Men's 50 metre rifle prone (then known as small-bore free rifle) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympic competition after the introduction of the new target in 1989, and thus two Olympic records were set. The first was set by Hubert Bichler with 598 points in the qualification round. All his seven adversaries in the final started just one point behind him on 597. Two of them, Lee Eun-chul and Harald Stenvaag, surpassed him to win gold and silver respectively, with Lee establishing a new final Olympic record. Stevan Pletikosić finished on exactly the same score as Bichler, and the rules at the time broke the tie by best final score, giving Pletikosić the bronze medal.
Qualification round RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes1Hubert Bichler598Q OR2Harald Stenvaag597Q3Stevan Pletikosić597Q4Juha Hirvi597Q5Peter Gabrielsson597Q6Michel Bury597Q7Hrachya Petikyan597Q8Lee Eun-chul597Q9William E. Meek59610Bernd Rücker59611Jens Harskov Loczi59611Jiang Rong59611Olimpiu Marin59611Wolfram Waibel Jr.59615Michael James Ashcroft59515Nils Petter Håkedal59515Zsolt Vári59518Michael Anti59418Cha Young-chul59418Tadeusz Czerwiński59418Rajmond Debevec59418Ralph Rodríguez59418Andreas Zumbach59424Michel Dion59324Kirill Ivanov59326Jean-Pierre Amat59226Jorge González59226Akihiro Mera59226Jari Pälve59226Attila Záhonyi59231Milan Bakeš59131Bo Arne Gerhard Lilja59131Goran Maksimović59131Bruce Meredith59131Ricardo Rusticucci59131Miroslav Varga59131Wolfram Waibel Sr.59131Petar Dimitrov Zapryanov59139Massimo Birindelli59039Menachem Ilan59039Pang Yongying59042Stephen Kelly Petterson58943Khalaf Al-Khatri58843Alister Miller Allan58843Manfred Fiess58843Ryohei Koba58843Jacek Kubka58848Jaime Parés58749Hugo Romero58550Carl Eiríksson58350Norbert Sturny58352Satiender Sehmi579 OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final RankAthleteQualFinalTotalShoot-offNotes597105.5702.5 OR597104.4701.4 597104.1701.1 4598103.1701.1 5597103.0700.0 6597102.5699.5?7597102.5699.5?8597102.2699.2 OR Olympic record
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