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Running Target, 50 metres, Men

Date	23 September 1988 — 14:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Taeneung International Shooting Range, Seoul
Participants	23 from 16 countries

Only the top four shooters advanced to the final shoot-off after the preliminary round. Norway’s Tor Heiestad was tied after the prelims with Soviet/Ukrainian Hennady Avramenko, both with 591. Heiestad had opened a big lead in the slow phase with 299 and held on with 292 in the fast phase. In the final round, Avramenko struggled and dropped back to the bronze medal while Heiestad shot 98 to win the gold medal. The silver medal went to China’s Huang Shiping who had won a bronze medal in 1984.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Final
1	1194	Tor Heiestad	NOR	591 (=1)	689 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1042	Huang Shiping	CHN	589 (3)	687 (2)	Silver
3	1251	Hennadiy Avramenko	URS	591 (=1)	686 (3)	Bronze
4	1239	Ján Kermiet	TCH	588 (4)	679 (4)
5	1135	András Doleschall	HUN	588 (5)	–
6	1140	Attila Solti	HUN	588 (6)	–
7	1118	Thomas Pfeffer	GDR	587 (7)	–
8	1104	Christian Stützinger	FRG	586 (8)	–
9	1233	Jan Pettersson	SWE	586 (9)	–
10	1043	Ji Gang	CHN	586 (10)	–
11	1093	Jean-Luc Tricoire	FRA	586 (11)	–
=12	1204	Jerzy Greszkiewicz	POL	584 (=12)	–
=12	1243	Luboš Račanský	TCH	584 (=12)	–
14	1261	Oleg Moldovan	URS	583 (14)	–
=15	1114	Mike Herrmann	GDR	582 (=15)	–
=15	1206	Wojciech Karkusiewicz	POL	582 (=15)	–
17	1271	Todd Bensley	USA	581 (17)	–
18	1284	Scott Swinney	USA	580 (18)	–
=19	1149	Valerio Donnianni	ITA	577 (=19)	–
=19	1170	Hong Seung-Pyo	KOR	577 (=19)	–
21	1036	David Lee	CAN	573 (21)	–
22	1013	Bryan Wilson	AUS	573 (22)	–
23	1126	Carlos Silva	GUA	569 (23)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	23 September 1988
Format	50 metres. 60 shots. 600 possible.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Slow Run Points	Slow Run Course 1 Points	Slow Run Course 2 Points	Fast Run Points	Fast Run Course 1 Points	Fast Run Course 2 Points	10s
=1	1194	Tor Heiestad	NOR	591	299	150	149	292	146	146	–	QOR
=1	1251	Hennadiy Avramenko	URS	591	294	147	147	297	149	148	–	QOR
3	1042	Huang Shiping	CHN	589	296	150	146	293	147	146	–	Q
4	1239	Ján Kermiet	TCH	588	295	148	147	293	148	145	–	Q
5	1135	András Doleschall	HUN	588	296	149	147	292	145	147	49	Q
6	1140	Attila Solti	HUN	588	296	146	150	292	145	147	48	Q
7	1118	Thomas Pfeffer	GDR	587	298	149	149	289	144	145	–	Q
8	1104	Christian Stützinger	FRG	586	297	150	147	289	147	142	49	Q
9	1233	Jan Pettersson	SWE	586	292	146	146	294	148	146	49
10	1043	Ji Gang	CHN	586	295	148	147	291	146	145	48
11	1093	Jean-Luc Tricoire	FRA	586	295	146	149	291	145	146	47
=12	1204	Jerzy Greszkiewicz	POL	584	297	148	149	287	145	142	–
=12	1243	Luboš Račanský	TCH	584	295	149	146	289	141	148	–
14	1261	Oleg Moldovan	URS	583	294	147	147	289	144	145	–
=15	1114	Mike Herrmann	GDR	582	295	146	149	287	144	143	–
=15	1206	Wojciech Karkusiewicz	POL	582	294	146	148	288	145	143	–
17	1271	Todd Bensley	USA	581	295	149	146	286	146	140	–
18	1284	Scott Swinney	USA	580	289	144	145	291	142	149	–
=19	1149	Valerio Donnianni	ITA	577	291	146	145	286	145	141	–
=19	1170	Hong Seung-Pyo	KOR	577	291	142	149	286	141	145	–
21	1036	David Lee	CAN	573	292	145	147	281	142	139	–
22	1013	Bryan Wilson	AUS	573	291	148	143	282	141	141	–
23	1126	Carlos Silva	GUA	569	284	140	144	285	138	147	–

Final Round

Date	23 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	1194	Tor Heiestad	NOR	689	591	98	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10
2	1042	Huang Shiping	CHN	687	589	98	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
3	1251	Hennadiy Avramenko	URS	686	591	95	10	7	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
4	1239	Ján Kermiet	TCH	679	588	91	9	10	7	10	9	10	9	10	7	10