Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone
| Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre | |||||||||
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| Date | August 20, 2004 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 34 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 703.3 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| 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 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 young American Matthew Emmons maintained his one-point lead from the qualification round, won the event, and his first Olympic medal.
Qualification round
Q Qualified for final
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Matthew Emmons (USA) | 599 | 104.3 | 703.3 |
 |  Christian Lusch (GER) | 598 | 104.2 | 702.2 |
 | .svg.png){kind=small} Sergei Martynov (BLR) | 596 | 105.6 | 701.6 |
| 4 |  Jozef Gönci (SVK) | 598 | 102.5 | 700.5 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Marco De Nicolo (ITA) | 595 | 104.7 | 699.7 |
| 6 | Maik Eckhardt (GER) | 596 | 101.6 | 697.6 |
| 7 |  Michael Babb (GBR) | 595 | 101.8 | 696.8 |
| 8 |  Jia Zhanbo (CHN) | 595 | 101.6 | 696.6 |