# 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.
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) | 600 | Zagreb, Croatia Munich, Germany Havana, Cuba Atlanta, United States Munich, Germany Barcelona, Spain Buenos Aires, Argentina Munich, Germany Munich, Germany Plzeň, 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) | 600 | Atlanta, United States | 25 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 States | 25 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 | 599 | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Emmons | United States | 99 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 597 | Q |
| 3 | Vebjørn Berg | Norway | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 596 | Q |
| 4 | Warren Potent | Australia | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 595 | Q |
| 5 | Juha Hirvi | Finland | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 595 | Q |
| 6 | Sergei Martynov | Belarus | 100 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 595 | Q |
| 7 | Konstantin Prikhodtchenko | Russia | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 595 | Q |
| 8 | Valérian Sauveplane | France | 98 | 100 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 594 | Q |
| 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 | Niccolò 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 | |
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## 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 |