25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sport pistol instead of the larger-caliber guns men used. As with all ISSF pistol disciplines, all firing must be done with one hand, unsupported.
In 1984, female shooting competitions began in the Olympic Games, and so sport pistol made its way into the Olympic program. Internationally, it is still only shot by women and juniors, while men have center-fire pistols instead. However, in many countries, there are also male classes in 25 meter pistol on the national level and lower.
As 25 meter pistol is Olympic, it involves shooting a final, which the center-fire event does not. The top eight contestants reach the final, which consists of four additional rapid-fire stage series of 5 shots each. The final score is added to the qualification score.
Most shooters excelling in 25 meter pistol also compete at the same level in 10 meter air pistol, a similar precision event.
World Championships, Women
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1966 Wiesbaden1970 Phoenix1974 Thun1978 Seoul1982 Caracas1986 Suhl1990 Moscow1994 Milan1998 Barcelona2002 Lahti2006 Zagreb2010 Munich2014 Granada2018 Changwon2022 New Administrative Capital
World Championships, Women Team
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1970 Phoenix United StatesSally CarrollLucile ChamblissBarbara Hile Soviet UnionNadezda IbragimovaNina RasskazovaNina Stoliarova West GermanyOrtrud FeickertKarin FitznerRuth Kasten1974 Thun Soviet UnionGalina ZarikovaZinaida SimonianNina Stoliarova CzechoslovakiaTereza BohinskaBedriska HykovaKatarina Pastorova AustraliaJudith HarrisonEnid NewtonGloria Vause1978 Seoul DenmarkKirsten BrogeBonnie BruunAase Havsteen AustraliaJulie AitkenPatricia DenchLynne Uden United StatesSally CarrollKimberly DyerRuby Fox1982 Caracas Soviet UnionMarina DobrantchevaInna RoseAuksne Treinite HungaryPalma BaloghMarta KotroczoGabriella Kanyai ChinaJianmin GaoZhifang WenCui Qing Yang1986 Suhl Soviet UnionMarina DobrantchevaIrina KotcherovaNino Salukvadze FranceMartine GuepinEvelyne ManchonCorine Serra-Tosio AlbaniaDiana MataEmanuela DelilajEdlira Shyti1990 Moscow Soviet UnionYauheniya HaluzaMarina LogvinenkoNino Salukvadze SwedenKerstin BodinBritt Marie EllisChris Kajd ChinaHaiying LiuDuihong LiMeifang Qian1994 Milan ChinaXiaoping FanDuihong LiLina Wang South KoreaSoon Hee BooSun Bok LeeJung Hee Park BelarusZhanna ShitikYauheniya HaluzaYuliya Siniak1998 Barcelona ChinaYeqing CaiLuna TaoYi Sun South KoreaEun Kyung ShinSoon Hee BooJoo Hyung Seo MongoliaMunkhbayar DorjsurenOyun DavaajantsanGundegmaa Otryad2002 Lahti ChinaLuna TaoYing ChenDuihong Li RussiaIrina DolgatchevaGalina BeliaevaSvetlana Smirnova United StatesElizabeth CallahanRebecca SnyderSandra Uptagrafft2006 Zagreb ChinaYing ChenFengji FeiDuihong Li BelarusLiudmila ChabatarZhanna ShapialevichYauheniya Haluza GermanyMunkhbayar DorjsurenStefanie ThurmannClaudia Verdicchio2010 Munich RussiaYulia AlipovaKira KlimovaGalina Beliaeva SerbiaZorana ArunovićJasna ŠekarićJelena Arunović Czech RepublicLenka MaruskovaMichaela MusilováPetra Hykova2014 Granada ChinaJingjing ZhangChen YingQian Wei MongoliaMunkzul TsogbadrahOtryadyn GündegmaaBayartsetseg Tumurchudur South KoreaLee Jung-eunHye Jung KwakKim Jang-mi2018 Changwon ChinaJiang RanxinLin YuemeiYao Yushi South KoreaLee Jung-eunKim Min-jungKwak Jung-hye GermanyMonika KarschDoreen VennekampMichelle Skeries2022 New Administrative CapitalChen YanLiu RuiXiao Jiaruixuan Manu BhakerAbhidnya Ashok PatilRhythm Sangwan Monika KarschMichelle SkeriesDoreen Vennekamp
World Championships, total medals
Current world records
Current world records in 25 metre pistol Women (ISSF) Final 40 February 24, 2019 New Delhi Women (CISM) Junior Women Final 39 October 7, 2016 Bologna Teams 1736 (Feng, Chen, Zhou) November 12, 2019 Doha Junior Men Individual 590 July 31, 2013 June 14, 2016 June 27, 2017 Osijek Tallinn Suhl Teams 1747 (Sidhu U., Sidhu V., Sandhu) June 27, 2018 Suhl
Olympic and World Champions
25 meter pistol for women was introduced in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In its first eight instalments, one shooter has succeeded in winning two gold medals: Mariya Grozdeva from Bulgaria. The current Olympic gold medallist is Anna Korakaki from Greece.
Women Year Venue Individual Team 1966 Wiesbaden 1970 Phoenix 1974 Thun 1978 Seoul 1982 Caracas 1984 Los Angeles 1986 Suhl 1988 Seoul 1990 Moscow Junior Women 1992 Barcelona Individual Team 1994 Milan 1996 Atlanta 1998 Barcelona 2000 Sydney 2002 Lahti 2004 Athens 2006 Zagreb 2008 Beijing 2010 Munich 2012 London 2014 Granada 2016Rio de Janeiro 2018 Changwon
Junior Men Year Venue Individual Team 1994 Milan 1998 Barcelona 2002 Lahti 2006 Zagreb 2010 Munich 2014 Granada 2018 Changwon
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