The men's ISSF 50 meter pistol event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 10 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center.

[1] The event was won by Jin Jong-oh of South Korea, his third consecutive victory in the free pistol.

Jin was also the second man to win four medals of any color in the event, after Ragnar Skanåker of Sweden from 1972 to 1992.

The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the 1900 event and the boycotted 1980 Games.

To compete, a shooter needed a quota spot and to achieve a Minimum Qualification Score (MQS).

After the first 8 shots, Kim led a fairly narrowly-grouped top seven, with Pang well behind resulting in his elimination.

The ninth shot was disastrous for two-time defending champion Jin, as the 6.6 dropped him to last place.

He was able to recover in shot 10, however, and Kopp's 7.1 was enough to eliminate the Slovakian while Jin narrowly survived by 0.7 points.

Han created some separation at the bottom from Wang and Gontcharov, the latter of whom was eliminated at 0.2 back of the former.

Shots 15 and 16 for the remaining four shooters saw 5 of 8 in the 10-ring; Kim had two of the three 9s, however, and finished the pair tied with Jin in second.

With only the two shooters left and a very close match, Jin shot 19.3 in the final pair to win, as Hoàng Xuân Vinh only achieved 16.7 (well below needed to preserve his narrow lead).