Men's 50 metre rifle three positions was the last rifle event to be concluded at the 2000 Summer Olympics, on 23 September. The qualification round, consisting of 40 shots from each position, began at 09:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots standing at 13:15. World record holder Rajmond Debevec won the competition and his first Olympic medal, setting two new Olympic records.

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

Qualification round RankAthleteCountryProneStandKneelTotalNotes1Rajmond Debevec3973883921177Q OR2Harald Stenvaag3993833931175Q3Artem Khadjibekov3983823931173Q4Juha Hirvi3943843931171Q5Artur Ayvazyan3963833911170Q6Christian Bauer3993833871169Q7Yevgeni Aleinikov3933843891166Q8Jozef Gönci3993763901165Q9Michael Anti39637739111649Mario Knögler39738138611649Sergei Martynov398375391116412Espen Berg-Knutsen399375388116212Thomas Farnik393382387116212Roger Hansson396379387116215Václav Bečvář396370395116115Nemanja Mirosavljev397374390116115Radim Novak396377388116118Glenn Dubis396378386116018Lee Eun-chul395381384116020Jonas Edman399375385115920Timothy Lowndes395375389115922Jean-Pierre Amat399372387115822Oleg Mykhaylov396370392115822Samuel Wieland393384381115825Bae Sung-duk397376384115725Maik Eckhardt393379385115725Anatoli Klimenko396375386115725Péter Sidi399375383115729Hrachya Petikyan393370393115629Stevan Pletikosić398369389115631Ning Lijia393382380115532Guy Starik398370386115433Pablo Álvarez395378377115033Jorge González396365389115035Yuri Lomov387372388114736Jaco Henn396364385114537Tevarit Majchacheep390384370114438Cai Yalin388376379114339Roberto José Elias Orozco382380378114040Naoki Kurita384371383113841Nedžad Fazlija392365375113242Wayne Sorensen386369376113143Varavut Majchacheep385373368112644Corne Basson3963503791125 OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalNotes1177 9.810.7 8.310.010.4 9.510.5 9.3 9.610.0 98.11275.1OR117110.010.510.4 8.710.3 9.1 9.410.310.710.1 99.51270.5117510.3 9.3 9.2 6.7 9.7 9.010.310.1 9.010.0 93.61268.641173 9.9 9.910.5 7.9 9.810.2 9.9 8.6 9.5 9.0 95.21268.251170 9.2 9.5 9.1 9.010.110.310.410.4 8.310.3 96.61266.66116910.1 9.1 9.310.1 9.8 9.9 9.0 9.010.010.7 97.01266.07116610.410.6 9.410.1 9.210.510.210.0 9.6 9.5 99.51265.58116510.4 9.010.510.410.210.010.3 9.1 7.0 9.4 96.31261.3 OR Olympic record

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