Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's 10 metre air pistol
games = 2004 Summer
venue = Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
date = August 14, 2004
competitors = 47
nations = 35
gold = Wang Yifu
goldNOC = CHN
silver = Mikhail Nestruyev
silverNOC = RUS
bronze = Vladimir Isakov
bronzeNOC = RUS
win_label = Winning score
win_value = 690.0 (OR)
prev = 2000
next = 2008

The men's 10 metre air pistol competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 14 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. Mikhail Nestruyev from Russia set a new Olympic record in the qualification round of 60 shots with 591 points, only two points from the world record. However the gold was not safe because Chinese veteran Wang Yifu was only one point behind with 590. The ten-shot final became a very tight duel between the two. Nestruyev still had a one point lead with only two shots remaining, but the Chinese could advance to finally win by an extremely thin margin of 0.2 points, winning his second Olympic gold medal and sixth Olympic medal overall. At a rather large distance from the major combatants, Nestruyev's countryman Vladimir Isakov took the bronze medal. A few days later, the tables were turned and Nestruyev finally won his Olympic gold medal, in the 50 metre pistol event.

Qualification round

The qualification round was held between 12:00 and 13:45 local time, immediately after the first final of the Games, the one in women's air rifle.

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

The final began at 14:45 local time.

OR Olympic record

References

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