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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	Preliminary Round	Final
1	1028	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	585 (3)	687.9 (1)	Gold
2	1272	Erich Buljung	USA	590 (1)	687.9 (2)	Silver
3	1049	Xu Haifeng	CHN	584 (4)	684.5 (3)	Bronze
4	1215	Sorin Babii	ROU	588 (2)	683.3 (4)
5	1252	Ihar Basinski	URS	583 (5)	683.2 (5)
6	1244	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	582 (=6)	681.4 (6)
7	1208	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	582 (=6)	678.3 (7)
8	1255	Boris Kokorev	URS	581 (8)	677.3 (8)
9	1113	Gernot Eder	GDR	581 (9)	–
10	1119	Jens Potteck	GDR	580 (10)	–
11	1234	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	580 (11)	–
=12	1087	Philippe Cola	FRA	579 (=12)	–
=12	1158	Mamoru Inagaki	JPN	579 (=12)	–
=12	1096	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	579 (=12)	–
=15	1004	Phil Adams	AUS	578 (=15)	–
=15	1229	Bengt Kamis	SWE	578 (=15)	–
=15	1047	Wang Yifu	CHN	578 (=15)	–
=18	1099	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	577 (=18)	–
=18	1077	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	577 (=18)	–
=18	1152	Dario Palazzani	ITA	577 (=18)	–
=18	1179	Park Jong-Sin	KOR	577 (=18)	–
22	1221	Rolf Beutler	SUI	576 (22)	–
=23	1085	Pierre Bremond	FRA	575 (=23)	–
=23	1027	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	575 (=23)	–
=23	1060	Hubert Foidl	DEN	575 (=23)	–
=23	1177	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	575 (=23)	–
=23	1163	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	575 (=23)	–
28	1281	Don Nygord	USA	574 (28)	–
=29	1056	Bernardo Tobar	COL	573 (=29)	–
=29	1249	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	573 (=29)	–
=31	–	Lisandro Sugezky	ARG	572 (=31)	–
=31	–	Tamás Tóth	HUN	572 (=31)	–
33	1022	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	571 (33)	–
=34	–	Horst Krasser	AUT	569 (=34)	–
=34	1110	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	569 (=34)	–
=34	–	Konstantinos Panageas	GRE	569 (=34)	–
37	1011	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	568 (37)	–
38	1139	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	567 (38)	–
39	–	Jouni Vainio	FIN	566 (39)	–
=40	1018	Hans Hierzer	AUT	565 (=40)	–
=40	–	Carlos Hora	PER	565 (=40)	–
42	–	Mariano Lara	CRC	563 (42)	–
43	–	Vincenzo Tondo	ITA	559 (43)	–
44	–	Shuaib Adam	KEN	556 (44)	–
DNS	–	José Jacques Pena	POR	–	–

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	1272	Erich Buljung	USA	590	98	98	98	99	99	98	QOR
2	1215	Sorin Babii	ROU	588	98	98	98	99	98	97	Q
3	1028	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	585	99	98	96	95	99	98	Q
4	1049	Xu Haifeng	CHN	584	98	97	98	97	98	96	Q
5	1252	Ihar Basinski	URS	583	95	98	98	98	96	98	Q
=6	1244	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	582	97	97	99	96	95	98	Q
=6	1208	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	582	98	95	97	99	97	96	Q
8	1255	Boris Kokorev	URS	581	95	95	98	98	96	99	Q
9	1113	Gernot Eder	GDR	581	96	97	98	98	96	96
10	1119	Jens Potteck	GDR	580	97	95	94	98	97	99
11	1234	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	580	96	94	99	97	99	95
=12	1087	Philippe Cola	FRA	579	96	96	96	97	98	96
=12	1158	Mamoru Inagaki	JPN	579	97	97	94	94	99	98
=12	1096	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	579	97	99	96	97	97	93
=15	1004	Phil Adams	AUS	578	96	96	97	96	96	97
=15	1229	Bengt Kamis	SWE	578	95	94	97	96	99	97
=15	1047	Wang Yifu	CHN	578	97	98	98	96	95	94
=18	1099	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	577	93	95	99	95	98	97
=18	1077	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	577	97	94	95	99	95	97
=18	1152	Dario Palazzani	ITA	577	94	95	95	99	95	99
=18	1179	Park Jong-Sin	KOR	577	96	95	95	99	97	95
22	1221	Rolf Beutler	SUI	576	95	96	97	97	94	97
=23	1085	Pierre Bremond	FRA	575	95	96	95	99	96	94
=23	1027	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	575	97	94	97	95	96	96
=23	1060	Hubert Foidl	DEN	575	97	96	95	95	95	97
=23	1177	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	575	96	95	98	95	94	97
=23	1163	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	575	94	99	93	95	97	97
28	1281	Don Nygord	USA	574	96	95	97	97	95	94
=29	1056	Bernardo Tobar	COL	573	96	96	98	96	93	94
=29	1249	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	1022	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	571	96	96	93	94	98	94
=34	–	Horst Krasser	AUT	569	96	99	93	95	93	93
=34	1110	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	569	95	92	96	96	95	95
=34	–	Konstantinos Panageas	GRE	569	97	96	94	94	93	95
37	1011	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	568	98	93	92	96	93	96
38	1139	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	567	95	87	94	97	97	97
39	–	Jouni Vainio	FIN	566	92	95	97	93	95	94
=40	1018	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	Shot 1 Points	Shot 2 Points	Shot 3 Points	Shot 4 Points	Shot 5 Points	Shot 6 Points	Shot 7 Points	Shot 8 Points	Shot 9 Points	Shot 10 Points
1	1028	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	687.9	585	102.9	10.6	10.4	10.8	10.6	9.9	10.4	10.1	10.3	10.0	9.8	OR
2	1272	Erich Buljung	USA	687.9	590	97.9	9.9	10.5	10.0	9.1	9.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	9.1	OR
3	1049	Xu Haifeng	CHN	684.5	584	100.5	9.9	10.6	9.7	10.6	10.6	9.3	10.0	10.4	9.0	10.4
4	1215	Sorin Babii	ROU	683.3	588	95.3	10.1	8.1	9.4	9.5	9.1	9.8	9.5	10.1	10.5	9.2
5	1252	Ihar Basinski	URS	683.2	583	100.2	10.6	9.6	10.7	9.7	10.3	10.2	9.7	9.8	10.0	9.6
6	1244	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	681.4	582	99.4	10.1	9.4	10.6	9.7	10.2	9.2	9.5	9.7	10.6	10.4
7	1208	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	678.3	582	96.3	9.2	10.2	8.5	10.0	10.7	9.5	9.0	10.3	10.0	8.9
8	1255	Boris Kokorev	URS	677.3	581	96.3	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.5	9.0	9.8	9.1	9.4	10.5	9.3