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.
The men's qualification round consists of 60 shots, and the maximum possible score is 600.
World record progressionSince introduction in 1969:
| Olympic record progressionSince introduction in 1988:
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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 progressionSince introduction of finals in 1986:
| Olympic record progressionSince introduction in 1988:
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| Score | Nation/record | Qual | Final | Shooter | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 695.1 | 593 | 102.1 | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | Munich, West Germany | |||
| 695.1 | 593 | 102.1 | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | Munich, West Germany | |||
| 693.9 | 590 | 103.9 | Wojciech Knapik | Wrocław | |||
| 693.2 | |||||||
| 692.8 | 590 | 102.8 | Gernot Eder | Suhl | |||
| 692.0 | Han Jijun | Zhengzhou | |||||
| 691.6 | 591 | 100.6 | Yury Dauhapolau | Brest | |||
| 691.2 | 590 | 101.2 | Tan Zongliang (CHN) | Munich, Germany | |||
| 691.1 | Viktor Makarov | Lviv | |||||
| 690.0 | Olympic record | 590 | 100.0 | Wang Yifu (CHN) | Athens, Greece | ||
| 689.7 | 589 | 100.7 | Martin Tenk | Brno | |||
| 689.3 | Lukas Grunder | Plzeň, Czech Republic | |||||
| 689.2 | |||||||
| 688.9 | Julio Antonio de Souza e Almeida | Santiago, Chile | |||||
| 688.6 | 591 | Naka Shigekatsu | Asaka | ||||
| 688.0 | 586 | 102.0 | John Bickar | ||||
| 687.7 | 588 | Ján Fabo | The Hague, Netherlands | ||||
| 687.7 | (equalled) | 587 | 100.7 | Juraj Tužinský | Munich, Germany | ||
| 687.5 | Jari Koivu | Kuortane | |||||
| 686.7 | 586 | 100.7 | Ragnar Skanåker (SWE) | Los Angeles, United States | |||
| 686.7 | 586 | 100.7 | Ragnar Skanåker | Los Angeles, United States | |||
| 686.7 | 585 | 101.7 | Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson | Reykjavík | |||
| 686.1 | 586 | 100.1 | Samaresh Jung | 2006 | Hungary | ||
| 685.8 | 584 | 101.8 | Giovanni Bossi | 1997 | Salzburg | ||
| 685.4 |  | 587 | Mick Gault | Bisley | |||
| 684.7 | 585 | Terje Theien | 1995 | ||||
| 683.4 | Rafael Sánchez López | 2005 | Plzeň, Czech Republic | ||||
| 683.2 | 584 | Saša Špirelja | 1996 | ||||
| 682.1 | Cvetko Ljubič | Ljubljana | |||||
| 681.5 | Mick Gault (GBR) | 1999 | New Zealand | ||||
| 679.9 | Mick Gault (GBR) | 1998 | Malaysia | ||||
| 679.5 | Greg Yelavich | 1991 | |||||
| 679.0 | 578 | 101.0 | Thomas Statager | Sävsjö, Sweden | |||
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 progressionSince introduction in 1969:
| Olympic record progressionSince introduction in 1988:
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| Score | Nation/record | Shooter | Date | Place | Ref | |
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| 394 | Anke Todorović | Århus | ||||
| 394 | Olena Kostevych | Lviv | ||||
| 394 | Svetlana Smirnova | Izhevsk | ||||
| 393 | Katarína Kučová | Spišská Nová Ves | ||||
| 393 | Svetlana Smirnova (RUS) | Munich, Germany | ||||
| 393 | Svetlana Smirnova (RUS) | Munich, Germany | ||||
| 393 | Inada Youko | Asaka | ||||
| 393 | Sun Qi | Nanjing | ||||
| 392 | Liselotte Breker | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | ||||
| 392 | (equalled) | Liselotte Breker | Dortmund | |||
| 392 | Julia Sinyak | Minsk | ||||
| 391 | Jasna Šekarić | 1990 | ||||
| 391 | Mirosława Sagun | Luxembourg | ||||
| 391 | Tao Luna (CHN) | Doha, Qatar | ||||
| 391 | Olympic record | Natalia Paderina (RUS) | Beijing, China | |||
| 390 | Eva Suarez Garcia | 1989 | Barcelona | |||
| 390 | Lenka Marušková-Hyková | Plzeň | ||||
| 390 | Rebecca Snyder | Fort Benning | ||||
| 389 | Mira Nevansuu | Estonia | ||||
| 389 | Harveen Srao | 2006 | Munich, Germany | |||
| 388 | Cris Kajd | Eskilstuna | ||||
| 388 | (equalled) | Monica Rundqvist | Borås | |||
| 388 | Angela Schuler | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||
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| 387 | Susanne Meyerhoff (DEN) | Vingsted, Denmark | ||||
| 387 | | J. Lydall | Bisley | |||
| 386 | Ann Kristin Tegle Larsen | 2004 | ||||
| 385 | Jana Kubala | 1991 | Munich, Germany | |||
| 385 | Irena Toroš | Ljubljana | ||||
| 384 | Joana Sofia Paiva Castelão | 2006 |
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 progressionSince introduction of finals in 1986:
| Olympic record progressionSince introduction in 1988:
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