Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone
| Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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| Venue | Sydney International Shooting Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 September 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 53 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 701.3 | ||||||||||||
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Jonas Edman |
 Sweden
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Torben Grimmel |
 Denmark
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Sergei Martynov |
 Belarus
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Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 21 September. The qualification round of 60 shots was fired between 09:30 and 10:45 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots at 11:30. Jonas Edman, previously more well known as a 300 metre shooter, took a one-point lead in the qualification round, and eventually won by a 0.9-point margin.
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final
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