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

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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
Gold medal icon.svg Miroslav Varga Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Silver medal icon.svg Cha Young-chul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Attila Záhonyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  1984
1992  

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]

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1 Miroslav Varga Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 600Q EWR OR
2 Cha Young-chul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 598Q
3 Pavel Soukeník Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 598Q
4 Alister Allan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 598Q
5 Attila Záhonyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 597Q
6 Xu Xiaoguang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 597Q
7 Bernd Rücker Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 597Q
8 Michael Ashcroft Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 597Q
9 Jan Gundersrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 596
10 Stephen Petterson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 596
11 Per G. Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 596
11 Stefan Lövbom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 596
11 Goran Maksimović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 596
11 Alan Smith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 596
15 Klavs Jørn Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 595
15 Glenn Dubis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 595
15 Lothar Heinrich Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 595
15 Olaf Hess Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 595
15 Kirill Ivanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 595
15 Jiang Rong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 595
15 Vladimir Lvov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 595
15 Kaoru Matsuo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 595
15 Andreas Wolfram Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 595
24 Pierre-Alain Dufaux Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 594
24 Juha Hirvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 594
24 Kwak Jung-hoon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 594
24 Eduard Papirov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 594
24 Norbert Sturny Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 594
24 Kurt Thune Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 594
24 Patrick Vamplew Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 594
24 Webster Wright Flag of the United States.svg  United States 594
32 Jean-Pierre Amat Flag of France.svg  France 593
32 Pascal Bessy Flag of France.svg  France 593
32 Jorge González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 593
32 Georgi Poliakov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 593
36 Jorge Bracero Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 592
36 Malcolm Cooper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 592
36 Jørgen Just Herlufsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 592
39 Adilbishiin Sangidorj Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 591
39 José Álvarez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 591
41 Donald Brook Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 590
41 Kurt Hillenbrand Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 590
41 Julio César Iemma Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 590
41 Petar Zaprianov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 590
45 Sandor Bereczky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 589
45 Albert Deuring Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 589
47 Srecko Pejovic Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 588
47 Geir Skirbekk Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 588
49 Daya Rajasinghe Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 587
50 Bruce Meredith Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 586
51 Ryohei Koba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 584
51 Itzchak Yonassi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 584
53 Roland Jacoby Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 583
54 Jadaan Tarjam Al Shammari Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 582
55 Kenneth Johnston Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 580

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

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Varga  (TCH)600103.9703.9OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Cha Young-chul  (KOR)598104.8702.8
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Attila Záhonyi  (HUN)597104.9701.9
4Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Pavel Soukeník  (TCH)598103.2701.2
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alister Allan  (GBR)598102.9700.9
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Xiaoguang  (CHN)597103.6700.6
7Flag of Germany.svg  Bernd Rücker  (FRG)597103.5700.5
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Michael Ashcroft  (CAN)597101.5698.5

OR Olympic record

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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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