Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol

Men's 50 metre pistol (then called free pistol) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

. It was the first Olympic free pistol competition to feature final shooting.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Score	Notes
1	Igor Basinski Igor Basinski Igor Basinski is a Belarusian sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won silver medals in the 50 metre pistol at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...	570	Q
2	Sorin Babii Sorin Babii Sorin Babii is a sport shooter from the Romania..-Records:-External links:*Profile of at the Sports References...	566	Q
3	Tanyu Kiryakov Tanyu Kiryakov Tanyu Kiryakov is a Bulgarian pistol shooter, the only shooter to have won Olympic gold medals in both the 50 metre pistol event and the 10 metre air pistol event, in which he was also the first Olympic champion.- External links :*...	566	Q
4	Ragnar Skanåker Ragnar Skanåker Ragnar Skanåker is a Swedish pistol shooter who was a world-class shooter for an extremely long period. His international breakthrough came in the 1972 Olympics, where he won the 50 m Pistol event...	564	Q
5	Gyula Karácsony	564	Q
6	Wang Yifu Wang Yifu Wang Yifu is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events....	563	Q
7	Arndt Kaspar	562	Q
8	Gernot Eder	561	Q
9	Uwe Potteck Uwe Potteck Uwe Potteck is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in the 50 metre pistol at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal. At the Olympics in 1980 he placed 16th, and in 1988 he placed ninth.-References:...	559
10	Zoltán Papanitz	559
11	Don Nygord	559
12	Aleksandr Melentiev Aleksandr Melentiev Aleksandr Remmovich Melentyev is a former Soviet/Kyrgyz sport shooter who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....	558
12	Dario Palazzani	558
14	Benny Östlund	557
14	Jerzy Pietrzak	557
16	Jean Bogaerts	556
16	Miroslav Růžička	556
16	Darius Young	556
19	Phillip Adams	555
19	Philippe Cola	555
19	Sakari Paasonen	555
19	Tu Tai-hsing	555
23	Roberto Di Donna Roberto Di Donna Roberto Di Donna is an Italian sports shooter and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in 10 metre air pistol at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...	554
23	Lyubtcho Diakov	554
23	Alfons Messerschmitt	554
23	Bengt Sandstrom	554
23	Fumihisa Semizuki	554
23	Xu Haifeng Xu Haifeng Xu Haifeng is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and the first person to win a gold medal for China in the Olympic Games. He specializes in the 50 metre pistol event....	554
29	Min Young-sam	552
29	Bernardo Tobar	552
29	U. G. King Hung	552
32	Hans Hierzer	550
33	Bruno Deprez	547
34	Paul Leatherdale	546
34	Undralbatiin Lkhagvaa	546
36	Rolf Beutler	545
36	Konstantinos Panageas	545
38	Horst Krasser	543
39	Carlos Hora	540
40	Lisandro Sugezky	539
41	Greg Yelavich Greg Yelavich Gregory Thomas Yelavich is a competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander...	535
42	Shuaib Adam	532
43	Hubert Foidl	531

Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Qual	Final	Total	Notes
	566	94	660	OR
	564	93	657
	570	87	657
4	566	90	656
5	561	93	654
6	564	90	654
7	562	89	651
8	563	88	651

OR Olympic record

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