# Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

Men's 50 metre rifle three positions was the last rifle event to be concluded at the 2000 Summer Olympics, on 23 September. The qualification round, consisting of 40 shots from each position, began at 09:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots standing at 13:15. World record holder Rajmond Debevec won the competition and his first Olympic medal, setting two new Olympic records.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records :
| World record | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 1186 | Munich, Germany | 29 August 1992 |
| Olympic record | Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA) | 1175 | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
Final records :
| World record | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 1287.9 (1186+101.9) | Munich, Germany | 29 August 1992 |
| Olympic record | Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA) | 1273.9 (1175+98.9) | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |

## Qualification round

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Prone | Stand | Kneel | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Rajmond Debevec | Slovenia | 397 | 388 | 392 | 1177 | Q OR |
| 2 | Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 399 | 383 | 393 | 1175 | Q |
| 3 | Artem Khadjibekov | Russia | 398 | 382 | 393 | 1173 | Q |
| 4 | Juha Hirvi | Finland | 394 | 384 | 393 | 1171 | Q |
| 5 | Artur Ayvazyan | Ukraine | 396 | 383 | 391 | 1170 | Q |
| 6 | Christian Bauer | Germany | 399 | 383 | 387 | 1169 | Q |
| 7 | Yevgeni Aleinikov | Russia | 393 | 384 | 389 | 1166 | Q |
| 8 | Jozef Gönci | Slovakia | 399 | 376 | 390 | 1165 | Q |
| 9 | Michael Anti | United States | 396 | 377 | 391 | 1164 | |
| 9 | Mario Knögler | Austria | 397 | 381 | 386 | 1164 | |
| 9 | Sergei Martynov | Belarus | 398 | 375 | 391 | 1164 | |
| 12 | Espen Berg-Knutsen | Norway | 399 | 375 | 388 | 1162 | |
| 12 | Thomas Farnik | Austria | 393 | 382 | 387 | 1162 | |
| 12 | Roger Hansson | Sweden | 396 | 379 | 387 | 1162 | |
| 15 | Václav Bečvář | Czech Republic | 396 | 370 | 395 | 1161 | |
| 15 | Nemanja Mirosavljev | FR Yugoslavia | 397 | 374 | 390 | 1161 | |
| 15 | Radim Novak | Czech Republic | 396 | 377 | 388 | 1161 | |
| 18 | Glenn Dubis | United States | 396 | 378 | 386 | 1160 | |
| 18 | Lee Eun-chul | South Korea | 395 | 381 | 384 | 1160 | |
| 20 | Jonas Edman | Sweden | 399 | 375 | 385 | 1159 | |
| 20 | Timothy Lowndes | Australia | 395 | 375 | 389 | 1159 | |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Amat | France | 399 | 372 | 387 | 1158 | |
| 22 | Oleg Mykhaylov | Ukraine | 396 | 370 | 392 | 1158 | |
| 22 | Samuel Wieland | Australia | 393 | 384 | 381 | 1158 | |
| 25 | Bae Sung-duk | South Korea | 397 | 376 | 384 | 1157 | |
| 25 | Maik Eckhardt | Germany | 393 | 379 | 385 | 1157 | |
| 25 | Anatoli Klimenko | Belarus | 396 | 375 | 386 | 1157 | |
| 25 | Péter Sidi | Hungary | 399 | 375 | 383 | 1157 | |
| 29 | Hrachya Petikyan | Armenia | 393 | 370 | 393 | 1156 | |
| 29 | Stevan Pletikosić | FR Yugoslavia | 398 | 369 | 389 | 1156 | |
| 31 | Ning Lijia | China | 393 | 382 | 380 | 1155 | |
| 32 | Guy Starik | Israel | 398 | 370 | 386 | 1154 | |
| 33 | Pablo Álvarez | Argentina | 395 | 378 | 377 | 1150 | |
| 33 | Jorge González | Spain | 396 | 365 | 389 | 1150 | |
| 35 | Yuri Lomov | Kyrgyzstan | 387 | 372 | 388 | 1147 | |
| 36 | Jaco Henn | South Africa | 396 | 364 | 385 | 1145 | |
| 37 | Tevarit Majchacheep | Thailand | 390 | 384 | 370 | 1144 | |
| 38 | Cai Yalin | China | 388 | 376 | 379 | 1143 | |
| 39 | Roberto José Elias Orozco | Mexico | 382 | 380 | 378 | 1140 | |
| 40 | Naoki Kurita | Japan | 384 | 371 | 383 | 1138 | |
| 41 | Nedžad Fazlija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 392 | 365 | 375 | 1132 | |
| 42 | Wayne Sorensen | Canada | 386 | 369 | 376 | 1131 | |
| 43 | Varavut Majchacheep | Thailand | 385 | 373 | 368 | 1126 | |
| 44 | Corne Basson | South Africa | 396 | 350 | 379 | 1125 | |
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total | Notes |
| | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 1177 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 98.1 | 1275.1 | OR |
| | Juha Hirvi (FIN) | 1171 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 99.5 | 1270.5 | |
| | Harald Stenvaag (NOR) | 1175 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 93.6 | 1268.6 | |
| 4 | Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) | 1173 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 95.2 | 1268.2 | |
| 5 | Artur Ayvazyan (UKR) | 1170 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 96.6 | 1266.6 | |
| 6 | Christian Bauer (GER) | 1169 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 97.0 | 1266.0 | |
| 7 | Yevgeni Aleinikov (RUS) | 1166 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 99.5 | 1265.5 | |
| 8 | Jozef Gönci (SVK) | 1165 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 96.3 | 1261.3 | |
OR Olympic record