Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

The Men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.

Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing Shooting Range Hall
DateAugust 15, 2008
Competitors56 from 36 nations
Winning score702.7
Medalists
Artur Ayvazyan  Ukraine
Matthew Emmons  United States
Warren Potent  Australia

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.

Records

The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS)
 Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)
 Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA)
 Christian Klees (GER)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Thomas Tamas (USA)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Petr Litvinchuk (BLR)
 Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
 Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)
 Christian Lusch (GER)
 Eric Uptagrafft (USA)
 Valérian Sauveplane (FRA)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Matthew Emmons (USA)
 Guy Starik (ISR)
600Zagreb, Croatia
Munich, Germany
Havana, Cuba
Atlanta, United States
Munich, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Munich, Germany
Munich, Germany
Pilsen, Czech Republic
Sydney, Australia
Bangkok, Thailand
Fort Benning, United States
Fort Benning, United States
Munich, Germany
Guangzhou, China
Bangkok, Thailand
Munich, Germany
13 July 1989
29 August 1991
27 April 1994
25 July 1996
23 May 1997
29 August 1998
4 September 1998
8 June 2000
11 June 2003
18 July 2003
3 March 2004
27 October 2004
11 May 2005
11 May 2005
26 August 2005
29 March 2006
9 May 2007
18 May 2008
Olympic record Christian Klees (GER)600Atlanta, United States25 July 1996
Final records
World record Christian Klees (GER)
 Warren Potent (AUS)
704.8 (600+104.8)
704.8 (599+105.8)
Atlanta, United States
Beijing, China
25 July 1996
18 April 2008
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
1 Artur Ayvazyan  Ukraine 100 100 100 100 100 99 599Q
2 Matthew Emmons  United States 99 100 98 100 100 100 597Q
3 Vebjørn Berg  Norway 99 99 100 99 99 100 596Q
4 Warren Potent  Australia 99 99 99 99 99 100 595Q
5 Juha Hirvi  Finland 100 100 100 97 99 99 595Q
6 Sergei Martynov  Belarus 100 99 98 100 100 98 595Q
7 Konstantin Prikhodtchenko  Russia 99 100 100 99 99 98 595Q
8 Valérian Sauveplane  France 98 100 97 100 100 99 594Q
9 Michael Anti  United States 99 98 99 99 100 99 594
10 Stevan Pletikosić  Serbia 99 99 99 98 100 99 594
11 Espen Berg-Knutsen  Norway 100 98 99 100 98 99 594
12 Guy Starik  Israel 98 99 100 99 100 98 594
13 Artem Khadjibekov  Russia 100 99 99 99 99 98 594
14 Robert Eastham  New Zealand 99 100 100 99 98 98 594
15 Marco De Nicolo  Italy 99 98 98 100 99 99 593
16 Jozef Gönci  Slovakia 99 99 98 100 98 99 593
17 Petr Litvinchuk  Belarus 97 100 100 99 98 99 593
18 Toshikazu Yamashita  Japan 99 99 99 99 99 98 593
19 Qiu Jian  China 99 100 98 99 99 98 593
20 Vitaliy Dovgun  Kazakhstan 96 99 99 100 100 98 592
21 Rajmond Debevec  Slovenia 99 99 97 100 99 98 592
22 Gil Simkovitch  Israel 100 97 99 100 98 98 592
23 Josselin Henry  France 99 100 99 98 99 97 592
24 Maik Eckhardt  Germany 99 100 99 100 97 97 592
25 Robert Kraskowski  Poland 98 98 100 97 99 99 591
26 Sanjeev Rajput  India 97 100 99 98 99 98 591
27 Jia Zhanbo  China 100 99 97 99 98 98 591
28 Kim Hak-man  South Korea 99 100 98 99 99 96 591
29 Miroslav Varga  Czech Republic 98 96 100 98 98 100 590
30 Mario Knögler  Austria 98 98 97 99 99 99 590
31 Michael Winter  Germany 98 98 98 98 99 99 590
32 Marcel Bürge  Switzerland 98 98 97 100 99 98 590
33 Nemanja Mirosavljev  Serbia 100 99 99 97 99 96 590
34 Jonathan Hammond  Great Britain 99 97 96 98 99 100 589
35 Gagan Narang  India 98 98 99 96 99 99 589
36 Jury Sukhorukov  Ukraine 98 99 98 99 97 98 589
37 Salman Zaman  Bahrain 98 97 95 100 99 99 588
38 Niccolo Campriani  Italy 98 97 97 99 98 99 588
39 Péter Sidi  Hungary 99 99 97 96 98 99 588
40 Benjamin Burge  Australia 99 100 96 98 96 99 588
41 Christian Planer  Austria 98 98 98 99 98 97 588
42 Yuriy Yurkov  Kazakhstan 99 97 98 99 98 97 588
43 Park Bong-duk  South Korea 99 98 97 96 99 98 587
44 Johannes Sauer  Canada 96 99 97 99 98 98 587
45 Nedžad Fazlija  Bosnia and Herzegovina 96 96 100 98 98 98 586
46 Tomáš Jeřábek  Czech Republic 98 98 96 98 99 97 586
47 Henri Häkkinen  Finland 99 95 98 99 98 97 586
48 Simon Beyeler  Switzerland 100 97 94 99 97 98 585
49 Petar Gorša  Croatia 98 99 97 97 99 93 583
50 Luis Martínez  Spain 98 97 94 99 97 97 582
51 Dadallah Al-Bulushi  Oman 96 97 98 95 100 96 582
52 Liecer Perez  Cuba 96 96 97 99 99 95 582
53 Ned Gerard  Virgin Islands 96 96 95 98 97 98 580
54 Ruslan Ismailov  Kyrgyzstan 94 96 97 96 96 99 578
55 Walter Martínez  Nicaragua 96 96 92 96 99 97 576
56 Hazem Mohamed  Egypt 97 97 96 95 95 96 576

Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Total
 Artur Ayvazyan (UKR) 599 10.4 10.6 10.2 10.6 10.2 10.4 10.8 10.0 10.2 10.3 103.7 702.7
 Matthew Emmons (USA) 597 10.0 10.8 10.6 9.8 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.4 10.4 10.4 104.7 701.7
 Warren Potent (AUS) 595 10.3 10.6 10.6 10.3 10.4 10.7 10.5 10.8 10.6 10.7 105.5 700.5
4  Vebjørn Berg (NOR) 596 10.1 10.4 10.2 10.1 10.1 9.9 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.2 103.1 699.1
5  Konstantin Prikhodtchenko (RUS) 595 10.8 10.6 10.9 10.3 9.9 10.1 9.9 10.3 10.6 10.6 104.0 699.0
6  Valérian Sauveplane (FRA) 594 10.8 10.5 9.4 10.5 10.4 10.7 10.8 10.4 10.8 10.5 104.8 698.8
7  Juha Hirvi (FIN) 595 10.2 10.5 9.3 10.5 10.7 10.0 10.7 10.8 10.6 10.2 103.5 698.5
8  Sergei Martynov (BLR) 595 9.8 10.6 10.3 9.9 10.1 10.7 10.8 10.6 10.0 10.5 103.3 698.3
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