BEIJING — South Korea's Jin Jong-oh won the gold medal in men's 50-meter pistol at the Beijing Olympics Tuesday, holding on despite a poor final shot to edge North Korea's Kim Jong Su.

China's Tan Zongliang took the bronze.

Jin scored only 8.2 of a possible 10.9 points on his final attempt, meaning Kim and Tan each could have won. Tan shot only a 9.2, and Kim shot a 10.5, falling just 0.2 points short of Jin's total of 660.4.

The two Koreans shared the podium for the second time at these Olympics. Jin took the silver and Kim the bronze in the 10-meter air pistol Saturday.

"We are very close and I am very happy to have gold. I'm very happy that we got medals together today," Jin said. "Kim is a very good athlete. I think I'm lucky I have got the gold today."

South and North Korea did not march together in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, after having done so in the same uniform under the blue and white "unification flag" at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Games.

Jin and Kim were asked about the issue.

"It's not something that will happen just because us athletes want it to happen," Jin said.

Kim added: "I don't believe us athletes should discuss this and it's something that should be discussed by the governments."

Tan led Tuesday after qualifying, but he hurt his chances with a 7.9 and an 8.1 early in the final round.