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 round RankAthleteCountry1 23456TotalNotes1 Artur Ayvazyan 10010010010010099599Q2 Matthew Emmons 9910098100100100597Q3 Vebjørn Berg 99991009999100596Q4 Warren Potent 9999999999100595Q5 Juha Hirvi 100100100979999595Q6 Sergei Martynov 100999810010098595Q7 Konstantin Prikhodtchenko 99100100999998595Q8 Valérian Sauveplane 981009710010099594Q9 Michael Anti 999899991009959410 Stevan Pletikosić 999999981009959411 Espen Berg-Knutsen 1009899100989959412 Guy Starik 9899100991009859413 Artem Khadjibekov 100999999999859414 Robert Eastham 9910010099989859415 Marco De Nicolo 999898100999959316 Jozef Gönci 999998100989959317 Petr Litvinchuk 9710010099989959318 Toshikazu Yamashita 99999999999859319 Qiu Jian 991009899999859320 Vitaliy Dovgun 9699991001009859221 Rajmond Debevec 999997100999859222 Gil Simkovitch 1009799100989859223 Josselin Henry 991009998999759224 Maik Eckhardt 9910099100979759225 Robert Kraskowski 989810097999959126 Sanjeev Rajput 971009998999859127 Jia Zhanbo 100999799989859128 Kim Hak-man 991009899999659129 Miroslav Varga 9896100989810059030 Mario Knögler 98989799999959031 Michael Winter 98989898999959032 Marcel Bürge 989897100999859033 Nemanja Mirosavljev 100999997999659034 Jonathan Hammond 999796989910058935 Gagan Narang 98989996999958936 Jury Sukhorukov 98999899979858937 Salman Zaman 989795100999958838 Niccolò Campriani 98979799989958839 Péter Sidi 99999796989958840 Benjamin Burge 991009698969958841 Christian Planer 98989899989758842 Yuriy Yurkov 99979899989758843 Park Bong-duk 99989796999858744 Johannes Sauer 96999799989858745 Nedžad Fazlija 969610098989858646 Tomáš Jeřábek 98989698999758647 Henri Häkkinen 99959899989758648 Simon Beyeler 100979499979858549 Petar Gorša 98999797999358350 Luis Martínez 98979499979758251 Dadallah Al-Bulushi 969798951009658252 Liecer Perez 96969799999558253 Ned Gerard 96969598979858054 Ruslan Ismailov 94969796969957855 Walter Martínez 96969296999757656 Hazem Mohamed 979796959596576
Q Qualified for final
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