Men's 50 metre rifle three positions (then known as small-bore free rifle) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic three positions competition to feature final shooting. Alister Allan set a new Olympic record in the qualification round but lost the final to his countryman Malcolm Cooper, who thus defended his title from Los Angeles.

Qualification round RankAthleteCountryProneStandKneelTotalNotes1Alister Allan3993863961181Q OR2Malcolm Cooper4003873931180Q3Klavs Jørn Christensen3993873911177Q4Glenn Dubis400 388 386 1174Q5Kirill Ivanov3993823921173Q6Harald Stenvaag3953893891173Q7Hrachya Petikyan3943873921173Q8Goran Maksimović3993833911173Q9Zhang Yingzhou397386389117210Andreas Wolfram396385391117211Geir Skirbekk397383390117011Attila Záhonyi398387385117013Jean-Pierre Amat398377394116913Daniel Durben397379393116915Jorge González399379390116815Pavel Soukeník398375395116817Juha Hirvi397384386116718Olaf Heß395378393116618Stefan Lövbom399376391116618Norbert Sturny398380388116621Pascal Bessy395381389116521Kwon Taek-yul397381387116521Eduard Papirov399378388116521Srecko Pejovic395377393116525Jean-François Senecal397380387116425Xu Xiaoguang397378389116427Petar Zaprianov398379385116228Ryohei Koba398381382116128Lee Eun-chul395379387116128Ulrich Lind399375387116128Georgi Poliakov396375390116132Sándor Bereczky398372390116032Petr Kůrka396375389116034Kurt Thune395378386115935Pierre-Alain Dufaux397376385115836Lothar Heinrich391373393115736Mart Klepp395369393115738Johannes Gufler392375388115538Kurt Hillenbrand395371389115540José Álvarez398369387115440Donald Brook397372385115442Jørgen Herlufsen398369386115343Itzchak Yonassi395374383115244Kaoru Matsuo395372380114745Per G. Hansson396365385114646Alan Smith397373373114347Bruce Meredith3973643801141 OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes1180 99.31279.3OR1181 94.61275.61173102.01275.041177 96.61273.651174 99.51273.561173 99.21272.271173 98.71271.781173 98.51271.5 OR Olympic record

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