ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol

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 During the last few decades, these targets have gradually been replaced by electronic devices which use red and green lights to indicate the beginning and the end of the shooting time, and which automatically handle late shots.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. To score 9.7 or above, the shot must be within a circle of diameter 124 mm (4.88 inches). 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	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1935	Template:Flagicon Rome	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1937	Template:Flagicon Helsinki	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1939	Template:Flagicon Luzern	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1947	Template:Flagicon Stockholm	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1949	Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1952	Template:Flagicon Oslo	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1954	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1958	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1962	Template:Flagicon Cairo	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc
2023	Template:Flagicon Baku	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc

World Championships, Men's Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1937	Template:Flagicon Helsinki	Template:Flagicon Finland Vilho Elo Erik Ljungqvist Arvo Odenvall Jaakko Rintanen Sulo Cederström	Template:Flagicon Lithuania Pranas Giedrimas Kazys Sruoga Antanas Jelenskas Antanas Karčiauskas Antanas Mamžeika	Template:Flagicon Germany Fritz Bucherer Hans Funck Walter Hartwig Paul Jasper Cornelius van Oyen
1939	Template:Flagicon Luzern	Template:Flagicon Hungary Laszlo Badinszky Lajos Borzsonyi Dr. Ede Domby Károly Takács Laszlo Vadnay	Template:Flagicon Lithuania Pranas Giedrimas Vladas Nakutis Antanas Mamžeika Jonas Miliauskas Antanas Jelenskas	Template:Flagicon Germany Fritz Bucherer Ludwig Leupold Walter L. Cornelius van Oyen Zindel M.
1947	Template:Flagicon Stockholm	Template:Flagicon Italy Ferdinando Bernini Bertoni G. Linari F. Mazzavillani B.	Template:Flagicon Finland Väinö Heusala Matti Kallio Mauri Kuokka Leonard Ravilo	Template:Flagicon Greece Evangelos Chryssafis Angelos Papadimas Constantin Mylonas Georges Vichos
1949	Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires	Template:Flagicon Argentina Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente Dionisio Fernández Oscar Rosendo Cervo Enrique Furtado	Template:Flagicon Finland Väinö Heusala Matti Kallio Leonard Ravilo Eino Saarnikko	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Benner Hancock W. Logie C. Harry Wendell Reeves
1952	Template:Flagicon Oslo	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Benner Walter Devine William McMillan Harry Wendell Reeves	Template:Flagicon Finland Väinö Heusala Veli-Jussi Hölsö Leonard Ravilo Lauri Toikka	Template:Flagicon Argentina Cabral G. Oscar Rosendo Cervo Schack E. Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente
1954	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Evgeni Cherkassov Nikolai Kalinichenko Victor Nasonov Oleg Zhgutov	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Benner William McMillan Thomas Mitchell Philip Clay Roettinger	Template:Flagicon Finland Väinö Heusala Pentti Linnosvuo Leonard Ravilo Lauri Toikka
1958	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Evgeni Cherkassov Aleksandr Kropotin Victor Nasonov Alexander Zabelin	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Benner William McMillan Miller D. Aubrey Smith	Template:Flagicon Hungary Aladár Dobsa József Gyönyörű Ferenc Kun Károly Takács
1962	Template:Flagicon Cairo	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Efim Haydurov Igor Bakalov Renart Suleimanov Alexander Zabelin	Template:Flagu James Henderson McNally William McMillan Aubrey Smith Cecil Wallis	Template:Flagicon Italy Ugo Amicosante Giovanni Liverzani Roberto Mazzoni Sergio Varetto
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Igor Bakalov Stanislav Frantsevski Renart Suleimanov Alexander Zabelin	Template:Flagicon Romania Virgil Atanasiu Mihai Dumitriu Marcel Roşca Ion Tripşa	Template:Flagicon East Germany Gerhard Feller Gerhard Dommrich Christian Duering Lothar Pinnig
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia Ladislav Falta Vladimír Hurt Rudolf Kolinek Lubomír Nácovský	Template:Flagicon Romania Virgil Atanasiu Dan Iuga Marcel Roșca Ion Tripșa	Template:Flagicon Italy Ugo Amicosante Roberto Ferraris Giovanni Liverzani Silvano Mignardi
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Yuri Alekhin Afanasijs Kuzmins Victor Torshin Mikhail Ziubko	Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia Vladimír Hurt Vladimír Hyka Jan Kotora Lubomír Nácovský	Template:Flagicon Romania Virgil Atanasiu Corneliu Ion Marin Stan Marcel Roșca
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Flagicon West Germany Werner Beier Alfred Radke Helmut Seeger Heinz Weissenberger	Template:Flagicon Italy Rolando Comazzetto Roberto Ferraris Gianfranco Mantelli Alberto Sevieri	Template:Flagicon Sweden Curt Andersson Ove Gunnarsson Boo Levin Ragnar Skanåker
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Afanasijs Kuzmins Igor Puzirev Sergei Rysev Vladimir Vokhmianin	Template:Flagicon Romania Gratian Calota Corneliu Ion Suliu V. Marin Stan	Template:Flagicon Hungary László Orbán Laszlo Nemeth Gábor Plank Istvan Szalai
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Afanasijs Kuzmins Oleg Tkachyov Vladimir Vokhmianin	Template:Flagicon Hungary Csaba Hell Zoltan Kovacs László Orbán	Template:Flagicon East Germany Roger Herzig Peter Schumann Juergen Wiefel
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Miroslav Ignatiuk Afanasijs Kuzmins Victor Torshin	Template:Flagicon Hungary László Balogh Zoltan Kovacs Lajos Pálinkás	Template:Flagicon Switzerland Otto Keller Anton Kuechler Hansrudolf Schneider
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Poland Adam Kaczmarek Andrzej Macur Krzysztof Kucharczyk	Template:Flagicon Meng Gang Wang Runxi Zhang Ruimin	Template:Flagicon Hungary István Jambrik Sándor Kacskó Lajos Pálinkás
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumann Daniel Leonhard Lars Uehlin	Template:Flagicon Ji Haiping Zhang Penghui Meng Gang	Template:Flagicon Shoichi Uenosono Tomohiro Kida Shuji Tazawa
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Flagicon Ralf Schumann Marco Spangenberg Klaus-Dieter Schmidt	Template:Flagicon Ji Haiping Liu Guohui Zhang Penghui	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Oleg Tkachyov Roman Bondaruk Taras Magmet
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Flagicon Zhang Penghui Liu Zhongsheng Liu Guohui	Template:Flagicon Russia Sergei Alifirenko Sergei Poliakov Alexei Klimov	Template:Flagicon Italy Marco Liberato Riccardo Mazzetti Nicola Nello Pizzi
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jian Li Yuehong Ding Feng	Template:Flagicon Russia Alexei Klimov Leonid Ekimov Dmitry Brayko	Template:Flagu Brad Balsley Keith Sanderson Emil Milev
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Flagicon Oliver Geis Christian Reitz Aaron Sauter	Template:Flagicon Czech Republic Tomas Tehan Martin Podhráský Martin Strnad	Template:Flagicon Russia Leonid Ekimov Alexei Klimov Alexander Alifirenko
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Flagicon Lin Junmin Zhang Jian Yao Zhaonan	Template:Flagicon Oliver Geis Christian Reitz Christian Freckmann	Template:Flagicon South Korea Kim Jun-hong Song Jong-ho Park Jun-woo
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Flagu Li Yuehong Lu Zhiming Zhang Jueming	Template:Flagu Maksym Horodynets Pavlo Korostylov Denys Kushnirov	Template:Flagu Kim Seo-jun Lee Jae-kyoon Lee Gun-hyeok
2023	Template:Flagicon Baku	Template:Flagteam Wang Xinjie Li Yuehong Liu Yangpan	Template:Flagteam Florian Peter Oliver Geis Christian Reitz	Template:Flagteam Song Jong-ho Lee Gun-hyeok Kim Seo-jun

World Championships, Women

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1962	Template:Flagicon Cairo	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc	Template:Flag athl iocc

World Championships, Mixed

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Flagu Yulia Korostylova Maksym Horodynets	Template:Flagu Simranpreet Kaur Brar Anish Bhanwala	Template:Flagu Kim Jang-mi Kim Seo-jun

Current world records

Template:Shooting WR RFP Men Teams

Current world records in 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Men
	Final	39	Template:Flagathlete	Aug 22, 2023	Baku Template:Cc3
	Junior Men	Individual	589	Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete	July 26, 2015 September 10, 2018 September 15, 2019	Maribor Template:Cc3 Changwon Template:Cc3 Bologna Template:Cc3
Final		35	Template:Flagathlete	September 10, 2018	Changwon Template:Cc3
Teams		1747	Template:Flagu (Zhu, Cheng, Pan)	September 10, 2018	Changwon Template:Cc3

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.

Year	Venue	Individual	Team
1896Template:Efn	Athens	Template:FlagIOCathlete		Alfred Lane at the 1912 Olympics
1900Template:Efn	Paris	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1912Template:Efn	Stockholm	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOC
1920Template:Efn<ref name="issf">Template:Cite web</ref>	Antwerp	Template:FlagIOCathlete	Template:FlagIOC
1924	Paris	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1932	Los Angeles	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1933	Granada	Template:Flagathlete
1935	Rome	Template:Flagathlete
1936	Berlin	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1937	Helsinki	Template:Flagathlete	Template:FIN
1939	Luzern	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flag
1947	Stockholm	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
1948	London	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1949	Buenos Aires	Template:Flagathlete	Template:ARG
1952	Oslo	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
1952	Helsinki	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1954	Caracas	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flag
1956	Melbourne	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1958	Moscow	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flag	Károly Takács, the first double Olympic Champion, competing in 1961
1960	Rome	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1962	Cairo	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flag
1964	Tokyo	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1966	Wiesbaden	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flag
1968	Mexico City	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1970	Phoenix	Template:Flagathlete	Template:TCH
1972	Munich	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1974	Thun	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flag
1976	Montreal	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1978	Seoul	Template:Flagathlete	Template:FRG
1980	Moscow	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1982	Caracas	Template:Flagathlete	Template:URS
1984	Los Angeles	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1986	Suhl	Template:Flagathlete	Template:URS
1988	Seoul	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1990	Moscow	Template:Flagathlete	Template:URS	Juniors
1992	Barcelona	Template:FlagIOCathlete		Individual	Team
1994	Milan	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
1996	Atlanta	Template:FlagIOCathlete
1998	Barcelona	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
2000	Sydney	Template:FlagIOCathlete
2002	Lahti	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
2004	Athens	Template:FlagIOCathlete
2006	Zagreb	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
2008	Beijing	Template:FlagIOCathlete
2010	Munich	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
2012	London	Template:FlagIOCathlete
2014	Granada	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Template:Flagathlete
2018	Changwon	Template:Flagathlete	Template:CHN
2021	Tokyo	Template:Flagathlete
2022	New Administrative Capital	Template:Flagathlete	Template:CHN
2023	Baku	Template:Flagathlete	Template:CHN
2024	Paris	Template:Flagathlete

External links

• The International Shooting Sport Federation—Official site