Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

50 metre rifle three positions

50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...

 (then known as small-bore free rifle) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

. It was the first Olympic three positions competition to feature final shooting. Alister Allan

Alister Allan

Alister Millar "Jock" Allan, born 28 January 1944 in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland is an Olympic medal-winning Scottish rifleman who represented Great Britain at five Olympics between 1968 and 1992 ....

 set a new Olympic record in the qualification round but lost the final to his countryman Malcolm Cooper

Malcolm Cooper

Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. , he is the only shooter to win defend the gold medal in the Olympic 50 metre rifle three positions event....

, who thus defended his title from Los Angeles.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Prone	Stand	Kneel	Total	Notes
1	Alister Allan Alister Allan Alister Millar "Jock" Allan, born 28 January 1944 in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland is an Olympic medal-winning Scottish rifleman who represented Great Britain at five Olympics between 1968 and 1992 ....		399	386	396	1181	Q OR
2	Malcolm Cooper Malcolm Cooper Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. , he is the only shooter to win defend the gold medal in the Olympic 50 metre rifle three positions event....		400	387	393	1180	Q
3	Klavs Jørn Christensen		399	387	391	1177	Q
4	Glenn Dubis		400	?	?	1174	Q
5	Kirill Ivanov		399	382	392	1173	Q
6	Harald Stenvaag Harald Stenvaag Harald Stenvaag is a Norwegian rifle shooter who started competing internationally at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Switzerland in 1974. He has represented Norway in the Summer Olympics 6 times, and has two Olympic medals...		395	389	389	1173	Q
7	Gratchia Petikian		394	387	392	1173	Q
8	Goran Maksimović Goran Maksimović Goran Maksimović is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for Yugoslavia. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. At the 1996 and 2000 Olympics he competed for Serbia and Montenegro....		399	383	391	1173	Q
9	Zhang Yingzhou		397	386	389	1172
10	Andreas Wolfram		396	385	391	1172
11	Geir Skirbekk Geir Skirbekk Geir Skirbekk is a Norwegian sport shooter, World Champion and Olympic competitor.He was a member of the winning team in 300 metre free rifle standing at the ISSF World Championships in Skövde in 1986....		397	383	390	1170
11	Attila Zahonyi		398	387	385	1170
13	Jean-Pierre Amat Jean-Pierre Amat Jean-Pierre Amat is a French sports shooter who competed and won a gold meal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the small bore rifle, three positions.-Current world record in 50 m rifle prone :-References:...		398	377	394	1169
13	Daniel Durben		397	379	393	1169
15	Jorge González		399	379	390	1168
15	Pavel Soukenik		398	375	395	1168
17	Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the silver medal in men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won two silver medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships...		397	384	386	1167
18	Olaf Hess		395	378	393	1166
18	Stefan Lövbom		399	376	391	1166
18	Norbert Sturny		398	380	388	1166
21	Pascal Bessy		395	381	389	1165
21	Kwon Taek-yul		397	381	387	1165
21	Eduard Papirov		399	378	388	1165
21	Srecko Pejovic		395	377	393	1165
25	Jean-François Senecal		397	380	387	1164
25	Xu Xiaoguang		397	378	389	1164
27	Petar Zaprianov		398	379	385	1162
28	Ryohei Koba		398	381	382	1161
28	Lee Eun-chul Lee Eun-chul Lee Eun-chul is a South Korean rifle shooter who was the first Korean to compete at five Olympic Games . He reached the 1992 and 1996 Olympic finals in 50 metre rifle prone, the first time advancing from 8th position to winning the gold medal...		395	379	387	1161
28	Ulrich Lind		399	375	387	1161
28	Georgi Poliakov		396	375	390	1161
32	Sandor Bereczky		398	372	390	1160
32	Petr Kurka		396	375	389	1160
34	Kurt Thune		395	378	386	1159
35	Pierre Alain Dufaux		397	376	385	1158
36	Lothar Heinrich		391	373	393	1157
36	Mart Klepp		395	369	393	1157
38	Johannes Gufler		392	375	388	1155
38	Kurt Hillenbrand		395	371	389	1155
40	José Alvarez		398	369	387	1154
40	Donald Brook		397	372	385	1154
42	Jørgen Just Herlufsen		398	369	386	1153
43	Itzchak Yonassi		395	374	383	1152
44	Kaoru Matsuo		395	372	380	1147
45	Per G. Hansson		396	365	385	1146
46	Alan Smith		397	373	373	1143
47	Bruce Meredith		397	364	380	1141

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	Notes
		1180	99.3	1279.3	OR
		1181	94.6	1275.6
		1173	102.0	1275.0
4		1177	96.6	1273.6
5		1174	99.5	1273.5
6		1173	99.2	1272.2
7		1173	98.7	1271.7
8		1173	98.5	1271.5

OR Olympic record