Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre running target

Men's 50 metre running target made its final Olympic appearance at the 1988 Summer Olympics (after which it was replaced by 10 metre running target). It was also the only time the 30 slow runs and 30 fast runs were followed by a ten-shot final (fast runs) for the top four contestants. Gennadi Avramenko and Tor Heiestad established a new Olympic record of 591 points, and Heiestad won the final, where Avramenko was also surpassed by Huang Shiping.[1]

Men's 50 metre running target at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date	23 September 1988
Competitors	23 from 16 nations
Winning score	689 (OR)
Medalists
Tor Heiestad  Norway Huang Shiping  China Gennadi Avramenko  Soviet Union

Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions	men	women
50 m rifle prone	men
10 m air rifle	men	women
Pistol
50 m pistol	men
25 m pistol		women
25 m rapid fire pistol	men
10 m air pistol	men	women
Shotgun
Trap	mixed
Skeet	mixed
Running target
50 m running target	men