South Korea's Jin Jong-oh has won the gold medal in the 50-meter pistol event at the Beijing Olympics.

In the final held at the Beijing Shooting Range on Tuesday afternoon, Jin put up a 660.4, narrowly edging North Korea's Kim Jong-su, who took the silver with a 660.2.

Jin garnered a silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol competition on Saturday.

Earlier on Tuesday, swimmer Park Tae-hwan won a silver medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle event.

Park Eun-chul added a bronze medal in the 55 kilogram class of the men's Greco-Roman wrestling, beating Iran's Soryan Hamid 2-0.

South Korea has so far captured five gold, five silver and one bronze medals, ranking third in total medal standings.

China leads the pack with eleven golds, followed by the United States with seven.