Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

The men's 50 metre rifle prone competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 20 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.[1]

Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueMarkópoulo Olympic Shooting
Centre
DateAugust 20, 2004
Competitors46 from 34 nations
Winning score703.3
Medalists
Matthew Emmons  United States
Christian Lusch  Germany
Sergei Martynov  Belarus

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a .22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance from the prone position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.

The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.

23-year-old U.S. shooter Matthew Emmons maintained a single-point lead from the rest of the field in the qualifying round to finish with 703.3 for the rifle prone gold and his first Olympic medal.[2] Germany's Christian Lusch, who had gradually come close on Emmons in an attempt to steal his lead with only two rounds left, ended up taking the silver at 702.2.[2][3] Meanwhile, Belarus' Sergei Martynov, who had the highest score in the final, shot 105.6 to vault himself from fifth at the start to a bronze-medal position with a total of 701.6, repeating his feat from Sydney 2000.[4]

Sweden's Jonas Edman missed his Olympic title defense after finishing in a distant thirty-second from the prelims with 590 points, while 2000 silver medalist Torben Grimmel also fell short of the finale by just a single point from the cutoff score of 595, relegating to a ninth-place draw with six other shooters.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record Wolfram Waibel (AUT)600Sydney, Australia3 March 2004
Olympic record Christian Klees (GER)600Atlanta, United States25 July 1996
Final records
World record Christian Klees (GER)704.8 (600+104.8)Atlanta, United States25 July 1996
Olympic record Christian Klees (GER)704.8 (600+104.8)Atlanta, United States25 July 1996

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Notes
1Matthew Emmons United States10010099100100100599Q
2Christian Lusch Germany1001001009999100598Q
3Jozef Gönci Slovakia1001009910010099598Q
4Maik Eckhardt Germany100100989999100596Q
5Sergei Martynov Belarus99991001009999596Q
6Michael Babb Great Britain98991009910099595Q
7Jia Zhanbo China100991001009799595Q
8Marco De Nicolo Italy981009910010098595Q
9Artur Ayvazyan Ukraine99100100999997594
9Marcel Bürge Switzerland9999991009899594
9Rajmond Debevec Slovenia9899100999999594
9Torben Grimmel Denmark99100100989899594
9Juha Hirvi Finland98100999810099594
9Artem Khadjibekov Russia98999810099100594
9Igor Pirekeev Turkmenistan9999991009998594
16Václav Bečvář Czech Republic9999100989898592
16Espen Berg-Knutsen Norway9999991009798592
16Mario Knögler Austria9898999899100592
16Sergei Kovalenko Russia1009997989999592
16Timothy Lowndes Australia9899991009799592
16Guy Starik Israel999898999999592
16Harald Stenvaag Norway9910099989997592
16Wolfram Waibel Jr. Austria999899999998592
24Michael Anti United States989998999899591
24Aleksandr Babchenko Kyrgyzstan999997989999591
24Tomáš Jeřábek Czech Republic9810098999997591
24Park Bong-duk South Korea9810099969999591
24Yury Shcherbatsevich Belarus9799999898100591
24Péter Sidi Hungary9799979910099591
24Vyacheslav Skoromnov Uzbekistan9699999910098591
24Masaru Yanagida Japan10010098999797591
32Jonas Edman Sweden1009999959899590
32Roger Hansson Sweden999898989998590
32Yuriy Sukhorukov Ukraine9910099989599590
32Yao Ye China10096989810098590
36Evangelos Liogris Greece989699989999589
36Tevarit Majchacheeap Thailand989897999899589
36Ryan Taylor New Zealand9796991009998589
39Martin Senore South Africa9799971009699588
40Pablo Álvarez Argentina96100100979797587
40Dick Boschman Netherlands959898999899587
42Stevan Pletikosić Serbia and Montenegro989899989499586
42Warren Potent Australia97949710098100586
44Nedžad Fazlija Bosnia and Herzegovina979896999996585
45Ángel Velarte Argentina969896999798584
46Reinier Estpinan Cuba989797979597581

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotal
 Matthew Emmons (USA)599104.3703.3
 Christian Lusch (GER)598104.2702.2
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)596105.6701.6
4 Jozef Gönci (SVK)598102.5700.5
5 Marco De Nicolo (ITA)595104.7699.7
6 Maik Eckhardt (GER)596101.6697.6
7 Michael Babb (GBR)595101.8696.8
8 Jia Zhanbo (CHN)595101.6696.6

References

  1. "Shooting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "No one can sabotage Emmons' shot at gold". Philadelphia Inquirer. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "Emmons tames Lusch for hard-fought gold". Gulf News. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. "Galkina takes shooting gold". BBC Sport. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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