Men's 25 metre rapid fire 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...

. The last Olympic competition on the non-circular target, and the first to feature final shooting, it was won by Afanasijs Kuzmins

Afanasijs Kuzmins

Afanasijs Kuzmins is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol...

 after a perfect 300 in the first stage, 298 in the second, and two perfect 50 series in the final, thus not allowing Ralf Schumann

Ralf Schumann

Ralf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....

 and John McNally to eliminate his one-point pre-final lead. Schumann comfortably won the silver while McNally fell back during the final with a 47 and a 46, finishing seventh and giving way to a third-place tie between Zoltán Kovács and Alberto Sevieri, resolved in Kovács's favour on grounds of higher final score.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	1st	2nd	Total	Notes
1	Afanasijs Kuzmins Afanasijs Kuzmins Afanasijs Kuzmins is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol...		300	298	598	Q OR
2	John McNally		298	299	597	Q
3	Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....		298	299	597	Q
4	Alberto Sevieri		296	300	596	Q
5	Adam Kaczmarek		297	298	595	Q
6	Zoltán Kovács		296	298	594	Q
7	Bernardo Tobar		296	297	593	Q
8	Dirk Köhler		294	297	591	Q (6th: 98; 5th: 100)
9	László Balogh		295	296	591	(6th: 98; 5th: 98)
9	Yang Chung-yul		295	296	591	(6th: 98; 5th: 98)
11	Krzysztof Kucharczyk		296	295	591	(6th: 95)
11	Meng Gang		297	294	591	(6th: 95)
13	Rojelio Arredondo		296	294	590
13	Nguyễn Quốc Cường		297	293	590
13	Hans Schneider		297	293	590
16	Anton Küchler		294	294	589
16	Li Zhongqi		295	294	589
18	Corneliu Ion Corneliu Ion Corneliu Ion is a Romanian sports shooter and Olympic Champion.He was born in Focşani.He won Gold medal in Rapid-Fire Pistol in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and obtained a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-References:...		294	294	588
18	Roland Müller Roland Müller Roland Richard Guaves Müller is a German–Filipino professional footballer who plays for MSV Duisburg and the Philippines national team.- Club :...		294	294	588
18	Juan Segui		294	294	588
21	Hideo Nonaka		291	296	587
21	Undralbatiin Lkhagvaa		296	291	587
21	Vladimir Vokhmianin Vladimir Vokhmianin Vladimir Anatolyevich Vokhmyanin is a Kazakhstani sport shooter.He was born in Temirtau. He won two Olympic bronze medals in 25 metre rapid fire pistol; one at the 1992 Summer Olympics for the Unified Team and one at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Kazakhstan. He also finished 21st in 1988 and 12th...		293	294	587
24	Adrian Breton		292	294	586
24	Delival Nobre		295	291	586
26	Alfredo Gonzalez		289	296	585
26	Christian Kezel		289	296	585
26	Bretislav Putna		291	294	585
29	Mark Howkins		293	291	584
29	Hermann Sailer		292	292	584
31	Jouni Vainio		280	298	578
32	Lim Jang-soo		288	287	575

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	1	2	Final	Total	Notes
		598	50	50	100	698	OR
		597	49	50	99	696
		594	50	49	99	693
4		596	49	48	97	693
5		595	48	48	96	691
6		593	49	48	97	690
7		597	47	46	93	690
8		591	49	49	98	689

OR Olympic record