# Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

The men's 50 metre rifle three positions competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on 22 August at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 120 shots with a .22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance. 40 shots were fired each from the standing, kneeling, and prone positions. 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, all from the standing position. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 130 shots was used to determine the final ranking.
23-year-old U.S. shooter Matthew Emmons commanded his lead throughout the rifle three positions finale for a possible historic small-bore double at these Games, until he aimed at the wrong target on his final shot, as a result of a crossfire and a nullified score, that stumbled him down the leaderboard to a disastrous eighth with 1257.4. Emmons' costly mistake thereby upgraded Chinese shooter Jia Zhanbo to an Olympic gold with a score of 1264.5. The silver medal was awarded to Emmons' fellow marksman Michael Anti at 1263.1, while Austria's Christian Planer, whose target Emmons hit, held off a ferocious challenge from Slovenia's world record holder and defending Olympic champion Rajmond Debevec by a thin 0.2-point margin to take the bronze at 1262.8.

## 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 | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 1177 | Sydney, Australia | 23 September 2000 |
Final records :
| World record | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 1287.9 (1186+101.9) | Munich, Germany | 29 August 1992 |
| Olympic record | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 1275.1 (1177+98.1) | Sydney, Australia | 23 September 2000 |

## Qualification round
### Prone position

| Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Espen Berg-Knutsen | Norway | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 399 |
| Matthew Emmons | United States | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 399 |
| Igor Pirekeev | Turkmenistan | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 399 |
| Marcel Bürge | Switzerland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 399 |
| Michael Anti | United States | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 398 |
| Péter Sidi | Hungary | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 398 |
| Jia Zhanbo | China | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 398 |
| Timothy Lowndes | Australia | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 398 |
| Marco de Nicolo | Italy | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 398 |
| Artem Khadjibekov | Russia | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 397 |
| Rajmond Debevec | Slovenia | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 397 |
| Maik Eckhardt | Germany | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 397 |
| Jozef Gönci | Slovakia | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 397 |
| Václav Bečvář | Czech Republic | 98 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 396 |
| Juha Hirvi | Finland | 98 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 396 |
| Christian Planer | Austria | 99 | 100 | 97 | 100 | 396 |
| Christian Lusch | Germany | 98 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 396 |
| Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 100 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 396 |
| Artur Ayvazyan | Ukraine | 99 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 396 |
| Thomas Farnik | Austria | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 395 |
| Tomáš Jeřábek | Czech Republic | 100 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 395 |
| Masaru Yanagida | Japan | 98 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 394 |
| Sergei Martynov | Belarus | 99 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 394 |
| Vyacheslav Skoromnov | Uzbekistan | 100 | 99 | 96 | 99 | 394 |
| Pablo Álvarez | Argentina | 97 | 99 | 100 | 98 | 394 |
| Park Bong-duk | South Korea | 98 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 394 |
| Liu Zhiwei | China | 98 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 394 |
| Vitali Bubnovich | Belarus | 97 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 393 |
| Aleksandr Babchenko | Kyrgyzstan | 98 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 393 |
| Sergei Kovalenko | Russia | 98 | 98 | 100 | 97 | 393 |
| Sven Haglund | Sweden | 99 | 97 | 100 | 97 | 393 |
| Dick Boschman | Netherlands | 97 | 100 | 97 | 98 | 392 |
| Roger Hansson | Sweden | 96 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 391 |
| Stevan Pletikosić | Serbia and Montenegro | 96 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 390 |
| Evangelos Liogris | Greece | 99 | 99 | 98 | 95 | 390 |
| Yuriy Sukhorukov | Ukraine | 98 | 96 | 99 | 97 | 390 |
| Roberto José Elias | Mexico | 99 | 99 | 96 | 95 | 389 |
| Ángel Velarte | Argentina | 97 | 97 | 98 | 97 | 389 |
| Tevarit Majchacheeap | Thailand | 96 | 99 | 99 | 94 | 388 |
| Nedžad Fazlija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 388 |

### Standing position

| Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Matthew Emmons | United States | 99 | 98 | 94 | 96 | 387 |
| Jia Zhanbo | China | 97 | 95 | 98 | 96 | 386 |
| Tevarit Majchacheeap | Thailand | 94 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 385 |
| Michael Anti | United States | 97 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 385 |
| Rajmond Debevec | Slovenia | 94 | 94 | 98 | 98 | 384 |
| Thomas Farnik | Austria | 94 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 383 |
| Liu Zhiwei | China | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 382 |
| Jozef Gönci | Slovakia | 96 | 94 | 97 | 95 | 382 |
| Park Bong-duk | South Korea | 96 | 96 | 95 | 95 | 382 |
| Stevan Pletikosić | Serbia and Montenegro | 95 | 98 | 94 | 95 | 382 |
| Christian Planer | Austria | 93 | 94 | 98 | 96 | 381 |
| Masaru Yanagida | Japan | 93 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 381 |
| Nedžad Fazlija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96 | 96 | 93 | 96 | 381 |
| Péter Sidi | Hungary | 96 | 90 | 100 | 95 | 381 |
| Dick Boschman | Netherlands | 97 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 381 |
| Artur Ayvazyan | Ukraine | 95 | 94 | 94 | 97 | 380 |
| Sergei Kovalenko | Russia | 95 | 97 | 94 | 94 | 380 |
| Vyacheslav Skoromnov | Uzbekistan | 94 | 97 | 97 | 92 | 380 |
| Marcel Bürge | Switzerland | 94 | 95 | 97 | 93 | 379 |
| Juha Hirvi | Finland | 92 | 94 | 95 | 97 | 378 |
| Yuriy Sukhorukov | Ukraine | 96 | 94 | 93 | 95 | 378 |
| Roger Hansson | Sweden | 96 | 96 | 92 | 94 | 378 |
| Sergei Martynov | Belarus | 97 | 95 | 92 | 94 | 378 |
| Maik Eckhardt | Germany | 93 | 95 | 95 | 94 | 377 |
| Marco de Nicolo | Italy | 98 | 94 | 92 | 93 | 377 |
| Igor Pirekeev | Turkmenistan | 95 | 92 | 92 | 97 | 376 |
| Christian Lusch | Germany | 94 | 92 | 94 | 96 | 376 |
| Roberto José Elias | Mexico | 92 | 93 | 97 | 94 | 376 |
| Tomáš Jeřábek | Czech Republic | 96 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 375 |
| Artem Khadjibekov | Russia | 96 | 96 | 92 | 90 | 374 |
| Timothy Lowndes | Australia | 92 | 93 | 95 | 94 | 374 |
| Espen Berg-Knutsen | Norway | 96 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 374 |
| Sven Haglund | Sweden | 93 | 95 | 92 | 92 | 372 |
| Vitali Bubnovich | Belarus | 91 | 92 | 94 | 92 | 369 |
| Ángel Velarte | Argentina | 92 | 89 | 91 | 96 | 368 |
| Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 93 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 368 |
| Václav Bečvář | Czech Republic | 92 | 93 | 90 | 92 | 367 |
| Aleksandr Babchenko | Kyrgyzstan | 91 | 95 | 89 | 89 | 364 |
| Evangelos Liogris | Greece | 92 | 87 | 89 | 95 | 363 |
| Pablo Álvarez | Argentina | 87 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 360 |

### Kneeling position

| Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Artem Khadjibekov | Russia | 98 | 99 | 96 | 100 | 393 |
| Christian Planer | Austria | 98 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 390 |
| Artur Ayvazyan | Ukraine | 98 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 390 |
| Sergei Kovalenko | Russia | 97 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 389 |
| Christian Lusch | Germany | 97 | 97 | 98 | 97 | 389 |
| Timothy Lowndes | Australia | 98 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 389 |
| Thomas Farnik | Austria | 96 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 387 |
| Vyacheslav Skoromnov | Uzbekistan | 97 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 387 |
| Jia Zhanbo | China | 97 | 97 | 100 | 93 | 387 |
| Tevarit Majchacheeap | Thailand | 96 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 386 |
| Yuriy Sukhorukov | Ukraine | 98 | 94 | 98 | 96 | 386 |
| Roger Hansson | Sweden | 96 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 386 |
| Juha Hirvi | Finland | 96 | 95 | 99 | 96 | 386 |
| Park Bong-duk | South Korea | 98 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 386 |
| Rajmond Debevec | Slovenia | 95 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 385 |
| Tomáš Jeřábek | Czech Republic | 94 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 385 |
| Václav Bečvář | Czech Republic | 94 | 97 | 99 | 95 | 385 |
| Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 97 | 98 | 97 | 93 | 385 |
| Masaru Yanagida | Japan | 97 | 94 | 98 | 95 | 384 |
| Espen Berg-Knutsen | Norway | 96 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 383 |
| Matthew Emmons | United States | 97 | 93 | 98 | 95 | 383 |
| Maik Eckhardt | Germany | 94 | 98 | 97 | 94 | 383 |
| Jozef Gönci | Slovakia | 97 | 94 | 97 | 95 | 383 |
| Vitali Bubnovich | Belarus | 97 | 94 | 94 | 97 | 382 |
| Michael Anti | United States | 96 | 98 | 94 | 94 | 382 |
| Liu Zhiwei | China | 96 | 95 | 94 | 96 | 381 |
| Evangelos Liogris | Greece | 93 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 381 |
| Dick Boschman | Netherlands | 96 | 95 | 97 | 93 | 381 |
| Stevan Pletikosić | Serbia and Montenegro | 95 | 96 | 98 | 92 | 381 |
| Pablo Álvarez | Argentina | 96 | 96 | 97 | 92 | 381 |
| Igor Pirekeev | Turkmenistan | 96 | 99 | 94 | 92 | 381 |
| Marcel Bürge | Switzerland | 91 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 380 |
| Ángel Velarte | Argentina | 94 | 95 | 97 | 94 | 380 |
| Sergei Martynov | Belarus | 95 | 95 | 96 | 94 | 380 |
| Péter Sidi | Hungary | 97 | 95 | 93 | 93 | 378 |
| Sven Haglund | Sweden | 95 | 92 | 93 | 97 | 377 |
| Nedžad Fazlija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93 | 93 | 97 | 92 | 375 |
| Marco de Nicolo | Italy | 92 | 93 | 92 | 96 | 373 |
| Aleksandr Babchenko | Kyrgyzstan | 95 | 94 | 93 | 91 | 373 |
| Roberto José Elias | Mexico | 91 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 372 |

### Combined results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Prone | Stand | Kneel | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Jia Zhanbo | China | 398 | 386 | 387 | 1171 | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Emmons | United States | 399 | 387 | 383 | 1169 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Planer | Austria | 396 | 381 | 390 | 1167 | Q |
| 4 | Artur Ayvazyan | Ukraine | 396 | 380 | 390 | 1166 | Q |
| 5 | Rajmond Debevec | Slovenia | 397 | 384 | 385 | 1166 | Q |
| 6 | Thomas Farnik | Austria | 395 | 383 | 387 | 1165 | Q |
| 7 | Michael Anti | United States | 398 | 385 | 382 | 1165 | Q |
| 8 | Artem Khadjibekov | Russia | 397 | 374 | 393 | 1164 | Q |
| 9 | Jozef Gönci | Slovakia | 397 | 382 | 383 | 1162 | |
| 9 | Sergei Kovalenko | Russia | 393 | 380 | 389 | 1162 | |
| 9 | Park Bong-duk | South Korea | 394 | 382 | 386 | 1162 | |
| 12 | Timothy Lowndes | Australia | 398 | 374 | 389 | 1161 | |
| 12 | Christian Lusch | Germany | 396 | 376 | 389 | 1161 | |
| 12 | Vyacheslav Skoromnov | Uzbekistan | 394 | 380 | 387 | 1161 | |
| 15 | Juha Hirvi | Finland | 396 | 378 | 386 | 1160 | |
| 16 | Tevarit Majchacheeap | Thailand | 388 | 385 | 386 | 1159 | |
| 16 | Masaru Yanagida | Japan | 394 | 381 | 384 | 1159 | |
| 18 | Marcel Bürge | Switzerland | 399 | 379 | 380 | 1158 | |
| 19 | Maik Eckhardt | Germany | 397 | 377 | 383 | 1157 | |
| 19 | Liu Zhiwei | China | 394 | 382 | 381 | 1157 | |
| 19 | Péter Sidi | Hungary | 398 | 381 | 378 | 1157 | |
| 22 | Espen Berg-Knutsen | Norway | 399 | 374 | 383 | 1156 | |
| 22 | Igor Pirekeev | Turkmenistan | 399 | 376 | 381 | 1156 | |
| 24 | Roger Hansson | Sweden | 391 | 378 | 386 | 1155 | |
| 24 | Tomáš Jeřábek | Czech Republic | 395 | 375 | 385 | 1155 | |
| 26 | Dick Boschman | Netherlands | 392 | 381 | 381 | 1154 | |
| 26 | Yuriy Sukhorukov | Ukraine | 390 | 378 | 386 | 1154 | |
| 28 | Stevan Pletikosić | Serbia and Montenegro | 390 | 382 | 381 | 1153 | |
| 29 | Sergei Martynov | Belarus | 394 | 378 | 380 | 1152 | |
| 30 | Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 396 | 368 | 385 | 1149 | |
| 31 | Václav Bečvář | Czech Republic | 396 | 367 | 385 | 1148 | |
| 31 | Marco de Nicolo | Italy | 398 | 377 | 373 | 1148 | |
| 33 | Vitali Bubnovich | Belarus | 393 | 369 | 382 | 1144 | |
| 33 | Nedžad Fazlija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 388 | 381 | 375 | 1144 | |
| 35 | Sven Haglund | Sweden | 393 | 372 | 377 | 1142 | |
| 36 | Roberto José Elias | Mexico | 389 | 376 | 372 | 1137 | |
| 36 | Ángel Velarte | Argentina | 389 | 368 | 380 | 1137 | |
| 38 | Pablo Álvarez | Argentina | 394 | 360 | 381 | 1135 | |
| 38 | Evangelos Liogris | Greece | 390 | 363 | 381 | 1135 | |
| 40 | Aleksandr Babchenko | Kyrgyzstan | 393 | 364 | 373 | 1130 | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total |
| | Jia Zhanbo (CHN) | 1171 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 93.5 | 1264.5 |
| | Michael Anti (USA) | 1165 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 98.1 | 1263.1 |
| | Christian Planer (AUT) | 1167 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 95.8 | 1262.8 |
| 4 | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 1166 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 8.4 | 96.6 | 1262.6 |
| 5 | Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) | 1164 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 97.6 | 1261.6 |
| 6 | Thomas Farnik (AUT) | 1165 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 96.4 | 1261.4 |
| 7 | Artur Ayvazyan (UKR) | 1166 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 95.0 | 1261.0 |
| 8 | Matthew Emmons (USA) | 1169 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 88.4 | 1257.4 |