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Air Pistol, 10 metres, Men

Date	24 September 1988 — 12:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Taeneung International Shooting Range, Seoul
Participants	44 from 29 countries

This was the Olympic début for air pistol. American Erich Buljung led after the preliminary rounds with 590, which equaled the world record, and led Bulgaria’s Tanyu Kiryakov by five points. But Kiryakov ate into Buljung’s lead in the final round, and tied him on the last shot, both finishing with 687.9. Kiryakov won the gold medal based on the higher final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round	Final
1	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	687.9	585 (3)	687.9 (1)	Gold
2	–	Erich Buljung	USA	687.9	590 (1)	687.9 (2)	Silver
3	–	Xu Haifeng	CHN	684.5	584 (4)	684.5 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Sorin Babii	ROU	683.3	588 (2)	683.3 (4)
5	–	Ihar Basinski	URS	683.2	583 (5)	683.2 (5)
6	–	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	681.4	582 (=6)	681.4 (6)
7	–	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	678.3	582 (=6)	678.3 (7)
8	–	Boris Kokorev	URS	677.3	581 (8)	677.3 (8)
9	–	Gernot Eder	GDR	581	581 (9)	–
10	–	Jens Potteck	GDR	580	580 (10)	–
11	–	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	580	580 (11)	–
=12	–	Philippe Cola	FRA	579	579 (=12)	–
=12	–	Mamoru Inagaki	JPN	579	579 (=12)	–
=12	–	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	579	579 (=12)	–
=15	–	Phil Adams	AUS	578	578 (=15)	–
=15	–	Bengt Kamis	SWE	578	578 (=15)	–
=15	–	Wang Yifu	CHN	578	578 (=15)	–
=18	–	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	577	577 (=18)	–
=18	–	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	577	577 (=18)	–
=18	–	Dario Palazzani	ITA	577	577 (=18)	–
=18	–	Park Jong-Sin	KOR	577	577 (=18)	–
22	–	Rolf Beutler	SUI	576	576 (22)	–
=23	–	Pierre Bremond	FRA	575	575 (=23)	–
=23	–	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	575	575 (=23)	–
=23	–	Hubert Foidl	DEN	575	575 (=23)	–
=23	–	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	575	575 (=23)	–
=23	–	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	575	575 (=23)	–
28	–	Don Nygord	USA	574	574 (28)	–
=29	–	Bernardo Tobar	COL	573	573 (=29)	–
=29	–	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	573	573 (=29)	–
=31	–	Lisandro Sugezky	ARG	572	572 (=31)	–
=31	–	Tamás Tóth	HUN	572	572 (=31)	–
33	–	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	571	571 (33)	–
=34	–	Horst Krasser	AUT	569	569 (=34)	–
=34	–	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	569	569 (=34)	–
=34	–	Konstantinos Panageas	GRE	569	569 (=34)	–
37	–	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	568	568 (37)	–
38	–	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	567	567 (38)	–
39	–	Jouni Vainio	FIN	566	566 (39)	–
=40	–	Hans Hierzer	AUT	565	565 (=40)	–
=40	–	Carlos Hora	PER	565	565 (=40)	–
42	–	Mariano Lara	CRC	563	563 (42)	–
43	–	Vincenzo Tondo	ITA	559	559 (43)	–
44	–	Shuaib Adam	KEN	556	556 (44)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	24 September 1988
Format	10 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points
1	–	Erich Buljung	USA	590	98	98	98	99	99	98	QOR
2	–	Sorin Babii	ROU	588	98	98	98	99	98	97	Q
3	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	585	99	98	96	95	99	98	Q
4	–	Xu Haifeng	CHN	584	98	97	98	97	98	96	Q
5	–	Ihar Basinski	URS	583	95	98	98	98	96	98	Q
=6	–	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	582	97	97	99	96	95	98	Q
=6	–	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	582	98	95	97	99	97	96	Q
8	–	Boris Kokorev	URS	581	95	95	98	98	96	99	Q
9	–	Gernot Eder	GDR	581	96	97	98	98	96	96
10	–	Jens Potteck	GDR	580	97	95	94	98	97	99
11	–	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	580	96	94	99	97	99	95
=12	–	Philippe Cola	FRA	579	96	96	96	97	98	96
=12	–	Mamoru Inagaki	JPN	579	97	97	94	94	99	98
=12	–	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	579	97	99	96	97	97	93
=15	–	Phil Adams	AUS	578	96	96	97	96	96	97
=15	–	Bengt Kamis	SWE	578	95	94	97	96	99	97
=15	–	Wang Yifu	CHN	578	97	98	98	96	95	94
=18	–	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	577	93	95	99	95	98	97
=18	–	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	577	97	94	95	99	95	97
=18	–	Dario Palazzani	ITA	577	94	95	95	99	95	99
=18	–	Park Jong-Sin	KOR	577	96	95	95	99	97	95
22	–	Rolf Beutler	SUI	576	95	96	97	97	94	97
=23	–	Pierre Bremond	FRA	575	95	96	95	99	96	94
=23	–	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	575	97	94	97	95	96	96
=23	–	Hubert Foidl	DEN	575	97	96	95	95	95	97
=23	–	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	575	96	95	98	95	94	97
=23	–	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	575	94	99	93	95	97	97
28	–	Don Nygord	USA	574	96	95	97	97	95	94
=29	–	Bernardo Tobar	COL	573	96	96	98	96	93	94
=29	–	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	573	93	96	94	97	96	97
=31	–	Lisandro Sugezky	ARG	572	96	97	97	94	96	92
=31	–	Tamás Tóth	HUN	572	95	95	99	93	92	98
33	–	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	571	96	96	93	94	98	94
=34	–	Horst Krasser	AUT	569	96	99	93	95	93	93
=34	–	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	569	95	92	96	96	95	95
=34	–	Konstantinos Panageas	GRE	569	97	96	94	94	93	95
37	–	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	568	98	93	92	96	93	96
38	–	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	567	95	87	94	97	97	97
39	–	Jouni Vainio	FIN	566	92	95	97	93	95	94
=40	–	Hans Hierzer	AUT	565	97	92	91	94	95	96
=40	–	Carlos Hora	PER	565	96	94	98	93	95	89
42	–	Mariano Lara	CRC	563	96	91	97	92	94	93
43	–	Vincenzo Tondo	ITA	559	95	93	95	91	92	93
44	–	Shuaib Adam	KEN	556	94	96	90	93	91	92

Final Round

Date	24 September 1988
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round Points	Final Round Points
1	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	687.9	585	102.9	OR
2	–	Erich Buljung	USA	687.9	590	97.9	OR
3	–	Xu Haifeng	CHN	684.5	584	100.5
4	–	Sorin Babii	ROU	683.3	588	95.3
5	–	Ihar Basinski	URS	683.2	583	100.2
6	–	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	681.4	582	99.4
7	–	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	678.3	582	96.3
8	–	Boris Kokorev	URS	677.3	581	96.3