Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's 50 metre pistol
games = 2004 Summer
venue = Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
date = August 17, 2004
competitors = 42
nations = 31
gold = Mikhail Nestruyev
goldNOC = RUS
silver = Jin Jong-oh
silverNOC = KOR
bronze = Kim Jong-su
bronzeNOC = PRK
win_label = Winning score
win_value = 663.3
prev = 2000
next = 2008

The men's 50 metre pistol competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 17 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. Mikhail Nestruyev from Russia, who had set a new Olympic record in the 10 metre air pistol event three days earlier, but failed to win the final, finally won his Olympic gold medal followed by two Koreans, in a competition that was close but did not exhibit really high results. The air pistol champion, Wang Yifu, had not managed to qualify for the Chinese team in the 50 metre event, as each country may only participate with up to two shooters.

Medalists

References

*cite book |title=Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad |chapter=Shooting Official Results Book |pages=pp. 72–73 |publisher=Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 |month=August |year=2004 |isbn=960-88101-7-5 |chapterurl=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2004/Results/Shooting.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-07-09