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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men

Date	15 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Shejiguan, Beijing
Participants	56 from 37 countries

The defending champion was American Matt Emmons but he was expected to be challenged by Belarusian Sergey Martynov, the 2006 World Champion, and bronze medalist in 2000 and 2004. In the qualifying the leader was Ukrainian Artur Aivazian with 599, leading Emmons by two points. Emmons outshot Aivazian in the final, 104.7 to 103.7, but could not close the gap, Aivazian winning gold and Emmons silver. Emmons wife, Kateřina Kůrková-Emmons, won two medals in Beijing, gold in air rifle and silver in small-bore. They had met at the 2004 Olympics and married in 2007.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Final
1	1736	Artur Aivazian	UKR	599 (1)	702.7 (1)	Gold
2	1760	Matt Emmons	USA	597 (2)	701.7 (2)	Silver
3	1028	Warren Potent	AUS	595 (4)	700.5 (3)	Bronze
4	1517	Vebjørn Berg	NOR	596 (3)	699.1 (4)
5	1623	Konstantin Prikhodchenko	RUS	595 (7)	699.0 (5)
6	1256	Valérian Sauveplane	FRA	594 (8)	698.8 (6)
7	1241	Juha Hirvi	FIN	595 (5)	698.5 (7)
8	1070	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	595 (6)	698.3 (8)
9	1757	Mike Anti	USA	594 (9)	–
10	1655	Stevan Pletikosić	SRB	594 (10)	–
11	1518	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	594 (11)	–
12	1354	Guy Starik	ISR	594 (12)	–
13	1617	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594 (13)	–
14	1528	Robbie Eastham	NZL	594 (14)	–
15	1369	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	593 (15)	–
16	1680	Jozef Gönci	SVK	593 (16)	–
17	1068	Piotr Litvinchuk	BLR	593 (17)	–
18	1385	Toshikazu Yamashita	JPN	593 (18)	–
19	1123	Qiu Jian	CHN	593 (19)	–
20	1392	Vitaly Dovgun	KAZ	592 (20)	–
21	1643	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	592 (21)	–
22	1353	Gil Simkovitch	ISR	592 (22)	–
23	1254	Josselin Henry	FRA	592 (23)	–
24	1284	Maik Eckhardt	GER	592 (24)	–
25	1562	Robert Kraskowski	POL	591 (25)	–
26	1337	Sanjeev Rajput	IND	591 (26)	–
27	1116	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	591 (27)	–
28	1409	Kim Hak-Man	KOR	591 (28)	–
29	1176	Miroslav Varga	CZE	590 (29)	–
30	1043	Mario Knögler	AUT	590 (30)	–
31	1293	Michael Winter	GER	590 (31)	–
32	1668	Marcel Bürge	SUI	590 (32)	–
33	1654	Nemanja Mirosavljev	SRB	590 (33)	–
34	1270	Jonathan Hammond	GBR	589 (34)	–
35	1336	Gagan Narang	IND	589 (35)	–
36	1743	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	589 (36)	–
37	1088	Salman Zaman	BRN	588 (37)	–
38	1367	Niccolò Campriani	ITA	588 (38)	–
39	1321	Péter Sidi	HUN	588 (39)	–
40	1022	Benjamin Burge	AUS	588 (40)	–
41	1044	Christian Planer	AUT	588 (41)	–
42	1394	Yury Yurkov	KAZ	588 (42)	–
43	1412	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	587 (43)	–
44	1102	Johannes Sauer	CAN	587 (44)	–
45	1060	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	586 (45)	–
46	1170	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	586 (46)	–
47	1240	Henri Häkkinen	FIN	586 (47)	–
48	1667	Simon Beyeler	SUI	585 (48)	–
49	1148	Petar Gorša	CRO	583 (49)	–
50	1221	Luis Martínez	ESP	582 (50)	–
51	1536	Dadallah Al-Bulushi	OMA	582 (51)	–
52	1155	Eliécer Pérez	CUB	582 (52)	–
53	1359	Ned Gerard	ISV	580 (53)	–
54	1402	Ruslan Ismailov	KGZ	578 (54)	–
55	1507	Walter Martínez	NCA	576 (55)	–
56	1206	Hazem Mohamed	EGY	576 (56)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	15 August 2008 — 9:00
Format	50 metres prone. 60 shots prone. 600 possible.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points
1	1736	Artur Aivazian	UKR	599	100	100	100	100	100	99
2	1760	Matt Emmons	USA	597	99	100	98	100	100	100
3	1517	Vebjørn Berg	NOR	596	99	99	100	99	99	100
4	1028	Warren Potent	AUS	595	99	99	99	99	99	100
5	1241	Juha Hirvi	FIN	595	100	100	100	97	99	99
6	1070	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	595	100	99	98	100	100	98
7	1623	Konstantin Prikhodchenko	RUS	595	99	100	100	99	99	98
8	1256	Valérian Sauveplane	FRA	594	98	100	97	100	100	99
9	1757	Mike Anti	USA	594	99	98	99	99	100	99
10	1655	Stevan Pletikosić	SRB	594	99	99	99	98	100	99
11	1518	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	594	100	98	99	100	98	99
12	1354	Guy Starik	ISR	594	98	99	100	99	100	98
13	1617	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594	100	99	99	99	99	98
14	1528	Robbie Eastham	NZL	594	99	100	100	99	98	98
15	1369	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	593	99	98	98	100	99	99
16	1680	Jozef Gönci	SVK	593	99	99	98	100	98	99
17	1068	Piotr Litvinchuk	BLR	593	97	100	100	99	98	99
18	1385	Toshikazu Yamashita	JPN	593	99	99	99	99	99	98
19	1123	Qiu Jian	CHN	593	99	100	98	99	99	98
20	1392	Vitaly Dovgun	KAZ	592	96	99	99	100	100	98
21	1643	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	592	99	99	97	100	99	98
22	1353	Gil Simkovitch	ISR	592	100	97	99	100	98	98
23	1254	Josselin Henry	FRA	592	99	100	99	98	99	97
24	1284	Maik Eckhardt	GER	592	99	100	99	100	97	97
25	1562	Robert Kraskowski	POL	591	98	98	100	97	99	99
26	1337	Sanjeev Rajput	IND	591	97	100	99	98	99	98
27	1116	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	591	100	99	97	99	98	98
28	1409	Kim Hak-Man	KOR	591	99	100	98	99	99	96
29	1176	Miroslav Varga	CZE	590	98	96	100	98	98	100
30	1043	Mario Knögler	AUT	590	98	98	97	99	99	99
31	1293	Michael Winter	GER	590	98	98	98	98	99	99
32	1668	Marcel Bürge	SUI	590	98	98	97	100	99	98
33	1654	Nemanja Mirosavljev	SRB	590	100	99	99	97	99	96
34	1270	Jonathan Hammond	GBR	589	99	97	96	98	99	100
35	1336	Gagan Narang	IND	589	98	98	99	96	99	99
36	1743	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	589	98	99	98	99	97	98
37	1088	Salman Zaman	BRN	588	98	97	95	100	99	99
38	1367	Niccolò Campriani	ITA	588	98	97	97	99	98	99
39	1321	Péter Sidi	HUN	588	99	99	97	96	98	99
40	1022	Benjamin Burge	AUS	588	99	100	96	98	96	99
41	1044	Christian Planer	AUT	588	98	98	98	99	98	97
42	1394	Yury Yurkov	KAZ	588	99	97	98	99	98	97
43	1412	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	587	99	98	97	96	99	98
44	1102	Johannes Sauer	CAN	587	96	99	97	99	98	98
45	1060	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	586	96	96	100	98	98	98
46	1170	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	586	98	98	96	98	99	97
47	1240	Henri Häkkinen	FIN	586	99	95	98	99	98	97
48	1667	Simon Beyeler	SUI	585	100	97	94	99	97	98
49	1148	Petar Gorša	CRO	583	98	99	97	97	99	93
50	1221	Luis Martínez	ESP	582	98	97	94	99	97	97
51	1536	Dadallah Al-Bulushi	OMA	582	96	97	98	95	100	96
52	1155	Eliécer Pérez	CUB	582	96	96	97	99	99	95
53	1359	Ned Gerard	ISV	580	96	96	95	98	97	98
54	1402	Ruslan Ismailov	KGZ	578	94	96	97	96	96	99
55	1507	Walter Martínez	NCA	576	96	96	92	96	99	97
56	1206	Hazem Mohamed	EGY	576	97	97	96	95	95	96

Final Round

Date	15 August 2008 — 11:30
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Final Points	Qualification Points	Shot 1 Points	Shot 2 Points	Shot 3 Points	Shot 4 Points	Shot 5 Points	Shot 6 Points	Shot 7 Points	Shot 8 Points	Shot 9 Points	Shot 10 Points
1	1736	Artur Aivazian	UKR	702.7	599	103.7	10.4	10.6	10.2	10.6	10.2	10.4	10.8	10.0	10.2	10.3
2	1760	Matt Emmons	USA	701.7	597	104.7	10.0	10.8	10.6	9.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.4	10.4	10.4
3	1028	Warren Potent	AUS	700.5	595	105.5	10.3	10.6	10.6	10.3	10.4	10.7	10.5	10.8	10.6	10.7
4	1517	Vebjørn Berg	NOR	699.1	596	103.1	10.1	10.4	10.2	10.1	10.1	9.9	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.2
5	1623	Konstantin Prikhodchenko	RUS	699.0	595	104.0	10.8	10.6	10.9	10.3	9.9	10.1	9.9	10.3	10.6	10.6
6	1256	Valérian Sauveplane	FRA	698.8	594	104.8	10.8	10.5	9.4	10.5	10.4	10.7	10.8	10.4	10.8	10.5
7	1241	Juha Hirvi	FIN	698.5	595	103.5	10.2	10.5	9.3	10.5	10.7	10.0	10.7	10.8	10.6	10.2
8	1070	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	698.3	595	103.3	9.8	10.6	10.3	9.9	10.1	10.7	10.8	10.6	10.0	10.5