Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 21 September. The qualification round of 60 shots was fired between 09:30 and 10:45 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots at 11:30. Jonas Edman, previously more well known as a 300 metre shooter, took a one-point lead in the qualification round, and eventually won by a 0.9-point margin.

Records The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification round RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes1Jonas Edman599Q2Sergei Martynov598Q3Václav Bečvář597Q4Igor Pirekeev597Q5Torben Grimmel597Q6Artem Khadjibekov597Q7Maik Eckhardt596Q (6th: 100)8Philippe Joualin596Q (6th: 100)9Mario Knögler596(6th: 98)10Marco De Nicolo59510Glenn Dubis59510Wayne Sorensen59513Roger Hansson59413Sergei Kovalenko59413Ning Lijia59413Péter Sidi59413Harald Stenvaag59413Thomas Tamas59419Espen Berg-Knutsen59319Rajmond Debevec59319Jorge González59319Timothy Lowndes59319Georgy Nekhaev59319Warren Potent59325Hilal Al Rasheedi59225Michael Babb59225Juha Hirvi59225Swen Schuller59225Guy Starik59230Artur Ayvazyan59130Jean-Pierre Amat59130Oleg Mykhaylov59130Stevan Pletikosić59134Nedžad Fazlija59035Naoki Kurita58935Yuri Lomov58935Goran Maksimović58938Bae Sung-duk58838Roger Caron58838Radim Novak58841Roberto José Elias Orozco58741Lee Eun-chul58741Alan Lewis58744Thomas Farnik58544Jaco Henn58546Bruce Meredith58447Corne Basson58347Varavut Majchacheep58349Pablo Álvarez58250Mufid Allawanseh58151Tevarit Majchacheep58052Ralph Rodríguez57853Mohamad Mahfoud575Jozef GönciDNSHou YannanDNS DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final

Final RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalShoot-off59910.310.110.510.310.410.010.310.010.210.2102.3701.310.5 9.910.910.8 9.9 9.510.410.410.610.5103.4700.4598 9.810.210.1 9.910.610.210.110.610.510.3102.3700.3410.410.310.310.510.610.310.510.410.010.5103.8699.8510.410.510.4 9.410.410.610.510.410.110.0102.7699.7659710.710.510.210.6 9.510.110.510.010.5 9.6102.210.6710.510.510.010.210.1 9.610.7 9.910.610.1102.2699.210.2859610.110.2 9.910.110.410.810.710.010.710.1103.0699.0

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