ISSF 25 meter standard pistol
# ISSF 25 meter standard pistol

25 meter standard pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events, introduced at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in 1970. It has its roots in the conventional pistol competitions developed by the National Rifle Association of America.

The standard pistol match is shot with a regular sport pistol (also called a standard pistol) in caliber .22 LR. As with all ISSF pistol disciplines, all firing must be done with one hand, unsupported.

The 60-shot match is divided into 5-shot strings with different timings:

* 4 strings within 150 seconds each – competitor can begin the series in any fashion he/she chooses.
* 4 strings within 20 seconds each – competitor must begin each string with pistol in one outstretched arm from the 45-degree angle starting position.
* 4 strings within 10 seconds each – competitor must begin each string with pistol in one outstretched arm from the 45-degree angle starting position.

Just like 25 meter center-fire pistol, standard pistol is a non-Olympic event and so gains little attention. It is one of the few events where targets did not change in 1989, so no resetting of records has been made. As a result, many records are rather old.

## World Championships, Men

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Renart Suleimanov (URS) | Hynek Hromada (TCH) | William McMillan (USA) |
| 1974 | Thun | Victor Torshin (URS) | Bonnie Harmon (USA) | Valeri Margasov (URS) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) | Seppo Saarenpää (FIN) | Hannu Paavola (FIN) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Vladas Turla (URS) | Alexsander Melentiev (URS) | Aldo Andreotti (ITA) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Afanasij Kuzmin (URS) | Hermann Sailer (AUT) | Igor Basinski (URS) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Miroslav Ignatiuk (URS) | Finn Damkjaer (DEN) | Anton Kuechler (SUI) |
| 1994 | Milan | Sang Hak Lee (KOR) | Hansrudolf Schneider (SUI) | Seppo Makinen (FIN) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Mikhail Nestruev (RUS) | Paal Hembre (NOR) | Yongde Jin (CHN) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Rene Vogn (DEN) | Alexander Danilov (ISR) | Giovanni Bossi (AUT) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Guohui Liu (CHN) | Jong Su Kim (PRK) | Jakkrit Panichpatikum (THA) |
| 2010 | Munich | Seong Hwan Hong (KOR) | Yongde Jin (CHN) | Júlio Almeida (BRA) |
| 2014 | Granada | Yusuf Dikeç (TUR) | João Costa (POR) | Christian Reitz (GER) |
| 2018 | Changwon | Pavlo Korostylov (UKR) | Gurpreet Singh (IND) | Kim Jun-hong (KOR) |
| 2022 | Cairo | Pavlo Korostylov (UKR) | Christian Reitz (GER) | Vijayveer Sidhu (IND) |

## World Championships, Men Junior

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | Milan | Jaspal Rana (IND) | Ricardo Yuston (ARG) | Joseph Gonzalez (USA) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Manuel Jun Guevara (VEN) | Gregory Fouet (FRA) | Rinat Ishbaev (RUS) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Denis Kulakov (RUS) | Vladimir Issachenko (KAZ) | Julien Dufour (FRA) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Kyusang Park (KOR) | Leonid Ekimov (RUS) | Thibaut Sauvage (FRA) |
| 2010 | Munich | Zhigou Zhou (CHN) | Aaron Sauter (GER) | Xuan Feng Long (CHN) |
| 2014 | Granada | Alexander Chichkov (USA) | Dario Di Martino (ITA) | Pardeep Pardeep (IND) |
| 2018 | Changwon | Vijayveer Sidhu (IND) | Lee Gun-hyeok (KOR) | Zhu Haojie (CHN) |
| 2022 | Cairo | Udhayveer Sidhu (IND) | Liu Yangpan (CHN) | Sameer Sameer (IND) |

## World Championships, Men Team

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Phoenix, Arizona | United States William Blankenship William Mc Millan Edwin Lee Teague Charles Wheeler | Soviet Union Igor Bakalov Anatoli Spivakov Vladimir Stolipin Renart Suleimanov | Czechoslovakia Ladislav Falta Hynek Hromada Vladimír Hurt Lubomír Nácovský |
| 1974 | Thun | Soviet Union Afanasij Kuzmin Valeri Margasov Vladimir Stolipin Victor Torshin | Czechoslovakia Vladimír Hyka Milan Hyka Hynek Hromada Vladimír Hurt | United States Marvin Black Bonnie Harmon Bobby Tiner Charles Wheeler |
| 1978 | Seoul | Finland Seppo Makinen Hannu Paavola Paavo Palokangas Seppo Saarenpää | Italy Giuseppe Quadro Alberto Sevieri Roberto Vannozzi Renato Zambon | Switzerland Marcel Ansermet Otto Keller Reinhard Ruess Alex Tschui |
| 1982 | Caracas | Soviet Union Anatoli Egrishin Aleksandr Melentyev Sergei Sumatokhin Vladas Turla | Italy Aldo Andreotti Giulio Mussini Giuseppe Quadro Renato Zambon | United States Erich Buljung John Kailer Melvin Makin Don Nygord |
| 1986 | Suhl | Soviet Union Igor Basinski Afanasij Kuzmin Sergei Pyzhianov | Austria Dieter Aggermann Karl Pavlis Hermann Sailer | Finland Seppo Makinen Paavo Palokangas Jouni Vainio |
| 1990 | Moscow | Soviet Union Igor Basinski Miroslav Ignatiuk Afanasij Kuzmin | China Hui Wang Runxi Wang Yifu Wang | United States Erich Buljung Jimmie Mc Coy Don Nygord |
| 1994 | Milan | Finland Jari Koivu Seppo Makinen Jouni Vainio | China Gang Meng Runxi Wang Ruimin Zhang | Switzerland Eros de Berti Andreas Schweizer Hansrudolf Schneider |
| 1998 | Barcelona | China Yongde Jin Gang Meng Yifu Wang | Norway Paal Hembre Petter Bratli Johnny Nilsen | Austria Giovanni Bossi Karl Pavlis Gerhard Boehm |
| 2002 | Lahti | Austria Giovanni Bossi Karl Pavlis Heinz Koeltringer | Korea Byung Taek Park Sang Hak Lee Seong Hwan Hong | China Yongde Jin Yadong Liu Guohui Liu |
| 2006 | Zagreb | China Guohui Liu Yongde Jin Yadong Liu | Russia Mikhail Nestruev Sergei Poliakov Sergei Alifirenko | Ukraine Oleg Tkachyov Roman Bondaruk Oleksandr Petriv |
| 2010 | Munich | China Yongde Jin Chuanlin Li Zhenxiang Xie | Germany Pierre Michel Christian Reitz Michael Schleuter | Korea Seong Hwan Hong Yoon Sam Hwang Dae Kyu Jang |
| 2014 | Granada | Ukraine Pavlo Korostylov Roman Bondaruk Oleksandr Petriv | China Yongde Jin Chuanlin Li Feng Ding | Turkey Yusuf Dikeç Fatih Kavaruk Murat Kilinc |
| 2018 | Changwon | France Clément Bessaguet Boris Artaud Alban Pierson | South Korea Kim Jun-hong Kim Young-min Jang Dae-kyu | Ukraine Pavlo Korostylov Volodymyr Pasternak Oleksandr Petriv |

## World Championships, Women

This event was held at World Championships in 1970 and 2022.

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Judy Trim (AUS) | Gloria Vause (AUS) | Nina Stoliarova (URS) |
| 2022 | New Administrative Capital | Xiao Jiaruixuan (CHN) | Rhythm Sangwan (IND) | Chen Yan (CHN) |

## World Championships, Women Team

This event was held at World Championships in 1970.

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Australia E. Newton Judy Trim Gloria Vause | United States Sally Carroll Lucile Chambliss M. Norkauer | West Germany Ortrud Feickert Karin Fitzner Ruth Kasten |

## World Championships, Mixed Team

This event was held at World Championships in 2022.

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | New Administrative Capital | Germany Doreen Vennekamp Christian Reitz | Korea Kim Jang-mi Kim Seo-jun | Ukraine Olena Kostevych Pavlo Korostylov |

## World Championships, total medals

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | China | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | United States | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Finland | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Austria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |

## Current World Records

Current world records in 25 metre standard pistol :

| Men | Individual | 584 | Erich Buljung (USA) | August 20, 1983 | Caracas (VEN) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | Teams | 1725 | Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Melentyev, Turla) Soviet Union (Kuzmins, Basinski, Pyzhianov) | September 10, 1985 September 8, 1986 | Osijek (YUG) Suhl (GDR) |
| Junior Men | Individual | 581 | Pavlo Korostylov (UKR) | July 30, 2017 | Baku (AZE) |
| Junior Men | Teams | 1707 | India (Sidhu U., Sidhu V., Singh) | July 13, 2019 | Suhl (GER) |

## World champions

| Year | Venue | Individual | Team | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | Phoenix, Arizona | Renart Suleimanov (URS) | United States |
| 1974 | Thun | Viktor Torshin (URS) | Soviet Union |
| 1978 | Seoul | Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) | Finland |
| 1982 | Caracas | Vladas Turla (URS) | Soviet Union |
| 1986 | Suhl | Afanasijs Kuzmins (URS) | Soviet Union | Juniors | Juniors |
| 1990 | Moscow | Miroslav Ignatiuk (URS) | Soviet Union | Individual | Team |
| 1994 | Milan | Lee Sang-hak (KOR) | Finland | Jaspal Rana (IND) | Moldova |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | China | Manuel Guevara Jr. (VEN) | Venezuela |
| 2002 | Lahti | René Vogn (DEN) | Austria | Denis Kulakov (RUS) | Russia |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Liu Guohui (CHN) | China | Park Kyu-sang (KOR) | Russia |
| 2010 | Munich | Hong Seong Hwan (KOR) | China | Zhou Zhiguo (CHN) | China |
| 2014 | Granada | Yusuf Dikeç (TUR) | Ukraine | Alexander Chichkov (USA) | Mongolia |
