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

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

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Score | Notes |
| 1 | Erich Buljung | United States | 590 | Q EWR OR |
| 2 | Sorin Babii | Romania | 588 | Q |
| 3 | Tanyu Kiryakov | Bulgaria | 585 | Q |
| 4 | Xu Haifeng | China | 584 | Q |
| 5 | Igor Basinski | Soviet Union | 583 | Q |
| 6 | Miroslav Růžička | Czechoslovakia | 582 | Q |
| 7 | Jerzy Pietrzak | Poland | 582 | Q |
| 8 | Boris Kokorev | Soviet Union | 581 | Q (6th: 99) |
| 9 | Gernot Eder | East Germany | 581 | (6th: 96) |
| 10 | Jens Potteck | East Germany | 580 | |
| 11 | Ragnar Skanåker | Sweden | 580 | |
| 12 | Philippe Cola | France | 579 | |
| 12 | Mamoru Inagaki | Japan | 579 | |
| 12 | Arndt Kaspar | West Germany | 579 | |
| 15 | Phillip Adams | Australia | 578 | |
| 15 | Bengt Kamis | Sweden | 578 | |
| 15 | Wang Yifu | China | 578 | |
| 18 | Alfons Messerschmitt | West Germany | 577 | |
| 18 | Sakari Paasonen | Finland | 577 | |
| 18 | Dario Palazzani | Italy | 577 | |
| 18 | Park Jong-sin | South Korea | 577 | |
| 22 | Rolf Beutler | Switzerland | 576 | |
| 23 | Pierre Bremond | France | 575 | |
| 23 | Lyubtcho Diakov | Bulgaria | 575 | |
| 23 | Hubert Foidl | Denmark | 575 | |
| 23 | Min Young-sam | South Korea | 575 | |
| 23 | Fumihisa Semizuki | Japan | 575 | |
| 28 | Don Nygord | United States | 574 | |
| 29 | Bernardo Tovar | Colombia | 573 | |
| 29 | Tu Tai-hsing | Chinese Taipei | 573 | |
| 31 | Lisandro Sugezky | Argentina | 572 | |
| 31 | Tamás Tóth | Hungary | 572 | |
| 33 | Jean Bogaerts | Belgium | 571 | |
| 34 | Horst Krasser | Austria | 569 | |
| 34 | Paul Leatherdale | Great Britain | 569 | |
| 34 | Konstantinos Panageas | Greece | 569 | |
| 37 | Bengt Sandstrom | Australia | 568 | |
| 38 | Zoltán Papanitz | Hungary | 567 | |
| 39 | Jouni Vainio | Finland | 566 | |
| 40 | Hans Hierzer | Austria | 565 | |
| 40 | Carlos Hora | Peru | 565 | |
| 42 | Mariano Lara | Costa Rica | 563 | |
| 43 | Vincenzo Tondo | Italy | 559 | |
| 44 | Shuaib Adam | Kenya | 556 | |
| | Jose Pena | Portugal | | DNS |
DNS Did not start – EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
| | Tanyu Kiryakov (BUL) | 585 | 102.9 | 687.9 | OR |
| | Erich Buljung (USA) | 590 | 97.9 | 687.9 | OR |
| | Xu Haifeng (CHN) | 584 | 100.5 | 684.5 | |
| 4 | Sorin Babii (ROU) | 588 | 95.3 | 683.3 | |
| 5 | Igor Basinski (URS) | 583 | 100.2 | 683.2 | |
| 6 | Miroslav Růžička (TCH) | 582 | 99.4 | 681.4 | |
| 7 | Jerzy Pietrzak (POL) | 582 | 96.3 | 678.3 | |
| 8 | Boris Kokorev (URS) | 581 | 96.3 | 678.3 | |
OR Olympic record