# 50 meter running target

50 meter running target or 50 meter running boar is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. It was devised as a replacement for 100 meter running deer in the 1960s and made its way into the Olympic programme in 1972. Although replaced there by the airgun version, 10 meter running target, in 1992, it still is part of the ISSF World Shooting Championships and continental championships.
Just like in 10 meter running target, half of the runs are slow (target visible for 5 seconds), and half are fast (target visible for 2.5 seconds)

## World Championships, Men

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Vladimir Vesselov (URS) | Jogan Nikitin (URS) | John Kingeter (USA) |
| 1967 | Pistoia | Martin Nordfors (SWE) | Vladimir Vesselov (URS) | Stig Johansson (SWE) |
| 1969 | Sandviken | Martin Nordfors (SWE) | Valeri Postoianov (URS) | John Kingeter (USA) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Göte Gåård (SWE) | Valeri Postoianov (URS) | Martin Nordfors (SWE) |
| 1973 | Melbourne | Alexander Kediarov (URS) | Valeri Postoianov (URS) | Helmut Bellingrodt (COL) |
| 1974 | Bern | Helmut Bellingrodt (COL) | Valeri Postoianov (URS) | Alexander Gazov (URS) |
| 1975 | Munich | Valeri Postoianov (URS) | Helmut Bellingrodt (COL) | Giovanni Mezzani (ITA) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Juha Rannikko (FIN) | John Mckinley Gough (GBR) | Carlos Rene Silva Monterroso (GUA) |
| 1979 | Linz | Tibor Bodnar (HUN) | Andras Doleschall (HUN) | Juha Rannikko (FIN) |
| 1981 | Mala | Thomas Pfeffer (GDR) | Aleksei Rudnizkiy (URS) | Tibor Bodnar (HUN) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Yuri Kadenatsy (URS) | Jerzy Greszkiewicz (POL) | Nikolai Dedov (URS) |
| 1983 | Edmonton | Igor Sokolov (URS) | Tibor Bodnar (HUN) | Andras Doleschall (HUN) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Sergei Luzov (URS) | Jean Luc Tricoire (FRA) | Andras Doleschall (HUN) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Alexei Poslov (URS) | Manfred Kurzer (GDR) | Attila Solti (HUN) |
| 1994 | Milan | Quingquan Shu (CHN) | Lubos Racansky (CZE) | Gennadi Avramenko (UKR) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Maxim Stepanov (RUS) | Lubos Racansky (CZE) | Jozsef Sike (HUN) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Lukasz Czapla (POL) | Miroslav Janus (CZE) | Peter Pelach (SVK) |
| 2008 | Plzeň | Krister Holmberg (FIN) | Maxim Stepanov (RUS) | Miroslav Janus (CZE) |
| 2009 | Heinola | Maxim Stepanov (RUS) | Krister Holmberg (FIN) | Peter Pelach (SVK) |
| 2010 | Munich | Emil Martinsson (SWE) | Maxim Stepanov (RUS) | Alexander Zinenko (UKR) |
| 2012 | Stockholm | Lukasz Czapla (POL) | Emil Martinsson (SWE) | Dmitry Romanov (RUS) |
| 2014 | Granada | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2016 | Suhl | Maxim Stepanov (RUS) | Mikhail Azarenko (RUS) | Emil Martinsson (SWE) |
| 2018 | Changwon | Mikhail Azarenko (RUS) | Lukasz Czapla (POL) | Tomi-Pekka Heikkilä (FIN) |
| 2022 | Châteauroux | Ihor Kizyma (UKR) | Emil Martinsson (SWE) | Jozsef Sike (HUN) |

## World Championships, Men Team

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Soviet Union Jogan Nikitin Yakov Zhelezniak Valerie Staratelev Vladimir Vesselov | United States of America Brown Dean John Kingeter Edmund Moeller | Sweden Bjoerklund Göte Gåård Goran Johansson Martin Nordfors |
| 1967 | Pistoia | Soviet Union Andris Butsis Jogan Nikitin Valerie Staratelev Vladimir Vesselov | Sweden Göte Gåård Runar Jakobsson Stig Johansson Martin Nordfors | United States of America Dickens R. Klingeter J. Skarpness N. Robert Yeager |
| 1969 | Sandviken | Soviet Union Andris Butsis Jogan Nikitin Valeri Postoianov Valerie Staratelev | United States of America Loyd Crow John Kingeter Ted Mc Million Edmund Moeller | Sweden Göte Gåård Runar Jakobsson Stig Johansson Martin Nordfors |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Soviet Union Andris Butsis Jogan Nikitin Valeri Postoianov Valerie Staratelev | Sweden Göte Gåård Runar Jakobsson Stig Johansson Martin Nordfors | United States of America Loyd Crow Ted Mc Million Frank Tossas Robert Yeager |
| 1973 | Melbourne | Soviet Union Alexander Kediarov Alexander Gazov Valeri Postoianov Yakov Zhelezniak | Sweden Göte Gåård Karl Karlsson Per-Anders Lingman Martin Nordfors | United States of America Charles Davis Arlie Jones Edmund Moeller Louis Michael Theimer |
| 1974 | Bern | Soviet Union Alexander Gazov Yakov Zhelezniak Alexander Kediarov Valeri Postoianov | Federal Republic of Germany Guenther Danne Friedrich Christoffer Wolfgang Hamberger Christoph-Michael Zeisner | United States of America Charles Davis Arlie Jones Edmund Moeller Louis Michael Theimer |
| 1975 | Munich | Soviet Union Alexander Kediarov Matti Jõgi Valeri Postoianov Yakov Zhelezniak | Hungary Tibor Bodnar Jozsef Madai Gyula Szabó Janos Szekeres | Federal Republic of Germany Guenther Danne Wolfgang Hamberger Thomas Lederer Christoph-Michael Zeisner |
| 1978 | Seoul | Federal Republic of Germany Guenther Danne Wolfgang Hamberger Thomas Lederer Christoph-Michael Zeisner | United States of America John Anderson Charles Davis James Reiber Louis Michael Theimer | Colombia Helmut Bellingrodt Hernando Barrientos Hanspeter Bellingrodt Horst Bellingrodt |
| 1979 | Linz | Finland Martti Eskelinen Jorma Lievonen Juha Rannikko Matti Saeteri | Hungary Tibor Bodnar Andras Doleschall Gyula Szabó Janos Szekeres | Soviet Union Alexander Gorodjankin Alexander Gazov Matti Jõgi Alexander Kediarov |
| 1981 | Mala | Soviet Union Aleksei Rudnizkiy Igor Sokolov Alexander Ivanchikhin Yuri Kadenatsy | Hungary Tibor Bodnar Zoltan Keczeli Andras Doleschall Kalman Kovacs | Sweden Lars Ivarsson Johnny Modigh Thomas Hagelberg Harry Johansson |
| 1982 | Caracas | Soviet Union Nikolai Dedov Alexander Ivanchikhin Yuri Kadenatsy Igor Sokolov | Hungary Andras Doleschall Zoltan Keczeli Kalman Kovacs Istvan Peni | People's Republic of China Bin He Zhongyuan Wang Yili Xie Ji Ping Yu |
| 1983 | Edmonton | Soviet Union Andrei Dunaev Yuri Kadenatsy Igor Sokolov | Hungary Tibor Bodnar Andras Doleschall Kalman Kovacs | Federal Republic of Germany Thomas Lederer Ludwig Montsko Uwe Schroeder |
| 1986 | Suhl | Soviet Union Gennadi Avramenko Yuri Kadenatsy Sergei Luzov | Hungary Tibor Bodnar Andras Doleschall Attila Solti | German Democratic Republic Thomas Pfeffer Henry Risch Tilo Weigel |
| 1990 | Moscow | Hungary Jozsef Angyan Jozsef Sike Attila Solti | Soviet Union Gennadi Avramenko Anatoli Asrabaev Alexei Poslov | People's Republic of China Quingquan Shu Gang Ji Ronghui Zhang |
| 1994 | Milan | People's Republic of China Zhiyong Cai Quingquan Shu Jun Xiao | Hungary Jozsef Angyan Jozsef Sike Tamas Tasi | Germany Michael Jakosits Manfred Kurzer Jens Zimmermann |
| 2002 | Lahti | Russia Juri Ermolenko Igor Kolesov Maxim Stepanov | Czech Republic Miroslav Janus Miroslav Lizal Lubos Racansky | Finland Krister Holmberg Vesa Saviahde Pasi Wedman |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Czech Republic Miroslav Janus Bedrich Jonas Lubos Racansky | Sweden Emil Martinsson Sami Pesonen Niklas Bergstroem | Russia Igor Kolesov Dimitri Lykin Maxim Stepanov |
| 2008 | Plzeň | Czech Republic Miroslav Janus Bedrich Jonas Lubos Racansky | Russia Maxim Stepanov Aleksandr Blinov Igor Kolesov | Ukraine Alexander Zinenko Vladyslav Prianishnikov Oleksandr Ulvak |
| 2009 | Heinola | Russia | Finland | Slovakia |
| 2010 | Munich | Russia | Sweden | Slovakia |
| 2012 | Stockholm | Russia | Sweden | Ukraine |
| 2014 | Granada | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |
| 2016 | Suhl | Russia | Hungary | Czech Republic |
| 2018 | Changwon | Russia | Sweden | South Korea |
| 2022 | Châteauroux | Event not held | Event not held | Event not held |

## World Championships, total medals

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 18 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Hungary | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | United States | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |

## Current world records

Current world records in 50 meter running target :
| Men | Individual | 596 | Nikolai Lapin (URS) Maxim Stepanov (RUS) | July 25, 1987 August 29, 2009 | Lahti (FIN) Heinola (FIN) |
| Men | Teams | 1773 | Soviet Union (Avramenko, Luzov, Vasilyeu) | July 7, 1989 | Zagreb (YUG) |
| Junior Men | Individual | 594 | Manfred Kurzer (GDR) | August 12, 1990 | Moscow (URS) |
| Junior Men | Teams | 1758 | Czechoslovakia (Januš, Pelach, Surovcek) | July 8, 1989 | Zagreb (YUG) |