The Men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 3 August 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
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 were scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots were used to determine final ranking.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round RankAthleteCountry1 23456TotalInner 10sNotes1 Sergei Martynov 100 100 100 100 100 100 600 53 WR2 Lionel Cox 100 99 100 100 100 100 599 49 3 Rajmond Debevec 100 99 99 100 99 99 596 42 4 Daniel Brodmeier 98 99 100 100 99 99 595 41 Shoot-off: 52.35 Han Jin-Seop 99 99 99 100 99 99 595 42 Shoot-off: 52.26 Niccolò Campriani 100 99 99 99 98 100 595 42 Shoot-off: 51.77 Joydeep Karmakar 999810098100100595 37Shoot-off: 51.68 Bojan Durković 97 99 100 99 100 100 595 33 Shoot-off: 51.69 Michael McPhail 99 99 99 100 99 99 595 39 Shoot-off: 51.310 Nemanja Mirosavljev 100 99 100 97 99 100 595 34 Shoot-off: 51.011 Péter Sidi 100 100 99 98 100 98 595 39 Shoot-off: 50.012 Artem Khadjibekov 98 100 99 100 99 99 595 41 Shoot-off: 49.613 Odd Arne Brekne 100 99 99 99 99 98 594 47 14 Marcel Bürge 99 99 100 98 99 99 594 43 15 Kim Hak-Man 98 99 100 98 100 99 594 40 16 Eric Uptagrafft 98 98 100 98 100 100 594 34 17 Jonathan Hammond 99 100 98 99 98 99 593 42 18 Gagan Narang 98 1001009897100593 34 19 Sergei Kovalenko 99 98 100 98 100 98 593 34 20 Alex Misael Suligoy 100 99 98 99 99 98 593 34 21 Artur Ayvazyan 100 100 98 99 98 98 593 29 22 Valérian Sauveplane 98 99 100 99 97 99 592 39 23 Christian Planer 99 99 99 99 97 99 592 39 24 Torben Grimmel 98 99 96 99 100 100 592 36 25 Ryan Taylor 100 99 99 98 97 99 592 35 26 Ole Magnus Bakken 99 99 98 98 99 99 592 34 27 Thomas Farnik 98 100 98 99 98 99 592 29 28 Wang Weiyi 96 100 97 99 100 99 591 39 29 James Huckle 100 97 96 100 99 99 591 35 30 Yury Shcherbatsevich 96 100 99 98 100 98 591 32 31 Pascal Loretan 98 99 100 98 98 98 591 28 32 Warren Potent 98 98 99 98 98 100 591 25 33 Midori Yajima 98 98 100 98 97 99 590 35 34 Zhu Qinan 99 99 99 98 97 98 590 34 35 Javier López 100 98 99 97 96 99 589 37 36 Marco De Nicolo 96 97 99 99 99 99 589 36 37 Maik Eckhardt 99 100 98 94 100 98 589 35 38 Cory Niefer 98 97 99 97 100 98 589 32 39 Jozef Gönci 98 98 97 100 98 98 589 31 40 Nyantain Bayaraa 98 97 100 99 98 96 588 35 41 Václav Haman 98 98 97 99 98 98 588 32 42 Anton Rizov 99 97 99 96 100 97 588 30 43 Peter Hellenbrand 98 100 98 97 100 95 588 28 44 Sergey Richter 97 98 98 98 98 98 587 31 45 Nedžad Fazlija 98 98 97 97 98 98 587 26 46 Cyril Graff 97 99 98 97 98 97 586 32 47 Mangala Samarakoon 96 98 100 97 97 97 586 32 48 Dane Sampson 96 97 99 96 97 98 583 29 49 Serhiy Kulish 97 98 95 95 99 99 583 24 50 Juan Diego Angeloni 95 96 99 97 96 97 580 27
Final RankAthleteQual1 2345678910FinalTotalNotes60010.810.510.510.610.210.710.410.310.910.6105.5705.5WR59910.110.110.010.510.310.110.69.710.410.4102.2701.259610.210.510.710.310.610.810.210.610.510.6105.0701.0459510.110.610.710.510.710.210.010.210.710.4104.1699.1559510.410.410.510.710.19.710.510.99.610.4103.2698.2659510.39.810.210.810.110.610.110.010.710.6103.2698.2759510.010.210.710.410.010.010.110.610.510.5103.0698.0859510.210.410.310.410.59.910.110.110.310.4102.6697.6
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