The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 20 and 21 September.

The event was won by Sergei Alifirenko of Russia, the nation's first medal independent of the Soviet Union.

Michel Ansermet's silver was Switzerland's first medal in the event since 1920; Iulian Raicea's bronze was Romania's first since 1984.

The 1992 competition had introduced round targets rather than the silhouettes used from 1948 to 1988 as well as many pre-World War II versions of the event.

Two-time defending champion and heavy favorite Schumann received a two-point penalty for unsuccessfully protesting a score of 8 on a shot, barely qualifying for the final and putting him 3 points behind the three-way tie for the lead (a very difficult score to make up with only 10 shots in the final).

[2] Schumann's 2-point penalty ultimately cost him the bronze medal; if his protest had been successful, however, he would have been in position to receive silver.