50 meter running target

50 meter running target or 50 meter running boar is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. It was devised as a replacement for 100 meter running deer in the 1960s and made its way into the Olympic programme in 1972. Although replaced there by the airgun version, 10 meter running target, in 1992, it still is part of the ISSF World Shooting Championships and continental championships.

50 meter running target

Men
Number of shots	2x30
Olympic Games	1972-1988
World Championships	Since 1966
Abbreviation	50RT

Just like in 10 meter running target, half of the runs are slow (target visible for 5 seconds), and half are fast (target visible for 2.5 seconds)

World Championships, Men

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Wiesbaden	Vladimir Vesselov (URS)	Jogan Nikitin (URS)	John Kingeter (USA)
1967	Pistoia	Martin Nordfors (SWE)	Vladimir Vesselov (URS)	Stig Johansson (SWE)
1969	Sandviken	Martin Nordfors (SWE)	Valeri Postoianov (URS)	John Kingeter (USA)
1970	Phoenix	Göte Gåård (SWE)	Valeri Postoianov (URS)	Martin Nordfors (SWE)
1973	Melbourne	Alexander Kediarov (URS)	Valeri Postoianov (URS)	Helmut Bellingrodt (COL)
1974	Bern	Helmut Bellingrodt (COL)	Valeri Postoianov (URS)	Alexander Gazov (URS)
1975	Munich	Valeri Postoianov (URS)	Helmut Bellingrodt (COL)	Giovanni Mezzani (ITA)
1978	Seoul	Juha Rannikko (FIN)	John Mckinley Gough (GBR)	Carlos Rene Silva Monterroso (GUA)
1979	Linz	Tibor Bodnar (HUN)	Andras Doleschall (HUN)	Juha Rannikko (FIN)
1981	Mala	Thomas Pfeffer (GDR)	Aleksei Rudnizkiy (URS)	Tibor Bodnar (HUN)
1982	Caracas	Yuri Kadenatsy (URS)	Jerzy Greszkiewicz (POL)	Nikolai Dedov (URS)
1983	Edmonton	Igor Sokolov (URS)	Tibor Bodnar (HUN)	Andras Doleschall (HUN)
1986	Suhl	Sergei Luzov (URS)	Jean Luc Tricoire (FRA)	Andras Doleschall (HUN)
1990	Moscow	Alexei Poslov (URS)	Manfred Kurzer (GDR)	Attila Solti (HUN)
1994	Milan	Quingquan Shu (CHN)	Lubos Racansky (CZE)	Gennadi Avramenko (UKR)
2002	Lahti	Maxim Stepanov (RUS)	Lubos Racansky (CZE)	Jozsef Sike (HUN)
2006	Zagreb	Lukasz Czapla (POL)	Miroslav Janus (CZE)	Peter Pelach (SVK)
2008	Plzeň	Krister Holmberg (FIN)	Maxim Stepanov (RUS)	Miroslav Janus (CZE)
2009	Heinola	Maxim Stepanov (RUS)	Krister Holmberg (FIN)	Peter Pelach (SVK)
2010	Munich	Emil Martinsson (SWE)	Maxim Stepanov (RUS)	Alexander Zinenko (UKR)
2012	Stockholm	Lukasz Czapla (POL)	Emil Martinsson (SWE)	Dmitry Romanov (RUS)
2014	Granada	Event not held
2016	Suhl	Maxim Stepanov (RUS)	Mikhail Azarenko (RUS)	Emil Martinsson (SWE)
2018	Changwon	Mikhail Azarenko (RUS)	Lukasz Czapla (POL)	Tomi-Pekka Heikkilä (FIN)
2022	Châteauroux	Ihor Kizyma (UKR)	Emil Martinsson (SWE)	Jozsef Sike (HUN)

World Championships, Men Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Wiesbaden	Soviet Union Jogan Nikitin Yakov Zhelezniak Valerie Staratelev Vladimir Vesselov	United States of America Brown Dean John Kingeter Edmund Moeller	Sweden Bjoerklund Göte Gåård Goran Johansson Martin Nordfors
1967	Pistoia	Soviet Union Andris Butsis Jogan Nikitin Valerie Staratelev Vladimir Vesselov	Sweden Göte Gåård Runar Jakobsson Stig Johansson Martin Nordfors	United States of America Dickens R. Klingeter J. Skarpness N. Robert Yeager
1969	Sandviken	Soviet Union Andris Butsis Jogan Nikitin Valeri Postoianov Valerie Staratelev	United States of America Loyd Crow John Kingeter Ted Mc Million Edmund Moeller	Sweden Göte Gåård Runar Jakobsson Stig Johansson Martin Nordfors
1970	Phoenix	Soviet Union Andris Butsis Jogan Nikitin Valeri Postoianov Valerie Staratelev	Sweden Göte Gåård Runar Jakobsson Stig Johansson Martin Nordfors	United States of America Loyd Crow Ted Mc Million Frank Tossas Robert Yeager
1973	Melbourne	Soviet Union Alexander Kediarov Alexander Gazov Valeri Postoianov Yakov Zhelezniak	Sweden Göte Gåård Karl Karlsson Per-Anders Lingman Martin Nordfors	United States of America Charles Davis Arlie Jones Edmund Moeller Louis Michael Theimer
1974	Bern	Soviet Union Alexander Gazov Yakov Zhelezniak Alexander Kediarov Valeri Postoianov	Federal Republic of Germany Guenther Danne Friedrich Christoffer Wolfgang Hamberger Christoph-Michael Zeisner	United States of America Charles Davis Arlie Jones Edmund Moeller Louis Michael Theimer
1975	Munich	Soviet Union Alexander Kediarov Matti Jõgi Valeri Postoianov Yakov Zhelezniak	Hungary Tibor Bodnar Jozsef Madai Gyula Szabó Janos Szekeres	Federal Republic of Germany Guenther Danne Wolfgang Hamberger Thomas Lederer Christoph-Michael Zeisner
1978	Seoul	Federal Republic of Germany Guenther Danne Wolfgang Hamberger Thomas Lederer Christoph-Michael Zeisner	United States of America John Anderson Charles Davis James Reiber Louis Michael Theimer	Colombia Helmut Bellingrodt Hernando Barrientos Hanspeter Bellingrodt Horst Bellingrodt
1979	Linz	Finland Martti Eskelinen Jorma Lievonen Juha Rannikko Matti Saeteri	Hungary Tibor Bodnar Andras Doleschall Gyula Szabó Janos Szekeres	Soviet Union Alexander Gorodjankin Alexander Gazov Matti Jõgi Alexander Kediarov
1981	Mala	Soviet Union Aleksei Rudnizkiy Igor Sokolov Alexander Ivanchikhin Yuri Kadenatsy	Hungary Tibor Bodnar Zoltan Keczeli Andras Doleschall Kalman Kovacs	Sweden Lars Ivarsson Johnny Modigh Thomas Hagelberg Harry Johansson
1982	Caracas	Soviet Union Nikolai Dedov Alexander Ivanchikhin Yuri Kadenatsy Igor Sokolov	Hungary Andras Doleschall Zoltan Keczeli Kalman Kovacs Istvan Peni	People's Republic of China Bin He Zhongyuan Wang Yili Xie Ji Ping Yu
1983	Edmonton	Soviet Union Andrei Dunaev Yuri Kadenatsy Igor Sokolov	Hungary Tibor Bodnar Andras Doleschall Kalman Kovacs	Federal Republic of Germany Thomas Lederer Ludwig Montsko Uwe Schroeder
1986	Suhl	Soviet Union Gennadi Avramenko Yuri Kadenatsy Sergei Luzov	Hungary Tibor Bodnar Andras Doleschall Attila Solti	German Democratic Republic Thomas Pfeffer Henry Risch Tilo Weigel
1990	Moscow	Hungary Jozsef Angyan Jozsef Sike Attila Solti	Soviet Union Gennadi Avramenko Anatoli Asrabaev Alexei Poslov	People's Republic of China Quingquan Shu Gang Ji Ronghui Zhang
1994	Milan	People's Republic of China Zhiyong Cai Quingquan Shu Jun Xiao	Hungary Jozsef Angyan Jozsef Sike Tamas Tasi	Germany Michael Jakosits Manfred Kurzer Jens Zimmermann
2002	Lahti	Russia Juri Ermolenko Igor Kolesov Maxim Stepanov	Czech Republic Miroslav Janus Miroslav Lizal Lubos Racansky	Finland Krister Holmberg Vesa Saviahde Pasi Wedman
2006	Zagreb	Czech Republic Miroslav Janus Bedrich Jonas Lubos Racansky	Sweden Emil Martinsson Sami Pesonen Niklas Bergstroem	Russia Igor Kolesov Dimitri Lykin Maxim Stepanov
2008	Plzeň	Czech Republic Miroslav Janus Bedrich Jonas Lubos Racansky	Russia Maxim Stepanov Aleksandr Blinov Igor Kolesov	Ukraine Alexander Zinenko Vladyslav Prianishnikov Oleksandr Ulvak
2009	Heinola	Russia	Finland	Slovakia
2010	Munich	Russia	Sweden	Slovakia
2012	Stockholm	Russia	Sweden	Ukraine
2014	Granada	Event not held
2016	Suhl	Russia	Hungary	Czech Republic
2018	Changwon	Russia	Sweden	South Korea
2022	Châteauroux	Event not held

World Championships, total medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	18	8	3	29
2	Russia	4	2	1	7
3	Sweden	3	4	5	12
4	Finland	3	2	2	7
5	Hungary	2	9	5	16
6	Czech Republic	2	4	1	7
7	China	2	0	2	4
8	Colombia	1	1	2	4
	East Germany	1	1	2	4
10	West Germany	1	1	1	3
11	Poland	1	1	0	2
12	United States	0	3	6	9
13	France	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
15	Slovakia	0	0	3	3
16	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
17	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		38	38	38	114

Current world records

See also: List of national shooting records surpassing the world records

Current world records in 50 meter running target
Men	Individual	596	Nikolai Lapin (URS)  Maxim Stepanov (RUS)	July 25, 1987 August 29, 2009	Lahti (FIN) Heinola (FIN)
	Teams	1773	Soviet Union (Avramenko, Luzov, Vasilyeu)	July 7, 1989	Zagreb (YUG)
Junior Men	Individual	594	Manfred Kurzer (GDR)	August 12, 1990	Moscow (URS)
	Teams	1758	Czechoslovakia (Januš, Pelach, Surovcek)	July 8, 1989	Zagreb (YUG)