Olympic and World Champions
Further information: List of Olympic medalists in shooting: 50 metre pistolJin Jong-oh is the only double Olympic champion in 50 metre pistol. World Championships were held annually up to the 1930s, which made a few long streaks possible, but after World War II few shooters have been able to win two major World-level titles. Paul Van Asbroeck has won the most number of Olympic and World titles combined with seven titles (1 Olympic and 6 World titles). Torsten Ullman won six titles (1 Olympic, 5 World titles) over the span of 1933-1952, including four successive Championships between 1933 and 1937 (including the 1936 Summer Olympics). Wilhem Schnyder won four consecutive World Championships between 1924 and 1928.
Another rare double is that between this precision event and its direct opposite 25 metre rapid fire pistol; this has only been accomplished by Alfred Lane (completed in 1912), Torsten Ullman (1939), Huelet Benner (1952) and Pentti Linnosvuo (1964), with Lane (in one Olympics) and Linnosvuo using only Olympic titles. Benner, on the other hand, is the only shooter with two titles in both events. Several athletes have won 50 metre pistol and 10 metre pistol titles; Jin is the ony person to have done so at the Olympics.
| Year | Venue | Individual | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Athens | Sumner Paine (USA) | |||
| 19001 | Paris | Karl Röderer (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1901 | Luzern | Karl Hess (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1902 | Rome | Karl Hess (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1903 | Buenos Aires | Benjamin Segura (ARG) | Argentina | ||
| 1904 | Lyon | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Switzerland | ||
| 1905 | Brussels | Julien Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Belgium | ||
| 1906 | Milan | Konrad Stäheli (SUI) | Belgium | ||
| 1907 | Zürich | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Belgium | ||
| 1908 | Vienna | Richard Fischer (GER) | Italy | ||
| 1908 | London | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | United States | ||
| 1909 | Hamburg | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Germany | ||
| 1910 | Loosduinen | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Belgium | ||
| 1911 | Rome | Charles Paumier du Verger (BEL) | Belgium | ||
| 1912 | Bayonne-Biarritz | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Belgium | ||
| 1912 | Stockholm | Alfred Lane (USA) | United States | ||
| 1913 | Camp Perry | Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) | United States | ||
| 1914 | Viborg | Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) | Italy | ||
| 1920 | Antwerp | Karl Frederick (USA) | United States | ||
| 1921 | Lyon | Hans Hänni (SUI) | Italy | ||
| 1922 | Milan | Hans Hänni (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1923 | Camp Perry | Irving Romaro Calkins (USA) | United States | ||
| 1924 | Reims | Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1925 | St. Gallen | Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) | France | ||
| 1927 | Rome | Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1928 | Loosduinen | Wilhelm Schnyder (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1929 | Stockholm | Fritz Zulauf (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1930 | Antwerp | Lean Revilliod de Bude (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1931 | Lwów | Marcel Bonin (FRA) | Switzerland | ||
| 1933 | Granada | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | Switzerland | ||
| 1935 | Rome | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | Switzerland | ||
| 1936 | Berlin | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | |||
| 1937 | Helsinki | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | Switzerland | ||
| 1939 | Luzern | Erich Krempel (GER) | Switzerland | ||
| 1947 | Stockholm | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | Argentina | ||
| 1948 | London | Edwin Vásquez (PER) | |||
| 1949 | Buenos Aires | Beat Rhyner (SUI) | Argentina | ||
| 1952 | Oslo | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | Sweden | ||
| 1952 | Helsinki | Huelet Benner (USA) | |||
| 1954 | Caracas | Huelet Benner (USA) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1956 | Melbourne | Pentti Linnosvuo (FIN) | |||
| 1958 | Moscow | Makhmud Umarov (URS) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1960 | Rome | Alexei Gushchin (URS) | |||
| 1962 | Cairo | Vladimir Stolipin (URS) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1964 | Tokyo | Väinö Markkanen (FIN) | |||
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Vladimir Stolipin (URS) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1968 | Mexico City | Grigori Kosych (URS) | |||
| 1970 | Phoenix | Harald Vollmar (GDR) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1972 | Munich | Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) | |||
| 1974 | Thun | Gregori Zapolski (URS) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1976 | Montreal | Uwe Potteck (GDR) | |||
| 1978 | Seoul | Moritz Minder (SUI) | Switzerland | ||
| 1980 | Moscow | Aleksandr Melentiev (URS) | |||
| 1982 | Caracas | Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1984 | Los Angeles | Xu Haifeng (CHN) | |||
| 1986 | Suhl | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | Soviet Union | ||
| 1988 | Seoul | Sorin Babii (ROU) | |||
| 1990 | Moscow | Spas Koprinkov (BUL) | Hungary | Juniors | |
| 1992 | Barcelona | Kanstantsin Lukashyk (EUN) | Individual | Team | |
| 1994 | Milan | Wang Yifu (CHN) | Ukraine | Anatolie Corovai (MDA) | Moldova |
| 1996 | Atlanta | Boris Kokorev (RUS) | |||
| 1998 | Barcelona | Franck Dumoulin (FRA) | China | Andrija Zlatić (YUG) | Poland |
| 2000 | Sydney | Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) | |||
| 2002 | Lahti | Tan Zongliang (CHN) | China | Vladimir Issachenko (KAZ) | Ukraine |
| 2004 | Athens | Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | |||
| 2006 | Zagreb | Tan Zongliang (CHN) | China | Pu Qifeng (CHN) | China |
| 2008 | Beijing | Jin Jong-oh (KOR) | |||
| 2010 | Munich | Tomoyuki Matsuda (JPN) | South Korea | Tomasz Palamarz (POL) | Germany |
| 2012 | London | Jin Jong-oh (KOR) | |||
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