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.
Qualification round RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes1Erich Buljung590Q EWR OR2Sorin Babii588Q3Tanyu Kiryakov585Q4Xu Haifeng584Q5Igor Basinski583Q6Miroslav Růžička582Q7Jerzy Pietrzak582Q8Boris Kokorev581Q (6th: 99)9Gernot Eder581(6th: 96)10Jens Potteck58011Ragnar Skanåker58012Philippe Cola57912Mamoru Inagaki57912Arndt Kaspar57915Phillip Adams57815Bengt Kamis57815Wang Yifu57818Alfons Messerschmitt57718Sakari Paasonen57718Dario Palazzani57718Park Jong-sin57722Rolf Beutler57623Pierre Bremond57523Lyubtcho Diakov57523Hubert Foidl57523Min Young-sam57523Fumihisa Semizuki57528Don Nygord57429Bernardo Tovar57329Tu Tai-hsing57331Lisandro Sugezky57231Tamás Tóth57233Jean Bogaerts57134Horst Krasser56934Paul Leatherdale56934Konstantinos Panageas56937Bengt Sandstrom56838Zoltán Papanitz56739Jouni Vainio56640Hans Hierzer56540Carlos Hora56542Mariano Lara56343Vincenzo Tondo55944Shuaib Adam556Jose Pena DNS DNS Did not start – EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final
RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes585102.9687.9OR590 97.9687.9OR584100.5684.54588 95.3683.35583100.2683.26582 99.4681.47582 96.3678.38581 96.3678.3 OR Olympic record
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