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

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's 10 metre air pistol
games = 1988 Summer
venue =
date = September 24, 1988
competitors = 44
nations = 29
gold = Tanyu Kiryakov
goldNOC = BUL
silver = Erich Buljung
silverNOC = USA
bronze = Xu Haifeng
bronzeNOC = CHN
win_label = Winning score
win_value = 687.9 (OR)
next = 1992

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

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

Final

OR Olympic record

References

*cite book |title=XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2 Part 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2p2.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-09-28