim Rhode (United States) and Wei Meng (China) who shot 25s in the second round. Meng repeated it in round three, matched by Albina Shakirova (Russia) and Melisa Gil (Argentina) to get into the shoot-off. They would both lose out to Craft. In the semi-final, it was the Italian pair who finished in the top two, finalising their place in the gold medal match. Meng, Rhode and Craft tied on 14 and it was Craft who blinked first to miss out on the bronze medal match. Three of the four in the medal match scored 15. Bacosi edged Cainero. Meng and Rhode went into sudden death and it took seven extra shots for Rhode to seal the medal.
🥇Diana Bacosi 🇮🇹
🥈Chiara Cainero 🇮🇹
🥉Kim Rhode 🇺🇸
Women’s Trap
Jessica Rossi (Italy), Fatima Gálvez (Spain), Natalie Rooney (New Zealand) and Mariya Dmitriyenko (Kazakhstan) all scored 24 in the first round of qualification. Laetisha Scanlan (Australia) scored the perfect 25 in round two to lead alongside Rooney. The final round saw Rossi and Catherine Skinner (Australia) score 24. It was the top two in qualifying, Rossi and Scanlan who were bottom in the semi-final stage. Skinner led whilst Rooney edged Corey Cogdell (United States) in a shoot-off to make the gold medal match. Cogdell once again was in a shootout, this time getting the win to take bronze.
🥇Catherine Skinner 🇦🇺
🥈Natalie Rooney 🇳🇿
🥉Corey Cogdell 🇺🇸
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