South Korea's Jin Jong-oh has won a silver medal in the men's 10-meter air pistol shooting competition.

Jin scored a 684.5 in the competition held on Saturday afternoon, giving the nation its first medal in the Beijing Olympics.

The gold medal went to Chinese shooter Pang Wei who scored a 688.2. North Korea's Kim Jong-su won the bronze medal with a score of 683.

Jin will compete for a gold medal in the 50-meter air pistol shooting event on Tuesday. He won a silver medal in the event during the Athens Olympics in 2004.