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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miroslav Varga  Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cha Young-chul  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Attila Záhonyi  Hungary
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Qualification round

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

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

Final

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Rank Athlete Qual Final Total Notes
    Miroslav Varga (TCH) 600 103.9 703.9 OR
    Cha Young-chul (KOR) 598 104.8 702.8
    Attila Záhonyi (HUN) 597 104.9 701.9
4   Pavel Soukeník (TCH) 598 103.2 701.2
5   Alister Allan (GBR) 598 102.9 700.9
6   Xu Xiaoguang (CHN) 597 103.6 700.6
7   Bernd Rücker (FRG) 597 103.5 700.5
8   Michael Ashcroft (CAN) 597 101.5 698.5

OR Olympic record

References

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  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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