Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

. It was the first Olympic rapid fire competition on the new, circular targets, and also the only one in history to feature both a semifinal, consisting of four four-second series for the top eight shooters, and a final, consisting of two additional four-second series for the top four. Afanasijs Kuzmins

Afanasijs Kuzmins

Afanasijs Kuzmins is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol...

 (for the first time competing for independent Latvia

Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Latvia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Summer Olympic Games...

) and Ralf Schumann

Ralf Schumann

Ralf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....

, who had battled for the gold medal four years earlier, once again clinched the top two spots, although in reversed order. Vladimir Vokhmyanin finished on the same score as Kuzmins, but a lower final score demoted him to bronze.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	1st	2nd	Total	Notes
1	Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....		299	295	594	Q OR
2	Adam Kaczmarek		295	296	591	Q
3	Krzysztof Kucharczyk		293	297	590	Q
4	Vladimir Vokhmyanin		295	295	590	Q
5	Afanasijs Kuzmins Afanasijs Kuzmins Afanasijs Kuzmins is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol...		297	293	590	Q
6	John McNally		293	294	587	Q
7	Bernardo Tobar		294	293	587	Q
8	Miroslav Ignatiuk		292	294	586	Q
9	Roger Mar		293	293	586
10	Petri Eteläniemi		292	293	585
11	Meng Gang		292	293	585
11	Pierluigi Ussorio		291	294	585
13	Iulian Raicea		290	294	584
13	Jindrich Skupa		293	291	584
15	Rene Osthold		289	294	583
16	Christian Kezel		291	291	582
16	Anton Küchler		293	289	582
16	Hans-Rudolf Schneider		290	292	582
16	Juan Segui Picornell		289	293	582
20	Kim Bong-chol		292	289	581
20	Emil Milev		291	290	581
22	Katsumasa Onishi		291	288	579
22	Lajos Palinkas		284	295	579
24	Ivan Dimitrov		290	287	577
25	Dimitrios Baltas		286	289	575
26	Patrick Murray		290	284	574
27	Nguyễn Quốc Cường		288	285	573
28	Adrian Breton		290	281	571
28	Sandor Kacsko		290	281	571
30	Kristo Robo		279	286	565

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for semifinal

Semifinal

Rank	Athlete	Qual	1	2	3	4	Semifinal	Total	Notes
1		594	49	49	49	48	195	789	Q
2		590	49	49	49	49	196	786	Q
3		590	48	49	50	48	195	785	Q
4		590	47	47	49	50	193	783	Q
5		587	50	48	49	47	194	781
6		586	48	50	47	48	193	779
7		591	48	45	48	46	187	778
8		587	47	48	46	48	189	776

Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual+SF	Final	Total	Notes
		789	96	885	OR
		785	97	882
		786	96	882
4		783	97	880

OR Olympic record