List of 10 metre air pistol records

This list of 10 metre air pistol records documents the best performances in 10 metre air pistol recognized as records by various official instances since 1 January 1989, when targets were changed and all records reset, and also the progression of the World and Olympic records.

Men's qualification round

The men's qualification round consists of 60 shots, and the maximum possible score is 600.

World record progression Since introduction in 1969: [1] Score Shooter Date Comp Place 385  H. Mertel (FRG) 1969 ECH Plzeň, Czechoslovakia  Rasskazov (URS) 1969 ECH Plzeň, Czechoslovakia 387  V. Stolypin (URS) 1971 ECH Meziboří, Czechoslovakia 392   Grigori Kosych  (URS) 1973 ECH Linz, Austria 393   Harald Vollmar  (GDR) 1976 ECH Paris, France 394   Uwe Potteck  (GDR) 1979 ECH Graz, Austria 60 shots from 1981 582   Vladas Turla  (URS) 1981 ECH Athens, Greece  I. Mandov (BUL) 1981 ECH Athens, Greece 587   Vladas Turla  (URS) 1982 ECH The Hague, Netherlands 590   Vladas Turla  (URS) 1982 WCH Caracas, Venezuela   Igor Basinski  (URS) 1987 ECH Bratislava, Czechoslovakia   Igor Basinski  (URS) 1988 ECH Stavanger, Norway   Erich Buljung  (USA) 1988 OG Seoul, South Korea New targets from 1989 583   Sorin Babii  (ROU) 1989 ECH Copenhagen, Denmark 590   Sergei Pyzhianov  (URS) 1989 WCH Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 593   Sergei Pyzhianov  (URS) 13 October 1989 WCF Munich, West Germany 594   Jin Jong-oh  (KOR) 12 April 2009 WC Changwon, South Korea

Olympic record progression Since introduction in 1988: [2] Score Shooter Games 590   Erich Buljung  (USA) 1988 Seoul New targets from 1989 586   Sorin Babii  (ROU) 1992 Barcelona 587   Wang Yifu  (CHN) 1996 Atlanta 590   Wang Yifu  (CHN) 2000 Sydney   Franck Dumoulin  (FRA) 2000 Sydney 591   Mikhail Nestruyev  (RUS) 2004 Athens

Current World, Olympic, continental, regional and national records

Score	Nation/record	Shooter	Date	Place	Ref
594	World record	Jin Jong-oh (KOR)	12 April 2009	Changwon, South Korea	[3]
594	Asian record	Jin Jong-oh (KOR)	12 April 2009	Changwon, South Korea	[3]
594	South Korea	Jin Jong-oh	12 April 2009	Changwon	[3]
593	European record	Sergei Pyzhianov (URS)	13 October 1989	Munich, West Germany	[4]
592	Germany	Uwe Potteck	8 January 1999	Luxembourg	[5]
592	Italy	Roberto Di Donna			[6]
591	Sweden	Ragnar Skanåker	14 January 1990	Luxembourg	[7]
591	Ukraine	Viktor Makarov	1994	Simferopol	[8]
591	Japan	Naka Shigekatsu	15 December 1995	Asaka	[9]
591	China	Tan Zongliang	15 November 1995	Nanning	[10]
591	Olympic record	Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS)	14 August 2004	Athens, Greece	[11]
591	China (equalled)	Tan Zongliang	12 June 2005	Munich, Germany	[10]
591	Belarus	Yury Dauhapolau	9 November 2007	Brest	[12]
591	India	Saurabh Chaudhary	2 January 2025	Delhi, India	[13]
590	Poland	Jerzy Pietrzak	28 January 1993	Munich, Germany	[14]
590	Great Britain	Mick Gault	Mar 2000	Inverclyde	[15]
590	Poland (equalled)	Wojciech Knapik	17 February 2007	Wrocław	[14]
590	Brazil	Julio Antonio de Souza e Almeida	21 October 2010	Rio de Janeiro	[16]
590	United States	Daryl Szarenski	3 January 2011	Anniston, Alabama USA	[17]
589	Iceland	Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	2 May 2013	Reykjavík	[18]
589	Czech Republic	Martin Tenk	16 December 2000	Brno	[19]
589	Czech Republic (equalled)	Martin Tenk	17 December 2000	Brno	[19]
589	Switzerland	Martin Flury	22 May 2004	Suhl, Germany	[20]
588	Slovakia	Ján Fabo	5 February 2000	The Hague, Netherlands	[21]
587	Nordic record	Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)	25 May 1990	Suhl, Germany	[7]
587	Nordic record (equalled)	Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)	5 June 1990	Zürich, Switzerland	[7]
587	Finland	Lauri Lauste	13 December 1998	Turku	[22]
587	Norway	Vegard Askestad	1998		[23]
587	Norway (equalled)	Ståle Waagbø	2000		[23]
587	Norway (equalled)	Ole-Harald Aas	2022	Baku	[24]
587	Finland (equalled)	Jari Koivu	5 January 2002	Kuortane	[22]
585	Portugal	João Costa	2004		[25]
584	Croatia	Saša Špirelja	1996		[26]
584	Denmark	John Sejr Svendsen	15 January 1995	Haderslev	[27]
584	Austria	Giovanni Bossi	1996	Munich, Germany	[1]
584	Slovenia	Robert Kranjc	19 January 1997	Ljubljana	[28]
584	Austria (equalled)	Giovanni Bossi	1997	Salzburg	[1]
584	Spain	José Antonio Colado Castro	2004	Munich, Germany	[29]
583	Commonwealth record	Samaresh Jung (IND)	2005	Melbourne, Australia	[30]
582	Wales	James Miller	2022	Wolverhampton	[31]
581	Netherlands	E.J. Brink	1997		[32]
581	New Zealand	Greg Yelavich	1989		[33]
580	Commonwealth Games record	Bengt Sandstrom (AUS)	1990	New Zealand	[30]
580	Estonia	Sergei Potasev	1991	Narva	[34]
575	Hungary	Viktor Lengyel	9 March 1996	Nitra, Slovakia	[35]

Men's final

The final consists of an additional 10 shots, for a total maximum of 109.0 points. Records are ratified for the aggregate (qualification + final) score of maximum 709.0 points.

World record progression Since introduction of finals in 1986: [1] Score Shooter Date Comp Place 688.6   Igor Basinski  (URS) 1986 WCH Suhl, East Germany 689.7   Aleksandr Melentiev  (URS) 1987 WC Seoul, South Korea 692.3   Igor Basinski  (URS) 1988 ECH Stavanger, Norway New targets from 1989 686.4   Sorin Babii  (ROU) 1989 ECH Copenhagen, Denmark 690.3   Sergei Pyzhianov  (URS) 1989 WCH Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 695.1   Sergei Pyzhianov  (URS) 13 October 1989 WCF Munich, West Germany

Olympic record progression Since introduction in 1988: [2] Score Shooter Games 687.9   Tanyu Kiryakov  (BUL) 1988 Seoul   Erich Buljung  (USA) 1988 Seoul New targets from 1989 684.8   Wang Yifu  (CHN) 1992 Barcelona 688.9   Franck Dumoulin  (FRA) 2000 Sydney 690.0   Wang Yifu  (CHN) 2004 Athens

Current World, Olympic, continental, regional and national records

Score	Nation/record	Qual	Final	Shooter	Date	Place	Ref
695.1	World record	593	102.1	Sergei Pyzhianov (URS)	13 October 1989	Munich, West Germany	[36]
695.1	European record	593	102.1	Sergei Pyzhianov (URS)	13 October 1989	Munich, West Germany	[4]
693.9	Poland	590	103.9	Wojciech Knapik	17 February 2007	Wrocław	[14]
693.2	Italy						[37]
692.8	Germany	590	102.8	Gernot Eder	1 March 1996	Suhl	[5]
692.0	China			Han Jijun	23 May 2000	Zhengzhou	[10]
691.6	Belarus	591	100.6	Yury Dauhapolau	9 November 2007	Brest	[12]
691.2	Asian record	590	101.2	Tan Zongliang (CHN)	15 June 2003	Munich, Germany	[38]
691.1	Ukraine			Viktor Makarov	28 January 2003	Lviv	[8]
690.0	Olympic record	590	100.0	Wang Yifu (CHN)	14 August 2004	Athens, Greece	[11]
689.7	Czech Republic	589	100.7	Martin Tenk	16 December 2000	Brno	[19]
689.3	Switzerland			Lukas Grunder	8 May 2008	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[20]
689.2	South Korea						[39]
688.9	Brazil			Julio Antonio de Souza e Almeida	30 September 2011	Santiago, Chile	[16]
688.6	Japan	591	97.6	Naka Shigekatsu	15 December 1995	Asaka	[9]
688.0	United States	586	102.0	John Bickar	17 February 2000		[40]
687.7	Slovakia	588	99.7	Ján Fabo	5 February 2000	The Hague, Netherlands	[21]
687.7	Slovakia (equalled)	587	100.7	Juraj Tužinský	26 January 2008	Munich, Germany	[21]
687.5	Finland			Jari Koivu	5 January 2002	Kuortane	[22]
686.7	Nordic record	586	100.7	Ragnar Skanåker (SWE)	23 March 1991	Los Angeles, United States	[41]
686.7	Sweden	586	100.7	Ragnar Skanåker	23 March 1991	Los Angeles, United States	[41]
686.7	Iceland	585	101.7	Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	14 November 2009	Reykjavík	[18]
686.1	India	586	100.1	Samaresh Jung	2006	Hungary	[42]
685.8	Austria	584	101.8	Giovanni Bossi	1997	Salzburg	[1]
685.4	Great Britain	587	98.4	Mick Gault	Mar 2003	Bisley	[15]
684.7	Norway	585	99.7	Terje Theien	1995		[43]
683.4	Spain			Rafael Sánchez López	2005	Plzeň, Czech Republic	[44]
683.2	Croatia	584	99.2	Saša Špirelja	1996		[26]
682.1	Slovenia			Cvetko Ljubič	12 February 2000	Ljubljana	[28]
681.5	Commonwealth record			Mick Gault (GBR)	1999	New Zealand	[30]
679.9	Commonwealth Games record			Mick Gault (GBR)	1998	Malaysia	[30]
679.5	New Zealand			Greg Yelavich	1991		[33]
679.0	Denmark	578	101.0	Thomas Statager	Jan 2006	Sävsjö, Sweden	[27]

Women's qualification round

As the men's qualification round did until 1980, the women's match still consists of 40 shots, for a maximum possible score of 400 points.

World record progression Since introduction in 1969: [1] Score Shooter Date Comp Place 379  Nina Stoliarova (URS) 1969 ECH Paris, France  Nina Stoliarova (URS) 1972 ECH Belgrade, Yugoslavia 384  Zinaida Simonian (URS) 1973 ECH Linz, Austria 387  Nina Stoliarova (URS) 1974 ECH Enschede, Netherlands   Marina Dobrantcheva  (URS) 1985 ECH Varna, Bulgaria   Anke Völker  (GDR) 1986 WCH Suhl, East Germany 391   Jasna Šekarić  (YUG) 1988 WCF Munich, West Germany New targets from 1989 388   Svetlana Smirnova  (URS) 1989 ECH Copenhagen, Denmark 392   Liselotte Breker  (FRG) 1989 WC Zagreb, Yugoslavia   Svetlana Smirnova  (RUS) 1993 ECH Brno, Czech Republic   Jasna Šekarić  (YUG) 1996 WCF Näfels, Switzerland 393   Svetlana Smirnova  (RUS) 23 May 1998 WC Munich, Germany

Olympic record progression Since introduction in 1988: [2] Score Shooter Games 390   Nino Salukvadze  (URS) 1988 Seoul New targets from 1989 389   Jasna Šekarić  (IOP) 1992 Barcelona 390   Marina Logvinenko  (RUS) 1996 Atlanta   Tao Luna  (CHN) 2000 Sydney 391   Natalia Paderina  (RUS) 2008 Beijing

Current World, Olympic, continental, regional and national records

Score	Nation/record	Shooter	Date	Place	Ref
394	Denmark	Anke Todorović	9 February 2001	Århus	[27]
394	Ukraine	Olena Kostevych	3 October 2003	Lviv	[45]
394	Russia	Svetlana Smirnova	Dec 2005	Izhevsk	[46]
393	Slovakia	Katarína Kučová	21 November 1993	Spišská Nová Ves	[21]
393	World record	Svetlana Smirnova (RUS)	23 May 1998	Munich, Germany	[47]
393	European record	Svetlana Smirnova (RUS)	23 May 1998	Munich, Germany	[4]
393	Japan	Inada Youko	14 April 2001	Asaka	[9]
393	China	Sun Qi	7 July 2005	Nanjing	[10]
392	Germany	Liselotte Breker	18 May 1989	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	[5]
392	Germany (equalled)	Liselotte Breker	27 March 1993	Dortmund	[5]
392	Belarus	Julia Sinyak	8 May 1995	Minsk	[12]
391	Yugoslavia	Jasna Šekarić	1990		[26]
391	Poland	Mirosława Sagun	10 January 1997	Luxembourg	[48]
391	Asian record	Tao Luna (CHN)	3 December 2006	Doha, Qatar	[38]
391	Olympic record	Natalia Paderina (RUS)	10 August 2008	Beijing, China
390	Spain	Eva Suarez Garcia	1989	Barcelona	[29]
390	Czech Republic	Lenka Marušková-Hyková	5 December 2004	Plzeň	[19]
390	United States	Rebecca Snyder	13 June 2006	Fort Benning	[40]
389	Finland	Mira Nevansuu	30 April 2006	Estonia	[49]
389	India	Harveen Srao	2006	Munich, Germany	[42]
388	Sweden	Cris Kajd	10 November 1991	Eskilstuna	[7]
388	Sweden (equalled)	Monica Rundqvist	29 April 2000	Borås	[7]
388	Switzerland	Angela Schuler	7 November 2003	Gothenburg, Sweden	[20]
388	Italy				[37]
387	Nordic record	Susanne Meyerhoff (DEN)	27 June 1996	Vingsted, Denmark	[7]
387	Great Britain	J. Lydall	Aug 2005	Bisley	[15]
386	Norway	Ann Kristin Tegle Larsen	2004		[23]
385	Austria	Jana Kubala	1991	Munich, Germany	[1]
385	Slovenia	Irena Toroš	22 March 1999	Ljubljana	[28]
384	Portugal	Joana Sofia Paiva Castelão	2006		[25]

Women's final

The final consists of an additional 10 shots, for a total maximum of 109.0 points. Records are ratified for the aggregate (qualification + final) score of maximum 509.0 points.

World record progression Since introduction of finals in 1986: [1] Score Shooter Date Comp Place 485.5   Anke Völker  (GDR) 1986 WCH Suhl, East Germany 489.0   Jasna Brajković  (YUG) 1987 WCH Budapest, Hungary 489.5   Jasna Šekarić  (YUG) 1988 OG Seoul, South Korea New targets from 1989 488.8   Svetlana Smirnova  (URS) 1989 ECH Copenhagen, Denmark 492.4   Liselotte Breker  (FRG) 1989 WC Zagreb, Yugoslavia 492.7   Jasna Šekarić  (YUG) 1996 WCF Näfels, Switzerland 493.0   Svetlana Smirnova  (RUS) 23 May 1998 WC Munich, Germany 493.5   Ren Jie  (CHN) 22 May 1999 WC Munich, Germany

Olympic record progression Since introduction in 1988: [2] Score Shooter Games 489.5   Jasna Šekarić  (YUG) 1988 Seoul New targets from 1989 486.4   Marina Logvinenko  (EUN) 1992 Barcelona   Jasna Šekarić  (IOP) 1992 Barcelona 490.1   Olga Klochneva  (RUS) 1996 Atlanta 492.3   Guo Wenjun  (CHN) 2008 Beijing

Legend

• ECH = European Championships
• OG = Olympic Games
• WC = ISSF World Cup
• WCF = ISSF World Cup Final
• WCH = ISSF World Shooting Championships

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in shooting
• ISSF Olympic skeet
• ISSF Olympic trap

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External links

• Official website