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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tor Heiestad  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Huang Shiping  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gennadi Avramenko  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[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Slow Fast Total Notes
1 Gennadi Avramenko  Soviet Union 294 297 591 Q OR
1 Tor Heiestad  Norway 299 292 591 Q OR
3 Huang Shiping  China 296 293 589 Q
4 Ján Kermiet  Czechoslovakia 295 293 588 Q
5 Andras Doleschall  Hungary 296 292 588
6 Attila Solti  Hungary 296 292 588
7 Thomas Pfeffer  East Germany 298 289 587
8 Christian Stützinger  West Germany 297 289 586
9 Jan Pettersson  Sweden 292 294 586
10 Ji Gang  China 295 291 586
11 Jean-Luc Tricoire  France 295 291 586
12 Jerzy Greszkiewicz  Poland 297 287 584
12 Luboš Račanský  Czechoslovakia 295 289 584
14 Oleg Moldovan  Soviet Union 294 289 583
15 Mike Herrmann  East Germany 295 287 582
15 Wojciech Karkusiewicz  Poland 294 288 582
17 Todd Bensley  United States 295 286 581
18 Scott Swinney  United States 289 291 580
19 Valerio Donnianni  Italy 291 286 577
19 Hong Seung-pyo  South Korea 291 286 577
21 David Lee  Canada 292 281 573
22 Bryan Wilson  Australia 291 282 573
23 Carlos Silva Monterrosa  Guatemala 284 285 569

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Qual 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Total Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tor Heiestad (NOR) 591 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 10 98 689 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Huang Shiping (CHN) 589 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 98 687
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Gennadi Avramenko (URS) 591 10 7 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 95 686
4  Ján Kermiet (TCH) 588 9 10 7 10 9 10 9 10 7 10 91 679

OR Olympic record

References[edit]

  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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