Men's 50 metre pistol (then known as free 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...

. Kanstantsin Lukashyk

Kanstantsin Lukashyk

Kanstantsin Leonidovich Lukashyk is a Belarusian pistol shooter, most famous for winning the 50 metre pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 16, shocking the world of competitive shooting...

, a 16-year-old Belarusian, unexpectedly had the pre-final lead. The final became severely interrupted by a pistol malfunction, originally assumed to be a technical fault in the electronic target system, for Tanyu Kiryakov

Tanyu Kiryakov

Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the only shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion.- External links :*...

 who was second but had to leave the competition short of finishing his ten shots. Lukashyk needed a nine for his last shot, and it broke only seconds before the 75-second deadline, but was a nine indeed, and so the sensation was a fact. Wang Yifu

Wang Yifu

Wang Yifu is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events....

 won the silver medal and Ragnar Skanåker

Ragnar Skanåker

Ragnar Skanåker is a Swedish pistol shooter who was a world-class shooter for an extremely long period. His international breakthrough came in the 1972 Olympics, where he won the 50 m Pistol event...

, 42 years older than the gold medalist, came third, winning his fourth Olympic medal in this event.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Score	Notes
1	Kanstantsin Lukashyk Kanstantsin Lukashyk Kanstantsin Leonidovich Lukashyk is a Belarusian pistol shooter, most famous for winning the 50 metre pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 16, shocking the world of competitive shooting...		567	Q
2	Tanyu Kiryakov Tanyu Kiryakov Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the only shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion.- External links :*...		567	Q
3	Darius Young		566	Q
4	Ragnar Skanåker Ragnar Skanåker Ragnar Skanåker is a Swedish pistol shooter who was a world-class shooter for an extremely long period. His international breakthrough came in the 1972 Olympics, where he won the 50 m Pistol event...		566	Q
5	Wang Yifu Wang Yifu Wang Yifu is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events....		565	Q
6	Xu Haifeng Xu Haifeng Xu Haifeng is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and the first person to win a gold medal for China in the Olympic Games. He specializes in the 50 metre pistol event....		565	Q
7	Istvan Agh		561	Q
8	Sorin Babii Sorin Babii Sorin Babii is a sport shooter from the Romania..-Records:-External links:*Profile of at the Sports References...		561	Q
9	Jerzy Pietrzak		560
10	Stein-Olav Fiskebeck		559
11	Kim Seon-il		558
11	Spas Koprinkov		558
11	Sakari Paasonen		558
11	Tu Tai-hsing		558
15	Benny Östlund		557
16	Sergei Pyzhianov Sergei Pyzhianov Sergei Pyzhianov is a former Soviet pistol shooter. During the last few years of the Soviet Union's dominance, he was a major star on the pistol team....		556
16	Tarek Zaki Riad		556
16	So Gil-san		556
19	Ben Amonette		555
20	Gernot Eder		554
20	Fumihisa Semizuki		554
22	Roberto Di Donna Roberto Di Donna Roberto Di Donna is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in 10 metre air pistol at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...		553
22	Stanislav Jirkal		553
22	Bernardo Tobar Ante		553
25	Philippe Cola		552
26	Alberto Areces Fernandez		551
26	Bengt Sandstrom		551
28	Hassan Hassan		550
28	Ryu Myong-hyon		550
30	Phillip Adams		549
31	Timo Naveri		548
31	Zoltán Papanitz		548
33	Hans-Jürgen Bauer-Neumaier		547
33	Park Jong-shin		547
35	Wilson Scheidemantel		545
36	Franck Dumoulin Franck Dumoulin Franck Dumoulin is a pistol shooter from Bordeaux, France.- Olympic Games :- World Championships :* 1994 World Championships :** Gold Medal in 10 m Air Pistol** Bronze Medal in 50 m Pistol...		544
37	Dimitrios Baltas		543
37	Rodney Michael Colwell		543
37	Mamoru Inagaki		543
37	Francisco Sanz Cancio		543
37	Greg Yelavich Greg Yelavich Gregory Thomas Yelavich is a competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander...		543
42	Dario Palazzani		538
43	Gilbert King-hong U		532
44	Shuaib Adam		484

Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	Notes
		567	91	658
		565	92	657
		566	91	657
4		566	89	655
5		561	92	653
6		561	91	652
7		565	87	652
8		567	51	618	DNF

DNF Did not finish