Men's 10 metre air rifle prone at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Wolf Creek Shooting Complex | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 44 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 695.7 (OR) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Shooting at the 1996 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 | |
Double trap | men | women |
Skeet | men | |
Running target | ||
10 m running target | men | |
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]
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
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Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) | 594 | 101.7 | 695.7 | OR | |
Wolfram Waibel (AUT) | 596 | 99.2 | 695.2 | ||
Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA) | 591 | 102.1 | 693.1 | ||
4 | Yevgeni Aleinikov (RUS) | 591 | 101.9 | 692.9 | |
5 | Leif Steinar Rolland (NOR) | 591 | 101.5 | 692.5 | |
6 | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | 591 | 101.1 | 692.1 | |
7 | Rob Harbison (USA) | 594 | 97.8 | 691.8 | |
8 | Milan Bakeš (CZE) | 591 | 99.5 | 690.5 |
OR Olympic record
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