The Men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 11 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. Abhinav Bindra became the first ever individual Olympic champion of India.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. Abhinav Bindra became the 1st Individual Olympic Gold Medalist from India.
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 0.1, 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 round RankAthleteCountry1 23456TotalNotes1 Henri Häkkinen 1001009910010099598Q2 Zhu Qinan 1001001001009998597Q3 Alin George Moldoveanu 99999910010099596Q4 Abhinav Bindra 100991009810099596Q5 Sergei Kruglov 100999898100100595Q6 Péter Sidi 98991009999100595Q7 Konstantin Prikhodtchenko 99991009899100595Q8 Stevan Pletikosić 100981009899100595Q9 Gagan Narang 971001001009810059510 Thomas Farnik 999999981009959411 Oleksandr Lazeykin 9910098100999859412 Niccolò Campriani 9910010098999859413 Václav Haman 999898991009959314 Cao Yifei 98999999999959315 Tino Mohaupt 98999999999959316 Park Bong-duk 981009899999959317 Nemanja Mirosavljev 9998981001009859318 Vitali Bubnovich 97999999999959219 Are Hansen 98999899999959220 Marco De Nicolo 9799100100989859221 Artur Ayvazyan 989999100989859222 Vebjørn Berg 9999100100969859223 Jason Parker 979998999810059124 José Luis Sánchez 99999799989959125 Roberto José Elias 9898981009610059026 Han Jin-seop 1009598981009959027 Stephen Scherer 989997971009959028 Toshikazu Yamashita 98999998989859029 Jonathan Hammond 959810098999958930 Christian Planer 979897991009858931 Rajmond Debevec 969710099999858932 Luis Martínez 100999996979858933 Robert Kraskowski 99999799989758934 Oliver Geissmann 999598999710058835 Nedžad Fazlija 98999898969958836 Michael Winter 979995100999858837 Petar Gorša 98999797999858838 Vitaliy Dovgun 97969998989958739 Ruslan Ismailov 97999897979958740 Josselin Henry 97979799999858741 Doron Egozi 981009898959858742 Yuriy Yurkov 96989996989958643 Mohamed Abdellah 9710097961009658644 Liecer Perez 95979899979958545 Simon Beyeler 95989699979858346 Mohammad Imam Hossain 959896979510058147 Matthew Robert Inabinet 97949896989657948 Siddique Umer 95969597989757849 Benjamin Burge 98939795989557650 Walter Martínez 95959894949356951 Saso Nestorov 969193929294558
Q Qualified for final
Final RankAthleteQual1 2345678910FinalTotalShoot-off10.710.310.410.510.510.510.610.010.210.8104.5700.5597 10.210.09.910.210.110.710.110.610.410.5102.7699.7598 10.110.210.510.010.210.310.010.110.39.7101.4699.4410.29.810.210.110.410.410.710.410.310.6102.9698.9510.19.410.510.310.610.610.310.410.510.7103.410.0610.310.89.610.810.010.210.710.810.210.0103.4698.49.1710.310.410.69.710.810.69.610.09.910.8102.7697.789.210.410.010.79.710.610.510.510.210.2102.0697.0
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