Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle

Men's 10 metre air rifle
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Shooting Centre
Date 18 September 2000
Competitors 46 from 33 nations
Winning score 696.4 (OR)
Medalists
  Cai Yalin   China
  Artem Khadjibekov   Russia
  Yevgeni Aleinikov   Russia
«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

The men's 10 metre air rifle competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 18 September.

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record  Tevarit Majchacheep (THA) 600 Langkawi, Malaysia 27 January 2000
Olympic record  Wolfram Waibel (AUT) 596 Atlanta, United States 22 July 1996
Final records
World record  Jason Parker (USA) 700.6 Munich, Germany 23 May 1998
Olympic record  Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) 695.7 Atlanta, United States 22 July 1996

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country Score Notes
1 Cai Yalin China 594 Q
2 Anatoli Klimenko Belarus 593 Q
3 Jason Parker United States 592 Q
4 Artur Ayvazyan Ukraine 592 Q
5 Artem Khadjibekov Russia 592 Q
6 Yevgeni Aleinikov Russia 592 Q
7 Leif Steinar Rolland Norway 592 Q
8 Nedžad Fazlija Bosnia and Herzegovina 591 Q (6th: 99)
9 Rajmond Debevec Slovenia 591 (6th: 98)
9 Mario Knögler Austria 591 (6th: 98)
11 Mohamed Abdel Ellah Egypt 590
11 Abhinav Bindra India 590
11 Jozef Gönci Slovakia 590
11 Lim Young-sueb South Korea 590
15 Norbert Ettner Germany 589
15 Yuri Lomov Kyrgyzstan 589
15 Péter Sidi Hungary 589
18 Jean-Pierre Amat France 588
18 Thomas Farnik Austria 588
18 Juha Hirvi Finland 588
18 Lee Eun-chul South Korea 588
18 Tevarit Majchacheep Thailand 588
18 Oleg Mykhaylov Ukraine 588
18 Georgy Nekhaev Belarus 588
18 Wayne Sorensen Canada 588
18 Wolfram Waibel Austria 588
27 Marco De Nicolo Italy 587
27 Roger Hansson Sweden 587
27 Nemanja Mirosavljev Yugoslavia 587
27 Robert Wieland Australia 587
31 Pablo Damian Alvarez Argentina 586
31 Franck Badiou France 586
31 Dirk Boschman Netherlands 586
34 Václav Bečvář Czech Republic 585
34 Espen Berg-Knutsen Norway 585
34 Masaru Yanagida Japan 585
37 Ferdinand Stipberger Germany 584
38 Roberto Jose Elias Orozco Mexico 583
38 Kenneth Johnson United States 583
38 Stevan Pletikosić Yugoslavia 583
41 Oliver Geissmann Liechtenstein 582
41 Timothy Lowndes Australia 582
43 Radim Novak Czech Republic 581
44 Hilal Al Rasheedi Oman 579
45 Varavut Majchacheep Thailand 575
46 Walter Martínez Nicaragua 571
Jorge González Spain DNS
Hou Yannan China DNS

DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual Final Total Notes
 Cai Yalin (CHN) 594 102.4 696.4 OR
 Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) 592 103.1 695.1
 Yevgeni Aleinikov (RUS) 592 101.8 693.8
4  Anatoli Klimenko (BLR) 593 100.4 693.4
5  Jason Parker (USA) 592 101.1 693.1
6  Nedžad Fazlija (BIH) 591 101.7 692.7
7  Leif Steinar Rolland (NOR) 592 100.2 692.2
8  Artur Ayvazyan (UKR) 592 100.0 692.0

OR Olympic record

References