25Metre Rapid Fire Pistol
Men
Number of shots2×30 + 40
Olympic GamesSince 1896
World ChampionshipsSince 1933
AbbreviationRFP

25 meter rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is shot with .22 LR pistols. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after which they were only slightly changed until the two major revisions of 1989 and 2005. The latter restricted the event to sport pistols, thereby banning .22 Short cartridge (last used in 2004 and replaced by .22 Long Rifle in 2005) as well as encircling grips and low trigger-pull weight. This caused a decline in results, as evidenced by a comparison of the world records under the pre-2005 rules (597) and post-2005 rules (593).

Instead of dropping specialized rapid fire pistols, manufacturers designed new pistols, such as the Walther SSP, conforming to the standard pistol requirements, but optimized for the rapid fire event.

Course of fire

The centers of the targets are 75 cm apart, and the 10 score zone has a diameter of 10 cm.
When paper targets (as opposed to electronic scoring systems) are used, thin scoring rings are printed on the target. The thick aiming lines are present in both versions.

Traditionally, RFP competitions use paper targets that are able to turn 90 degrees to appear to the shooter and then turn back to disappear when the shooting time is up. During the last few decades, these targets have gradually been replaced by electronic devices which use red and green lights to indicate the beginning and the end of the shooting time, and which automatically handle late shots. As these systems are expensive, they are normally only used in international competitions.

A series (or string) consists of five shots fired at one target each within a limited time. The targets stand next to each other at a 25 m distance from the shooter. As with all ISSF pistol disciplines, all firing must be done with one unsupported hand. When the targets appear or when the green light comes on, the competitor must raise his arm from a 45 degree angle starting position and fire his five shots. If a shot is too late, it will score as a miss.

There are three different time limits for the series: 8 seconds, 6 seconds, and 4 seconds. A stage consists of two series of each type, and a full course of fire comprises two such stages, or a total of 60 shots. Since the targets are divided into concentric score zones with 10 being the most central part, the total maximum score is 600.

In major competitions, the top six shooters qualify for a final round of four additional 4-second series, with a shot scoring at or above 9.7 being counted as a hit, or a miss otherwise. The results of the qualification round and the final are added together, and any ties are broken by firing an additional 4-second series.

World Championships, Men

Year Place Gold Silver Bronze
1933 Spain Granada  Andre Charles Des Jamonnieres J. (FRA)  Cristobal Tauler Alos (ESP)  Luis Calvet Sandoz (ESP)
1935 Italy Rome  Walter Boninsegni (ITA)  František Pokorný (TCH)  Arturo Gonzalez Costello (ESP)
1937 Finland Helsinki  Kārlis Kļava (LAT)  Pranas Giedrimas (LTU)  Erik Ljungqvist (FIN)
1939 Switzerland Luzern  Torsten Ullman (SWE)  Cornelius van Oyen (GER)  Jonas Miliauskas (LTU)
1947 Sweden Stockholm  Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente (ARG)  Constantin Mylonas (GRE)  Sven Lundquist (SWE)
1949 Argentina Buenos Aires  Huelet Benner (USA)  Harry Wendell Reeves (USA)  Leonard Ravilo (FIN)
1952 Norway Oslo  Huelet Benner (USA)  Penait Calcai (ROM)  Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente (ARG)
1954 Venezuela Caracas  Nikolai Kalinichenko (URS)  William McMillan (USA)  Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
1958 Soviet Union Moscow  Aleksandr Kropotin (URS)  Alexander Zabelin (URS)  Ștefan Petrescu (ROM)
1962 Egypt Cairo  Alexander Zabelin (URS)  Igor Bakalov (URS)  James Henderson McNally (USA)
1966 West Germany Wiesbaden  Virgil Atanasiu (ROM)  Józef Zapędzki (POL)  Renart Suleimanov (URS)
1970 United States Phoenix  Giovanni Liverzani (ITA)  Ladislav Falta (TCH)  Weselin Petkov (BUL)
1974 Switzerland Thun  Alfred Radke (FRG)  Heinz Weissenberger (FRG)  Viktor Torshin (URS)
1978 South Korea Seoul  Ove Gunnarsson (SWE)  Werner Beier (FRG)  Gerhard Petritsch (AUT)
1982 Venezuela Caracas  Igor Puzirev (URS)  Ove Gunnarsson (SWE)  Alfred Radke (FRG)
1986 East Germany Suhl  Adam Kaczmarek (POL)  Andrzej Macur (POL)  Ralf Schumann (GDR)
1990 Soviet Union Moscow  Ralf Schumann (GDR)  Miroslav Ignatiuk (URS)  Petri Eteläniemi (FIN)
1994 Italy Milan  Krzysztof Kucharczyk (POL)  Emil Milev (BUL)  Ralf Schumann (GER)
1998 Spain Barcelona  Ralf Schumann (GER)  Daniel Leonhard (GER)  Iulian Raicea (ROM)
2002 Finland Lahti  Marco Spangenberg (GER)  Ralf Schumann (GER)  Niki Marty (SUI)
2006 Croatia Zagreb  Zhang Penghui (CHN)  Liu Zhongsheng (CHN)  Sergei Alifirenko (RUS)
2010 Germany Munich  Alexei Klimov (RUS)  Zhang Jian (CHN)  Li Yuehong (CHN)
2014 Spain Granada  Kim Jun-hong (KOR)  Oliver Geis (GER)  Li Yuehong (CHN)
2018 South Korea Changwon  Lin Junmin (CHN)  Zhang Jian (CHN)  Jean Quiquampoix (FRA)
2022 Egypt New Administrative Capital  Lee Gun-hyeok (KOR)  Clément Bessaguet (FRA)  Ghulam Mustafa Bashir (PAK)

World Championships, Men's Team

Year Place Gold Silver Bronze
1937 Finland Helsinki Finland Finland
Vilho Elo
Erik Ljungqvist
Arvo Odenvall
Jaakko Rintanen
Sulo Cederström
Lithuania Lithuania
Pranas Giedrimas
Kazys Sruoga
Antanas Jelenskas
Antanas Karčiauskas
Antanas Mamžeika
Germany Germany
Fritz Bucherer
Hans Funck
Walter Hartwig
Paul Jasper
Cornelius van Oyen
1939 Switzerland Luzern Hungary Hungary
Laszlo Badinszky
Lajos Borzsonyi Dr.
Ede Domby
Károly Takács
Laszlo Vadnay
Lithuania Lithuania
Pranas Giedrimas
Vladas Nakutis
Antanas Mamžeika
Jonas Miliauskas
Antanas Jelenskas
Germany Germany
Fritz Bucherer
Ludwig Leupold
Walter L.
Cornelius van Oyen
Zindel M.
1947 Sweden Stockholm Italy Italy
Ferdinando Bernini
Bertoni G.
Linari F.
Mazzavillani B.
Finland Finland
Väinö Heusala
Matti Kallio
Mauri Kuokka
Leonard Ravilo
Greece Greece
Evangelos Chryssafis
Angelos Papadimas
Constantin Mylonas
Georges Vichos
1949 Argentina Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina
Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente
Dionisio Fernández
Oscar Rosendo Cervo
Enrique Furtado
Finland Finland
Väinö Heusala
Matti Kallio
Leonard Ravilo
Eino Saarnikko
United States United States
Huelet Benner
Hancock W.
Logie C.
Harry Wendell Reeves
1952 Norway Oslo United States United States
Huelet Benner
Walter Devine
William McMillan
Harry Wendell Reeves
Finland Finland
Väinö Heusala
Veli-Jussi Hölsö
Leonard Ravilo
Lauri Toikka
Argentina Argentina
Cabral G.
Oscar Rosendo Cervo
Schack E.
Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente
1954 Venezuela Caracas Soviet Union Soviet Union
Evgeni Cherkassov
Nikolai Kalinichenko
Victor Nasonov
Oleg Zhgutov
United States United States
Huelet Benner
William McMillan
Thomas Mitchell
Philip Clay Roettinger
Finland Finland
Väinö Heusala
Pentti Linnosvuo
Leonard Ravilo
Lauri Toikka
1958 Soviet Union Moscow Soviet Union Soviet Union
Evgeni Cherkassov
Aleksandr Kropotin
Victor Nasonov
Alexander Zabelin
United States United States
Huelet Benner
William McMillan
Miller D.
Aubrey Smith
Hungary Hungary
Aladár Dobsa
József Gyönyörű
Ferenc Kun
Károly Takács
1962 Egypt Cairo Soviet Union Soviet Union
Efim Haydurov
Igor Bakalov
Renart Suleimanov
Alexander Zabelin
 United States
James Henderson McNally
William McMillan
Aubrey Smith
Cecil Wallis
Italy Italy
Ugo Amicosante
Giovanni Liverzani
Roberto Mazzoni
Sergio Varetto
1966 West Germany Wiesbaden Soviet Union Soviet Union
Igor Bakalov
Stanislav Frantsevski
Renart Suleimanov
Alexander Zabelin
Romania Romania
Virgil Atanasiu
Mihai Dumitriu
Marcel Roşca
Ion Tripşa
East Germany East Germany
Gerhard Feller
Gerhard Dommrich
Christian Duering
Lothar Pinnig
1970 United States Phoenix Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Falta
Vladimír Hurt
Rudolf Kolinek
Lubomír Nácovský
Romania Romania
Virgil Atanasiu
Dan Iuga
Marcel Roșca
Ion Tripșa
Italy Italy
Ugo Amicosante
Roberto Ferraris
Giovanni Liverzani
Silvano Mignardi
1974 Switzerland Thun Soviet Union Soviet Union
Yuri Alekhin
Afanasijs Kuzmins
Victor Torshin
Mikhail Ziubko
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Hurt
Vladimír Hyka
Jan Kotora
Lubomír Nácovský
Romania Romania
Virgil Atanasiu
Corneliu Ion
Marin Stan
Marcel Roșca
1978 South Korea Seoul West Germany West Germany
Werner Beier
Alfred Radke
Helmut Seeger
Heinz Weissenberger
Italy Italy
Rolando Comazzetto
Roberto Ferraris
Gianfranco Mantelli
Alberto Sevieri
Sweden Sweden
Curt Andersson
Ove Gunnarsson
Boo Levin
Ragnar Skanåker
1982 Venezuela Caracas Soviet Union Soviet Union
Afanasijs Kuzmins
Igor Puzirev
Sergei Rysev
Vladimir Vokhmianin
Romania Romania
Gratian Calota
Corneliu Ion
Suliu V.
Marin Stan
Hungary Hungary
László Orbán
Laszlo Nemeth
Gábor Plank
Istvan Szalai
1986 East Germany Suhl Soviet Union Soviet Union
Afanasijs Kuzmins
Oleg Tkachyov
Vladimir Vokhmianin
Hungary Hungary
Csaba Hell
Zoltan Kovacs
László Orbán
East Germany East Germany
Roger Herzig
Peter Schumann
Juergen Wiefel
1990 Soviet Union Moscow Soviet Union Soviet Union
Miroslav Ignatiuk
Afanasijs Kuzmins
Victor Torshin
Hungary Hungary
László Balogh
Zoltan Kovacs
Lajos Pálinkás
Switzerland Switzerland
Otto Keller
Anton Kuechler
Hansrudolf Schneider
1994 Italy Milan Poland Poland
Adam Kaczmarek
Andrzej Macur
Krzysztof Kucharczyk
China
Meng Gang
Wang Runxi
Zhang Ruimin
Hungary Hungary
István Jambrik
Sándor Kacskó
Lajos Pálinkás
1998 Spain Barcelona Germany
Ralf Schumann
Daniel Leonhard
Lars Uehlin
China
Ji Haiping
Zhang Penghui
Meng Gang
Japan
Shoichi Uenosono
Tomohiro Kida
Shuji Tazawa
2002 Finland Lahti Germany
Ralf Schumann
Marco Spangenberg
Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
China
Ji Haiping
Liu Guohui
Zhang Penghui
Ukraine Ukraine
Oleg Tkachyov
Roman Bondaruk
Taras Magmet
2006 Croatia Zagreb China
Zhang Penghui
Liu Zhongsheng
Liu Guohui
Russia Russia
Sergei Alifirenko
Sergei Poliakov
Alexei Klimov
Italy Italy
Marco Liberato
Riccardo Mazzetti
Nicola Nello Pizzi
2010 Germany Munich China
Zhang Jian
Li Yuehong
Ding Feng
Russia Russia
Alexei Klimov
Leonid Ekimov
Dmitry Brayko
 United States
Brad Balsley
Keith Sanderson
Emil Milev
2014 Spain Granada Germany
Oliver Geis
Christian Reitz
Aaron Sauter
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Tomas Tehan
Martin Podhráský
Martin Strnad
Russia Russia
Leonid Ekimov
Alexei Klimov
Alexander Alifirenko
2018 South Korea Changwon China
Lin Junmin
Zhang Jian
Yao Zhaonan
Germany
Oliver Geis
Christian Reitz
Christian Freckmann
South Korea South Korea
Kim Jun-hong
Song Jong-ho
Park Jun-woo
2022 Egypt New Administrative Capital  China
Li Yuehong
Lu Zhiming
Zhang Jueming
 Ukraine
Maksym Horodynets
Pavlo Korostylov
Denys Kushnirov
 Korea
Kim Seo-jun
Lee Jae-kyoon
Lee Gun-hyeok

World Championships, Women

Year Place Gold Silver Bronze
1962 Egypt Cairo  Sofia Tiagni (URS)  Nadezhda Yulina (URS)  Gertrude Schernitzauer (USA)

World Championships, Mixed

Year Place Gold Silver Bronze
2022 Egypt New Administrative Capital  Ukraine
Yulia Korostylova
Maksym Horodynets
 India
Simranpreet Kaur Brar
Anish Bhanwala
 Korea
Kim Jang-mi
Kim Seo-jun

World Championships, total medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union134320
2 China65213
3 Germany55313
4 United States35412
5 Poland3205
6 Italy3137
7 West Germany2215
8 Sweden2125
9 Argentina2024
10 Romania1438
11 Finland1359
12 Czechoslovakia1304
13 Hungary1236
14 Russia1214
15 East Germany1034
16 France1012
 South Korea1012
18 Latvia1001
19 Lithuania0314
20 Spain0123
21 Bulgaria0112
 Greece0112
23 Czech Republic0101
24  Switzerland0022
25 Austria0011
 Japan0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (27 entries)484647141

Current world records

Current world records in 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Men Qualification 593  Christian Reitz (GER)
 Kim Jun-hong (KOR)
July 30, 2013
July 6, 2014
Osijek (CRO)
Beijing (CHN)
Final 38  Kim Jun-hong (KOR) April 25, 2018 Changwon (KOR)
Teams 1756  China (Zhang, Lin, Yao) September 10, 2018 Changwon (KOR)
Junior Men Individual 589  Jean Quiquampoix (FRA)
 Zhu Haojie (CHN)
 Peter Florian (GER)
July 26, 2015
September 10, 2018
September 15, 2019
Maribor (SLO)
Changwon (KOR)
Bologna (ITA)
Final 35  Zhu Haojie (CHN) September 10, 2018 Changwon (KOR)
Teams 1747  China (Zhu, Cheng, Pan) September 10, 2018 Changwon (KOR)

Olympic and World Champions

The dominant shooter of the event has been Ralf Schumann of Germany with a total of five major World-level Championship titles, with three Olympic gold medals and two Individual World titles. He is the first and one of the only two shooters to have won a particular Olympic event three times, and is the first of three shooters to have won three individual Olympic titles. Károly Takács and Józef Zapędzki also won two consecutive Olympic titles. Huelet Benner won two consecutive World Championships.

A rare double is that between this rapid fire event and its direct opposite 50 metre pistol; this has only been accomplished by Alfred Lane (completed in 1912), Torsten Ullman (1939), Huelet Benner (1952) and Pentti Linnosvuo (1964), with Lane (both events at the 1912 Olympics) and Linnosvuo using only Olympic titles. Benner, on the other hand, is the only shooter with two titles in both events.

YearVenueIndividualTeam
1896[lower-alpha 1] Athens  Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)
Alfred Lane at the 1912 Olympics
1900[lower-alpha 2] Paris  Maurice Larrouy (FRA)
1912[lower-alpha 3] Stockholm  Alfred Lane (USA)  Sweden
1920[lower-alpha 4][1] Antwerp  Guilherme Paraense (BRA)  United States
1924 Paris  Henry Bailey (USA)
1932 Los Angeles  Renzo Morigi (ITA)
1933 Granada  Charles des Jammonières (FRA)
1935 Rome  Walter Boninsegni (ITA)
1936 Berlin  Cornelius van Oyen (GER)
1937 Helsinki  Kārlis Kļava (LAT)  Finland
1939 Luzern  Torsten Ullman (SWE)  Hungary
1947 Stockholm  Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente (ARG)  Italy
1948 London  Károly Takács (HUN)
1949 Buenos Aires  Huelet Benner (USA)  Argentina
1952 Oslo  Huelet Benner (USA)  United States
1952 Helsinki  Károly Takács (HUN)
1954 Caracas  Nikolai Kalinichenko (URS)  Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne  Ştefan Petrescu (ROU)
1958 Moscow  Alexander Kropotin (URS)  Soviet Union
Károly Takács, the first double Olympic Champion, competing in 1961
1960 Rome  William McMillan (USA)
1962 Cairo  Alexander Zabelin (URS)  Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo  Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN)
1966 Wiesbaden  Virgil Atanasiu (ROU)  Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City  Józef Zapędzki (POL)
1970 Phoenix  Giovanni Liverzani (ITA)  Czechoslovakia
1972 Munich  Józef Zapędzki (POL)
1974 Thun  Alfred Radke (FRG)  Soviet Union
1976 Montreal  Norbert Klaar (GDR)
1978 Seoul  Ove Gunnarsson (SWE)  West Germany
1980 Moscow  Corneliu Ion (ROU)
1982 Caracas  Igor Puzirev (URS)  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles  Takeo Kamachi (JPN)
1986 Suhl  Adam Kaczmarek (POL)  Soviet Union
1988 Seoul  Afanasijs Kuzmins (URS)
1990 Moscow  Ralf Schumann (GDR)  Soviet Union Juniors
1992 Barcelona  Ralf Schumann (GER) Individual Team
1994 Milan  Krzysztof Kucharczyk (POL)  Poland  Joseph Gonzalez (USA)  Germany
1996 Atlanta  Ralf Schumann (GER)
1998 Barcelona  Ralf Schumann (GER)  Germany  Jorge Llames (ESP)  Germany
2000 Sydney  Sergei Alifirenko (RUS)
2002 Lahti  Marco Spangenberg (GER)  Germany  Martin Behrendt (GER)  Germany
2004 Athens  Ralf Schumann (GER)
2006 Zagreb  Zhang Penghui (CHN)  China  Christian Reitz (GER)  Russia
2008 Beijing  Oleksandr Petriv (UKR)
2010 Munich  Alexei Klimov (RUS)  China  Zhou Zhiguo (CHN)  China
2012 London  Leuris Pupo (CUB)
2014 Granada  Kim Jun Hong (KOR)  Germany  Jean Quiquampoix (FRA)  China
2016 Rio de Janeiro  Christian Reitz (GER)
2021 Tokyo  Jean Quiquampoix (FRA)
  1. Only muzzle-loading pistols of .45 caliber. The 25 metre military pistol event, which was won using a Colt revolver, was a separate event.
  2. 20 metre military pistol event
  3. 30 metre dueling pistol event
  4. 30 metre military pistol event

References

  1. "Historical Results". issf-sports.org. International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
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