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Running Target, 50 metres, Open

Date23 – 24 July 1980 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationStrelbishche Dynamo, Mytishchi
Participants19 from 10 countries
Format50 metres. 60 shots. 600 possible.

The scoring was high with the top seven shooters breaking the world record of 581, held by East German Thomas Pfeffer. Pfeffer himself shot 589, tying Soviet Igor Sokolov for first, but Sokolov won the shoot-off 97-95 for the gold medal. Pfeffer had placed fourth in 1976. The defending gold medalist, Aleksandr Gazov (URS) won another medal, placing third. The leaders after the slow run were Sokolov, Gazov, and East German Hans-Jürgen Helbig on the fast run, who placed only eighth overall.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsSlow Run PointsFast Run PointsShoot-Off
1–Igor SokolovURS58929829197GoldWR
2–Thomas PfefferGDR58929729295SilverWR
3–Aleksandr GazovURS587298289–Bronze
4–András DoleschallHUN584293291–
5–Tibor BodnárHUN584296288–
6–Jorma LievonenFIN584295289–
7–Giovanni MezzaniITA582295287–
8–Hans-Jürgen HelbigGDR579298281–
9–Jo Song-NamPRK576292284–
10–Jerzy GreszkiewiczPOL576294282–
11–Han In-SokPRK574290284–
12–Juha RannikkoFIN573290283–
13–Lars IvarssonSWE567292275–
14–Bohumír PokornýTCH564286278–
15–Arturo IglesiasGUA561282279–
16–Italo MariITA557286271–
17–Eugeniusz JanczakPOL555283272–
18–Jiří BachroňTCH554278276–
19–Carlos SilvaGUA543281262–