In 1996, Wang had a two-point pre-final lead over Roberto Di Donna (Italy), and seemed to be the clear winner until in the last shot he got only 6.5 (at a level where anything below 9.0 is considered a very bad shot), and lost the gold medal by the closest possible margin, 0.1 points.
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In 2000, both Wang and Franck Dumoulin (France) scored 590 points and tied for a new Olympic record.
Wayne Wang | Vera Wang | Xiaoming Wang | Wang Beixing | Wang Laboratories | Wang Jingwei | Wang Wei (8th-century poet) | Wang Wei | Wang Yuegu | Wang Ying (actress) | Wang Ying | Wang Xiaoshuai | Wang Weiyi | Wang Mang | Wang Hui | Wang Guangyi | Wang Bingyu | Wang Baoqiang | Sungei Wang Plaza | Patrick Wang | Cyndi Wang | Wang Zuo | Wang Zhen | Wang Zhaojun | Wang Yung-ching | Wang Yi | Wang Xizhi | Wang Tao | Wang Sengbian | Wang Sanyun |
Wang Yifu won the silver medal and Ragnar Skanåker, 42 years older than the gold medalist, came third, winning his fourth Olympic medal in this event.