Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

Men's 50 metre rifle prone (then known as free rifle) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Christian Klees shot a perfect 600 in the qualification round and set a new World record after 104.8 points (of maximum 109.0) in the final. With an even better final round, Sergey Belyayev surpassed Jozef Gönci to win the silver medal.[1]

Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueWolf Creek Shooting Complex
Competitors52 from 36 nations
Winning score704.8 WR
Medalists
Christian Klees  Germany
Sergey Belyayev  Kazakhstan
Jozef Gönci  Slovakia

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1Christian Klees Germany 600Q EWR OR
2Jozef Gönci Slovakia 599Q
3Sergei Martynov Belarus 598Q
4Sergey Belyayev Kazakhstan 598Q
5Bill Meek United States 597Q
6Jorge González Spain 597Q
7Lee Eun-chul South Korea 596Q (6th: 100)
8Milan Mach Czech Republic 596Q (6th: 99)
9Rajmond Debevec Slovenia 596(6th: 98)
9Sergei Kovalenko Russia 596(6th: 98)
11Václav Bečvář Czech Republic 595
11Robert Kraskowski Poland 595
11Li Wenjie China 595
11Yuri Lomov Kyrgyzstan 595
11Oleg Mykhaylov Ukraine 595
11Igor Pirekeev Turkmenistan 595
11Stevan Pletikosić Yugoslavia 595
11Bernd Rücker Germany 595
11Zsolt Vari Hungary 595
20Chen Xianjun China 594
20Tadeusz Czerwinski Poland 594
20Artem Khadjibekov Russia 594
20Kurt Koch Switzerland 594
20Goran Maksimović Yugoslavia 594
20Boris Polak Israel 594
26Jens Harskov Denmark 593
26Jaco Henn South Africa 593
26Guy Starik Israel 593
26Andreas Zumbach Switzerland 593
30Michel Bury France 592
30Michel Dion Canada 592
30Naoki Kurita Japan 592
30Georgi Nekhayev Belarus 592
30Harald Stenvaag Norway 592
30Eric Uptagrafft United States 592
36Cha Young-chul South Korea 591
36Nils Petter Håkedal Norway 591
36Stephen Petterson New Zealand 591
39Roger Chassat France 590
39Torben Grimmel Denmark 590
39Wolfram Waibel Austria 590
42Thomas Farnik Austria 589
42Peter Gabrielsson Sweden 589
42Juha Hirvi Finland 589
42Bruce Meredith Virgin Islands 589
42Masaru Yanagida Japan 589
47Ralph Rodriguez Puerto Rico 588
48Jonathan Stern Great Britain 587
49Anuj Desai Kenya 586
50Khalaf Al Khatri Oman 584
51Nedžad Fazlija Bosnia and Herzegovina 583
52Gary Duff Ireland 580

EWR Equalled World record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
 Christian Klees (GER) 600104.8704.8WR OR
 Sergey Belyayev (KAZ) 598105.3703.3
 Jozef Gönci (SVK) 599102.9701.9
4 Jorge González (ESP) 597104.7701.7
5 Milan Mach (CZE) 596104.9700.9
6 Sergei Martynov (BLR) 598101.6699.6
7 Lee Eun-chul (KOR) 596103.1699.1
8 Bill Meek (USA) 597101.9698.9

OR Olympic record – WR World record

References

  1. "Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

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