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

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Place

! style="background:gold" width="210" | Gold

! style="background:silver" width="210" | Silver

! style="background:#cc9966" width="210" | Bronze

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|1970

| Phoenix

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|1974

| Thun

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|1978

| Seoul

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|1982

| Caracas

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|1986

| Suhl

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|1990

| Moscow

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|1994

| Milan

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|1998

| Barcelona

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|2002

| Lahti

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|2006

| Zagreb

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|2010

| Munich

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|2014

| Granada

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|2018

| Changwon

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|2022

| Cairo

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World Championships, Men Junior

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Place

! style="background:gold" width="210" | Gold

! style="background:silver" width="210" | Silver

! style="background:#cc9966" width="210" | Bronze

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|1994

| Milan

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|1998

| Barcelona

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|2002

| Lahti

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|2006

| Zagreb

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|2010

| Munich

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|2014

| Granada

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|2018

| Changwon

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|2022

| Cairo

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World Championships, Men Team

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Place

! style="background:gold" width="210" | Gold

! style="background:silver" width="210" | Silver

! style="background:#cc9966" width="210" | Bronze

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|1970

| Phoenix, Arizona

| United States<br>William Blankenship<br>William Mc Millan<br>Edwin Lee Teague<br>Charles Wheeler

| Soviet Union<br>Igor Bakalov<br>Anatoli Spivakov<br>Vladimir Stolipin<br>Renart Suleimanov

| Czechoslovakia<br>Ladislav Falta<br>Hynek Hromada<br>Vladimír Hurt<br>Lubomír Nácovský

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|1974

| Thun

| Soviet Union<br>Afanasij Kuzmin<br>Valeri Margasov<br>Vladimir Stolipin<br>Victor Torshin

| Czechoslovakia<br>Vladimír Hyka<br>Milan Hyka<br>Hynek Hromada<br>Vladimír Hurt

| United States<br>Marvin Black<br>Bonnie Harmon<br>Bobby Tiner<br>Charles Wheeler

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|1978

| Seoul

| Finland<br>Seppo Makinen<br>Hannu Paavola<br>Paavo Palokangas<br>Seppo Saarenpää

| Italy<br>Giuseppe Quadro<br>Alberto Sevieri<br>Roberto Vannozzi<br>Renato Zambon

| Switzerland<br>Marcel Ansermet<br>Otto Keller<br>Reinhard Ruess<br>Alex Tschui

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|1982

| Caracas

| Soviet Union<br>Anatoli Egrishin<br>Aleksandr Melentyev<br>Sergei Sumatokhin<br>Vladas Turla

| Italy<br>Aldo Andreotti<br>Giulio Mussini<br>Giuseppe Quadro<br>Renato Zambon

| United States<br>Erich Buljung<br>John Kailer<br>Melvin Makin<br>Don Nygord

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|1986

| Suhl

| Soviet Union<br>Igor Basinski<br>Afanasij Kuzmin<br>Sergei Pyzhianov

| Austria<br>Dieter Aggermann<br>Karl Pavlis<br>Hermann Sailer

| Finland<br>Seppo Makinen<br>Paavo Palokangas<br>Jouni Vainio

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|1990

| Moscow

| Soviet Union<br>Igor Basinski<br>Miroslav Ignatiuk<br>Afanasij Kuzmin

| China<br>Hui Wang<br>Runxi Wang<br>Yifu Wang

| United States<br>Erich Buljung<br>Jimmie Mc Coy<br>Don Nygord

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|1994

| Milan

| Finland<br>Jari Koivu<br>Seppo Makinen<br>Jouni Vainio

| China<br>Gang Meng<br>Runxi Wang<br>Ruimin Zhang

| Switzerland<br>Eros de Berti<br>Andreas Schweizer<br>Hansrudolf Schneider

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|1998

| Barcelona

| China<br>Yongde Jin<br>Gang Meng<br>Yifu Wang

| Norway<br>Paal Hembre<br>Petter Bratli<br>Johnny Nilsen

| Austria<br>Giovanni Bossi<br>Karl Pavlis<br>Gerhard Boehm

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|2002

| Lahti

| Austria<br>Giovanni Bossi<br>Karl Pavlis<br>Heinz Koeltringer

| Korea<br>Byung Taek Park<br>Sang Hak Lee<br>Seong Hwan Hong

| China<br>Yongde Jin<br>Yadong Liu<br>Guohui Liu

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|2006

| Zagreb

| China<br>Guohui Liu<br>Yongde Jin<br>Yadong Liu

| Russia<br>Mikhail Nestruev<br>Sergei Poliakov<br>Sergei Alifirenko

| Ukraine<br>Oleg Tkachyov<br>Roman Bondaruk<br>Oleksandr Petriv

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|2010

| Munich

| China<br>Yongde Jin<br>Chuanlin Li<br>Zhenxiang Xie

| Germany<br>Pierre Michel<br>Christian Reitz<br>Michael Schleuter

| Korea<br>Seong Hwan Hong<br>Yoon Sam Hwang<br>Dae Kyu Jang

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|2014

| Granada

| Ukraine<br>Pavlo Korostylov<br>Roman Bondaruk<br>Oleksandr Petriv

| China<br>Yongde Jin<br>Chuanlin Li<br>Feng Ding

| Turkey<br>Yusuf Dikeç<br>Fatih Kavaruk<br>Murat Kilinc

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|2018

| Changwon

|<br>Clément Bessaguet<br>Boris Artaud<br>Alban Pierson

|<br>Kim Jun-hong<br>Kim Young-min<br>Jang Dae-kyu

|<br>Pavlo Korostylov<br>Volodymyr Pasternak<br>Oleksandr Petriv

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World Championships, Women

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

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Place

! style="background:gold" width="210" | Gold

! style="background:silver" width="210" | Silver

! style="background:#cc9966" width="210" | Bronze

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|1970

| Phoenix

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|2022

| New Administrative Capital

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World Championships, Women Team

This event was held at World Championships in 1970.

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Place

! style="background:gold" width="210" | Gold

! style="background:silver" width="210" | Silver

! style="background:#cc9966" width="210" | Bronze

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|1970

| Phoenix

| Australia<br />E. Newton<br />Judy Trim<br />Gloria Vause

| United States<br />Sally Carroll<br />Lucile Chambliss<br />M. Norkauer

| West Germany<br />Ortrud Feickert<br />Karin Fitzner<br />Ruth Kasten

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World Championships, Mixed Team

This event was held at World Championships in 2022.

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Place

! style="background:gold" width="210" | Gold

! style="background:silver" width="210" | Silver

! style="background:#cc9966" width="210" | Bronze

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|2022

| New Administrative Capital

|<br />Doreen Vennekamp<br />Christian Reitz

|<br />Kim Jang-mi<br />Kim Seo-jun

|<br />Olena Kostevych<br />Pavlo Korostylov

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World Championships, total medals

Current world records

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"

|+ Current world records in 25 metre standard pistol

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! colspan="2" | Competitors

! Record

! Holder

! Date achieved

! Location

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|rowspan=2 | Men

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|rowspan=2 | Junior Men

| Individual

! 581

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| July 30, 2017

| Baku

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| Teams

! 1707

| (Sidhu U., Sidhu V., Singh)

| July 13, 2019

| Suhl

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World champions

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"

! rowspan="2" | Year !! rowspan="2" | Venue !! colspan="2" | Seniors !! colspan="2" | Juniors

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! Individual !! Team !! Individual !! Team

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| 1970

| Phoenix, Arizona

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| 1974

| Thun

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| 1978

| Seoul

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| 1982

| Caracas

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| 1986

| Suhl

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| 1990

| Moscow

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| 1994

| Milan

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| 1998

| Barcelona

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| 2002

| Lahti

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| 2006

| Zagreb

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| 2010

| Munich

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| 2014

| Granada

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References

  • ISSF Website