| Date | 12 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Beijing Shejichang Feidie Bachang, Beijing |
| Participants | 19 from 14 countries |
Glenn Eller of the United States was an easy winner of the gold medal in this event. His qualifying round of 145 gave him a four-point lead going into the final round. In the final he was steady with 45 targets out of 50 to win the gold by three points over Italy’s Francesco D’Aniello. China’s Hu Binyuan won the bronze with his final round of 46 equaling D’Aniello for the best final performance. Two other finalists were the 1996 and 2000 gold medalists, Russell Mark (AUS) and Richard Faulds (GBR), who placed fifth and sixth respectively.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Shoot-Out 6-9 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1759 | Glenn Eller |  USA | 145 (1) | – | 190 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 1368 | Francesco D'Aniello |  ITA | 141 (2) | – | 187 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 1115 | Hu Binyuan |  CHN | 138 (4) | – | 184 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 1764 | Jeff Holguin | USA | 140 (3) | – | 182 (4) | |||
| 5 | 1026 | Russell Mark |  AUS | 136 (6) | 6 (1) | 181 (5) | |||
| 6 | 1269 | Richard Faulds |  GBR | 137 (5) | – | 180 (6) | |||
| 7 | 1731 | Ahmed Al-Maktoum |  UAE | 136 (7) | 5 (2) | – | |||
| 8 | 1487 | William Chetcuti |  MLT | 136 (8) | 3 (3) | – | |||
| 9 | 1320 | Roland Gerebics |  HUN | 136 (9) | 1 (4) | – | |||
| 10 | 1370 | Daniele Di Spigno | ITA | 135 (10) | – | – | |||
| 11 | 1690 | Håkan Dahlby |  SWE | 135 (11) | – | – | |||
| 12 | 1126 | Wang Nan | CHN | 134 (12) | – | – | |||
| 13 | 1271 | Steve Scott | GBR | 134 (13) | – | – | |||
| 14 | 1621 | Vasily Mosin |  RUS | 131 (14) | – | – | |||
| 15 | 1340 | Rajyavardhan Rathore |  IND | 131 (15) | – | – | |||
| 16 | 1614 | Vitaly Fokeyev | RUS | 130 (16) | – | – | |||
| 17 | 1587 | Lucas Bennazar |  PUR | 123 (17) | – | – | |||
| 18 | 1529 | Graeme Ede |  NZL | 113 (18) | – | – | |||
| 19 | 1101 | Giuseppe Di Salvatore |  CAN | 109 (19) | – | – |
| Date | 12 August 2008 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | 150 targets in three series of 50. 150 possible. Top six advanced to 50-target final round. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Round 1 Points | Round 2 Points | Round 3 Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1759 | Glenn Eller | USA | 145 | 48 | 49 | 48 | ||
| 2 | 1368 | Francesco D'Aniello | ITA | 141 | 48 | 46 | 47 | ||
| 3 | 1764 | Jeff Holguin | USA | 140 | 45 | 48 | 47 | ||
| 4 | 1115 | Hu Binyuan | CHN | 138 | 48 | 42 | 48 | ||
| 5 | 1269 | Richard Faulds | GBR | 137 | 45 | 46 | 46 | ||
| 6 | 1026 | Russell Mark | AUS | 136 | 45 | 48 | 43 | ||
| 7 | 1731 | Ahmed Al-Maktoum | UAE | 136 | 46 | 45 | 45 | ||
| 8 | 1487 | William Chetcuti | MLT | 136 | 47 | 45 | 44 | ||
| 9 | 1320 | Roland Gerebics | HUN | 136 | 44 | 47 | 45 | ||
| 10 | 1370 | Daniele Di Spigno | ITA | 135 | 44 | 46 | 45 | ||
| 11 | 1690 | Håkan Dahlby | SWE | 135 | 45 | 45 | 45 | ||
| 12 | 1126 | Wang Nan | CHN | 134 | 42 | 46 | 46 | ||
| 13 | 1271 | Steve Scott | GBR | 134 | 43 | 45 | 46 | ||
| 14 | 1621 | Vasily Mosin | RUS | 131 | 41 | 47 | 43 | ||
| 15 | 1340 | Rajyavardhan Rathore | IND | 131 | 43 | 45 | 43 | ||
| 16 | 1614 | Vitaly Fokeyev | RUS | 130 | 45 | 44 | 41 | ||
| 17 | 1587 | Lucas Bennazar | PUR | 123 | 45 | 39 | 39 | ||
| 18 | 1529 | Graeme Ede | NZL | 113 | 38 | 40 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 1101 | Giuseppe Di Salvatore | CAN | 109 | 38 | 34 | 37 |
| Date | 12 August 2008 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1026 | Russell Mark | AUS | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1731 | Ahmed Al-Maktoum | UAE | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1487 | William Chetcuti | MLT | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1320 | Roland Gerebics | HUN | 1 |
| Date | 12 August 2008 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top six from preliminary round advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | Final Points | Qualification Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1759 | Glenn Eller | USA | 190 | 45 | 145 | ||
| 2 | 1368 | Francesco D'Aniello | ITA | 187 | 46 | 141 | ||
| 3 | 1115 | Hu Binyuan | CHN | 184 | 46 | 138 | ||
| 4 | 1764 | Jeff Holguin | USA | 182 | 42 | 140 | ||
| 5 | 1026 | Russell Mark | AUS | 181 | 45 | 136 | ||
| 6 | 1269 | Richard Faulds | GBR | 180 | 43 | 137 |
