Men's

50 metre rifle prone 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is 7 ...

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

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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

Miroslav Varga Miroslav Varga (born 21 September 1960 in Žatec) is a shooting sport, sport shooter and Olympic champion for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He represented the Cze ...

equalled the world record with a perfect 600 in the qualification round, and retained half of his two-point pre-final lead until the end of the competition.

Qualification round

EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

OR Olympic record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle prone Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men's 050m prone 1988 Men's events at the 1988 Summer Olympics