| Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Lusail Shooting Range | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 December | |||||||||
| Competitors | 45 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 2006 Asian Games | ||
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| Pistol | ||
| 10 m air pistol | men (T) | women (T) |
| 25 m center fire pistol | men (T) | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men (T) | |
| 25 m standard pistol | men (T) | |
| 25 m / 50 m pistol | men (T) | women (T) |
| Rifle | ||
| 10 m air rifle | men (T) | women (T) |
| 50 m rifle prone | men (T) | women (T) |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | men (T) | women (T) |
| Running target | ||
| 10 m running target | men (T) | women (T) |
| 10 m running target mixed | men (T) | |
| Shotgun | ||
| Trap | men (T) | women (T) |
| Double trap | men (T) | women (T) |
| Skeet | men (T) | women (T) |
The men's 50 metre rifle three positions competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 7 December at the Lusail Shooting Range.
The 2006 Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to 15, 2006 with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the games. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games.
Doha is the capital and most populous city of the State of Qatar. It has a population of 1,850,000. The city is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the east of the country. It is Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the nation's population living in Doha or its surrounding suburbs, and it is also the economic centre of the country.
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Whether the sovereign state should be regarded as a constitutional monarchy or an absolute monarchy is disputed. Its sole land border is with neighbouring Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchy Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain.
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The men's 50 metre rifle three positions consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men.
Prone position is a body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up. In anatomical terms of location, the dorsal side is up, and the ventral side is down. The supine position is the 180° contrast.
The kneeling position is a position for rifle shooting. There are no longer international competitions in pure kneeling shooting, but it is included as the last part of 300 metre rifle three positions, 300 metre standard rifle and 50 metre rifle three positions.
The men's match has separate commands and times for each position, giving each shooter 45 minutes to complete the prone part, 75 minutes for the standing part, and 60 minutes for the kneeling part, including sighting shots for each part.
The top eight competitors reach the final, where the score zones are divided into tenths, giving up to 10.9 points for each shot. The men's final consists of ten shots from the standing position, with a time limit of 75 seconds per shot. The competition is won by the shooter who reaches the highest aggregate score (qualification + final, maximum 1309.0).
Zhang Fu of China won the gold medal with a new Asian Games record, his teammate Zhang Lei finished second and Gagan Narang of India won the bronze medal.
Gagan Narang is an Indian shooter, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He was the first Indian to qualify for the London Olympics. He won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1 on 30 July 2012.
