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Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men

Date	22 September 1988 — 15:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Taeneung International Shooting Range, Seoul
Participants	47 from 25 countries

Malcolm Cooper was the defending gold medalist and also won the 1986 World Championships. In the prelims, his teammate, Alister Allan, led with 1,181 to 1,180 for Cooper. But Allan struggled in the final round, and Cooper went thru with 99.3 to defend his gold medal. Soviet Kiril Ivanov was only tied for fifth after the preliminary round, but had the highest score in the final with 102.0 to move up to the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Final
1	1108	Malcolm Cooper	GBR	1,180 (2)	1,279.3 (1)	Gold
2	1106	Alister Allan	GBR	1,181 (1)	1,275.6 (2)	Silver
3	1254	Kirill Ivanov	URS	1,173 (=5)	1,275.0 (3)	Bronze
4	1059	Klavs Jørn Christensen	DEN	1,177 (3)	1,273.6 (4)
5	1275	Glenn Dubis	USA	1,174 (4)	1,273.5 (5)
6	1263	Hrachya Petikyan	URS	1,173 (=5)	1,272.2 (6)
7	1196	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	1,173 (=5)	1,271.7 (7)
8	1289	Goran Maksimović	YUG	1,173 (=5)	1,271.5 (8)
9	1053	Zhang Yingzhou	CHN	1,172 (9)	–
10	1124	Andreas Wolfram	GDR	1,172 (10)	–
=11	1195	Geir Skirbekk	NOR	1,170 (=11)	–
=11	1142	Attila Záhonyi	HUN	1,170 (=11)	–
=13	1081	Jean-Pierre Amat	FRA	1,169 (=13)	–
=13	1276	Dan Durben	USA	1,169 (=13)	–
=15	1070	Jorge González	ESP	1,168 (=15)	–
=15	1245	Pavel Soukeník	TCH	1,168 (=15)	–
17	1074	Juha Hirvi	FIN	1,167 (17)	–
=18	1115	Olaf Heß	GDR	1,166 (=18)	–
=18	1230	Stefan Lövbom	SWE	1,166 (=18)	–
=18	1225	Norbert Sturny	SUI	1,166 (=18)	–
=21	1084	Pascal Bessy	FRA	1,165 (=21)	–
=21	1174	Gwon Taek-Yeol	KOR	1,165 (=21)	–
=21	1143	Eduard Papirov	ISR	1,165 (=21)	–
=21	1290	Srećko Pejović	YUG	1,165 (=21)	–
=25	1039	Jean-François Sénécal	CAN	1,164 (=25)	–
=25	1050	Xu Xiaoguang	CHN	1,164 (=25)	–
27	1030	Petar Zapryanov	BUL	1,162 (27)	–
=28	1159	Ryohei Koba	JPN	1,161 (=28)	–
=28	1175	Lee Eun-Cheol	KOR	1,161 (=28)	–
=28	1098	Ulrich Lind	FRG	1,161 (=28)	–
=28	1029	Georgi Polyakov	BUL	1,161 (=28)	–
=32	–	Sándor Bereczky	HUN	1,160 (=32)	–
=32	1240	Petr Kůrka	TCH	1,160 (=32)	–
34	1079	Kurt Thune	FIN	1,159 (34)	–
35	1222	Pierre-Alain Dufaux	SUI	1,158 (35)	–
=36	1017	Lothar Heinrich	AUT	1,157 (=36)	–
=36	1033	Mart Klepp	CAN	1,157 (=36)	–
=38	–	Hannes Gufler	AUT	1,155 (=38)	–
=38	–	Kurt Hillenbrand	FRG	1,155 (=38)	–
=40	–	José Álvarez	MEX	1,154 (=40)	–
=40	–	Donald Brook	AUS	1,154 (=40)	–
42	–	Jørgen Herlufsen	DEN	1,153 (42)	–
43	1144	Itzhak Yonassi	ISR	1,152 (43)	–
44	1160	Kaoru Matsuo	JPN	1,147 (44)	–
45	1228	Per Hansson	SWE	1,146 (45)	–
46	1012	Alan Smith	AUS	1,143 (46)	–
47	–	Bruce Meredith	ISV	1,141 (47)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	22 September 1988
Format	50 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing. 400 possible at each distance, 1,200 posible overall.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Prone Points	Kneeling Points	Standing Points
1	1106	Alister Allan	GBR	1,181	399	396	386	QOR
2	1108	Malcolm Cooper	GBR	1,180	400	393	387	Q
3	1059	Klavs Jørn Christensen	DEN	1,177	399	391	387	Q
4	1275	Glenn Dubis	USA	1,174	400	388	386	Q
=5	1254	Kirill Ivanov	URS	1,173	399	392	382	Q
=5	1263	Hrachya Petikyan	URS	1,173	394	392	387	Q
=5	1196	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	1,173	395	389	389	Q
=5	1289	Goran Maksimović	YUG	1,173	399	391	383	Q
9	1053	Zhang Yingzhou	CHN	1,172	397	389	386
10	1124	Andreas Wolfram	GDR	1,172	396	391	385
=11	1195	Geir Skirbekk	NOR	1,170	397	390	383
=11	1142	Attila Záhonyi	HUN	1,170	398	385	387
=13	1081	Jean-Pierre Amat	FRA	1,169	398	394	377
=13	1276	Dan Durben	USA	1,169	397	393	379
=15	1070	Jorge González	ESP	1,168	399	390	379
=15	1245	Pavel Soukeník	TCH	1,168	398	395	375
17	1074	Juha Hirvi	FIN	1,167	397	386	384
=18	1115	Olaf Heß	GDR	1,166	395	393	378
=18	1230	Stefan Lövbom	SWE	1,166	399	391	376
=18	1225	Norbert Sturny	SUI	1,166	398	388	380
=21	1084	Pascal Bessy	FRA	1,165	395	389	381
=21	1174	Gwon Taek-Yeol	KOR	1,165	397	387	381
=21	1143	Eduard Papirov	ISR	1,165	399	388	378
=21	1290	Srećko Pejović	YUG	1,165	395	393	377
=25	1039	Jean-François Sénécal	CAN	1,164	397	387	380
=25	1050	Xu Xiaoguang	CHN	1,164	397	389	378
27	1030	Petar Zapryanov	BUL	1,162	398	385	379
=28	1159	Ryohei Koba	JPN	1,161	398	382	381
=28	1175	Lee Eun-Cheol	KOR	1,161	395	387	379
=28	1098	Ulrich Lind	FRG	1,161	399	387	375
=28	1029	Georgi Polyakov	BUL	1,161	396	390	375
=32	–	Sándor Bereczky	HUN	1,160	398	390	372
=32	1240	Petr Kůrka	TCH	1,160	396	389	375
34	1079	Kurt Thune	FIN	1,159	395	386	378
35	1222	Pierre-Alain Dufaux	SUI	1,158	397	385	376
=36	1017	Lothar Heinrich	AUT	1,157	391	393	373
=36	1033	Mart Klepp	CAN	1,157	395	393	369
=38	–	Hannes Gufler	AUT	1,155	392	388	375
=38	–	Kurt Hillenbrand	FRG	1,155	395	389	371
=40	–	José Álvarez	MEX	1,154	398	387	369
=40	–	Donald Brook	AUS	1,154	397	385	372
42	–	Jørgen Herlufsen	DEN	1,153	398	386	369
43	1144	Itzhak Yonassi	ISR	1,152	395	383	374
44	1160	Kaoru Matsuo	JPN	1,147	395	380	372
45	1228	Per Hansson	SWE	1,146	396	385	365
46	1012	Alan Smith	AUS	1,143	397	373	373
47	–	Bruce Meredith	ISV	1,141	397	380	364

Final Round

Date	22 September 1988
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round Points	Final Round Points	Shot 1 Points	Shot 2 Points	Shot 3 Points	Shot 4 Points	Shot 5 Points	Shot 6 Points	Shot 7 Points	Shot 8 Points	Shot 9 Points	Shot 10 Points
1	1108	Malcolm Cooper	GBR	1,279.3	1,180	99.3	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.5	9.5	10.3	9.8	10.5	8.6	9.8	OR
2	1106	Alister Allan	GBR	1,275.6	1,181	94.6	9.2	10.0	8.2	9.5	9.0	10.5	9.8	9.9	9.5	9.0
3	1254	Kirill Ivanov	URS	1,275.0	1,173	102.0	10.3	10.8	9.9	10.1	10.9	10.2	10.8	9.2	9.7	10.1
4	1059	Klavs Jørn Christensen	DEN	1,273.6	1,177	96.6	9.2	7.9	9.7	10.6	10.5	9.5	10.3	10.2	9.3	9.4
5	1275	Glenn Dubis	USA	1,273.5	1,174	99.5	10.0	9.2	9.3	10.6	10.0	9.9	10.4	9.3	10.6	10.2
6	1263	Hrachya Petikyan	URS	1,272.2	1,173	99.2	10.8	9.8	8.7	10.7	9.5	10.2	10.6	10.3	9.8	8.8
7	1196	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	1,271.7	1,173	98.7	9.1	9.6	10.1	9.4	10.5	9.0	10.8	10.9	8.8	10.5
8	1289	Goran Maksimović	YUG	1,271.5	1,173	98.5	10.7	9.8	9.3	10.3	10.6	9.0	10.3	9.5	9.2	9.8