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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	Preliminary Round	Final
1	1215	Sorin Babii	ROU	566 (=2)	660 (1)	Gold
2	1234	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	564 (=4)	657 (2)	Silver
3	1252	Ihar Basinski	URS	570 (1)	657 (3)	Bronze
4	1028	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	566 (=2)	656 (4)
5	1113	Gernot Eder	GDR	561 (8)	654 (5)
6	1137	Gyula Karácsony	HUN	564 (=4)	654 (6)
7	1096	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	562 (7)	651 (7)
8	1047	Wang Yifu	CHN	563 (6)	651 (8)
9	1120	Uwe Potteck	GDR	559 (9)	–
10	1139	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	559 (10)	–
11	1281	Don Nygord	USA	559 (11)	–
=12	1260	Aleksandr Melentyev	URS	558 (=12)	–
=12	1152	Dario Palazzani	ITA	558 (=12)	–
=14	1231	Benny Östlund	SWE	557 (=14)	–
=14	1208	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	557 (=14)	–
=16	1022	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	556 (=16)	–
=16	1244	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	556 (=16)	–
=16	1286	Darius Young	USA	556 (=16)	–
=19	1004	Phil Adams	AUS	555 (=19)	–
=19	1087	Philippe Cola	FRA	555 (=19)	–
=19	1077	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	555 (=19)	–
=19	1249	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	555 (=19)	–
=23	1148	Roberto Di Donna	ITA	554 (=23)	–
=23	1027	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	554 (=23)	–
=23	1099	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	554 (=23)	–
=23	1011	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	554 (=23)	–
=23	1163	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	554 (=23)	–
=23	1049	Xu Haifeng	CHN	554 (=23)	–
=29	1177	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	552 (=29)	–
=29	1056	Bernardo Tobar	COL	552 (=29)	–
=29	1127	Gilbert U	HKG	552 (=29)	–
32	1018	Hans Hierzer	AUT	550 (32)	–
33	1088	Bruno Déprez	FRA	547 (33)	–
=34	1110	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	546 (=34)	–
=34	1191	Lkhagvaagiin Undralbat	MGL	546 (=34)	–
=36	1221	Rolf Beutler	SUI	545 (=36)	–
=36	–	Konstantinos Panageas	GRE	545 (=36)	–
38	–	Horst Krasser	AUT	543 (38)	–
39	–	Carlos Hora	PER	540 (39)	–
40	–	Lisandro Sugezky	ARG	539 (40)	–
41	–	Greg Yelavich	NZL	535 (41)	–
42	–	Shuaib Adam	KEN	532 (42)	–
43	1060	Hubert Foidl	DEN	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	1252	Ihar Basinski	URS	570	94	94	98	96	93	95	QOR
=2	1215	Sorin Babii	ROU	566	95	92	94	99	93	93	Q
=2	1028	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	566	92	95	93	99	96	91	Q
=4	1234	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	564	97	96	92	92	94	93	Q
=4	1137	Gyula Karácsony	HUN	564	97	93	94	95	96	89	Q
6	1047	Wang Yifu	CHN	563	94	96	93	90	93	97	Q
7	1096	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	562	91	93	97	93	96	92	Q
8	1113	Gernot Eder	GDR	561	93	93	92	96	93	94	Q
9	1120	Uwe Potteck	GDR	559	92	92	92	95	93	95
10	1139	Zoltán Papanitz	HUN	559	97	88	96	94	91	93
11	1281	Don Nygord	USA	559	93	94	91	94	95	92
=12	1260	Aleksandr Melentyev	URS	558	91	94	92	93	95	93
=12	1152	Dario Palazzani	ITA	558	96	91	91	96	90	94
=14	1231	Benny Östlund	SWE	557	87	93	95	93	94	95
=14	1208	Jerzy Pietrzak	POL	557	90	94	93	93	94	93
=16	1022	Jean Bogaerts	BEL	556	92	94	93	92	92	93
=16	1244	Miroslav Růžička	TCH	556	95	92	91	92	90	96
=16	1286	Darius Young	USA	556	91	96	95	90	91	93
=19	1004	Phil Adams	AUS	555	94	86	96	94	92	93
=19	1087	Philippe Cola	FRA	555	94	88	95	93	93	92
=19	1077	Sakari Paasonen	FIN	555	95	91	95	96	88	90
=19	1249	Tu Tsai-Hsing	TPE	555	92	93	91	96	92	91
=23	1148	Roberto Di Donna	ITA	554	95	93	90	89	93	94
=23	1027	Lyubcho Dyakov	BUL	554	95	90	97	91	92	89
=23	1099	Alfons Messerschmitt	FRG	554	91	92	91	93	94	93
=23	1011	Ben Sandstrom	AUS	554	93	94	88	91	95	93
=23	1163	Fumihisa Semizuki	JPN	554	95	92	91	90	95	91
=23	1049	Xu Haifeng	CHN	554	94	91	92	94	93	90
=29	1177	Min Yeong-Sam	KOR	552	90	90	95	94	90	93
=29	1056	Bernardo Tobar	COL	552	87	93	95	95	91	91
=29	1127	Gilbert U	HKG	552	91	90	90	95	94	92
32	1018	Hans Hierzer	AUT	550	94	92	89	95	92	88
33	1088	Bruno Déprez	FRA	547	90	92	91	94	94	86
=34	1110	Paul Leatherdale	GBR	546	91	95	94	88	89	89
=34	1191	Lkhagvaagiin Undralbat	MGL	546	92	87	89	90	91	97
=36	1221	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	1060	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	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	1215	Sorin Babii	ROU	660	566	94	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.0	10.0	9.0	8.0	8.0	10.0	OR
2	1234	Ragnar Skanåker	SWE	657	564	93	10.0	10.0	9.0	7.0	9.0	9.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.0
3	1252	Ihar Basinski	URS	657	570	87	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.0	9.0	6.0	10.0	9.0	10.0	8.0
4	1028	Tanyu Kiryakov	BUL	656	566	90	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.0	10.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
5	1113	Gernot Eder	GDR	654	561	93	10.0	9.0	10.0	10.0	8.0	10.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
6	1137	Gyula Karácsony	HUN	654	564	90	10.0	10.0	6.0	8.0	9.0	10.0	9.0	10.0	9.0	9.0
7	1096	Arndt Kaspar	FRG	651	562	89	10.0	10.0	10.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	10.0	8.0	9.0	8.0
8	1047	Wang Yifu	CHN	651	563	88	9.0	8.0	9.0	10.0	8.0	10.0	8.0	7.0	9.0	10.0