Men's 50 metre running target made its final Olympic appearance 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...

 (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

Tor Heiestad

Tor Heiestad is a Norwegian shooter.He was born in Oslo, but represented the club Bærum JK. He became Olympic champion in the 50 metre running target in Seoul 1988. The event was then discontinued, so in Barcelona 1992 he placed tenth in the 10 metre running target event...

 established a new Olympic record of 591 points, and Heiestad won the final, where Avramenko was also surpassed by Huang Shiping

Huang Shiping

Huang Shiping is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won a bronze medal at 1984 Olympic Games in men's 50m running target. 4 years later, Huang won a silver medal at 1988 Seoul Olympics in the same event....

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Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Slow	Fast	Total	Notes
1	Gennadi Avramenko		294	297	591	Q OR
1	Tor Heiestad Tor Heiestad Tor Heiestad is a Norwegian shooter.He was born in Oslo, but represented the club Bærum JK. He became Olympic champion in the 50 metre running target in Seoul 1988. The event was then discontinued, so in Barcelona 1992 he placed tenth in the 10 metre running target event...		299	292	591	Q OR
3	Huang Shiping Huang Shiping Huang Shiping is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won a bronze medal at 1984 Olympic Games in men's 50m running target. 4 years later, Huang won a silver medal at 1988 Seoul Olympics in the same event....		296	293	589	Q
4	Ján Kermiet		295	293	588	Q
5	Andras Doleschall		296	292	588
6	Attila Solti		296	292	588
7	Thomas Pfeffer		298	289	587
8	Christian Stützinger		297	289	586
9	Jan Pettersson		292	294	586
10	Ji Gang		295	291	586
11	Jean-Luc Tricoire		295	291	586
12	Jerzy Greszkiewicz		297	287	584
12	Luboš Račanský		295	289	584
14	Oleg Moldovan Oleg Moldovan Oleg Moldovan is a sport shooter from Moldova. He won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in the 10 m Running Target event. He was beaten by Yang Ling of China by 0.1 of a point....		294	289	583
15	Mike Herrmann		295	287	582
15	Wojciech Karkusiewicz		294	288	582
17	Todd Bensley		295	286	581
18	Scott Swinney		289	291	580
19	Valerio Donnianni		291	286	577
19	Hong Seung-pyo		291	286	577
21	David Lee		292	281	573
22	Bryan Wilson		291	282	573
23	Carlos Silva Monterrosa		284	285	569

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final	Total	Notes
		591	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	98	689	OR
		589	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	98	687
		591	10	7	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	95	686
4		588	9	10	7	10	9	10	9	10	7	10	91	679

OR Olympic record