ISSF 50 meter rifle three positions

50 meter rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 meter rifle three positions. It consists of twenty shots in each of the kneeling, prone, and standing positions, fired in that order. Historically men fired 3×40 shots and women shot 3×20. In January 2018, the number of shots was equalised between genders with the Women's 3x20 being abolished in favour of a 3x40 match identical to the men's event. The caliber is .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm). In January 2022 the format was changed with men and women all firing the shorter 3x20 format.

In both the men's and women's event, athletes must complete the course of fire within a single time block of 1 hours, 30 minutes. Before January 2018, the Women's 3x20 event had a time limit of 1 hour, 45 minutes. These time limits are applicable to matches conducted using electronic targets; longer times are used if the slower manual scoring system is used. Until 2018, women's rifles were limited to , as opposed to for men. This was the only remaining difference between men's and women's equipment after the switch from standard rifles to sport rifles. In January 2018 with the women's event extended to a 3x40 match, the limit was abolished, with Women permitted to use rifles up to . This rendered the men's and women's events identical in both number of shots and equipment permitted.

In major competitions, including World Cups and World Championships, the top eight competitors reach a finals match, where the medal positions are decided. Beginning in 2013, a new finals format was instituted, in which the qualification score is discarded, and the standings among the top eight shooters are determined by their finals scores alone. The course of fire was also changed significantly with the new rules, from the previous 10-shot program in only the standing position, into a 45-shot elimination format in all three positions. After 10 of the 15 shots of the final, standing stage, the two lowest-ranked shooters are eliminated. For the remaining five shots, the lowest-ranked shooter is eliminated after each shot, before the final shot decides the gold and silver medalists among the final two survivors.

World Championships, Men Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1937 Helsinki1939 Luzern1949 Buenos Aires1952 Oslo1954 Caracas1958 Moscow1962 Cairo1966 Wiesbaden1970 Phoenix1974 Thun1978 Seoul1982 Caracas1986 Suhl1990 Moscow1994 Milan1998 Barcelona2002 Lahti2006 Zagreb2010 Munich2014 Granada2018 Changwon2022 New Administrative Capital

World Championships, Men Team Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1949 Buenos Aires FinlandOlavi EloPauli Aapeli JanhonenKullervo LeskinenToivo MaenttaeriVilho Ilmari Ylönen SwedenUno Hilding BergIsac Holger ErbenWalther Sigfrid FröstellKurt JohanssonJonas Jonsson NorwayMauritz AmundsenJohan HunæsErling Asbjoern KongshaugWilly RøgebergThore Skredegaard1952 Oslo SwitzerlandRobert BürchlerErnst HuberOtto HorberAugust HollensteinSchmid E. SwedenUno Hilding BergIsac Holger ErbenWalther Sigfrid FröstellKurt JohanssonLindquist T. NorwayMauritz AmundsenJohan HunæsErling Asbjoern KongshaugHalvor KongsjordenThore Skredegaard1954 Caracas Soviet UnionAnatoli BogdanovVasily BorisovMoysey ItkisGrigori KupkoBoris Pereberin SwedenUno Hilding BergIsac Holger ErbenWalther Sigfrid FröstellAnders Helge KvissbergSundberg O. NorwayMauritz AmundsenIver AasAnker HagenErling Asbjoern KongshaugThore Skredegaard1958 Moscow Soviet UnionVasily BorisovMoysey ItkisYuri KudryashovMarat NiyazovVictor Shamburkin West GermanyHans Werner HarbeckPeter KohnkeBernd KlingnerHelmut SchlenkerRudolf SiglJames CarterHerr J.Daniel PuckelGordon TarasVerle Wright Jr.1962 Cairo Soviet UnionVladimir ChuianVasily BorisovMoysey ItkisMarat NiyazovGary AndersonTommy PoolDaniel PuckelVerle Wright Jr. SwitzerlandAugust HollensteinKurt MüllerHans Rudolf SpillmannErwin Vogt1966 WiesbadenGary AndersonTommy PoolMargaret ThompsonLones Wigger Soviet UnionAleksandrs GerasimjonoksValentin KornevVladimir KonyakhinMarat Niyazov East GermanyWerner LippoldtGuenter LangeDieter MunzertHartmut Sommer1970 Phoenix Soviet UnionVladimir AgishevOleg LapkinVitali ParkhimovitchSergei YermilovDavid BoydJohn Robert FosterJohn WriterLones Wigger West GermanyPeter KohnkeBernd KlingnerGottfried KustermannKlaus Zähringer1974 ThunLanny BasshamMargaret MurdockLones WiggerJohn Writer Soviet UnionAnatoli BulgakovGennadi LushikovAlexander MitrofanovVitali Parkhimovitch West GermanyBernd KlingnerGottfried KustermannWolfgang RuehleKlaus Zähringer1978 SeoulLanny BasshamEdward EtzelRod Fitz-RandolphLones Wigger West GermanyGottfried KustermannUlrich LindWerner SeiboldKarlheinz Smieszek SwedenSven JohanssonCarl-Erik OebergEsbjoern SvenssonStefan Thynell1982 Caracas Soviet UnionKirill IvanovVladimir LvovAlexander MitrofanovViktor Vlasov Great BritainAlister AllanMalcolm CooperBarry DaggerJohn Davis NorwayArnt-Olav HauglandTerje Melbye-HansenHarald StenvaagGeir Skirbekk1986 Suhl CzechoslovakiaMilan BakešPetr KůrkaPavel Soukeník Soviet UnionKirill IvanovHrachya PetikyanViktor VlasovJean-Pierre AmatPascal BessyMichel Bury1990 Moscow Soviet UnionViatcheslav BotchkarevKirill IvanovHrachya Petikyan CzechoslovakiaMilan BakešPetr KůrkaMiroslav Varga YugoslaviaRajmond DebevecNemanja MirosavljevGoran Maksimović1994 MilanJean-Pierre AmatMichel BuryRoger Chassat UkraineArtur AyvazyanOleg DementyevOleg Mykhaylov Czech RepublicMilan BakešVaclav BecvarPetr Kůrka1998 Barcelona UkraineArtur AyvazyanOleg MykhaylovJury SukhorukovPascal BessyJean-Pierre AmatRoger Chassat RussiaAlexander KoudelinArtem KhadjibekovSergei Kovalenko2002 Lahti RussiaArtem KhadjibekovViatcheslav BotchkarevKonstantin PrikhodtchenkoMichael AntiMatthew EmmonsGlenn Dubis UkraineJury SukhorukovOleg MykhaylovArtur Ayvazyan2006 Zagreb RussiaArtem KhadjibekovSergei KovalenkoViatcheslav Botchkarev AustriaThomas FarnikMario KnöglerChristian PlanerMatthew EmmonsJason ParkerMichael Mcphail2010 Munich RussiaArtem KhadjibekovFedor VlasovKonstantin Prikhodtchenko NorwayVebjørn BergOle-Kristian BryhnOle Magnus Bakken UkraineArtur AyvazyanJury SukhorukovVladyslav Hryhorenko2014 GranadaCao YifeiZhu QinanKang Hongwei NorwayAre HansenOle-Kristian BryhnOle Magnus Bakken RussiaNazar LouginetsSergey KamenskiyFedor Vlasov2018 Changwon RussiaNazar LouginetsVladimir MaslennikovSergey KamenskiyHaoran YangZicheng HuiYuncong Yao BelarusYury ShcherbatsevichVitali BubnovichIllia Charheika2022 New Administrative CapitalSimon ClaussenJon-Hermann HeggHenrik LarsenBrian BaudouinMichael d'HalluinLucas KryzsNiraj KumarSwapnil KusaleAishwary Pratap Singh Tomar

World Championships, Women

Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1966 Wiesbaden1970 Phoenix1974 Thun1978 Seoul1982 Caracas1986 Suhl1990 Moscow1994 Milan1998 Barcelona2002 Lahti2006 Zagreb2010 Munich2014 Granada2018 Changwon2022 New Administrative Capital

World Championships, Women Team

Year Place Gold Silver Bronze1970 PhoenixTammie FosterMargaret MurdockDiana Timberlake Soviet UnionLucia FagerevaTatiana RatnikovaElena Zaharchenko East GermanyGudrun MehlanMarga NabelGabriele Riedel1974 Thun Soviet UnionKira BoikoTatiana RatnikovaBaiba Zarina BulgariaPoliksena KanchevaAnka PelovaNonka Shatarova West GermanyElke BeckerElisabeth BalșElisabeth Boehmer1978 SeoulBecky BraunKaren MonezWanda Oliver SwedenAnita EnqvistChristina GustafssonMargareta GustafssonYvette CouraultDominique EsnaultElisabeth Lesou1982 Caracas Soviet UnionSvetlana KomaristovaLessia LeskivAnna Malakhova East GermanyGilda GorzkullaMarlies HelbigMarlies MochMary GodloveKaren MonezGloria Parmentier1986 Suhl BulgariaValentina LazarovaVesela LetchevaNonka Matova East GermanyAngela BergerSabine TothKathrin StarkloffWanda JewellPat SpurginDeena Wigger1990 Moscow BulgariaVesela LetchevaNonka MatovaAnitza ValkovaLauni MeiliKristen PetersonDeena Wigger Soviet UnionValentina CherkasovaLessia LeskivIryna Shylava1994 MilanPetra HorneberKirsten ObelWera Stamm RussiaValentina CherkasovaIrina GerasimenokAnna MaloukhinaMuhua ChenQiuping ZhangDanhong Zhou1998 BarcelonaHong ShanXian WangYimin XuElizabeth BourlandJayme DickmanWanda Jewell BulgariaAni IvanovaVesela LetchevaNonka Matova2002 Lahti UkraineOlena DavydovaNatallia KalnyshLessia LeskivPetra HorneberSonja PfeilschifterMartina Prekel RussiaTatiana GoldobinaLioubov GalkinaMarina Bobkova2006 Zagreb RussiaLioubov GalkinaTatiana GoldobinaAlena NizkoshapskaiaBarbara LechnerClaudia KeckSonja PfeilschifterBo LiuLiuxi WuJieyi Tang2010 MunichJamie BeyerleAmy SowashSandra FongBarbara LechnerEva FriedelSonja Pfeilschifter SerbiaIvana MaksimovićAndrea ArsovićLidija Mihajlović2014 GranadaBeate GaußBarbara EnglederEva RöskenChen DongqiChang JingZhao Huixin South KoreaJeong Mi-raYoo Seo-youngKim Seo-la2018 ChangwonIsabella StraubJolyn BeerJaqueline Orth DenmarkRikke Maeng IbsenStine NielsenStephanie Laura Scurrah Grundsoee RussiaYulia KarimovaPolina KhoroshevaYulia Zykova2022 New Administrative CapitalJolyn BeerAnna JanssenLisa Müller Nina ChristenSarina HitzFranziska Stark Miao WanruShi MengyaoZhang Qiongyue

World Championships, Mixed Team

Year Place Gold Silver Bronze2022 New Administrative CapitalJenny SteneSimon ClaussenStephanie GrundsøeSteffen OlsenDavid KoendersAnna Janssen

Current world records

Current world records in 50 metre rifle three positions Men Qualification 1188 August 28, 2019 Rio de Janeiro Final 466.0 Aug 2, 2021 Tokyo Junior Men Qualification 1185 May 22, 2017 October 29, 2017 Munich New Delhi Final 462.9 November 19, 2019 Putian Teams 3512 (Peni, Vas, Pekler) June 27, 2017 Suhl Women (ISSF) Qualification 1185 May 28, 2019 Munich Final 464.7 June 19, 2015 Baku Teams 3531 (Stene, Duestad, Lund) September 21, 2019 Bologna Women (CISM) Junior Women Qualification 1180 July 18, 2019 Suhl Final 459.3 September 15, 2019 Bologna Teams 3509 (Janssen, Ruschel, Weindorf) (Fu, Chen, Hou) July 18, 2019 July 18, 2019 Suhl Suhl

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