The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders.[1] It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the 50 metre running target event, later replaced by 10 metre running target. It was also the first time the Olympic shooting competitions included finals for the top eight (in some cases six) competitors.
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Medal summary
editMedal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 (ROU) | 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 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Men's events
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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50 metre rifle three positions |
Malcolm Cooper Great Britain |
Alister Allan Great Britain |
Kirill Ivanov Soviet Union |
50 metre rifle prone |
Miroslav Varga Czechoslovakia |
Cha Young-chul South Korea |
Attila Záhonyi Hungary |
10 metre air rifle |
Goran Maksimović Yugoslavia |
Nicolas Berthelot France |
Johann Riederer West Germany |
50 metre pistol |
Sorin Babii Romania |
Ragnar Skanåker Sweden |
Igor Basinski Soviet Union |
25 metre rapid fire pistol |
Afanasijs Kuzmins Soviet Union |
Ralf Schumann East Germany |
Zoltán Kovács Hungary |
10 metre air pistol |
Tanyu Kiryakov Bulgaria |
Erich Buljung United States |
Xu Haifeng China |
50 metre running target |
Tor Heiestad Norway |
Huang Shiping China |
Gennadi Avramenko Soviet Union |
Women's events
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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50 metre rifle three positions |
Silvia Sperber West Germany |
Vesela Letcheva Bulgaria |
Valentina Cherkasova Soviet Union |
10 metre air rifle |
Irina Shilova Soviet Union |
Silvia Sperber West Germany |
Anna Maloukhina Soviet Union |
25 metre pistol |
Nino Salukvadze Soviet Union |
Tomoko Hasegawa Japan |
Jasna Šekarić Yugoslavia |
10 metre air pistol |
Jasna Šekarić Yugoslavia |
Nino Salukvadze Soviet Union |
Marina Dobrantcheva Soviet Union |
Mixed events
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Trap |
Dmitry Monakov Soviet Union |
Miloslav Bednařík Czechoslovakia |
Frans Peeters Belgium |
Skeet |
Axel Wegner East Germany |
Alfonso de Iruarrizaga Chile |
Jorge Guardiola Spain |
Participating nations
editA total of 396 shooters, 285 men and 111 women, from 66 nations competed at the Seoul Games:[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
External links
edit- XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2 Part 2 (PDF). Retrieved 2008-09-28.