Men's

10 metre air pistol The 10 meter air pistol is an Olympic shooting event governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). It is similar to 10 meter air rifle in that it is shot with 4.5 mm (or .177) caliber air guns at a distance of 10 m ...

made its Olympic debut at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Erich Buljung equalled the world record (held by

Vladas Turla Vladas Turla (born 22 February 1953) is a Lithuanian former sport shooter who competed for the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries# ...

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

Sorin Babii Sorin Babii (born 14 November 1963) is a retired pistol shooter from Romania. He competed in the 10 m air pistol and 50 m free pistol events at six consecutive Olympics between 1984 and 2004 and won a gold medal in 1988 and a bronze in 1992. Ba ...

. 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.

Qualification round

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

Final

OR Olympic record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 1988 Summer Olympics