Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men
| Date | 23 September 1988 — 13:30 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Taeneung International Shooting Range, Seoul |
| Participants | 32 from 23 countries |
Afanasijs Kuzmins had won the 1986 World Championships with the center-fire pistol. But the favorite was likely the GDR’s Ralf Schumann, the current world record holder who had been very consistent in international competition. In Seoul, Kuzmins opened with a 300 possible in the first phase, and led after the qualifying with 598. He again went clean in the final round, with 100, to win by two shots. Kuzmins had first competed at the Olympics in 1976, placing fourth in rapid-fire and has continued to compete thru the 2008 Olympic Games. Schumann held on for the silver medal. Hungary’s Zoltán Kovács was only sixth after qualifying, but shot 99 in the final round to move up to the bronze medal. Schumann would become the greatest ever rapid-fire shooter, winning a gold medal in this event in 1992, 1996, and 2004, and multiple other international events.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | Preliminary Round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Afanasijs Kuzmins | 698 | 598 (1) | 698 (1) | Gold | |||
| 2 | – | Ralf Schumann | 696 | 597 (=2) | 696 (2) | Silver | |||
| 3 | – | Zoltán Kovács | 693 | 594 (6) | 693 (3) | Bronze | |||
| 4 | – | Alberto Sevieri | 693 | 596 (4) | 693 (4) | ||||
| 5 | – | Adam Kaczmarek | 691 | 595 (5) | 691 (5) | ||||
| 6 | – | Bernardo Tobar | 690 | 593 (7) | 690 (6) | ||||
| 7 | – | John McNally | 690 | 597 (=2) | 690 (7) | ||||
| 8 | – | Dirk Köhler | 689 | 591 (8) | 689 (8) | ||||
| =9 | – | László Balogh | 591 | 591 (=9) | – | ||||
| =9 | – | Yang Chung-Yeol | 591 | 591 (=9) | – | ||||
| =11 | – | Krzysztof Kucharczyk | 591 | 591 (=11) | – | ||||
| =11 | – | Meng Gang | 591 | 591 (=11) | – | ||||
| =13 | – | Ray Arredondo | 590 | 590 (=13) | – | ||||
| =13 | – | Nguyễn Quốc Cường | 590 | 590 (=13) | – | ||||
| =13 | – | Hans-Rudolf Schneider | 590 | 590 (=13) | – | ||||
| =16 | – | Toni Küchler | 589 | 589 (=16) | – | ||||
| =16 | – | Li Zhongqi | 589 | 589 (=16) | – | ||||
| =18 | – | Corneliu Ion | 588 | 588 (=18) | – | ||||
| =18 | – | Roland Müller | 588 | 588 (=18) | – | ||||
| =18 | – | Juan Seguí | 588 | 588 (=18) | – | ||||
| =21 | – | Hideo Nonaka | 587 | 587 (=21) | – | ||||
| =21 | – | Lkhagvaagiin Undralbat | 587 | 587 (=21) | – | ||||
| =21 | – | Vladimir Vokhmyanin | 587 | 587 (=21) | – | ||||
| =24 | – | Adrian Breton | 586 | 586 (=24) | – | ||||
| =24 | – | Delival da Fonseca | 586 | 586 (=24) | – | ||||
| =26 | – | Alfredo González | 585 | 585 (=26) | – | ||||
| =26 | – | Christian Kezel | 585 | 585 (=26) | – | ||||
| =26 | – | Břetislav Putna | 585 | 585 (=26) | – | ||||
| =29 | – | Mark Howkins | 584 | 584 (=29) | – | ||||
| =29 | – | Hermann Sailer | 584 | 584 (=29) | – | ||||
| 31 | – | Jouni Vainio | 578 | 578 (31) | – | ||||
| 32 | – | Im Jang-Su | 575 | 575 (32) | – |
Preliminary Round
| Date | 23 September 1988 |
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| Format | 25 metres. 60 shots in two courses of 30. 600 possible. |
Final Round
| Date | 23 September 1988 |
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| Format | Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | Preliminary Points | Final Round Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Afanasijs Kuzmins | 698 | 598 | 100 | |||
| 2 | – | Ralf Schumann | 696 | 597 | 99 | |||
| 3 | – | Zoltán Kovács | 693 | 594 | 99 | |||
| 4 | – | Alberto Sevieri | 693 | 596 | 97 | |||
| 5 | – | Adam Kaczmarek | 691 | 595 | 96 | |||
| 6 | – | Bernardo Tobar | 690 | 593 | 97 | |||
| 7 | – | John McNally | 690 | 597 | 93 | |||
| 8 | – | Dirk Köhler | 689 | 591 | 98 |