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

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Men's 50 metre running target
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date23 September 1988
Competitors23 from 16 nations
Winning score689 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tor Heiestad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Huang Shiping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Gennadi Avramenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1992 (10 m) 

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]

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountrySlowFastTotalNotes
1 Gennadi Avramenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 294297591Q OR
1 Tor Heiestad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 299292591Q OR
3 Huang Shiping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 296293589Q
4 Ján Kermiet Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 295293588Q
5 Andras Doleschall Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 296292588
6 Attila Solti Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 296292588
7 Thomas Pfeffer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 298289587
8 Christian Stützinger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 297289586
9 Jan Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 292294586
10 Ji Gang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 295291586
11 Jean-Luc Tricoire Flag of France.svg  France 295291586
12 Jerzy Greszkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 297287584
12 Luboš Račanský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 295289584
14 Oleg Moldovan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 294289583
15 Mike Herrmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 295287582
15 Wojciech Karkusiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 294288582
17 Todd Bensley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 295286581
18 Scott Swinney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 289291580
19 Valerio Donnianni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 291286577
19 Hong Seung-pyo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 291286577
21 David Lee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 292281573
22 Bryan Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 291282573
23 Carlos Silva Monterrosa Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 284285569

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Tor Heiestad  (NOR)591101010101010101081098689OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Shiping  (CHN)58910109101010109101098687
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadi Avramenko  (URS)5911071010991010101095686
4Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Ján Kermiet  (TCH)58891071091091071091679

OR Olympic record

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References

  1. "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Running Target, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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