Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone

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Men's 50 metre rifle prone
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Aerial view of the National Shooting Center in Deodoro, where the men's 50 metre rifle prone event took place.
Venue National Shooting Center
Date12 August 2016
Competitors47 from 31 nations
Winning score209.5 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Henri Junghänel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Kim Jong-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Kirill Grigoryan Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2012

The men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 12 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center. [1]

Contents

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 were scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots were used to determine final ranking.

The medals were presented by Syed Shahid Ali, IOC member, Pakistan and Yair Davidovich, Council Member of the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Records

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

Qualification records
World recordFlag of Russia.svg  Sergey Kamenskiy  (RUS)633.0 Maribor, Slovenia 21 July 2015
Olympic recordISSF Rule changed on January 1, 2013
Final records
World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Henri Junghänel  (GER)211.2 Munich, Germany 11 November 2013
Olympic recordISSF Rule changed on January 1, 2013

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountry123456TotalInner 10sNotes
1 Sergey Kamenskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 103.9105.1106.0104.7105.2104.1629.0Q, OR
2 Kirill Grigoryan Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 105.2104.8105.2104.1104.9104.7628.9Q
3 Kim Jong-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 103.1105.6103.9104.9105.2105.4628.1Q
4 Vitali Bubnovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 103.5104.6103.5105.9104.7104.0626.2Q
5 Marco De Nicolo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 104.2102.6104.1104.8105.1105.2626.0Q
6 Niccolò Campriani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 103.7103.8104.3103.9104.2105.4625.3Q
7 Attapon Uea-aree Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 104.5103.9104.2104.8105.6102.3625.3Q
8 Henri Junghänel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 104.1105.1103.6105.2103.8103.0624.8Q
9 Cyril Graff Flag of France.svg  France 105.3103.3102.8103.7104.3104.9624.3
10 Péter Sidi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 102.8104.7103.0103.8104.1104.9623.3
11 Kwon Jun-cheol Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 103.0103.8103.6104.0104.3104.5623.2
12 Oleh Tsarkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 103.3105.0103.7104.4103.5103.2623.1
13 Gagan Narang Flag of India.svg  India 104.7104.4104.6103.0104.0102.4623.1
14 Jan Lochbichler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 104.3103.0105.5104.0102.8103.4623.0
15 Sergey Richter Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 102.0102.1105.6104.2105.1103.6622.6
16 Ryan Taylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 102.6102.7103.5103.2104.8105.6622.4
17 Thomas Mathis Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 103.3102.9104.5103.2104.2104.3622.4
18 Yury Shcherbatsevich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 103.9102.8105.1103.6103.3103.4622.1
19 Michael McPhail Flag of the United States.svg  United States 103.9103.4104.8103.7103.5102.7622.0
20 Petar Gorša Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 103.5103.9100.9104.7104.6104.3621.9
21 Stevan Pletikosić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 101.5102.5103.8104.2105.9103.7621.6
22 Julio Iemma Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 103.7103.7102.0104.1104.6103.4621.5
23 Torben Grimmel Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 103.7104.6102.8103.0103.9103.7621.4
24 Alexander Schmirl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 103.1103.5104.5106.0101.3103.0621.4
25 Yuriy Yurkov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 104.6104.7102.7102.8104.4104.2621.4
26 Cassio Rippel Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 105.3104.2103.2103.5102.4102.7621.3
27 Anton Rizov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 104.6104.2103.2102.5102.2104.5621.2
28 Odd Arne Brekne Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 103.3103.5101.4103.8103.4105.5620.9
29 Napis Tortungpanich Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 103.3104.3104.2101.6102.9104.6620.9
30 Cao Yifei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 102.6104.6103.6104.5103.5102.0620.8
31 Dane Sampson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 103.3102.3103.3103.9104.0103.8620.6
32 Serhiy Kulish Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 104.9101.6104.3102.0103.5104.2620.5
33 Filip Nepejchal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 102.9103.0104.3102.5104.5103.3620.5
34 Milenko Sebić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 104.7102.2104.3103.3103.3102.6620.4
35 Warren Potent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 104.5103.4104.2104.1104.199.7620.0
36 Chain Singh Flag of India.svg  India 104.1101.0104.4102.4103.9103.8619.6
37 Daniel Brodmeier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 103.2102.3104.0103.4104.0102.3619.2
38 Zhao Shengbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 101.9100.6105.3105.6103.3102.0618.7
39 Jérémy Monnier Flag of France.svg  France 103.1102.2103.9102.0103.1104.3618.6
40 David Higgins Flag of the United States.svg  United States 102.0103.3104.4101.7103.8102.5617.7
41 Toshikazu Yamashita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 102.6102.5102.8103.1103.7102.7617.4
42 Norbert Szabián Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 103.5103.9102.7101.7103.5102.0617.3
43 Ole Kristian Bryhn Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 102.6101.9101.7104.5104.4101.6616.7
44 Ahmed Darwish Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 101.7102.5103.9102.4101.9102.6615.0
45 Reinier Estpinan Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 100.7103.0102.4103.3102.4101.8613.6
46 Mahmood Haji Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 101.5102.4101.0102.9100.9103.9612.6
47 Mangala Samarakoon Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 98.9100.1100.4100.0101.9100.5601.8

Final

The final was changed according to the ISSF regulations. Athletes must fire 6 shots in 2×3 series before the lowest-ranked was eliminated in every other shot.

RkAthlete123456789FinalNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Henri Junghänel  (GER)31.432.021.520.721.319.921.220.421.1209.5
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim Jong-hyun  (KOR)31.831.121.120.320.420.821.120.720.9208.2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Kirill Grigoryan  (RUS)31.631.421.020.621.121.220.619.8187.3
4Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Kamenskiy  (RUS)30.230.821.021.320.920.720.9165.8
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Vitali Bubnovich  (BLR)30.930.321.220.820.720.3144.2
6Flag of Italy.svg  Marco De Nicolo  (ITA)31.131.020.420.620.5123.6
7Flag of Italy.svg  Niccolò Campriani  (ITA)30.330.221.021.3102.8
8Flag of Thailand.svg  Attapon Uea-aree  (THA)30.929.120.880.8

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References

  1. "Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 13 August 2016.