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

Event:Men's 10 metre air pistol
Games:1988 Summer
Date:September 24, 1988
Competitors:44
Nations:29
Goldnoc:BUL
Silvernoc:USA
Bronzenoc:CHN
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:687.9 (OR)
Next:1992

The 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
1Erich Buljung590Q EWR OR
2Sorin Babii588Q
3Tanyu Kiryakov585Q
4Xu Haifeng584Q
5Igor Basinski583Q
6Miroslav Růžička582Q
7Jerzy Pietrzak582Q
8Boris Kokorev581Q (6th: 99)
9Gernot Eder581(6th: 96)
10Jens Potteck580
11Ragnar Skanåker580
12Philippe Cola579
12Mamoru Inagaki579
12Arndt Kaspar579
15Phillip Adams578
15Bengt Kamis578
15Wang Yifu578
18Alfons Messerschmitt577
18Sakari Paasonen577
18Dario Palazzani577
18Park Jong-sin577
22Rolf Beutler576
23Pierre Bremond575
23Lyubtcho Diakov575
23Hubert Foidl575
23Min Young-sam575
23Fumihisa Semizuki575
28Don Nygord574
29Bernardo Tovar573
29Tu Tai-hsing573
31Lisandro Sugezky572
31Tamás Tóth572
33Jean Bogaerts571
34Horst Krasser569
34Paul Leatherdale569
34Konstantinos Panageas569
37Bengt Sandstrom568
38Zoltán Papanitz567
39Jouni Vainio566
40Hans Hierzer565
40Carlos Hora565
42Mariano Lara563
43Vincenzo Tondo559
44Shuaib Adam556
Jose PenaDNS
DNS Did not start – EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
585102.9687.9OR
59097.9687.9OR
584100.5684.5
458895.3683.3
5583100.2683.2
658299.4681.4
758296.3678.3
858196.3678.3
OR Olympic record

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124530/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SHO/mens-air-pistol-10-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 19 February 2020.