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

Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Mollet del Vallès
Competitors 52 from 34 nations
Winning score 702.5 (OR)
Medalists
  Lee Eun-chul   South Korea
  Harald Stenvaag   Norway
  Stevan Pletikosić   Independent Olympic Participants
«1988 1996»
Shooting at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions men women
50 m rifle prone men
10 m air rifle   men   women
Pistol
50 m pistol men
25 m pistol women
25 m rapid fire pistol men
10 m air pistol men women
Shotgun
Trap open
Skeet open
Running target
10 m running target men

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 Gratchia Petikian 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 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 Vari Hungary 595
18 Michael Anti United States 594
18 Cha Young-chul South Korea 594
18 Tadeusz Czerwinski 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 Zahonyi 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 Pares Criville Spain 587
49 Hugo Romero Ecuador 585
50 Carl Johan Eiriksson 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  Gratchia Petikian (EUN) 597 102.2 699.2

OR Olympic record

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