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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men

Date	30 July 1984 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Prado Recreational Area, Chino, California
Participants	71 from 46 countries
Format	50 metres prone. 60 shots prone. 600 possible.

American Edward Etzel was the first shooter to finish, and his score of 599 equalled the Olympic record and held up for the gold medal. Etzel later became a rifle coach at West Virginia University. The fifth-place finisher was San Marino’s Francesco Nanni, who was the highest finish ever by a San Marinan athlete at the Olympic Games (until 2020).

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points	Round 6 Points
1	–	Ed Etzel	USA	599	100	99	100	100	100	100	Gold	=OR
2	–	Michel Bury	FRA	596	99	100	99	100	98	100	Silver
3	–	Michael Sullivan	GBR	596	100	99	98	100	99	100	Bronze
4	–	Alister Allan	GBR	595	99	99	98	100	100	99
5	–	Francesco Nanni	SMR	594	99	99	98	99	99	100
6	–	Hans Strand	SWE	594	100	100	99	98	98	99
7	–	John Duus	NOR	594	100	99	98	100	99	98
8	–	Ulrich Lind	FRG	593	97	100	97	99	100	100
9	–	Víctor Garcés	MEX	593	98	99	100	97	99	100
10	–	Elio Gnagnarelli	ITA	593	100	98	99	98	99	99
11	–	Jean-Pierre Amat	FRA	593	98	99	100	98	100	98
12	–	Üli Sarbach	SUI	593	100	100	100	96	100	97
=13	–	Don Durbin	USA	592	98	97	99	99	99	100
=13	–	Stephen Petterson	NZL	592	99	97	100	100	98	98
=13	–	Mauri Röppänen	FIN	592	99	99	98	100	98	98
=13	–	Yun Deok-Ha	KOR	592	100	99	98	97	99	99
=17	–	Roland Jacoby	LUX	591	99	96	98	98	100	100
=17	–	Bo Lilja	DEN	591	99	99	98	99	98	98
=17	–	Hiroyuki Nakajo	JPN	591	98	100	97	98	99	99
=17	–	Alan Smith	AUS	591	99	98	98	100	96	100
=17	–	Constantin Stan	ROU	591	98	97	98	100	98	100
=17	–	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	591	100	97	98	98	98	100
=23	–	Yair Davidovitz	ISR	590	100	98	99	99	99	95
=23	–	Ignatios Psyllakis	GRE	590	98	99	99	99	96	99
=25	–	Manuel Hawayek	PUR	589	98	99	96	100	99	97
=25	–	Lothar Heinrich	AUT	589	99	98	97	96	99	100
=25	–	Gilbert Hoef	BEL	589	100	98	99	99	96	97
=25	–	Werner Seibold	FRG	589	97	98	100	96	99	99
=25	–	Pat Vamplew	CAN	589	99	97	97	97	99	100
=30	–	Jack Achilles	NED	588	99	96	99	99	96	99
=30	–	Luis del Cerro	ESP	588	98	98	98	99	98	97
=30	–	Jorge González	ESP	588	97	96	99	100	98	98
=30	–	Roger Jansson	SWE	588	100	95	98	97	99	99
=30	–	Jiang Rong	CHN	588	97	97	99	96	100	99
=30	–	Mikko Mattila	FIN	588	98	96	98	99	99	98
=30	–	José Medina	PHI	588	99	99	96	100	96	98
=30	–	Ricardo Rusticucci	ARG	588	100	98	97	99	97	97
=30	–	Udomsak Theinthong	THA	588	99	97	98	96	98	100
=30	–	Xu Xiaoguang	CHN	588	95	98	100	98	99	98
=30	–	Robert Zedwane	CAN	588	100	97	98	98	98	97
41	–	José Álvarez	MEX	587	99	94	99	100	97	98
42	–	Goran Maksimović	YUG	586	95	98	98	97	100	98
43	–	Norito Chosa	JPN	585	98	98	98	96	97	98
44	–	Gwak Jeong-Hun	KOR	584	95	99	99	98	95	98
=45	–	Durval Guimarães	BRA	583	97	98	98	99	96	95
=45	–	Justo Moreno	PER	583	98	99	97	98	93	98
=45	–	Anton Müller	SUI	583	97	98	99	97	97	95
=45	–	Bhagirath Samai	IND	583	97	95	96	100	97	98
=49	–	Dadallah Al-Bulushi	OMA	582	95	97	96	98	97	99
=49	–	Sulaiman Mohamed	QAT	582	99	96	96	96	97	98
=49	–	Itzhak Yonassi	ISR	582	97	97	98	98	95	97
=52	–	Ali Hamed Al-Awasa	JOR	581	95	96	97	98	96	99
=52	–	Talak Al-Otaibi	KSA	581	97	98	97	97	97	95
=52	–	Waldemar Cappucci	BRA	581	94	98	97	95	99	98
=55	–	Abdullah Al-Usaimi	KSA	578	96	96	97	96	95	98
=55	–	Hugo Romero	ECU	578	97	96	95	96	96	98
=55	–	Peter Rull, Jr.	HKG	578	98	94	93	99	97	97
=55	–	Theo Schurte	LIE	578	95	95	96	98	96	98
=55	–	Attif Soudi	EGY	578	96	96	97	94	97	98
=55	–	Tanin Thaisinlp	THA	578	98	94	94	97	96	99
61	–	Mohamed Al-Shushe	JOR	577	93	98	98	95	98	95
62	–	Pier Paolo Taddei	SMR	576	92	95	95	100	98	96
63	–	Mohamed Amin Fikry	EGY	575	98	95	92	95	96	99
64	–	Joseph Chan	PNG	573	97	97	94	96	93	96
=65	–	Jadaan Tarjam Al-Shammari	QAT	572	93	95	98	96	94	96
=65	–	Remo Sele	LIE	572	96	97	92	98	93	96
=67	–	Zaher Al-Jamudi	OMA	569	96	94	92	96	93	98
=67	–	Dennis Hardman	ZIM	569	94	95	93	94	95	98
69	–	Pierre Boisson	MON	563	95	97	93	96	94	98			1
70	–	Abdullah Ali	BRN	561	97	89	94	95	95	91
71	–	Ali Al-Khalifa	BRN	544	87	94	88	95	92	88

Shoot-Off for 2nd place

Date	30 July 1984 — 9:00
Format	Sudden-death shoot-off.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	–	Michel Bury	FRA	18
2	–	Michael Sullivan	GBR	16