Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle
| Men's 10 metre air rifle at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing Shooting Range Hall | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 11, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 51 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 700.5 | ||||||||||||
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Abhinav Bindra |
 India
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Zhu Qinan |
 China
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Henri Häkkinen |
 Finland
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The Men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 11 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. Abhinav Bindra became the first ever individual Olympic champion of India.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing 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 scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Q Qualified for final
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