Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events — six men's events, four women's events, and three events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 m Air Pistol events, and the last for the 50 m Running Target event, later replaced by 10 m Running Target. It was also the first time the Olympic shooting competitions included finals for the top eight (in some cases six) competitors.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	4	1	6	11
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	0	1	3
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	1	1	3
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	0	2
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	0	2
	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	0	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
8	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Romania (ROM)	1	0	0	1
10	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
11	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
17	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	2	2
18	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1

Men's shooting events

Pos	Competitor		Qualifying	Finals	Total
Men's 50 m Rifle - Three positions
	Malcolm Cooper	United Kingdom	1180	99.3	1279.3
	Alister Allan	United Kingdom	1181	94.6	1275.6
	Kirill Ivanov	Soviet Union	1173	102.0	1275.0
Men's 50 m Rifle - Prone position
	Miroslav Varga	Czechoslovakia	600	103.9	703.9
	Cha Young Chul	South Korea	598	104.8	702.8
	Attila Zahonyi	Hungary	597	104.9	701.9
Men's 10 m Air Rifle
	Goran Maksimovic	Yugoslavia	594	101.6	695.6
	Nicolas Berthelot	France	593	101.2	694.2
	Johann Riederer	West Germany	592	102.0	694.0
Men's 50 m Pistol
	Sorin Babii	Romania	566	94	660
	Ragnar Skanåker	Sweden	564	93	657
	Igor Basinski	Soviet Union	570	87	657
Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
	Afanasijs Kuzmins	Soviet Union	598	100	698
	Ralf Schumann	East Germany	597	99	696
	Zoltan Kovacs	Hungary	594	99	693
Men's 10 m Air Pistol
	Tanyu Kiryakov	Bulgaria	585	102.9	687.9
	Erich Buljung	United States	590	97.9	687.9
	Xu Haifeng	China	584	100.5	684.5

Note: Until 1992, ties after finals were resolved in favour of the shooter with the best final score.

Women's shooting events

Pos	Competitor		Qualifying	Finals	Total
Women's 50 m Rifle - Three positions
	Silvia Sperber	West Germany	590	95.6	685.6
	Vesela Letcheva	Bulgaria	583	100.2	683.2
	Valentina Cherkasova	Soviet Union	586	95.4	681.4
Women's 10 m Air Rifle
	Irina Shilova	Soviet Union	395	103.5	498.5
	Silvia Sperber	West Germany	393	104.5	497.5
	Anna Malukhina	Soviet Union	394	101.8	495.8
Women's 25 m Pistol
	Nino Salukvadze	Soviet Union	591	99	690
	Tomoko Hasegawa	Japan	587	99	686
	Jasna Šekaric'	Yugoslavia	591	95	686
Women's 10 m Air Pistol
	Jasna Šekaric'	Yugoslavia	389	100.5	489.5
	Nino Salukvadze	Soviet Union	390	97.9	487.9
	Marina Dobrantcheva	Soviet Union	385	100.2	485.2

Open shooting events

Pos	Competitor		Qualifying	Finals	Total
Trap
	Dimitri Monakov	Soviet Union	197	25	222
	Miroslav Bednarik	Czechoslovakia	197	25	222
	Frans Peeters	Belgium	195	24	219
Skeet
	Axel Wegner	East Germany	198	24	222
	Alfonso de Iruarrizaga	Chile	198	23	221
	Jorge Guardiola	Spain	196	24	220
50 m Running Target
	Tor Heiestad	Norway	591	98	689
	Huang Shiping	China	589	98	687
	Gennadi Avramenko	Soviet Union	591	95	686

See also

Shooting at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
List of Olympic medalists in shooting

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