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Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men

Date	18 September 1988 — 13:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Taeneung International Shooting Range, Seoul
Participants	43 from 31 countries

The world record holder was Igor Basinsky (URS) and he led after the preliminary round by four points with 570. But he stumbled badly in the final round, shooting only 87, and dropped down to the bronze medal. Romania’s Sorin Babii had been tied for second after the prelims but shot 94 in the final to win the gold medal. The silver medalist, Ragnar Skanåker, had won the gold medal in the event in 1972 and was also silver medalist in 1984. He would return in 1992 to win a bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round	Final
1	–	Sorin Babii	ROU	660	566 (=2)	660 (1)	Gold
2	–	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	657	564 (=4)	657 (2)	Silver
3	–	Ihar Basinski	URS	657	570 (1)	657 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	656	566 (=2)	656 (4)
5	–	Gernot Eder	GDR	654	561 (8)	654 (5)
6	–	Gyula Karácsony	HUN	654	564 (=4)	654 (6)
7	–	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	651	562 (7)	651 (7)
8	–	Wang Yifu	CHN	651	563 (6)	651 (8)
9	–	Uwe Potteck	GDR	559	559 (9)	–
10	–	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	559	559 (10)	–
11	–	Don Nygord	USA	559	559 (11)	–
=12	–	Aleksandr Melentyev	URS	558	558 (=12)	–
=12	–	Dario Palazzani	ITA	558	558 (=12)	–
=14	–	Benny Östlund	SWE	557	557 (=14)	–
=14	–	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	557	557 (=14)	–
=16	–	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	556	556 (=16)	–
=16	–	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	556	556 (=16)	–
=16	–	Darius Young	USA	556	556 (=16)	–
=19	–	Phil Adams	AUS	555	555 (=19)	–
=19	–	Philippe Cola	FRA	555	555 (=19)	–
=19	–	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	555	555 (=19)	–
=19	–	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	555	555 (=19)	–
=23	–	Roberto Di Donna	ITA	554	554 (=23)	–
=23	–	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	554	554 (=23)	–
=23	–	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	554	554 (=23)	–
=23	–	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	554	554 (=23)	–
=23	–	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	554	554 (=23)	–
=23	–	Xu Haifeng	CHN	554	554 (=23)	–
=29	–	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	552	552 (=29)	–
=29	–	Bernardo Tobar	COL	552	552 (=29)	–
=29	–	Gilbert U	HKG	552	552 (=29)	–
32	–	Hans Hierzer	AUT	550	550 (32)	–
33	–	Bruno Déprez	FRA	547	547 (33)	–
=34	–	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	546	546 (=34)	–
=34	–	Lkhagvaagiin Undralbat	MGL	546	546 (=34)	–
=36	–	Rolf Beutler	SUI	545	545 (=36)	–
=36	–	Konstantinos Panageas	GRE	545	545 (=36)	–
38	–	Horst Krasser	AUT	543	543 (38)	–
39	–	Carlos Hora	PER	540	540 (39)	–
40	–	Lisandro Sugezky	ARG	539	539 (40)	–
41	–	Greg Yelavich	NZL	535	535 (41)	–
42	–	Shuaib Adam	KEN	532	532 (42)	–
43	–	Hubert Foidl	DEN	531	531 (43)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	18 September 1988
Format	50 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	–	Ihar Basinski	URS	570	94	94	98	96	93	95	QOR
=2	–	Sorin Babii	ROU	566	95	92	94	99	93	93	Q
=2	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	566	92	95	93	99	96	91	Q
=4	–	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	564	97	96	92	92	94	93	Q
=4	–	Gyula Karácsony	HUN	564	97	93	94	95	96	89	Q
6	–	Wang Yifu	CHN	563	94	96	93	90	93	97	Q
7	–	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	562	91	93	97	93	96	92	Q
8	–	Gernot Eder	GDR	561	93	93	92	96	93	94	Q
9	–	Uwe Potteck	GDR	559	92	92	92	95	93	95
10	–	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	559	97	88	96	94	91	93
11	–	Don Nygord	USA	559	93	94	91	94	95	92
=12	–	Aleksandr Melentyev	URS	558	91	94	92	93	95	93
=12	–	Dario Palazzani	ITA	558	96	91	91	96	90	94
=14	–	Benny Östlund	SWE	557	87	93	95	93	94	95
=14	–	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	557	90	94	93	93	94	93
=16	–	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	556	92	94	93	92	92	93
=16	–	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	556	95	92	91	92	90	96
=16	–	Darius Young	USA	556	91	96	95	90	91	93
=19	–	Phil Adams	AUS	555	94	86	96	94	92	93
=19	–	Philippe Cola	FRA	555	94	88	95	93	93	92
=19	–	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	555	95	91	95	96	88	90
=19	–	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	555	92	93	91	96	92	91
=23	–	Roberto Di Donna	ITA	554	95	93	90	89	93	94
=23	–	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	554	95	90	97	91	92	89
=23	–	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	554	91	92	91	93	94	93
=23	–	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	554	93	94	88	91	95	93
=23	–	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	554	95	92	91	90	95	91
=23	–	Xu Haifeng	CHN	554	94	91	92	94	93	90
=29	–	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	552	90	90	95	94	90	93
=29	–	Bernardo Tobar	COL	552	87	93	95	95	91	91
=29	–	Gilbert U	HKG	552	91	90	90	95	94	92
32	–	Hans Hierzer	AUT	550	94	92	89	95	92	88
33	–	Bruno Déprez	FRA	547	90	92	91	94	94	86
=34	–	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	546	91	95	94	88	89	89
=34	–	Lkhagvaagiin Undralbat	MGL	546	92	87	89	90	91	97
=36	–	Rolf Beutler	SUI	545	89	92	93	90	92	89
=36	–	Konstantinos Panageas	GRE	545	86	92	92	89	94	92
38	–	Horst Krasser	AUT	543	89	93	91	91	86	93
39	–	Carlos Hora	PER	540	90	88	90	91	88	93
40	–	Lisandro Sugezky	ARG	539	90	88	89	88	89	95
41	–	Greg Yelavich	NZL	535	91	91	85	91	88	89
42	–	Shuaib Adam	KEN	532	95	85	85	86	92	89
43	–	Hubert Foidl	DEN	531	90	87	90	88	90	86

Final Round

Date	18 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	–	Sorin Babii	ROU	660	566	94	OR
2	–	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	657	564	93
3	–	Ihar Basinski	URS	657	570	87
4	–	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	656	566	90
5	–	Gernot Eder	GDR	654	561	93
6	–	Gyula Karácsony	HUN	654	564	90
7	–	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	651	562	89
8	–	Wang Yifu	CHN	651	563	88