Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol

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Men's 10 metre air pistol
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
DateSeptember 24, 1988
Competitors44 from 29 nations
Winning score687.9 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tanyu Kiryakov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Silver medal icon.svg Erich Buljung Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Xu Haifeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1992  

Men's 10 metre air pistol made its Olympic debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Erich Buljung equalled the world record (held by Vladas Turla and Igor Basinski) of 590 points in the qualification round, acquiring a two-point lead over the new 50 metre champion, Sorin Babii. Neither of them performed a good final however, and Tanyu Kiryakov eliminated his entire five-point gap to first place. The tie between Kiryakov and Buljung was resolved on grounds of higher final score, with Kiryakov becoming the inaugural champion. Xu Haifeng surpassed Babii to win bronze. [1]

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1 Erich Buljung Flag of the United States.svg  United States 590Q EWR OR
2 Sorin Babii Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 588Q
3 Tanyu Kiryakov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 585Q
4 Xu Haifeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 584Q
5 Igor Basinski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 583Q
6 Miroslav Růžička Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 582Q
7 Jerzy Pietrzak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 582Q
8 Boris Kokorev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 581Q (6th: 99)
9 Gernot Eder Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 581(6th: 96)
10 Jens Potteck Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 580
11 Ragnar Skanåker Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 580
12 Philippe Cola Flag of France.svg  France 579
12 Mamoru Inagaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 579
12 Arndt Kaspar Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 579
15 Phillip Adams Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 578
15 Bengt Kamis Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 578
15 Wang Yifu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 578
18 Alfons Messerschmitt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 577
18 Sakari Paasonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 577
18 Dario Palazzani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 577
18 Park Jong-sin Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 577
22 Rolf Beutler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 576
23 Pierre Bremond Flag of France.svg  France 575
23 Lyubtcho Diakov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 575
23 Hubert Foidl Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 575
23 Min Young-sam Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 575
23 Fumihisa Semizuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 575
28 Don Nygord Flag of the United States.svg  United States 574
29 Bernardo Tobar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 573
29 Tu Tai-hsing Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 573
31 Lisandro Sugezky Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 572
31 Tamás Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 572
33 Jean Bogaerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 571
34 Horst Krasser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 569
34 Paul Leatherdale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 569
34 Konstantinos Panageas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 569
37 Bengt Sandstrom Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 568
38 Zoltán Papanitz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 567
39 Jouni Vainio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 566
40 Hans Hierzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 565
40 Carlos Hora Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 565
42 Mariano Lara Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 563
43 Vincenzo Tondo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 559
44 Shuaib Adam Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 556
Jose Pena Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNS

DNS Did not start – EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Erich Buljung with his silver medal Erich Buljung.JPEG
Erich Buljung with his silver medal
RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Tanyu Kiryakov  (BUL)585102.9687.9 OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Erich Buljung  (USA)59097.9687.9 OR
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Haifeng  (CHN)584100.5684.5
4Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Sorin Babii  (ROU)58895.3683.3
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Basinski  (URS)583100.2683.2
6Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Růžička  (TCH)58299.4681.4
7Flag of Poland.svg  Jerzy Pietrzak  (POL)58296.3678.3
8Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Boris Kokorev  (URS)58196.3678.3

OR Olympic record

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