Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Shooting Centre
Date 21 September 2000
Competitors 53 from 37 nations
Winning score 701.3
Medalists
    Sweden
    Denmark
    Belarus
«1996 2004»
Shooting at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions men women
50 m rifle prone men
10 m air rifle   men   women
Pistol
50 m pistol men
25 m pistol women
25 m rapid fire pistol men
10 m air pistol men women
Shotgun
Trap men women
Double trap men women
Skeet men women
Running target
10 m running target men

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.

Contents

Records

The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record  Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS)
 Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)
 Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA)
 Christian Klees (GER)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Thomas Tamas (USA)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
 Sergei Martynov (BLR)
600 Zagreb, Croatia
Munich, Germany
Havana, Cuba
Atlanta, United States
Munich, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Munich, Germany
13 July 1989
29 August 1991
27 April 1994
25 July 1996
23 May 1997
29 August 1998
4 September 1998
8 June 2000
Olympic record  Christian Klees (GER) 600 Atlanta, United States 25 July 1996
Final records
World record  Christian Klees (GER) 704.8 (600+104.8) Atlanta, United States 25 July 1996
Olympic record  Christian Klees (GER) 704.8 (600+104.8) Atlanta, United States 25 July 1996

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country Score Notes
1 Jonas Edman Sweden 599 Q
2 Sergei Martynov Belarus 598 Q
3 Václav Bečvář Czech Republic 597 Q
4 Igor Pirekeev Turkmenistan 597 Q
5 Torben Grimmel Denmark 597 Q
6 Artem Khadjibekov Russia 597 Q
7 Maik Eckhardt Germany 596 Q (6th: 100)
8 Philippe Joualin France 596 Q (6th: 100)
9 Mario Knögler Austria 596 (6th: 98)
10 Marco De Nicolo Italy 595
10 Glenn Dubis United States 595
10 Wayne Sorensen Canada 595
13 Roger Hansson Sweden 594
13 Sergei Kovalenko Russia 594
13 Ning Lijia China 594
13 Péter Sidi Hungary 594
13 Harald Stenvaag Norway 594
13 Thomas Tamas United States 594
19 Espen Berg-Knutsen Norway 593
19 Rajmond Debevec Slovenia 593
19 Jorge González Spain 593
19 Timothy Lowndes Australia 593
19 Georgy Nekhaev Belarus 593
19 Warren Potent Australia 593
25 Hilal Al Rasheedi Oman 592
25 Michael Babb Great Britain 592
25 Juha Hirvi Finland 592
25 Swen Schuller Germany 592
25 Guy Starik Israel 592
30 Artur Ayvazyan Ukraine 591
30 Jean-Pierre Amat France 591
30 Oleg Mykhaylov Ukraine 591
30 Stevan Pletikosić Yugoslavia 591
34 Nedžad Fazlija Bosnia and Herzegovina 590
35 Naoki Kurita Japan 589
35 Yuri Lomov Kyrgyzstan 589
35 Goran Maksimović Yugoslavia 589
38 Bae Sung-duk South Korea 588
38 Roger Caron Canada 588
38 Radim Novak Czech Republic 588
41 Roberto Jose Elias Orozco Mexico 587
41 Lee Eun-chul South Korea 587
41 Alan Lewis Ireland 587
44 Thomas Farnik Austria 585
44 Jaco Henn South Africa 585
46 Bruce Meredith Virgin Islands 584
47 Corne Basson South Africa 583
47 Varavut Majchacheep Thailand 583
49 Pablo Damian Alvarez Argentina 582
50 Mufid Allawanseh Jordan 581
51 Tevarit Majchacheep Thailand 580
52 Ralph Rodriguez Beauchamp Puerto Rico 578
53 Mohamad Mahfoud Syria 575
Jozef Gönci Slovakia DNS
Hou Yannan China DNS

DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Total Shoot-off
 Jonas Edman (SWE) 599 10.3 10.1 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.0 10.3 10.0 10.2 10.2 102.3 701.3
 Torben Grimmel (DEN) 597 10.5 9.9 10.9 10.8 9.9 9.5 10.4 10.4 10.6 10.5 103.4 700.4
 Sergei Martynov (BLR) 598 9.8 10.2 10.1 9.9 10.6 10.2 10.1 10.6 10.5 10.3 102.3 700.3
4  Maik Eckhardt (GER) 596 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.6 10.3 10.5 10.4 10.0 10.5 103.8 699.8
5  Václav Bečvář (CZE) 597 10.4 10.5 10.4 9.4 10.4 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.1 10.0 102.7 699.7
6  Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) 597 10.7 10.5 10.2 10.6 9.5 10.1 10.5 10.0 10.5 9.6 102.2 699.2 10.6
7  Igor Pirekeev (TKM) 597 10.5 10.5 10.0 10.2 10.1 9.6 10.7 9.9 10.6 10.1 102.2 699.2 10.2
8  Philippe Joualin (FRA) 596 10.1 10.2 9.9 10.1 10.4 10.8 10.7 10.0 10.7 10.1 103.0 699.0

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