ISSF 50 meter rifle three positions

File:50 meter rifle target.svg

The target: total Ø = 154.4 mm. 4 ring Ø = 106.4 mm. 9 ring Ø = 26.4 mm. 10 ring Ø = 10.4 mm, height 0.75 m above the floor

50 meter rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 meter rifle three positions. It consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing positions, fired in that order, traditionally with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women. In January 2018, the number of shots was equalised between genders with the Women's 3x20 being abolished in favour of a 3x40 match identical to the men's event. The caliber is .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm).

In both the men's and women's event, athletes must complete the course of fire within a single time block of 2 hours, 45 minutes. Before January 2018, the Women's 3x20 event had a time limit of 1 hour, 45 minutes. These time limits are applicable to matches conducted using electronic targets; longer times are used if the slower manual scoring system is used. Until 2018, women's rifles were limited to , as opposed to for men. This was the only remaining difference between men's and women's equipment after the switch from standard rifles to sport rifles. In January 2018 with the women's event extended to a 3x40 match, the limit was abolished, with Women permitted to use rifles up to . This rendered the men's and women's events identical in both number of shots and equipment permitted.

In major competitions, including World Cups and World Championships, the top eight competitors reach a finals match, where the medal positions are decided. Beginning in 2013, a new finals format was instituted, in which the qualification score is discarded, and the standings among the top eight shooters are determined by their finals scores alone. The course of fire was also changed significantly with the new rules, from the previous 10-shot program in only the standing position, into a 45-shot elimination format in all three positions. After 10 of the 15 shots of the final, standing stage, the two lowest-ranked shooters are eliminated. For the remaining five shots, the lowest-ranked shooter is eliminated after each shot, before the final shot decides the gold and silver medalists among the final two survivors.

World Championships, Men

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1937	Template:Flagicon Helsinki	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1939	Template:Flagicon Luzern	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1949	Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1952	Template:Flagicon Oslo	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1954	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1958	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1962	Template:Flagicon Cairo	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio

World Championships, Men Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1949	Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires	Template:Flagicon Finland Olavi Elo Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Kullervo Leskinen Toivo Maenttaeri Vilho Ilmari Ylönen	Template:Flagicon Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Fröstell Kurt Johansson Jonas Jonsson	Template:Flagicon Norway Mauritz Amundsen Johan Hunæs Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug Willy Røgeberg Thore Skredegaard
1952	Template:Flagicon Oslo	Template:Flagicon Switzerland Robert Bürchler Ernst Huber Otto Horber August Hollenstein Schmid E.	Template:Flagicon Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Fröstell Kurt Johansson Lindquist T.	Template:Flagicon Norway Mauritz Amundsen Johan Hunæs Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug Halvor Kongsjorden Thore Skredegaard
1954	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Anatoli Bogdanov Vasily Borisov Moysey Itkis Grigori Kupko Boris Pereberin	Template:Flagicon Sweden Uno Hilding Berg Isac Holger Erben Walther Sigfrid Fröstell Anders Helge Kvissberg Sundberg O.	Template:Flagicon Norway Mauritz Amundsen Iver Aas Anker Hagen Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug Thore Skredegaard
1958	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Vasily Borisov Moysey Itkis Yuri Kudryashov Marat Niyazov Victor Shamburkin	Template:Flagicon West Germany Hans Werner Harbeck Peter Kohnke Bernd Klingner Helmut Schlenker Rudolf Sigl	Template:Flagu James Carter Herr J. Daniel Puckel Gordon Taras Verle Wright Jr.
1962	Template:Flagicon Cairo	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Vladimir Chuian Vasily Borisov Moysey Itkis Marat Niyazov	Template:Flagu Gary Anderson Tommy Pool Daniel Puckel Verle Wright Jr.	Template:Flagicon Switzerland August Hollenstein Kurt Müller Hans Rudolf Spillmann Erwin Vogt
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Flagu Gary Anderson Tommy Pool Margaret Thompson Lones Wigger	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Aleksandrs Gerasimjonoks Valentin Kornev Vladimir Konyakhin Marat Niyazov	Template:Flagicon East Germany Werner Lippoldt Guenter Lange Dieter Munzert Hartmut Sommer
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Vladimir Agishev Oleg Lapkin Vitali Parkhimovitch Sergei Yermilov	Template:Flagu David Boyd John Robert Foster John Writer Lones Wigger	Template:Flagicon West Germany Peter Kohnke Bernd Klingner Gottfried Kustermann Klaus Zähringer
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Flagu Lanny Bassham Margaret Murdock Lones Wigger John Writer	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Anatoli Bulgakov Gennadi Lushikov Alexander Mitrofanov Vitali Parkhimovitch	Template:Flagicon West Germany Bernd Klingner Gottfried Kustermann Wolfgang Ruehle Klaus Zähringer
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Flagu Lanny Bassham Edward Etzel Rod Fitz-Randolph Lones Wigger	Template:Flagicon West Germany Gottfried Kustermann Ulrich Lind Werner Seibold Karlheinz Smieszek	Template:Flagicon Sweden Sven Johansson Carl-Erik Oeberg Esbjoern Svensson Stefan Thynell
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Kirill Ivanov Vladimir Lvov Alexander Mitrofanov Viktor Vlasov	Template:Flagicon Great Britain Alister Allan Malcolm Cooper Barry Dagger John Davis	Template:Flagicon Norway Arnt-Olav Haugland Terje Melbye-Hansen Harald Stenvaag Geir Skirbekk
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia Milan Bakeš Petr Kůrka Pavel Soukeník	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Kirill Ivanov Hrachya Petikyan Viktor Vlasov	Template:Flagu Jean-Pierre Amat Pascal Bessy Michel Bury
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Viatcheslav Botchkarev Kirill Ivanov Hrachya Petikyan	Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia Milan Bakeš Petr Kůrka Miroslav Varga	Template:Flagicon Yugoslavia Rajmond Debevec Nemanja Mirosavljev Goran Maksimović
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagu Jean-Pierre Amat Michel Bury Roger Chassat	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Artur Ayvazyan Oleg Dementyev Oleg Mykhaylov	Template:Flagicon Czech Republic Milan Bakeš Vaclav Becvar Petr Kůrka
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Artur Ayvazyan Oleg Mykhaylov Jury Sukhorukov	Template:Flagu Pascal Bessy Jean-Pierre Amat Roger Chassat	Template:Flagicon Russia Alexander Koudelin Artem Khadjibekov Sergei Kovalenko
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Flagicon Russia Artem Khadjibekov Viatcheslav Botchkarev Konstantin Prikhodtchenko	Template:Flagu Michael Anti Matthew Emmons Glenn Dubis	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Jury Sukhorukov Oleg Mykhaylov Artur Ayvazyan
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Flagicon Russia Artem Khadjibekov Sergei Kovalenko Viatcheslav Botchkarev	Template:Flagicon Austria Thomas Farnik Mario Knögler Christian Planer	Template:Flagu Matthew Emmons Jason Parker Michael Mcphail
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Flagicon Russia Artem Khadjibekov Fedor Vlasov Konstantin Prikhodtchenko	Template:Flagicon Norway Vebjørn Berg Ole-Kristian Bryhn Ole Magnus Bakken	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Artur Ayvazyan Jury Sukhorukov Vladyslav Hryhorenko
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Flagicon Cao Yifei Zhu Qinan Kang Hongwei	Template:Flagicon Norway Are Hansen Ole-Kristian Bryhn Ole Magnus Bakken	Template:Flagicon Russia Nazar Louginets Sergey Kamenskiy Fedor Vlasov
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Flagicon Russia Nazar Louginets Vladimir Maslennikov Sergey Kamenskiy	Template:Flagicon Haoran Yang Zicheng Hui Yuncong Yao	Template:Flagicon Belarus Yury Shcherbatsevich Vitali Bubnovich Illia Charheika
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Flagu Simon Claussen Jon-Hermann Hegg Henrik Larsen	Template:Flagu Brian Baudouin Michael d'Halluin Lucas Kryzs	Template:Flagu Niraj Kumar Swapnil Kusale Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar

World Championships, Women

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio

World Championships, Women Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Flagu Tammie Foster Margaret Murdock Diana Timberlake	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Lucia Fagereva Tatiana Ratnikova Elena Zaharchenko	Template:Flagicon East Germany Gudrun Mehlan Marga Nabel Gabriele Riedel
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Kira Boiko Tatiana Ratnikova Baiba Zarina	Template:Flagicon Bulgaria Poliksena Kancheva Anka Pelova Nonka Shatarova	Template:Flagicon West Germany Elke Becker Elisabeth Balș Elisabeth Boehmer
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Flagu Becky Braun Karen Monez Wanda Oliver	Template:Flagicon Sweden Anita Enqvist Christina Gustafsson Margareta Gustafsson	Template:Flagu Yvette Courault Dominique Esnault Elisabeth Lesou
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Svetlana Komaristova Lessia Leskiv Anna Malakhova	Template:Flagicon East Germany Gilda Gorzkulla Marlies Helbig Marlies Moch	Template:Flagu Mary Godlove Karen Monez Gloria Parmentier
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Flagicon Bulgaria Valentina Lazarova Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova	Template:Flagicon East Germany Angela Berger Sabine Toth Kathrin Starkloff	Template:Flagu Wanda Jewell Pat Spurgin Deena Wigger
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flagicon Bulgaria Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova Anitza Valkova	Template:Flagu Launi Meili Kristen Peterson Deena Wigger	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Lessia Leskiv Iryna Shylava
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Petra Horneber Kirsten Obel Wera Stamm	Template:Flagicon Russia Valentina Cherkasova Irina Gerasimenok Anna Maloukhina	Template:Flagicon Muhua Chen Qiuping Zhang Danhong Zhou
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Flagicon Hong Shan Xian Wang Yimin Xu	Template:Flagu Elizabeth Bourland Jayme Dickman Wanda Jewell	Template:Flagicon Bulgaria Ani Ivanova Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Olena Davydova Natallia Kalnysh Lessia Leskiv	Template:Flagicon Petra Horneber Sonja Pfeilschifter Martina Prekel	Template:Flagicon Russia Tatiana Goldobina Lioubov Galkina Marina Bobkova
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Flagicon Russia Lioubov Galkina Tatiana Goldobina Alena Nizkoshapskaia	Template:Flagicon Barbara Lechner Claudia Keck Sonja Pfeilschifter	Template:Flagicon Bo Liu Liuxi Wu Jieyi Tang
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Flagu Jamie Beyerle Amy Sowash Sandra Fong	Template:Flagicon Barbara Lechner Eva Friedel Sonja Pfeilschifter	Template:Flagicon Serbia Ivana Maksimović Andrea Arsović Lidija Mihajlović
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Flagicon Beate Gauß Barbara Engleder Eva Rösken	Template:Flagicon Chen Dongqi Chang Jing Zhao Huixin	Template:Flagicon South Korea Jeong Mi-ra Yoo Seo-young Kim Seo-la
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Flagicon Isabella Straub Jolyn Beer Jaqueline Orth	Template:Flagicon Denmark Rikke Maeng Ibsen Stine Nielsen Stephanie Laura Scurrah Grundsoee	Template:Flagicon Russia Yulia Karimova Polina Khorosheva Yulia Zykova
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Flagu Jolyn Beer Anna Janssen Lisa Müller	Template:Flagu Nina Christen Sarina Hitz Franziska Stark	Template:Flagu Miao Wanru Shi Mengyao Zhang Qiongyue

World Championships, Mixed Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Flagu Jenny Stene Simon Claussen	Template:Flagu Stephanie Grundsøe Steffen Olsen	Template:Flagu David Koenders Anna Janssen

Current world records

Current world records in 50 metre rifle three positions
Men	Qualification	1188	Template:Flagathlete	August 28, 2019	Rio de Janeiro Template:Cc3
	Final	466.0	Template:Flagathlete	Aug 2, 2021	Tokyo Template:Cc3
	Teams	3549	(Claussen, Larsen, Hegg)	May 29, 2021	Osijek Template:Cc3
Junior Men	Qualification	1185	Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete	May 22, 2017 October 29, 2017	Munich Template:Cc3 New Delhi Template:Cc3
	Final	462.9	Template:Flagathlete	November 19, 2019	Putian Template:Cc3
	Teams	3512	(Peni, Vas, Pekler)	June 27, 2017	Suhl Template:Cc3
Women (ISSF)	Qualification	1185	Template:Flagathlete	May 28, 2019	Munich Template:Cc3
	Final	464.7	Template:Flagathlete	June 19, 2015	Baku Template:Cc3
	Teams	3531	(Stene, Duestad, Lund)	September 21, 2019	Bologna Template:Cc3
Women (CISM)	Individual	1183	Template:Country flagbio	3 June 2018	Thun Template:Cc3
	Teams	3499	(Gao, Shi, Wan)	3 June 2018	Thun Template:Cc3
Junior Women	Qualification	1180	Template:Flagathlete	July 18, 2019	Suhl Template:Cc3
	Final	459.3	Template:Flagathlete	September 15, 2019	Bologna Template:Cc3
	Teams	3509	Template:Flagu (Janssen, Ruschel, Weindorf) Template:Flagu (Fu, Chen, Hou)	July 18, 2019 July 18, 2019	Suhl Template:Cc3 Suhl Template:Cc3