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

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. It was the first Olympic competition after the introduction of the new target in 1989, and thus two Olympic records were set, by

Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi (born 25 March 1960 in Kymi, Finland, Kymi) is a Finland, Finnish shooting sports, sport shooter. He won the silver medal in Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics, men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics ...

(qualification round) and

Hrachya Petikyan Hrachya Petikyan ( hy, Հրաչյա Պետիկյան , born 23 February 1960) is an Armenian sports shooter and USSR, European, four-time World and Olympic Champion. Petikyan is a four-time Olympian who has represented three nations: the Soviet ...

(final). Petikian won ahead of

Robert Foth Robert James Foth (born July 3, 1958) is an American sport shooter. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He won a silver medal in 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Foth was born in Buffalo, New York Buf ...

and

Ryohei Koba is a Japanese sport shooter. He was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He won a bronze medal in 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Koba was born in Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshi ...

, after a poor final demoted Hirvi to fourth place.

Qualification round

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

OR Olympic record

References

Sources

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