Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle

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Men's 10 metre air rifle prone
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Competitors44 from 31 nations
Winning score695.7 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Artem Khadjibekov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Wolfram Waibel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Jean-Pierre Amat Flag of France.svg  France
  1992
2000  

Men's 10 metre air rifle was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Artem Khadjibekov defeated Wolfram Waibel in the final to win the gold medal. [1]

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1 Wolfram Waibel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 596Q OR
2 Rob Harbison Flag of the United States.svg  United States 594Q
3 Artem Khadjibekov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 594Q
4 Rajmond Debevec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 591Q (6th: 100)
5 Yevgeni Aleinikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 591Q (6th: 100)
6 Jean-Pierre Amat Flag of France.svg  France 591Q (6th: 99)
7 Leif Steinar Rolland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 591Q (6th: 99)
8 Milan Bakeš Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 591Q (6th: 98)
9 Nils Petter Håkedal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 591(6th: 97)
9 Maik Eckhardt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 591(6th: 95)
11 Anatoli Klimenko Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 590
11 Petr Kůrka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 590
11 Lee Eun-chul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 590
11 Lim Young-sueb Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 590
15 Juha Hirvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 589
15 Goran Maksimović Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 589
15 Nemanja Mirosavljev Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 589
18 Franck Badiou Flag of France.svg  France 588
18 Dieter Grabner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 588
18 Ning Lijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 588
18 Johann Riederer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 588
22 Li Haicong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 587
22 Yuri Lomov Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 587
22 Masaru Yanagida Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 587
25 Nedžad Fazlija Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 586
26 Georgy Nekhayev Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 585
26 Ricardo Rusticucci Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 585
28 Jozef Gönci Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 584
28 Andreas Zumbach Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 584
30 Robert Kraskowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 583
30 Jean-François Senecal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 583
32 Oleg Mykhaylov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 582
33 Boris Polak Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 581
33 Saiful Alam Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 581
33 Zsolt Vari Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 581
36 Darko Naseski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 580
37 Khalaf Al Khatri Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 578
38 Sergey Belyayev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 577
38 Naoki Kurita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 577
38 Ángel Velarte Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 577
41 Glenn Dubis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 576
42 Jorge González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 575
43 Nabil Abdul Tahlak Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 569
44 Walter Martínez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 566

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Artem Khadjibekov  (RUS)594101.7695.7OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Austria.svg  Wolfram Waibel  (AUT)59699.2695.2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  Jean-Pierre Amat  (FRA)591102.1693.1
4Flag of Russia.svg  Yevgeni Aleinikov  (RUS)591101.9692.9
5Flag of Norway.svg  Leif Steinar Rolland  (NOR)591101.5692.5
6Flag of Slovenia.svg  Rajmond Debevec  (SLO)591101.1692.1
7Flag of the United States.svg  Rob Harbison  (USA)59497.8691.8
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Milan Bakeš  (CZE)59199.5690.5

OR Olympic record

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  1. "Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

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