The men's 50 metre rifle prone competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 20 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.
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.
23-year-old U.S. shooter Matthew Emmons maintained a single-point lead from the rest of the field in the qualifying round to finish with 703.3 for the rifle prone gold and his first Olympic medal. Germany's Christian Lusch, who had gradually come close on Emmons in an attempt to steal his lead with only two rounds left, ended up taking the silver at 702.2. Meanwhile, Belarus' Sergei Martynov, who had the highest score in the final, shot 105.6 to vault himself from fifth at the start to a bronze-medal position with a total of 701.6, repeating his feat from Sydney 2000.
Sweden's Jonas Edman missed his Olympic title defense after finishing in a distant thirty-second from the prelims with 590 points, while 2000 silver medalist Torben Grimmel also fell short of the finale by just a single point from the cutoff score of 595, relegating to a ninth-place draw with six other shooters.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round RankAthleteCountry123456TotalNotes 1 Matthew Emmons 100 100 99 100 100 100 599 Q 2 Christian Lusch 100 100 100 99 99 100 598 Q 3 Jozef Gönci 100 100 99 100 100 99 598 Q 4 Maik Eckhardt 100 100 98 99 99 100 596 Q 5 Sergei Martynov 99 99 100 100 99 99 596 Q 6 Michael Babb 98 99 100 99 100 99 595 Q 7 Jia Zhanbo 100 99 100 100 97 99 595 Q 8 Marco De Nicolo 98 100 99 100 100 98 595 Q 9 Artur Ayvazyan 99 100 100 99 99 97 594 9 Marcel Bürge 99 99 99 100 98 99 594 9 Rajmond Debevec 98 99 100 99 99 99 594 9 Torben Grimmel 99 100 100 98 98 99 594 9 Juha Hirvi 98 100 99 98 100 99 594 9 Artem Khadjibekov 98 99 98 100 99 100 594 9 Igor Pirekeev 99 99 99 100 99 98 594 16 Václav Bečvář 99 99 100 98 98 98 592 16 Espen Berg-Knutsen 99 99 99 100 97 98 592 16 Mario Knögler 98 98 99 98 99 100 592 16 Sergei Kovalenko 100 99 97 98 99 99 592 16 Timothy Lowndes 98 99 99 100 97 99 592 16 Guy Starik 99 98 98 99 99 99 592 16 Harald Stenvaag 99 100 99 98 99 97 592 16 Wolfram Waibel Jr. 99 98 99 99 99 98 592 24 Michael Anti 98 99 98 99 98 99 591 24 Aleksandr Babchenko 99 99 97 98 99 99 591 24 Tomáš Jeřábek 98 100 98 99 99 97 591 24 Park Bong-duk 98 100 99 96 99 99 591 24 Yury Shcherbatsevich 97 99 99 98 98 100 591 24 Péter Sidi 97 99 97 99 100 99 591 24 Vyacheslav Skoromnov 96 99 99 99 100 98 591 24 Masaru Yanagida 100 100 98 99 97 97 591 32 Jonas Edman 100 99 99 95 98 99 590 32 Roger Hansson 99 98 98 98 99 98 590 32 Yuriy Sukhorukov 99 100 99 98 95 99 590 32 Yao Ye 100 96 98 98 100 98 590 36 Evangelos Liogris 98 96 99 98 99 99 589 36 Tevarit Majchacheeap 98 98 97 99 98 99 589 36 Ryan Taylor 97 96 99 100 99 98 589 39 Martin Senore 97 99 97 100 96 99 588 40 Pablo Álvarez 96 100 100 97 97 97 587 40 Dick Boschman 95 98 98 99 98 99 587 42 Stevan Pletikosić 98 98 99 98 94 99 586 42 Warren Potent 97 94 97 100 98 100 586 44 Nedžad Fazlija 97 98 96 99 99 96 585 45 Ángel Velarte 96 98 96 99 97 98 584 46 Reinier Estpinan 98 97 97 97 95 97 581
Final Rank Athlete Qual Final Total 599 104.3 703.3 104.2 702.2 596 105.6 701.6 4 598 102.5 700.5 5 595 104.7 699.7 6 101.6 697.6 7 101.8 696.8 8 101.6 696.6
References
External links Official Results