Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's 10 metre air pistol
games = 1996 Summer
venue = Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
date =
competitors = 50
nations = 31
gold = Roberto Di Donna
goldNOC = ITA
silver = Wang Yifu
silverNOC = CHN
bronze = Tanyu Kiryakov
bronzeNOC = BUL
win_label = Winning score
win_value = 684.2
prev = 1992
next = 2000

Men's 10 metre air pistol was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The defending champion, Wang Yifu, set an Olympic record of 587 points in the qualification round, taking a two-point lead. His lead increased during the final up to the last shot, where he scored a mere 6.5, and then fainted. He still won his fourth Olympic medal but lost the gold to Roberto Di Donna by the closest possible margin, 0.1 points. Medical staff of the Atlanta Games connected the incident to the heat, around convert|99|°F|°C outside (although the final hall was air-conditioned). [cite news
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E3DA1639F931A15754C0A960958260
title=ATLANTA: DAY 3 -- NOTEBOOK;Heat Got to Shooter
author=Reuters
work=New York Times
location=New York
date=July 22, 1996
accessdate=2008-09-11]

Qualification round

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

References

*cite book |title=Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-09-10