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.
Like 25 meter center-fire pistol, standard pistol is a non-Olympic event and gains relatively little attention. It is one of the few events where targets did not change in 1989, so records were not reset. As of September 2026, the Men's World Record dated to 1983, although the women's and junior records had been broken as recently as 2022.
World Championships, Men
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1970 Phoenix1974 Thun1978 Seoul1982 Caracas1986 Suhl1990 Moscow1994 Milan1998 Barcelona2002 Lahti2006 Zagreb2010 Munich2014 Granada2018 Changwon2022 Cairo
World Championships, Men Junior
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1994 Milan1998 Barcelona2002 Lahti2006 Zagreb2010 Munich2014 Granada2018 Changwon2022 Cairo
World Championships, Men Team
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1970 Phoenix, Arizona United StatesWilliam BlankenshipWilliam Mc MillanEdwin Lee TeagueCharles Wheeler Soviet UnionIgor BakalovAnatoli SpivakovVladimir StolipinRenart Suleimanov CzechoslovakiaLadislav FaltaHynek HromadaVladimír HurtLubomír Nácovský1974 Thun Soviet UnionAfanasij KuzminValeri MargasovVladimir StolipinVictor Torshin CzechoslovakiaVladimír HykaMilan HykaHynek HromadaVladimír Hurt United StatesMarvin BlackBonnie HarmonBobby TinerCharles Wheeler1978 Seoul FinlandSeppo MakinenHannu PaavolaPaavo PalokangasSeppo Saarenpää ItalyGiuseppe QuadroAlberto SevieriRoberto VannozziRenato Zambon SwitzerlandMarcel AnsermetOtto KellerReinhard RuessAlex Tschui1982 Caracas Soviet UnionAnatoli EgrishinAleksandr MelentyevSergei SumatokhinVladas Turla ItalyAldo AndreottiGiulio MussiniGiuseppe QuadroRenato Zambon United StatesErich BuljungJohn KailerMelvin MakinDon Nygord1986 Suhl Soviet UnionIgor BasinskiAfanasij KuzminSergei Pyzhianov AustriaDieter AggermannKarl PavlisHermann Sailer FinlandSeppo MakinenPaavo PalokangasJouni Vainio1990 Moscow Soviet UnionIgor BasinskiMiroslav IgnatiukAfanasij Kuzmin ChinaHui WangRunxi WangYifu Wang United StatesErich BuljungJimmie Mc CoyDon Nygord1994 Milan FinlandJari KoivuSeppo MakinenJouni Vainio ChinaGang MengRunxi WangRuimin Zhang SwitzerlandEros de BertiAndreas SchweizerHansrudolf Schneider1998 Barcelona ChinaYongde JinGang MengYifu Wang NorwayPaal HembrePetter BratliJohnny Nilsen AustriaGiovanni BossiKarl PavlisGerhard Boehm2002 Lahti AustriaGiovanni BossiKarl PavlisHeinz Koeltringer KoreaByung Taek ParkSang Hak LeeSeong Hwan Hong ChinaYongde JinYadong LiuGuohui Liu2006 Zagreb ChinaGuohui LiuYongde JinYadong Liu RussiaMikhail NestruevSergei PoliakovSergei Alifirenko UkraineOleg TkachyovRoman BondarukOleksandr Petriv2010 Munich ChinaYongde JinChuanlin LiZhenxiang Xie GermanyPierre MichelChristian ReitzMichael Schleuter KoreaSeong Hwan HongYoon Sam HwangDae Kyu Jang2014 Granada UkrainePavlo KorostylovRoman BondarukOleksandr Petriv ChinaYongde JinChuanlin LiFeng Ding TurkeyYusuf DikeçFatih KavarukMurat Kilinc2018 ChangwonClément BessaguetBoris ArtaudAlban PiersonKim Jun-hongKim Young-minJang Dae-kyuPavlo KorostylovVolodymyr PasternakOleksandr Petriv
World Championships, Women
This event was held at World Championships in 1970 and 2022.
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1970 Phoenix2022 New Administrative Capital
World Championships, Women Team
This event was held at World Championships in 1970.
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1970 Phoenix AustraliaE. NewtonJudy TrimGloria Vause United StatesSally CarrollLucile ChamblissM. Norkauer West GermanyOrtrud FeickertKarin FitznerRuth Kasten
World Championships, Mixed Team
This event was held at World Championships in 2022.
Year Place Gold Silver Bronze2022 New Administrative CapitalDoreen VennekampChristian ReitzKim Jang-miKim Seo-junOlena KostevychPavlo Korostylov
World Championships, total medals
Current world records
+ Current world records in 25 metre standard pistol Competitors Record Holder Date achieved Location Men Women Individual 575 October 19, 2022 Cairo Teams 1693 (Yao Qianxun, Sun Yujie, Chen Jia) October 15, 2025 Cairo Junior Men Individual 581 July 30, 2017 Baku Teams 1707 (Sidhu U., Sidhu V., Singh) July 13, 2019 Suhl Junior Women Individual 580 October 15, 2022 Cairo Teams 1666 (Wang Keyi, Zhu Siying, Li Xueying) July 13, 2019 Suhl
World champions Year Venue Seniors Juniors Individual Team Individual Team 1970 Phoenix, Arizona 1974 Thun 1978 Seoul 1982 Caracas 1986 Suhl 1990 Moscow 1994 Milan 1998 Barcelona 2002 Lahti 2006 Zagreb 2010 Munich 2014 Granada
References
External links ISSF Website