Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle
| Men's 10 metre air rifle at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | Royal Artillery Barracks | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 702.1 | ||||||||||||
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Alin Moldoveanu |
 Romania
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Niccolò Campriani |
 Italy
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Gagan Narang |
 India
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The Men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 30 July 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
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. Defending gold medalist Abhinav Bindra failed to qualify for the final.
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.
Gun - 4.5 mm Calibre Rifle Maximum 5.5 kg Bullet - 4.5 mm Pellets BullsEye - 0.55 mm Time for Each Shot - 75 seconds
Alin Moldoveanu of Romania won the gold medal by scoring 702.1. Gagan Narang won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a final score of 701.1.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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