The Men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 30 July 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 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. Defending gold medalist Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final.
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.
Gun - 4.5 mm Calibre Rifle Maximum 5.5 kg Bullet - 4.5 mm Pellets BullsEye - 0.55 mm Time for Each Shot - 75 seconds
Alin Moldoveanu of Romania won the gold medal by scoring 702.1. Gagan Narang won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1. It was India's second consecutive medal in the event.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round RankAthleteCountry1 23456TotalInner 10sNotes1 Niccolò Campriani 100 100 100 99 100 100 599 56 Q2 Alin Moldoveanu 100 100 100 100 99 100 599 53 Q3 Gagan Narang 100 100 98 100 100 100 598 53 Q4 Wang Tao 99 100 100 100 100 99 598 52 Q5 Illia Charheika 100 100 100 100 99 98 597 52 Q6 Ole Magnus Bakken 100 100 100 100 100 97 597 47 Q7 Peter Hellenbrand 97 99 100 100 100 100 596 51 Q8 Pierre Edmond Piasecki 100 99 100 100 98 99 596 50 Q9 Sergy Rikhter 99 98 98 100 100 100 595 50 10 Zhu Qinan 99 99 99 100 100 98 595 50 11 Vitali Bubnovich 100 100 99 100 98 98 595 46 12 Julian Justus 99 100 100 98 100 98 595 44 13 Péter Sidi 99 98 100 100 99 98 594 52 14 Are Hansen 97 100 99 99 100 99 594 51 15 Alexei Kamenski 99 100 100 99 96 100 594 46 16 Abhinav Bindra 9999 100 100 99 97 594 45 17 Kim Jong-Hyun 98 100 99 99 98 99 593 46 18 Serhiy Kulish 99 99 100 100 97 98 593 45 19 Artur Ayvazyan 99 99 100 100 99 96 593 45 20 Alexandre Sokolov 99 100 96 99 100 99 593 44 21 Ruslan Ismailov 100 99 97 99 99 99 593 43 22 Anton Rizov 99 99 100 100 97 98 593 43 23 Nyantain Bayaraa 100 96 99 100 98 100 593 42 24 James Huckle 99 98 100 100 98 98 593 42 25 Tino Mohaupt 100 99 98 96 99 100 592 50 26 Jeremy Monnier 98 99 99 99 99 98 592 46 27 Jonathan Hall 100 98 100 96 99 99 592 42 28 Thomas Farnik 97 99 100 98 98 99 591 47 29 Amgad Hosen 100 98 99 97 98 99 591 45 30 Nemanja Mirosavljev 100 98 98 97 100 98 591 43 31 Jozef Gönci 99 98 96 99 99 100 591 41 32 Han Jin-Seop 97 100 98 99 100 96 590 46 33 Václav Haman 97 97 97 100 99 100 590 45 34 Marco De Nicolo 99 99 98 97 99 98 590 44 35 Matthew Emmons 97 98 100 99 99 97 590 42 36 Bojan Durković 97 100 100 99 97 97 590 42 37 Pascal Lorentan 99 100 99 99 94 98 589 43 38 Midori Yajima 97 98 99 98 99 99 589 37 39 Simon Beyeler 95 99 100 98 98 98 588 44 40 William Godward 99 99 98 99 98 95 588 44 41 Javier López 97 97 99 99 98 98 588 38 42 Dane Sampson 98 98 99 97 97 98 587 40 43 Petar Gorša 98 98 96 99 99 96 586 38 44 Nedžad Fazlija 96 97 96 99 98 99 585 36 45 Mangala Samarakoon 97 97 99 97 97 96 583 31 46 Cory Niefer 94 97 98 99 97 96 581 31 47 Rudi Lausarot 99 94 97 96 93 96 575 28
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