The men's 30 metre rapid fire pistol, labeled the "revolver" in the Official Report[2] and often described as a "military pistol" event[3] was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.

The International Shooting Sport Federation identified this event as the fourth appearance of an individual 25 metre rapid fire pistol event;[1] it was the second time the distance was 30 metres (after 1912).

American Raymond Bracken took silver, while Swiss shooter Fritz Zulauf earned his nation's first medal in the event.

The Americans used the Colt Army Special or the Smith & Wesson Military with fixed sights.

Guilherme Paraense won the first Olympic gold medal for Brazil ever.