The Men's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 17 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall, the last shooting event of the Beijing Olympics.

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.

Records The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification round

Prone position

AthleteCountry1 234TotalNotes Matthew Emmons 10099100100399 Rajmond Debevec 10010010099399 Toshikazu Yamashita 10010010099399 Sergei Martynov 9999100100398 Stevan Pletikosić 9999100100398 Vebjørn Berg 10098100100398 Nemanja Mirosavljev 10098100100398 Vitaliy Dovgun 9910099100398 Jury Sukhorukov 9910099100398 Park Bong-duk 1009999100398 Maik Eckhardt 1009910099398 Juha Hirvi 9810010099397 Marcel Bürge 999810099396 Espen Berg-Knutsen 989910099396 Marco De Nicolo 99999999396 Doron Egozi 99999999396 Michael Winter 99999999396 Valérian Sauveplane 999910098396 Mario Knögler 9996100100395 Sanjeev Rajput 989899100395 Gil Simkovitch 989998100395 Beat Müller 999898100395 Yuriy Yurkov 1009897100395 Robert Kraskowski 991009799395 Niccolò Campriani 999910097395 Jonathan Hammond 1001009897395 Vitali Bubnovich 979998100394 Liecer Perez 97999999394 Qiu Jian 98989999394 Jozef Gönci 100969999394 Sergei Kovalenko 98999899394 Gagan Narang 98999899394 Jia Zhanbo 99989899394 Péter Sidi 981009799394 Artur Ayvazyan 999710098394 Petar Gorša 97989999393 Jason Parker 99979899393 Nedžad Fazlija 98999997393 Han Jin-seop 100969799392 Benjamin Burge 100969997392 Artem Khadjibekov 97989799391 Václav Haman 97989997391 Thomas Farnik 98989996391 Henri Häkkinen 97989699390 Siddique Umer 95999898390 Mohamed Amer 98999796390 Matthew Robert Inabinet 96979898389 Josselin Henry 97979797388 Ruslan Ismailov 99969697388 Tomáš Jeřábek Did not start

Standing position

AthleteCountry1 234Total Marco De Nicolo 97969799389 Matthew Emmons 97999697389 Gagan Narang 98999696389 Qiu Jian 95949999387 Rajmond Debevec 95969798386 Thomas Farnik 97999397386 Mario Knögler 95989796386 Michael Winter 97959697385 Artur Ayvazyan 96969796385 Péter Sidi 96969796385 Juha Hirvi 97979893385 Jason Parker 94979796384 Jury Sukhorukov 98969496384 Valérian Sauveplane 98959794384 Han Jin-seop 98989494384 Vebjørn Berg 92999597383 Artem Khadjibekov 97929896383 Sergei Kovalenko 93969598382 Toshikazu Yamashita 95959795382 Yuriy Yurkov 98959495382 Nemanja Mirosavljev 93969498381 Henri Häkkinen 95959497381 Vitaliy Dovgun 94979892381 Václav Haman 93959696380 Beat Müller 94959695380 Maik Eckhardt 99909695380 Sanjeev Rajput 95969891380 Vitali Bubnovich 97969691380 Stevan Pletikosić 91949796378 Jia Zhanbo 96969393378 Niccolò Campriani 95929595377 Petar Gorša 96939791377 Sergei Martynov 94929595376 Jozef Gönci 96939394376 Nedžad Fazlija 94959493376 Matthew Robert Inabinet 97959292376 Doron Egozi 93949692375 Espen Berg-Knutsen 95929493374 Marcel Bürge 92969095373 Robert Kraskowski 92959294373 Park Bong-duk 94949194373 Liecer Perez 92969392373 Josselin Henry 94949392373 Benjamin Burge 96929392373 Jonathan Hammond 94929292370 Mohamed Amer 95918994369 Gil Simkovitch 91919294368 Ruslan Ismailov 92899294367 Siddique Umer 91859588359

Kneeling position

AthleteCountry1 234Total Thomas Farnik 100989997394 Artem Khadjibekov 99979899393 Václav Haman 99969899392 Jury Sukhorukov 99979898392 Stevan Pletikosić 98989997392 Valérian Sauveplane 99989897392 Qiu Jian 99989996392 Jia Zhanbo 98969899391 Vebjørn Berg 96989998391 Han Jin-seop 98969998391 Rajmond Debevec 97989997391 Maik Eckhardt 97999996391 Gil Simkovitch 98969898390 Henri Häkkinen 96999798390 Josselin Henry 98979996390 Sergei Kovalenko 99979896390 Espen Berg-Knutsen 99999696390 Beat Müller 96979898389 Mario Knögler 98999696389 Robert Kraskowski 98969599388 Park Bong-duk 96979897388 Benjamin Burge 95989698387 Vitali Bubnovich 97989597387 Sanjeev Rajput 99949896387 Matthew Emmons 99959895387 Jason Parker 98979894387 Artur Ayvazyan 97959599386 Marcel Bürge 97969697386 Nemanja Mirosavljev 96989597386 Toshikazu Yamashita 98969795386 Juha Hirvi 97999793386 Michael Winter 96989299385 Yuriy Yurkov 95979796385 Gagan Narang 949397100384 Jozef Gönci 96949698384 Marco De Nicolo 98929797384 Doron Egozi 94979796384 Péter Sidi 98949795384 Jonathan Hammond 95969696383 Sergei Martynov 98939794382 Niccolò Campriani 97989294381 Vitaliy Dovgun 94959397379 Nedžad Fazlija 96959395379 Petar Gorša 93959793378 Mohamed Amer 94989094376 Matthew Robert Inabinet 92979592376 Ruslan Ismailov 96959490375 Liecer Perez 91929193367 Siddique Umer 95928892367

Combined results RankAthleteCountryProneStandKneelTotalNotes1 Rajmond Debevec 3993863911176Q2 Matthew Emmons 3993893871175Q3 Jury Sukhorukov 3983843921174Q4 Qiu Jian 3943873921173Q5 Vebjørn Berg 3983833911172Q6 Valérian Sauveplane 3963843921172Q7 Thomas Farnik 3913863941171Q8 Mario Knögler 3953863891170Q9 Marco De Nicolo 3963893841169 10 Maik Eckhardt 3983803911169 11 Stevan Pletikosić 3983783921168 12 Juha Hirvi 3973853861168 13 Gagan Narang 3943893841167 14 Artem Khadjibekov 3913833931167 15 Han Jin-seop 3923843911167 16 Toshikazu Yamashita 3993823861167 17 Michael Winter 3963853851166 18 Sergei Kovalenko 3943823901166 19 Artur Ayvazyan 3943853861165 20 Nemanja Mirosavljev 3983813861165 21 Beat Müller 3953803891164 22 Jason Parker 3933843871164 23 Václav Haman 3913803921163 24 Jia Zhanbo 3943783911163 25 Péter Sidi 3943853841163 26 Sanjeev Rajput 395380387116227 Yuriy Yurkov 3953823851162 28 Henri Häkkinen 3903813901161 29 Vitali Bubnovich 3943803871161 30 Espen Berg-Knutsen 3963743901160 31 Park Bong-duk 3983733881159 32 Vitaliy Dovgun 3983813791158 33 Robert Kraskowski 3953733881156 34 Sergei Martynov 3983763821156 35 Marcel Bürge 3963733861155 36 Doron Egozi 3963753841155 37 Jozef Gönci 3943763841154 38 Gil Simkovitch 3953683901153 39 Niccolò Campriani 3953773811153 40 Benjamin Burge 3923733871152 41 Josselin Henry 3883733901151 42 Jonathan Hammond 3953703831148 43 Nedžad Fazlija 3933763791148 44 Petar Gorša 3933773781148 45 Matthew Robert Inabinet 3893763761141 46 Mohamed Amer 3903693761135 47 Liecer Perez 3943733671134 48 Ruslan Ismailov 3883673751130 49 Siddique Umer 3903593671116 Tomáš Jeřábek DNS

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Final

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