Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

Men's 50 metre rifle prone (then known as small-bore free rifle) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic three positions competition to feature final shooting. Miroslav Varga equalled the world record with a perfect 600 in the qualification round, and retained half of his two-point pre-final lead until the end of the competition.[1]

Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date19 September 1988
Competitors55 from 33 nations
Winning score703.9 (OR)
Medalists
Miroslav Varga  Czechoslovakia
Cha Young-chul  South Korea
Attila Záhonyi  Hungary

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1Miroslav Varga Czechoslovakia 600Q EWR OR
2Cha Young-chul South Korea 598Q
3Pavel Soukenik Czechoslovakia 598Q
4Alister Allan Great Britain 598Q
5Attila Záhonyi Hungary 597Q
6Xu Xiaoguang China 597Q
7Bernd Rücker West Germany 597Q
8Michael Ashcroft Canada 597Q
9Jan Gundersrud Norway 596
10Stephen Petterson New Zealand 596
11Per G. Hansson Sweden 596
11Stefan Lövbom Sweden 596
11Goran Maksimović Yugoslavia 596
11Alan Smith Australia 596
15Klavs Jørn Christensen Denmark 595
15Glenn Dubis United States 595
15Lothar Heinrich Austria 595
15Olaf Hess East Germany 595
15Kirill Ivanov Soviet Union 595
15Jiang Rong China 595
15Vladimir Lvov Soviet Union 595
15Kaoru Matsuo Japan 595
15Andreas Wolfram East Germany 595
24Pierre Alain Dufaux Switzerland 594
24Juha Hirvi Finland 594
24Kwak Jung-hoon South Korea 594
24Eduard Papirov Israel 594
24Norbert Sturny Switzerland 594
24Kurt Thune Finland 594
24Patrick Vamplew Canada 594
24Webster Wright United States 594
32Jean-Pierre Amat France 593
32Pascal Bessy France 593
32Jorge González Spain 593
32Georgi Poliakov Bulgaria 593
36Jorge Bracero Puerto Rico 592
36Malcolm Cooper Great Britain 592
36Jørgen Just Herlufsen Denmark 592
39Adilbishiin Sangidorj Mongolia 591
39José Álvarez Mexico 591
41Donald Brook Australia 590
41Kurt Hillenbrand West Germany 590
41Julio César Iemma Argentina 590
41Petar Zaprianov Bulgaria 590
45Sandor Bereczky Hungary 589
45Albert Deuring Austria 589
47Srecko Pejovic Yugoslavia 588
47Geir Skirbekk Norway 588
49Daya Rajasinghe Sri Lanka 587
50Bruce Meredith Virgin Islands 586
51Ryohei Koba Japan 584
51Itzchak Yonassi Israel 584
53Roland Jacoby Luxembourg 583
54Jadaan Tarjam Al Shammari Qatar 582
55Kenneth Johnston Zimbabwe 580

EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
 Miroslav Varga (TCH) 600103.9703.9OR
 Cha Young-chul (KOR) 598104.8702.8
 Attila Záhonyi (HUN) 597104.9701.9
4 Pavel Soukenik (TCH) 598103.2701.2
5 Alister Allan (GBR) 598102.9700.9
6 Xu Xiaoguang (CHN) 597103.6700.6
7 Bernd Rücker (FRG) 597103.5700.5
8 Michael Ashcroft (CAN) 597101.5698.5

OR Olympic record

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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