# Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

Men's 50 metre rifle prone (then known as small-bore free rifle) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic competition after the introduction of the new target in 1989, and thus two Olympic records were set. The first was set by Hubert Bichler with 598 points in the qualification round. All his seven adversaries in the final started just one point behind him on 597. Two of them, Lee Eun-chul and Harald Stenvaag, surpassed him to win gold and silver respectively, with Lee establishing a new final Olympic record. Stevan Pletikosić finished on exactly the same score as Bichler, and the rules at the time broke the tie by best final score, giving Pletikosić the bronze medal.

## Qualification round

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Score | Notes |
| 1 | Hubert Bichler | Germany | 598 | Q OR |
| 2 | Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 597 | Q |
| 3 | Stevan Pletikosić | Independent Olympic Participants | 597 | Q |
| 4 | Juha Hirvi | Finland | 597 | Q |
| 5 | Peter Gabrielsson | Sweden | 597 | Q |
| 6 | Michel Bury | France | 597 | Q |
| 7 | Hrachya Petikyan | Unified Team | 597 | Q |
| 8 | Lee Eun-chul | South Korea | 597 | Q |
| 9 | William E. Meek | United States | 596 | |
| 10 | Bernd Rücker | Germany | 596 | |
| 11 | Jens Harskov Loczi | Denmark | 596 | |
| 11 | Jiang Rong | China | 596 | |
| 11 | Olimpiu Marin | Romania | 596 | |
| 11 | Wolfram Waibel Jr. | Austria | 596 | |
| 15 | Michael James Ashcroft | Canada | 595 | |
| 15 | Nils Petter Håkedal | Norway | 595 | |
| 15 | Zsolt Vári | Hungary | 595 | |
| 18 | Michael Anti | United States | 594 | |
| 18 | Cha Young-chul | South Korea | 594 | |
| 18 | Tadeusz Czerwiński | Poland | 594 | |
| 18 | Rajmond Debevec | Slovenia | 594 | |
| 18 | Ralph Rodríguez | Puerto Rico | 594 | |
| 18 | Andreas Zumbach | Switzerland | 594 | |
| 24 | Michel Dion | Canada | 593 | |
| 24 | Kirill Ivanov | Unified Team | 593 | |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Amat | France | 592 | |
| 26 | Jorge González | Spain | 592 | |
| 26 | Akihiro Mera | Japan | 592 | |
| 26 | Jari Pälve | Finland | 592 | |
| 26 | Attila Záhonyi | Hungary | 592 | |
| 31 | Milan Bakeš | Czechoslovakia | 591 | |
| 31 | Bo Arne Gerhard Lilja | Denmark | 591 | |
| 31 | Goran Maksimović | Independent Olympic Participants | 591 | |
| 31 | Bruce Meredith | Virgin Islands | 591 | |
| 31 | Ricardo Rusticucci | Argentina | 591 | |
| 31 | Miroslav Varga | Czechoslovakia | 591 | |
| 31 | Wolfram Waibel Sr. | Austria | 591 | |
| 31 | Petar Dimitrov Zapryanov | Bulgaria | 591 | |
| 39 | Massimo Birindelli | Italy | 590 | |
| 39 | Menachem Ilan | Israel | 590 | |
| 39 | Pang Yongying | China | 590 | |
| 42 | Stephen Kelly Petterson | New Zealand | 589 | |
| 43 | Khalaf Al-Khatri | Oman | 588 | |
| 43 | Alister Miller Allan | Great Britain | 588 | |
| 43 | Manfred Fiess | South Africa | 588 | |
| 43 | Ryohei Koba | Japan | 588 | |
| 43 | Jacek Kubka | Poland | 588 | |
| 48 | Jaime Parés | Spain | 587 | |
| 49 | Hugo Romero | Ecuador | 585 | |
| 50 | Carl Eiríksson | Iceland | 583 | |
| 50 | Norbert Sturny | Switzerland | 583 | |
| 52 | Satiender Sehmi | Kenya | 579 | |
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
| | Lee Eun-chul (KOR) | 597 | 105.5 | 702.5 | | OR |
| | Harald Stenvaag (NOR) | 597 | 104.4 | 701.4 | | |
| | Stevan Pletikosić (IOP) | 597 | 104.1 | 701.1 | | |
| 4 | Hubert Bichler (GER) | 598 | 103.1 | 701.1 | | |
| 5 | Michel Bury (FRA) | 597 | 103.0 | 700.0 | | |
| 6 | Juha Hirvi (FIN) | 597 | 102.5 | 699.5 | ? | |
| 7 | Peter Gabrielsson (SWE) | 597 | 102.5 | 699.5 | ? | |
| 8 | Hrachya Petikyan (EUN) | 597 | 102.2 | 699.2 | | |
OR Olympic record