Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone
| Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing Shooting Range Hall | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 15, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 702.7 | ||||||||||||
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Artur Ayvazyan |
 Ukraine
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Matthew Emmons |
 United States
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Warren Potent |
 Australia
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The Men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.
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 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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