Men's

50 metre rifle three positions 50 meter rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 meter rifle three positions. It consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing p ...

(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. Alister Allan set a new Olympic record in the qualification round but lost the final to his countryman

Malcolm Cooper Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, (20 December 1947 – 9 June 2001) was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. Sports shooting career He was the first shooter to win two consecutive gold medals in the Olympic 50 metre r ...

, who thus defended his title from Los Angeles.

Qualification round

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 three positions Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men's 050m 3 positions 1988 Men's events at the 1988 Summer Olympics