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
VenueSydney International Shooting Centre
Date21 September 2000
Competitors53 from 37 nations
Winning score701.3
Medalists
   Sweden
   Denmark
   Belarus
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.

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

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

DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalShoot-off
1st Jonas Edman (SWE) 59910.310.110.510.310.410.010.310.010.210.2102.3701.3
2nd Torben Grimmel (DEN) 59710.5 9.910.910.8 9.9 9.510.410.410.610.5103.4700.4
3rd Sergei Martynov (BLR) 598 9.810.210.1 9.910.610.210.110.610.510.3102.3700.3
4 Maik Eckhardt (GER) 59610.410.310.310.510.610.310.510.410.010.5103.8699.8
5 Václav Bečvář (CZE) 59710.410.510.4 9.410.410.610.510.410.110.0102.7699.7
6 Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) 59710.710.510.210.6 9.510.110.510.010.5 9.6102.2699.210.6
7 Igor Pirekeev (TKM) 59710.510.510.010.210.1 9.610.7 9.910.610.1102.2699.210.2
8 Philippe Joualin (FRA) 59610.110.2 9.910.110.410.810.710.010.710.1103.0699.0

References

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