# Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol

The men's 10 metre air pistol competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 16 September, the day after the opening ceremony. Franck Dumoulin and Wang Yifu both reached 590 points in the qualification round of 60 shots, raising the Olympic record by three points. Although both shooters performed considerably worse in the final, their seven-point gap to the bronze medal was quite safe. Dumoulin outperformed Wang by two points, setting a new final Olympic record.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records :
| World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 593 | Munich, West Germany | 13 October 1989 |
| Olympic record | Wang Yifu (CHN) | 587 | Atlanta, United States | 20 July 1996 |
Final records :
| World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 695.1 (593+102.1) | Munich, West Germany | 13 October 1989 |
| Olympic record | Wang Yifu (CHN) | 684.8 | Barcelona, Spain | 28 July 1992 |

## Qualification round

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Score | Notes |
| 1 | Wang Yifu | China | 590 | Q OR |
| 2 | Franck Dumoulin | France | 590 | Q OR |
| 3 | Mikhail Nestruyev | Russia | 583 | Q |
| 4 | Igor Basinski | Belarus | 583 | Q |
| 5 | João Costa | Portugal | 581 | Q |
| 6 | Roberto Di Donna | Italy | 581 | Q |
| 7 | Stéphane Gagne | France | 581 | Q |
| 8 | Tanyu Kiryakov | Bulgaria | 581 | Q |
| 9 | Vladimir Gontcharov | Russia | 579 | |
| 9 | Dilshod Mukhtarov | Uzbekistan | 579 | |
| 11 | Sorin Babii | Romania | 578 | |
| 11 | Jerzy Pietrzak | Poland | 578 | |
| 11 | Tan Zongliang | China | 578 | |
| 11 | Martin Tenk | Czech Republic | 578 | |
| 15 | Michael Douglass | United States | 577 | |
| 15 | Kanstantsin Lukashyk | Belarus | 577 | |
| 17 | Ján Fabo | Slovakia | 576 | |
| 17 | Dionissios Georgakopoulos | Greece | 576 | |
| 17 | Yuri Melentiev | Kyrgyzstan | 576 | |
| 20 | Hans-Jürgen Bauer-Neumaier | Germany | 575 | |
| 20 | Artur Gevorgjan | Germany | 575 | |
| 20 | Paolo Ranno | Italy | 575 | |
| 23 | William Demarest | United States | 574 | |
| 23 | Vladimir Guchsha | Kazakhstan | 574 | |
| 25 | Masaru Nakashige | Japan | 573 | |
| 26 | Boris Kokorev | Russia | 572 | |
| 27 | Vigilio Fait | Italy | 571 | |
| 27 | Tarek Riad | Egypt | 571 | |
| 29 | Lajos Pálinkás | Hungary | 570 | |
| 30 | Felipe Beuvrín | Venezuela | 569 | |
| 30 | Iulian Raicea | Romania | 569 | |
| 32 | David Moore | Australia | 567 | |
| 33 | Norbelis Bárzaga | Cuba | 566 | |
| 34 | Friedhelm Sack | Namibia | 565 | |
| 34 | Sergio Werner Sanchez Gomez | Guatemala | 565 | |
| 36 | Noriyuki Nishitani | Japan | 564 | |
| 37 | Ricardo Chandeck | Panama | 562 | |
| 38 | David Porter | Australia | 561 | |
| 39 | Chris Rice | Virgin Islands | 560 | |
| 40 | Christián Muñoz Ortega | Chile | 559 | |
| 41 | Luis Méndez | Uruguay | 556 | |
| 42 | István Jambrik | Hungary | 555 | |
| | Alexander Danilov | Israel | | DQ |
DQ Disqualified – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
| | Franck Dumoulin (FRA) | 590 | 98.9 | 688.9 | OR |
| | Wang Yifu (CHN) | 590 | 96.9 | 686.9 | |
| | Igor Basinski (BLR) | 583 | 99.7 | 682.7 | |
| 4 | Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | 583 | 99.3 | 682.3 | |
| 5 | Stéphane Gagne (FRA) | 581 | 101.0 | 682.0 | |
| 6 | Roberto Di Donna (ITA) | 581 | 99.5 | 680.5 | |
| 7 | João Costa (POR) | 581 | 98.4 | 679.4 | |
| 8 | Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) | 581 | 95.8 | 676.8 | |
OR Olympic record