Men's 10 metre air pistol made its Olympic debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

. Erich Buljung equalled the world record (held by Vladas Turla and Igor Basinski

Igor Basinski

Igor Basinski is a Belarusian sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won silver medals in the 50 metre pistol at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...

) of 590 points in the qualification round, acquiring a two-point lead over the new 50 metre champion

Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol

Men's 50 metre pistol was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic free pistol competition to feature final shooting.-Qualification round:Q Qualified for final-Final:...

, Sorin Babii

Sorin Babii

Sorin Babii is a sport shooter from the Romania..-Records:-External links:*Profile of at the Sports References...

. Neither of them performed a good final however, and Tanyu Kiryakov

Tanyu Kiryakov

Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the only shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion.- External links :*...

 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

Xu Haifeng

Xu Haifeng is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and the first person to win a gold medal for China in the Olympic Games. He specializes in the 50 metre pistol event....

 surpassed Babii to win bronze.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Score	Notes
1	Erich Buljung		590	Q EWR OR
2	Sorin Babii Sorin Babii Sorin Babii is a sport shooter from the Romania..-Records:-External links:*Profile of at the Sports References...		588	Q
3	Tanyu Kiryakov Tanyu Kiryakov Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the only shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion.- External links :*...		585	Q
4	Xu Haifeng Xu Haifeng Xu Haifeng is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and the first person to win a gold medal for China in the Olympic Games. He specializes in the 50 metre pistol event....		584	Q
5	Igor Basinski Igor Basinski Igor Basinski is a Belarusian sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won silver medals in the 50 metre pistol at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...		583	Q
6	Miroslav Růžička		582	Q
7	Jerzy Pietrzak		582	Q
8	Boris Kokorev Boris Kokorev Boris Borisovich Kokorev is a Russian pistol shooter.- External links :*...		581	Q (6th: 99)
9	Gernot Eder		581	(6th: 96)
10	Jens Potteck		580
11	Ragnar Skanåker Ragnar Skanåker Ragnar Skanåker is a Swedish pistol shooter who was a world-class shooter for an extremely long period. His international breakthrough came in the 1972 Olympics, where he won the 50 m Pistol event...		580
12	Philippe Cola		579
12	Mamoru Inagaki		579
12	Arndt Kaspar		579
15	Phillip Adams		578
15	Bengt Kamis		578
15	Wang Yifu Wang Yifu Wang Yifu is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events....		578
18	Alfons Messerschmitt		577
18	Sakari Paasonen		577
18	Dario Palazzani		577
18	Park Jong-sin		577
22	Rolf Beutler		576
23	Pierre Bremond		575
23	Lyubtcho Diakov		575
23	Hubert Foidl		575
23	Min Young-sam		575
23	Fumihisa Semizuki		575
28	Don Nygord		574
29	Bernardo Tobar		573
29	Tu Tai-hsing		573
31	Lisandro Sugezky		572
31	Tamas Toth Tamás Tóth Tamás Tóth is a professional Hungarian triathlete.Among the male Hungarian elite triathletesof the year 2010, Tóth is number 6 in the Ranglista....		572
33	Jean Bogaerts		571
34	Horst Krasser		569
34	Paul Leatherdale		569
34	Konstantinos Panageas		569
37	Bengt Sandstrom		568
38	Zoltán Papanitz		567
39	Jouni Vainio		566
40	Hans Hierzer		565
40	Carlos Hora		565
42	Mariano Lara		563
43	Vincenzo Tondo		559
44	Shuaib Adam		556

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

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	Notes
		585	102.9	687.9	OR
		590	97.9	687.9	OR
		584	100.5	684.5
4		588	95.3	683.3
5		583	100.2	683.2
6		582	99.4	681.4
7		582	96.3	678.3
8		581	96.3	678.3

OR Olympic record