The men's 50 metre rifle three positions competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on 22 August at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 120 shots with a .22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance. 40 shots were fired each from the standing, kneeling, and prone positions. 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, all from the standing position. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 130 shots was used to determine the final ranking.
23-year-old U.S. shooter Matthew Emmons commanded his lead throughout the rifle three positions finale for a possible historic small-bore double at these Games, until he aimed at the wrong target on his final shot, as a result of a crossfire and a nullified score, that stumbled him down the leaderboard to a disastrous eighth with 1257.4. Emmons' costly mistake thereby upgraded Chinese shooter Jia Zhanbo to an Olympic gold with a score of 1264.5. The silver medal was awarded to Emmons' fellow marksman Michael Anti at 1263.1, while Austria's Christian Planer, whose target Emmons hit, held off a ferocious challenge from Slovenia's world record holder and defending Olympic champion Rajmond Debevec by a thin 0.2-point margin to take the bronze at 1262.8.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round
Prone position
AthleteCountry1 234TotalNotesEspen Berg-Knutsen 99 100 100 100 399 Matthew Emmons 100 100 99 100 399 Igor Pirekeev 100 100 99 100 399 Marcel Bürge 100 100 100 99 399 Michael Anti 100 99 99 100 398 Péter Sidi 100 99 99 100 398 Jia Zhanbo 100 100 99 99 398 Timothy Lowndes 100 100 99 99 398 Marco de Nicolo 100 100 99 99 398 Artem Khadjibekov 99 99 99 100 397 Rajmond Debevec 99 100 99 99 397 Maik Eckhardt 100 99 99 99 397 Jozef Gönci 100 100 100 97 397 Václav Bečvář 98 98 100 100 396 Juha Hirvi 98 100 98 100 396 Christian Planer 99 100 97 100 396 Christian Lusch 98 100 99 99 396 Harald Stenvaag 100 99 98 99 396 Artur Ayvazyan 99 100 99 98 396 Thomas Farnik 99 98 99 99 395 Tomáš Jeřábek 100 99 98 98 395 Masaru Yanagida 98 98 98 100 394 Sergei Martynov 99 98 97 100 394 Vyacheslav Skoromnov 100 99 96 99 394 Pablo Álvarez 97 99 100 98 394 Park Bong-duk 98 100 99 97 394 Liu Zhiwei 98 98 100 98 394 Vitali Bubnovich 97 99 97 100 393 Aleksandr Babchenko 98 98 99 98 393 Sergei Kovalenko 98 98 100 97 393 Sven Haglund 99 97 100 97 393 Dick Boschman 97 100 97 98 392 Roger Hansson 96 97 99 99 391 Stevan Pletikosić 96 98 98 98 390 Evangelos Liogris 99 99 98 95 390 Yuriy Sukhorukov 98 96 99 97 390 Roberto José Elias 99 99 96 95 389 Ángel Velarte 97 97 98 97 389 Tevarit Majchacheeap 96 99 99 94 388 Nedžad Fazlija 96 96 98 98 388
Standing position
AthleteCountry1 234TotalNotesMatthew Emmons 99 98 94 96 387 Jia Zhanbo 97 95 98 96 386 Tevarit Majchacheeap 94 95 99 97 385 Michael Anti 97 96 97 95 385 Rajmond Debevec 94 94 98 98 384 Thomas Farnik 94 98 95 96 383 Liu Zhiwei 94 95 96 97 382 Jozef Gönci 96 94 97 95 382 Park Bong-duk 96 96 95 95 382 Stevan Pletikosić 95 98 94 95 382 Christian Planer 93 94 98 96 381 Masaru Yanagida 93 97 95 96 381 Nedžad Fazlija 96 96 93 96 381 Péter Sidi 96 90 100 95 381 Dick Boschman 97 95 94 95 381 Artur Ayvazyan 95 94 94 97 380 Sergei Kovalenko 95 97 94 94 380 Vyacheslav Skoromnov 94 97 97 92 380 Marcel Bürge 94 95 97 93 379 Juha Hirvi 92 94 95 97 378 Yuriy Sukhorukov 96 94 93 95 378 Roger Hansson 96 96 92 94 378 Sergei Martynov 97 95 92 94 378 Maik Eckhardt 93 95 95 94 377 Marco de Nicolo 98 94 92 93 377 Igor Pirekeev 95 92 92 97 376 Christian Lusch 94 92 94 96 376 Roberto José Elias 92 93 97 94 376 Tomáš Jeřábek 96 93 93 93 375 Artem Khadjibekov 96 96 92 90 374 Timothy Lowndes 92 93 95 94 374 Espen Berg-Knutsen 96 92 93 93 374 Sven Haglund 93 95 92 92 372 Vitali Bubnovich 91 92 94 92 369 Ángel Velarte 92 89 91 96 368 Harald Stenvaag 93 90 90 95 368 Václav Bečvář 92 93 90 92 367 Aleksandr Babchenko 91 95 89 89 364 Evangelos Liogris 92 87 89 95 363 Pablo Álvarez 87 90 91 92 360
Kneeling position
AthleteCountry1 234TotalNotesArtem Khadjibekov 98 99 96 100 393 Christian Planer 98 98 99 95 390 Artur Ayvazyan 98 97 97 98 390 Sergei Kovalenko 97 97 97 98 389 Christian Lusch 97 97 98 97 389 Timothy Lowndes 98 97 97 97 389 Thomas Farnik 96 97 97 97 387 Vyacheslav Skoromnov 97 98 97 95 387 Jia Zhanbo 97 97 100 93 387 Tevarit Majchacheeap 96 95 97 98 386 Yuriy Sukhorukov 98 94 98 96 386 Roger Hansson 96 97 96 97 386 Juha Hirvi 96 95 99 96 386 Park Bong-duk 98 96 96 96 386 Rajmond Debevec 95 97 96 97 385 Tomáš Jeřábek 94 98 97 96 385 Václav Bečvář 94 97 99 95 385 Harald Stenvaag 97 98 97 93 385 Masaru Yanagida 97 94 98 95 384 Espen Berg-Knutsen 96 94 96 97 383 Matthew Emmons 97 93 98 95 383 Maik Eckhardt 94 98 97 94 383 Jozef Gönci 97 94 97 95 383 Vitali Bubnovich 97 94 94 97 382 Michael Anti 96 98 94 94 382 Liu Zhiwei 96 95 94 96 381 Evangelos Liogris 93 96 97 95 381 Dick Boschman 96 95 97 93 381 Stevan Pletikosić 95 96 98 92 381 Pablo Álvarez 96 96 97 92 381 Igor Pirekeev 96 99 94 92 381 Marcel Bürge 91 97 96 96 380 Ángel Velarte 94 95 97 94 380 Sergei Martynov 95 95 96 94 380 Péter Sidi 97 95 93 93 378 Sven Haglund 95 92 93 97 377 Nedžad Fazlija 93 93 97 92 375 Marco de Nicolo 92 93 92 96 373 Aleksandr Babchenko 95 94 93 91 373 Roberto José Elias 91 93 94 94 372
Combined results RankAthleteCountryProneStandKneelTotalNotes1Jia Zhanbo 398 386 387 1171 Q2Matthew Emmons 399 387 383 1169 Q3Christian Planer 396 381 390 1167 Q4Artur Ayvazyan 396 380 390 1166 Q5Rajmond Debevec 397 384 385 1166 Q6Thomas Farnik 395 383 387 1165 Q7Michael Anti 398 385 382 1165 Q8Artem Khadjibekov 397 374 393 1164 Q9Jozef Gönci 397 382 383 1162 9Sergei Kovalenko 393 380 389 1162 9Park Bong-duk 394 382 386 1162 12Timothy Lowndes 398 374 389 1161 12Christian Lusch 396 376 389 1161 12Vyacheslav Skoromnov 394 380 387 1161 15Juha Hirvi 396 378 386 1160 16Tevarit Majchacheeap 388 385 386 1159 16Masaru Yanagida 394 381 384 1159 18Marcel Bürge 399 379 380 1158 19Maik Eckhardt 397 377 383 1157 19Liu Zhiwei 394 382 381 1157 19Péter Sidi 398 381 378 1157 22Espen Berg-Knutsen 399 374 383 1156 22Igor Pirekeev 399 376 381 1156 24Roger Hansson 391 378 386 1155 24Tomáš Jeřábek 395 375 385 1155 26Dick Boschman 392 381 381 1154 26Yuriy Sukhorukov 390 378 386 1154 28Stevan Pletikosić 390 382 381 1153 29Sergei Martynov 394 378 380 1152 30Harald Stenvaag 396 368 385 1149 31Václav Bečvář 396 367 385 1148 31Marco de Nicolo 398 377 373 1148 33Vitali Bubnovich 393 369 382 1144 33Nedžad Fazlija 388 381 375 1144 35Sven Haglund 393 372 377 1142 36Roberto José Elias 389 376 372 1137 36Ángel Velarte 389 368 380 1137 38Pablo Álvarez 394 360 381 1135 38Evangelos Liogris 390 363 381 1135 40Aleksandr Babchenko 393 364 373 1130
Final RankAthleteQual1 2345678910FinalTotal 1171 9.4 10.1 10.4 8.4 8.7 9.9 9.9 8.8 7.8 10.1 93.5 1264.5 1165 10.4 8.8 9.3 10.6 10.8 8.5 10.4 10.8 8.1 10.4 98.1 1263.1 1167 8.6 7.9 9.3 10.6 9.9 10.0 9.6 9.5 9.8 10.6 95.8 1262.8 4 1166 10.0 9.5 10.2 9.8 9.7 9.1 9.6 9.8 10.5 8.4 96.6 1262.6 5 1164 10.4 9.5 10.0 9.7 9.2 9.7 10.6 9.7 9.1 9.7 97.6 1261.6 6 1165 10.2 8.1 9.3 10.0 10.0 9.0 10.7 9.4 9.9 9.8 96.4 1261.4 7 1166 9.0 8.1 10.2 9.1 10.1 10.0 10.7 9.3 8.7 9.8 95.0 1261.0 8 1169 9.4 10.4 9.3 10.4 9.5 10.1 9.9 9.4 10.0 0.0 88.4 1257.4
References
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