title: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
text: # Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  
  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. 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.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### 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 |
  | 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 4 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 11 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 18 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 18 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 metre rifle three positions details | Malcolm Cooper Great Britain | Alister Allan Great Britain | Kirill Ivanov Soviet Union |
  | 50 metre rifle prone details | Miroslav Varga Czechoslovakia | Cha Young-chul South Korea | Attila Záhonyi Hungary |
  | 10 metre air rifle details | Goran Maksimović Yugoslavia | Nicolas Berthelot France | Johann Riederer West Germany |
  | 50 metre pistol details | Sorin Babii Romania | Ragnar Skanåker Sweden | Igor Basinski Soviet Union |
  | 25 metre rapid fire pistol details | Afanasijs Kuzmins Soviet Union | Ralf Schumann East Germany | Zoltán Kovács Hungary |
  | 10 metre air pistol details | Tanyu Kiryakov Bulgaria | Erich Buljung United States | Xu Haifeng China |
  | 50 metre running target details | Tor Heiestad Norway | Huang Shiping China | Gennadi Avramenko Soviet Union |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 metre rifle three positions details | Silvia Sperber West Germany | Vesela Letcheva Bulgaria | Valentina Cherkasova Soviet Union |
  | 10 metre air rifle details | Irina Shilova Soviet Union | Silvia Sperber West Germany | Anna Maloukhina Soviet Union |
  | 25 metre pistol details | Nino Salukvadze Soviet Union | Tomoko Hasegawa Japan | Jasna Šekarić Yugoslavia |
  | 10 metre air pistol details | Jasna Šekarić Yugoslavia | Nino Salukvadze Soviet Union | Marina Dobrantcheva Soviet Union |
  
  ### Mixed events
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Trap details | Dmitry Monakov Soviet Union | Miloslav Bednařík Czechoslovakia | Frans Peeters Belgium |
  | Skeet details | Axel Wegner East Germany | Alfonso de Iruarrizaga Chile | Jorge Guardiola Spain |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  A total of 396 shooters, 285 men and 111 women, from 66 nations competed at the Seoul Games:
  
  | Argentina (3)  Australia (12)  Austria (11)  Belgium (6)  Brazil (4)  Bulgaria (6)  Canada (13)  Chile (1)  China (20)  Chinese Taipei (3)  Colombia (3)  Costa Rica (1)  Cyprus (1)  Czechoslovakia (14)  Denmark (6)  East Germany (15)  Ecuador (2) | Egypt (2)  Finland (9)  France (19)  Great Britain (8)  Greece (2)  Guatemala (1)  Hong Kong (1)  Hungary (15)  India (1)  Indonesia (1)  Israel (2)  Italy (13)  Japan (14)  Kenya (1)  Liechtenstein (1)  Luxembourg (2) | Malaysia (1)  Mexico (3)  Monaco (1)  Mongolia (3)  Nepal (1)  Netherlands (5)  Netherlands Antilles (1)  New Zealand (4)  Norway (6)  Oman (1)  Peru (3)  Poland (6)  Portugal (2)  Puerto Rico (2)  Qatar (1)  Romania (3)  San Marino (2) | Saudi Arabia (1)  Singapore (1)  South Korea (22)  Soviet Union (25)  Spain (8)  Sri Lanka (2)  Sweden (15)  Switzerland (9)  Thailand (3)  Turkey (2)  United States (24)  Virgin Islands (1)  Vietnam (1)  West Germany (18)  Yugoslavia (6)  Zimbabwe (2) |
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