Men's 50 metre running target made its final Olympic appearance at the 1988 Summer Olympics (after which it was replaced by 10 metre running target). It was also the only time the 30 slow runs and 30 fast runs were followed by a ten-shot final (fast runs) for the top four contestants. Gennadi Avramenko and Tor Heiestad established a new Olympic record of 591 points, and Heiestad won the final, where Avramenko was also surpassed by Huang Shiping.

Qualification round RankAthleteCountrySlowFastTotalNotes1Gennadi Avramenko294297591Q OR1Tor Heiestad299292591Q OR3Huang Shiping296293589Q4Ján Kermiet295293588Q5Andras Doleschall2962925886Attila Solti2962925887Thomas Pfeffer2982895878Christian Stützinger2972895869Jan Pettersson29229458610Ji Gang29529158611Jean-Luc Tricoire29529158612Jerzy Greszkiewicz29728758412Luboš Račanský29528958414Oleg Moldovan29428958315Mike Herrmann29528758215Wojciech Karkusiewicz29428858217Todd Bensley29528658118Scott Swinney28929158019Valerio Donnianni29128657719Hong Seung-pyo29128657721David Lee29228157322Bryan Wilson29128257323Carlos Silva Monterrosa284285569 OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalNotes5911010101010101010 810 98689OR5891010 910101010 91010 9868759110 71010 9 910101010 956864588 910 710 910 910 710 91679 OR Olympic record

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