| | Event type
Running Target, 50 metres, Open
| Date | 23 – 24 July 1980 — 9:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Strelbishche Dynamo, Mytishchi | |
| Participants | 19 from 10 countries | |
| Format | 50 metres. 60 shots. 600 possible. | |
The scoring was high with the top seven shooters breaking the world record of 581, held by East German Thomas Pfeffer. Pfeffer himself shot 589, tying Soviet Igor Sokolov for first, but Sokolov won the shoot-off 97-95 for the gold medal. Pfeffer had placed fourth in 1976. The defending gold medalist, Aleksandr Gazov (URS) won another medal, placing third. The leaders after the slow run were Sokolov, Gazov, and East German Hans-Jürgen Helbig on the fast run, who placed only eighth overall.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Slow Run Points | Slow Run Course 1 Points | Slow Run Course 2 Points | Fast Run Points | Fast Run Course 1 Points | Fast Run Course 2 Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 229 | Igor Sokolov |  URS | 589 | 298 | 198 | 100 | 291 | 194 | 97 | Gold | ||
| 2 | 84 | Thomas Pfeffer |  GDR | 589 | 297 | 198 | 99 | 292 | 197 | 95 | Silver | ||
| 3 | 220 | Aleksandr Gazov | URS | 587 | 298 | 199 | 99 | 289 | 192 | 97 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 101 | András Doleschall |  HUN | 584 | 293 | 197 | 96 | 291 | 192 | 99 | |||
| 5 | 100 | Tibor Bodnár | HUN | 584 | 296 | 196 | 100 | 288 | 193 | 95 | |||
| 6 | 62 | Jorma Lievonen |  FIN | 584 | 295 | 196 | 99 | 289 | 196 | 93 | |||
| 7 | 130 | Giovanni Mezzani |  ITA | 582 | 295 | 199 | 96 | 287 | 194 | 93 | |||
| 8 | 80 | Hans-Jürgen Helbig | GDR | 579 | 298 | 198 | 100 | 281 | 186 | 95 | |||
| 9 | 168 | Jo Song-Nam |  PRK | 576 | 292 | 194 | 98 | 284 | 189 | 95 | |||
| 10 | 156 | Jerzy Greszkiewicz |  POL | 576 | 294 | 196 | 98 | 282 | 187 | 95 | |||
| 11 | 167 | Han In-Sok | PRK | 574 | 290 | 193 | 97 | 284 | 189 | 95 | |||
| 12 | 65 | Juha Rannikko | FIN | 573 | 290 | 194 | 96 | 283 | 188 | 95 | |||
| 13 | 196 | Lars Ivarsson |  SWE | 567 | 292 | 193 | 99 | 275 | 181 | 94 | |||
| 14 | 215 | Bohumír Pokorný |  TCH | 564 | 286 | 192 | 94 | 278 | 188 | 90 | |||
| 15 | 91 | Arturo Iglesias |  GUA | 561 | 282 | 190 | 92 | 279 | 186 | 93 | |||
| 16 | 129 | Italo Mari | ITA | 557 | 286 | 192 | 94 | 271 | 182 | 89 | |||
| 17 | 157 | Eugeniusz Janczak | POL | 555 | 283 | 188 | 95 | 272 | 181 | 91 | |||
| 18 | 207 | Jiří Bachroň | TCH | 554 | 278 | 189 | 89 | 276 | 186 | 90 | |||
| 19 | 94 | Carlos Silva | GUA | 543 | 281 | 184 | 97 | 262 | 176 | 86 | |||
| 73 | Michael Meggison |  GBR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Shoot-Off 1/2
| Date | 24 July 1980 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 229 | Igor Sokolov | URS | 97 | ||
| 2 | 84 | Thomas Pfeffer | GDR | 95 |