# Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol

The men's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 9 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall, and was won by the reigning World champion, Pang Wei of the host country, who thus became the first male gold medal winner of the Beijing Olympics.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
Kim Jong-su of North Korea originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for propranolol, upgrading Turner from fourth to third place.

## Records

The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records :
| World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 593 | Munich, Germany | 13 October 1989 |
| Olympic record | Mikhail Nestruyev (RUS) | 591 | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 |
Final records :
| World record | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | 695.1 (593+102.1) | Munich, Germany | 13 October 1989 |
| Olympic record | Wang Yifu (CHN) | 690.0 (590+100.0) | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 |

## Qualification round

The qualification round was held between 12:00 and 13:45 China Standard Time (UTC+8), with all shooters fitting into a single relay.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Pang Wei | China | 97 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 586 | Q |
| 2 | Jin Jong-oh | South Korea | 99 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 94 | 97 | 584 | Q |
| | Kim Jong-su | North Korea | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 584 | DQ |
| 4 | Jason Turner | United States | 98 | 100 | 93 | 96 | 99 | 97 | 583 | Q |
| 5 | Leonid Yekimov | Russia | 95 | 97 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 582 | Q |
| 6 | Brian Beaman | United States | 98 | 96 | 95 | 98 | 94 | 100 | 581 | Q |
| 7 | Jakkrit Panichpatikum | Thailand | 96 | 96 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 96 | 581 | Q |
| 8 | Walter Lapeyre | France | 98 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 99 | 95 | 581 | Q |
| 9 | Vigilio Fait | Italy | 95 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 580 | |
| 10 | Tanyu Kiryakov | Bulgaria | 96 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 580 | |
| 11 | Tan Zongliang | China | 95 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 95 | 96 | 580 | |
| 12 | Norayr Bakhtamyan | Armenia | 97 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 580 | |
| 13 | Júlio Almeida | Brazil | 98 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 95 | 95 | 580 | |
| 14 | Damir Mikec | Serbia | 96 | 98 | 95 | 99 | 98 | 94 | 580 | |
| 15 | Dilshod Mukhtarov | Uzbekistan | 94 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 94 | 580 | |
| 16 | Lee Dae-myung | South Korea | 97 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 93 | 580 | |
| 17 | Oleg Omelchuk | Ukraine | 95 | 98 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 579 | |
| 18 | João Costa | Portugal | 100 | 95 | 97 | 95 | 97 | 95 | 579 | |
| 19 | Tomoyuki Matsuda | Japan | 97 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 579 | |
| 20 | Rashid Yunusmetov | Kazakhstan | 94 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 578 | |
| 21 | Hans-Jörg Meyer | Germany | 95 | 97 | 93 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 577 | |
| 22 | Yury Dauhapolau | Belarus | 99 | 96 | 95 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 577 | |
| 23 | Susumu Kobayashi | Japan | 93 | 96 | 99 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 577 | |
| 24 | Wojciech Knapik | Poland | 97 | 97 | 99 | 96 | 95 | 93 | 577 | |
| 25 | Franck Dumoulin | France | 92 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 576 | |
| 26 | Kwon Tong-hyok | North Korea | 97 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 93 | 99 | 575 | |
| 27 | Kanstantsin Lukashyk | Belarus | 94 | 95 | 97 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 575 | |
| 28 | Pavol Kopp | Slovakia | 95 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 95 | 575 | |
| 29 | Mikhail Nestruyev | Russia | 96 | 96 | 94 | 97 | 99 | 93 | 575 | |
| 30 | Kai Jahnsson | Finland | 93 | 94 | 97 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 574 | |
| 31 | Sergey Babikov | Tajikistan | 96 | 96 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 574 | |
| 32 | Daniel Repacholi | Australia | 97 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 573 | |
| 33 | Christoph Schmid | Switzerland | 95 | 95 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 92 | 573 | |
| 34 | Nguyễn Mạnh Tường | Vietnam | 92 | 99 | 97 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 572 | |
| 35 | Ivan Rybovalov | Ukraine | 95 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 93 | 572 | |
| 36 | David Moore | Australia | 95 | 94 | 93 | 94 | 98 | 97 | 571 | |
| 37 | Roger Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | 98 | 95 | 92 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 571 | |
| 38 | Florian Schmidt | Germany | 94 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 93 | 96 | 571 | |
| 39 | Yang Wang | New Zealand | 96 | 93 | 94 | 97 | 97 | 94 | 571 | |
| 40 | Mauro Badaracchi | Italy | 94 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 94 | 571 | |
| 41 | Nikola Šaranović | Montenegro | 94 | 96 | 92 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 570 | |
| 42 | Samaresh Jung | India | 92 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 93 | 570 | |
| 43 | Stênio Yamamoto | Brazil | 92 | 96 | 94 | 97 | 92 | 97 | 568 | |
| 44 | Iulian Raicea | Romania | 93 | 97 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 91 | 567 | |
| 45 | Yusuf Dikeç | Turkey | 93 | 97 | 93 | 95 | 94 | 94 | 566 | |
| 46 | Philip Elhage | Netherlands Antilles | 93 | 99 | 93 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 566 | |
| 47 | Mahmod Abdelaly | Egypt | 94 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 97 | 563 | |
| 48 | Edirisinghe Senanayake | Sri Lanka | 91 | 94 | 93 | 91 | 94 | 98 | 561 | |
DQ Disqualified – Q Qualified for final
^ 1: Kim was third in the original official result list for the qualification round, but was disqualified several days after the final had taken place. In the final version of the document, Kim's result is removed and the third place is empty, indicating that no extra shooter had been allowed into the final.

## Final

The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8).
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
| | Pang Wei (CHN) | 586 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 102.2 | 688.2 | | |
| | Jin Jong-oh (KOR) | 584 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 100.5 | 684.5 | | |
| | Jason Turner (USA) | 583 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 99.0 | 682.0 | 10.5 | |
| 4 | Brian Beaman (USA) | 581 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 101.0 | 682.0 | 10.3 | |
| 5 | Leonid Yekimov (RUS) | 582 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 98.5 | 680.5 | | |
| 6 | Walter Lapeyre (FRA) | 581 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 99.3 | 680.3 | | |
| 7 | Jakkrit Panichpatikum (THA) | 581 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 98.0 | 679.0 | | |
| 8 | Kim Jong-su (PRK) | 584 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 99.0 | 683.0 | | DQ |
DQ Disqualified