Shimp PeterPistol shooting consists of three subcategories: 25-meter rapid fire pistol, 25-meter pistol and 10-meter air pistol. Here, athletes have to shoot with one hand without support.
25-meter Rapid Fire Pistol: This is a men’s only competition in which shooters must shoot consecutively in short periods of eight, six and four seconds. The qualification round consists of two rounds of 30 shots each. The top eight shooters with the best score advance to the medal round.
25m Pistol: This is a women’s only event and, like the 25m Pistol, consists of two qualification rounds of 30 rounds each.
10 meter air pistol: The rules of this event are a copy of the 10 meter air rifle. There are men’s, women’s and mixed team categories. Shooters in the single categories fire 60 shots in one hour and 15 minutes before the top eight advance to the medal round. In the mixed team competition, each team member fires 40 shots, and the top five scoring teams compete for the overall award.