# Shooting at the 1988 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 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic three positions competition to feature final shooting. Miroslav Varga 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

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Score | Notes |
| 1 | Miroslav Varga | Czechoslovakia | 600 | Q EWR OR |
| 2 | Cha Young-chul | South Korea | 598 | Q |
| 3 | Pavel Soukeník | Czechoslovakia | 598 | Q |
| 4 | Alister Allan | Great Britain | 598 | Q |
| 5 | Attila Záhonyi | Hungary | 597 | Q |
| 6 | Xu Xiaoguang | China | 597 | Q |
| 7 | Bernd Rücker | West Germany | 597 | Q |
| 8 | Michael Ashcroft | Canada | 597 | Q |
| 9 | Jan Gundersrud | Norway | 596 | |
| 10 | Stephen Petterson | New Zealand | 596 | |
| 11 | Per G. Hansson | Sweden | 596 | |
| 11 | Stefan Lövbom | Sweden | 596 | |
| 11 | Goran Maksimović | Yugoslavia | 596 | |
| 11 | Alan Smith | Australia | 596 | |
| 15 | Klavs Jørn Christensen | Denmark | 595 | |
| 15 | Glenn Dubis | United States | 595 | |
| 15 | Lothar Heinrich | Austria | 595 | |
| 15 | Olaf Hess | East Germany | 595 | |
| 15 | Kirill Ivanov | Soviet Union | 595 | |
| 15 | Jiang Rong | China | 595 | |
| 15 | Vladimir Lvov | Soviet Union | 595 | |
| 15 | Kaoru Matsuo | Japan | 595 | |
| 15 | Andreas Wolfram | East Germany | 595 | |
| 24 | Pierre-Alain Dufaux | Switzerland | 594 | |
| 24 | Juha Hirvi | Finland | 594 | |
| 24 | Kwak Jung-hoon | South Korea | 594 | |
| 24 | Eduard Papirov | Israel | 594 | |
| 24 | Norbert Sturny | Switzerland | 594 | |
| 24 | Kurt Thune | Finland | 594 | |
| 24 | Patrick Vamplew | Canada | 594 | |
| 24 | Webster Wright | United States | 594 | |
| 32 | Jean-Pierre Amat | France | 593 | |
| 32 | Pascal Bessy | France | 593 | |
| 32 | Jorge González | Spain | 593 | |
| 32 | Georgi Poliakov | Bulgaria | 593 | |
| 36 | Jorge Bracero | Puerto Rico | 592 | |
| 36 | Malcolm Cooper | Great Britain | 592 | |
| 36 | Jørgen Just Herlufsen | Denmark | 592 | |
| 39 | Adilbishiin Sangidorj | Mongolia | 591 | |
| 39 | José Álvarez | Mexico | 591 | |
| 41 | Donald Brook | Australia | 590 | |
| 41 | Kurt Hillenbrand | West Germany | 590 | |
| 41 | Julio César Iemma | Argentina | 590 | |
| 41 | Petar Zaprianov | Bulgaria | 590 | |
| 45 | Sandor Bereczky | Hungary | 589 | |
| 45 | Albert Deuring | Austria | 589 | |
| 47 | Srecko Pejovic | Yugoslavia | 588 | |
| 47 | Geir Skirbekk | Norway | 588 | |
| 49 | Daya Rajasinghe | Sri Lanka | 587 | |
| 50 | Bruce Meredith | Virgin Islands | 586 | |
| 51 | Ryohei Koba | Japan | 584 | |
| 51 | Itzchak Yonassi | Israel | 584 | |
| 53 | Roland Jacoby | Luxembourg | 583 | |
| 54 | Jadaan Tarjam Al-Shammari | Qatar | 582 | |
| 55 | Kenneth Johnston | Zimbabwe | 580 | |
EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
| | Miroslav Varga (TCH) | 600 | 103.9 | 703.9 | OR |
| | Cha Young-chul (KOR) | 598 | 104.8 | 702.8 | |
| | Attila Záhonyi (HUN) | 597 | 104.9 | 701.9 | |
| 4 | Pavel Soukeník (TCH) | 598 | 103.2 | 701.2 | |
| 5 | Alister Allan (GBR) | 598 | 102.9 | 700.9 | |
| 6 | Xu Xiaoguang (CHN) | 597 | 103.6 | 700.6 | |
| 7 | Bernd Rücker (FRG) | 597 | 103.5 | 700.5 | |
| 8 | Michael Ashcroft (CAN) | 597 | 101.5 | 698.5 | |
OR Olympic record