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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men

Date	20 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kentro Skopovolis Markopoulou, Markopoulo
Participants	46 from 34 countries

American Matt Emmons was the 2002 World Champion and was the favorite. In April 2004 he discovered that his small-bore rifle had been sabotaged by somebody with a screwdriver. Borrowing a gun from his training partner, Amber Darland, he used that gun to win gold in this event in Athina. Belarusian Sergey Martnov placed third, repeating his bronze medal finish from Sydney. Two days after this event, going for a historical prone/3-position double, Emmons was leading the small-bore three positions event going into the last shot of the final when he cross-fired, hitting the wrong target, and dropped to last place among the finalists. After that event, Czech rifle shooter Kateřina Kůrková came over to console Emmons. They eventually fell in love and married in the Czech Republic in June 2007.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round	Final
1	–	Matt Emmons	USA	703.3	599 (1)	703.3 (1)	Gold
2	–	Christian Lusch	GER	702.2	598 (=2)	702.2 (2)	Silver
3	–	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	701.6	596 (=4)	701.6 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Jozef Gönci	SVK	700.5	598 (=2)	700.5 (4)
5	–	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	699.7	595 (=6)	699.7 (5)
6	–	Maik Eckhardt	GER	697.6	596 (=4)	697.6 (6)
7	–	Mike Babb	GBR	696.8	595 (=6)	696.8 (7)
8	–	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	696.6	595 (=6)	696.6 (8)
=9	–	Artur Aivazian	UKR	594	594 (=9)	–
=9	–	Marcel Bürge	SUI	594	594 (=9)	–
=9	–	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	594	594 (=9)	–
=9	–	Torben Grimmel	DEN	594	594 (=9)	–
=9	–	Juha Hirvi	FIN	594	594 (=9)	–
=9	–	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594	594 (=9)	–
=9	–	Igor Pirekeyev	TKM	594	594 (=9)	–
=16	–	Václav Bečvář	CZE	592	592 (=16)	–
=16	–	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	592	592 (=16)	–
=16	–	Mario Knögler	AUT	592	592 (=16)	–
=16	–	Sergey Kovalenko	RUS	592	592 (=16)	–
=16	–	Timothy Lowndes	AUS	592	592 (=16)	–
=16	–	Guy Starik	ISR	592	592 (=16)	–
=16	–	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	592	592 (=16)	–
=16	–	Wolfram Waibel, Jr.	AUT	592	592 (=16)	–
=24	–	Mike Anti	USA	591	591 (=24)	–
=24	–	Aleksandr Babchenko	KGZ	591	591 (=24)	–
=24	–	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	591	591 (=24)	–
=24	–	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	591	591 (=24)	–
=24	–	Yury Shcherbatsevich	BLR	591	591 (=24)	–
=24	–	Péter Sidi	HUN	591	591 (=24)	–
=24	–	Vyacheslav Skoromnov	UZB	591	591 (=24)	–
=24	–	Masaru Yanagida	JPN	591	591 (=24)	–
=32	–	Jonas Edman	SWE	590	590 (=32)	–
=32	–	Roger Hansson	SWE	590	590 (=32)	–
=32	–	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	590	590 (=32)	–
=32	–	Yao Ye	CHN	590	590 (=32)	–
=36	–	Evangelos Liogris	GRE	589	589 (=36)	–
=36	–	Tevarit Majchacheep	THA	589	589 (=36)	–
=36	–	Ryan Taylor	NZL	589	589 (=36)	–
39	–	Martin Senore	RSA	588	588 (39)	–
=40	–	Pablo Álvarez	ARG	587	587 (=40)	–
=40	–	Dick Boschman	NED	587	587 (=40)	–
=42	–	Stevan Pletikosić	SCG	586	586 (=42)	–
=42	–	Warren Potent	AUS	586	586 (=42)	–
44	–	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	585	585 (44)	–
45	–	Rosendo Velarte	ARG	584	584 (45)	–
46	–	Reinier Estopiñán	CUB	581	581 (46)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	20 August 2004 — 14:30
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	–	Matt Emmons	USA	599	100	100	99	100	100	100	Q
=2	–	Christian Lusch	GER	598	100	100	100	99	99	100	Q
=2	–	Jozef Gönci	SVK	598	100	100	99	100	100	99	Q
=4	–	Maik Eckhardt	GER	596	100	100	98	99	99	100	Q
=4	–	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	596	99	99	100	100	99	99	Q
=6	–	Mike Babb	GBR	595	98	99	100	99	100	99	Q
=6	–	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	595	100	99	100	100	97	99	Q
=6	–	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	595	98	100	99	100	100	98	Q
=9	–	Artur Aivazian	UKR	594	99	100	100	99	99	97
=9	–	Marcel Bürge	SUI	594	99	99	99	100	98	99
=9	–	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	594	98	99	100	99	99	99
=9	–	Torben Grimmel	DEN	594	99	100	100	98	98	99
=9	–	Juha Hirvi	FIN	594	98	100	99	98	100	99
=9	–	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594	98	99	98	100	99	100
=9	–	Igor Pirekeyev	TKM	594	99	99	99	100	99	98
=16	–	Václav Bečvář	CZE	592	99	99	100	98	98	98
=16	–	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	592	99	99	99	100	97	98
=16	–	Mario Knögler	AUT	592	98	98	99	98	99	100
=16	–	Sergey Kovalenko	RUS	592	100	99	97	98	99	99
=16	–	Timothy Lowndes	AUS	592	98	99	99	100	97	99
=16	–	Guy Starik	ISR	592	99	98	98	99	99	99
=16	–	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	592	99	100	99	98	99	97
=16	–	Wolfram Waibel, Jr.	AUT	592	99	98	99	99	99	98
=24	–	Mike Anti	USA	591	98	99	98	99	98	99
=24	–	Aleksandr Babchenko	KGZ	591	99	99	97	98	99	99
=24	–	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	591	98	100	98	99	99	97
=24	–	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	591	98	100	99	96	99	99
=24	–	Yury Shcherbatsevich	BLR	591	97	99	99	98	98	100
=24	–	Péter Sidi	HUN	591	97	99	97	99	100	99
=24	–	Vyacheslav Skoromnov	UZB	591	96	99	99	99	100	98
=24	–	Masaru Yanagida	JPN	591	100	100	98	99	97	97
=32	–	Jonas Edman	SWE	590	100	99	99	95	98	99
=32	–	Roger Hansson	SWE	590	99	98	98	98	99	98
=32	–	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	590	99	100	99	98	95	99
=32	–	Yao Ye	CHN	590	100	96	98	98	100	98
=36	–	Evangelos Liogris	GRE	589	98	96	99	98	99	99
=36	–	Tevarit Majchacheep	THA	589	98	98	97	99	98	99
=36	–	Ryan Taylor	NZL	589	97	96	99	100	99	98
39	–	Martin Senore	RSA	588	97	99	97	100	96	99
=40	–	Pablo Álvarez	ARG	587	96	100	100	97	97	97
=40	–	Dick Boschman	NED	587	95	98	98	99	98	99
=42	–	Stevan Pletikosić	SCG	586	98	98	99	98	94	99
=42	–	Warren Potent	AUS	586	97	94	97	100	98	100
44	–	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	585	97	98	96	99	99	96
45	–	Rosendo Velarte	ARG	584	96	98	96	99	97	98
46	–	Reinier Estopiñán	CUB	581	98	97	97	97	95	97

Final Round

Date	20 August 2004 — 12:00
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round Points	Final Round Points
1	–	Matt Emmons	USA	703.3	599	104.3
2	–	Christian Lusch	GER	702.2	598	104.2
3	–	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	701.6	596	105.6
4	–	Jozef Gönci	SVK	700.5	598	102.5
5	–	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	699.7	595	104.7
6	–	Maik Eckhardt	GER	697.6	596	101.6
7	–	Mike Babb	GBR	696.8	595	101.8
8	–	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	696.6	595	101.6