Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

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Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Markópoulo Olympic Shooting
Centre
DateAugust 20, 2004
Competitors46 from 34 nations
Winning score703.3
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Matthew Emmons Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Christian Lusch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Sergei Martynov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
  2000
2008  

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. [1]

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a .22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance from the prone position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.

The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.

23-year-old U.S. shooter Matthew Emmons maintained a single-point lead from the rest of the field in the qualifying round to finish with 703.3 for the rifle prone gold and his first Olympic medal. [2] Germany's Christian Lusch, who had gradually come close on Emmons in an attempt to steal his lead with only two rounds left, ended up taking the silver at 702.2. [2] [3] Meanwhile, Belarus' Sergei Martynov, who had the highest score in the final, shot 105.6 to vault himself from fifth at the start to a bronze-medal position with a total of 701.6, repeating his feat from Sydney 2000. [4]

Sweden's Jonas Edman missed his Olympic title defense after finishing in a distant thirty-second from the prelims with 590 points, while 2000 silver medalist Torben Grimmel also fell short of the finale by just a single point from the cutoff score of 595, relegating to a ninth-place draw with six other shooters. [3]

Records

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

Qualification records
World recordFlag of Austria.svg  Wolfram Waibel  (AUT)600 Sydney, Australia 3 March 2004
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Christian Klees  (GER)600 Atlanta, United States 25 July 1996
Final records
World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Christian Klees  (GER)704.8 (600+104.8) Atlanta, United States 25 July 1996
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Christian Klees  (GER)704.8 (600+104.8) Atlanta, United States 25 July 1996

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountry123456TotalNotes
1 Matthew Emmons Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10010099100100100599Q
2 Christian Lusch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1001001009999100598Q
3 Jozef Gönci Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1001009910010099598Q
4 Maik Eckhardt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 100100989999100596Q
5 Sergei Martynov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 99991001009999596Q
6 Michael Babb Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 98991009910099595Q
7 Jia Zhanbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 100991001009799595Q
8 Marco De Nicolo Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 981009910010098595Q
9 Artur Ayvazyan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 99100100999997594
9 Marcel Bürge Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9999991009899594
9 Rajmond Debevec Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 9899100999999594
9 Torben Grimmel Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 99100100989899594
9 Juha Hirvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 98100999810099594
9 Artem Khadjibekov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 98999810099100594
9 Igor Pirekeev Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 9999991009998594
16 Václav Bečvář Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 9999100989898592
16 Espen Berg-Knutsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9999991009798592
16 Mario Knögler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 9898999899100592
16 Sergei Kovalenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1009997989999592
16 Timothy Lowndes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9899991009799592
16 Guy Starik Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 999898999999592
16 Harald Stenvaag Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9910099989997592
16 Wolfram Waibel Jr. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 999899999998592
24 Michael Anti Flag of the United States.svg  United States 989998999899591
24 Aleksandr Babchenko Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 999997989999591
24 Tomáš Jeřábek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 9810098999997591
24 Park Bong-duk Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 9810099969999591
24 Yury Shcherbatsevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 9799999898100591
24 Péter Sidi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9799979910099591
24 Vyacheslav Skoromnov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 9699999910098591
24 Masaru Yanagida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 10010098999797591
32 Jonas Edman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1009999959899590
32 Roger Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 999898989998590
32 Yuriy Sukhorukov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 9910099989599590
32 Yao Ye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10096989810098590
36 Evangelos Liogris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 989699989999589
36 Tevarit Majchacheeap Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 989897999899589
36 Ryan Taylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9796991009998589
39 Martin Senore Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9799971009699588
40 Pablo Álvarez Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 96100100979797587
40 Dick Boschman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 959898999899587
42 Stevan Pletikosić Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro 989899989499586
42 Warren Potent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 97949710098100586
44 Nedžad Fazlija Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 979896999996585
45 Ángel Velarte Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 969896999798584
46 Reinier Estpinan Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 989797979597581

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Matthew Emmons  (USA)599104.3703.3
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Christian Lusch  (GER)598104.2702.2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Sergei Martynov  (BLR)596105.6701.6
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Jozef Gönci  (SVK)598102.5700.5
5Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Marco De Nicolo  (ITA)595104.7699.7
6Flag of Germany.svg  Maik Eckhardt  (GER)596101.6697.6
7Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Michael Babb  (GBR)595101.8696.8
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jia Zhanbo  (CHN)595101.6696.6

References

  1. "Shooting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "No one can sabotage Emmons' shot at gold". Philadelphia Inquirer. 21 August 2004. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Emmons tames Lusch for hard-fought gold". Gulf News. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. "Galkina takes shooting gold". BBC Sport. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.