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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	Preliminary Round	Final
1	2281	Matt Emmons	USA	599 (1)	703.3 (1)	Gold
2	1480	Christian Lusch	GER	598 (=2)	702.2 (2)	Silver
3	1134	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	596 (=4)	701.6 (3)	Bronze
4	2142	Jozef Gönci	SVK	598 (=2)	700.5 (4)
5	1626	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	595 (=6)	699.7 (5)
6	1472	Maik Eckhardt	GER	596 (=4)	697.6 (6)
7	1444	Mike Babb	GBR	595 (=6)	696.8 (7)
8	1216	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	595 (=6)	696.6 (8)
=9	2254	Artur Aivazian	UKR	594 (=9)	–
=9	2129	Marcel Bürge	SUI	594 (=9)	–
=9	2097	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	594 (=9)	–
=9	1321	Torben Grimmel	DEN	594 (=9)	–
=9	1412	Juha Hirvi	FIN	594 (=9)	–
=9	2053	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594 (=9)	–
=9	2202	Igor Pirekeyev	TKM	594 (=9)	–
=16	1304	Václav Bečvář	CZE	592 (=16)	–
=16	1898	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	592 (=16)	–
=16	1065	Mario Knögler	AUT	592 (=16)	–
=16	2057	Sergey Kovalenko	RUS	592 (=16)	–
=16	1039	Timothy Lowndes	AUS	592 (=16)	–
=16	1603	Guy Starik	ISR	592 (=16)	–
=16	1901	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	592 (=16)	–
=16	1067	Wolfram Waibel, Jr.	AUT	592 (=16)	–
=24	2274	Mike Anti	USA	591 (=24)	–
=24	1686	Aleksandr Babchenko	KGZ	591 (=24)	–
=24	1308	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	591 (=24)	–
=24	1709	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	591 (=24)	–
=24	1135	Yury Shcherbatsevich	BLR	591 (=24)	–
=24	1544	Péter Sidi	HUN	591 (=24)	–
=24	2305	Vyacheslav Skoromnov	UZB	591 (=24)	–
=24	1664	Masaru Yanagida	JPN	591 (=24)	–
=32	2158	Jonas Edman	SWE	590 (=32)	–
=32	2161	Roger Hansson	SWE	590 (=32)	–
=32	2263	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	590 (=32)	–
=32	1231	Yao Ye	CHN	590 (=32)	–
=36	1503	Evangelos Liogris	GRE	589 (=36)	–
=36	2181	Tavarit Majchacheep	THA	589 (=36)	–
=36	1913	Ryan Taylor	NZL	589 (=36)	–
39	2032	Martin Senore	RSA	588 (39)	–
=40	1011	Pablo Álvarez	ARG	587 (=40)	–
=40	1876	Dick Boschman	NED	587 (=40)	–
=42	2075	Stevan Pletikosić	SCG	586 (=42)	–
=42	1043	Warren Potent	AUS	586 (=42)	–
44	1118	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	585 (44)	–
45	1013	Rosendo Velarte	ARG	584 (45)	–
46	1279	Reinier Estopiñán	CUB	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	2281	Matt Emmons	USA	599	100	100	99	100	100	100	Q
=2	1480	Christian Lusch	GER	598	100	100	100	99	99	100	Q
=2	2142	Jozef Gönci	SVK	598	100	100	99	100	100	99	Q
=4	1472	Maik Eckhardt	GER	596	100	100	98	99	99	100	Q
=4	1134	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	596	99	99	100	100	99	99	Q
=6	1444	Mike Babb	GBR	595	98	99	100	99	100	99	Q
=6	1216	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	595	100	99	100	100	97	99	Q
=6	1626	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	595	98	100	99	100	100	98	Q
=9	2254	Artur Aivazian	UKR	594	99	100	100	99	99	97
=9	2129	Marcel Bürge	SUI	594	99	99	99	100	98	99
=9	2097	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	594	98	99	100	99	99	99
=9	1321	Torben Grimmel	DEN	594	99	100	100	98	98	99
=9	1412	Juha Hirvi	FIN	594	98	100	99	98	100	99
=9	2053	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594	98	99	98	100	99	100
=9	2202	Igor Pirekeyev	TKM	594	99	99	99	100	99	98
=16	1304	Václav Bečvář	CZE	592	99	99	100	98	98	98
=16	1898	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	592	99	99	99	100	97	98
=16	1065	Mario Knögler	AUT	592	98	98	99	98	99	100
=16	2057	Sergey Kovalenko	RUS	592	100	99	97	98	99	99
=16	1039	Timothy Lowndes	AUS	592	98	99	99	100	97	99
=16	1603	Guy Starik	ISR	592	99	98	98	99	99	99
=16	1901	Harald Stenvaag	NOR	592	99	100	99	98	99	97
=16	1067	Wolfram Waibel, Jr.	AUT	592	99	98	99	99	99	98
=24	2274	Mike Anti	USA	591	98	99	98	99	98	99
=24	1686	Aleksandr Babchenko	KGZ	591	99	99	97	98	99	99
=24	1308	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	591	98	100	98	99	99	97
=24	1709	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	591	98	100	99	96	99	99
=24	1135	Yury Shcherbatsevich	BLR	591	97	99	99	98	98	100
=24	1544	Péter Sidi	HUN	591	97	99	97	99	100	99
=24	2305	Vyacheslav Skoromnov	UZB	591	96	99	99	99	100	98
=24	1664	Masaru Yanagida	JPN	591	100	100	98	99	97	97
=32	2158	Jonas Edman	SWE	590	100	99	99	95	98	99
=32	2161	Roger Hansson	SWE	590	99	98	98	98	99	98
=32	2263	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	590	99	100	99	98	95	99
=32	1231	Yao Ye	CHN	590	100	96	98	98	100	98
=36	1503	Evangelos Liogris	GRE	589	98	96	99	98	99	99
=36	2181	Tavarit Majchacheep	THA	589	98	98	97	99	98	99
=36	1913	Ryan Taylor	NZL	589	97	96	99	100	99	98
39	2032	Martin Senore	RSA	588	97	99	97	100	96	99
=40	1011	Pablo Álvarez	ARG	587	96	100	100	97	97	97
=40	1876	Dick Boschman	NED	587	95	98	98	99	98	99
=42	2075	Stevan Pletikosić	SCG	586	98	98	99	98	94	99
=42	1043	Warren Potent	AUS	586	97	94	97	100	98	100
44	1118	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	585	97	98	96	99	99	96
45	1013	Rosendo Velarte	ARG	584	96	98	96	99	97	98
46	1279	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	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	2281	Matt Emmons	USA	703.3	104.3	599	10.3	10.9	10.0	10.2	10.7	10.8	9.9	10.3	10.6	10.6
2	1480	Christian Lusch	GER	702.2	104.2	598	10.4	10.7	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.7	10.4	10.6	10.5	9.9
3	1134	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	701.6	105.6	596	10.7	10.3	10.3	10.8	10.8	10.3	10.6	10.5	10.7	10.6
4	2142	Jozef Gönci	SVK	700.5	102.5	598	10.3	10.1	10.5	10.6	9.7	10.4	10.5	10.8	9.7	9.9
5	1626	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	699.7	104.7	595	10.0	10.3	10.0	10.7	10.6	10.8	10.8	10.4	10.3	10.8
6	1472	Maik Eckhardt	GER	697.6	101.6	596	9.9	10.7	9.6	9.7	9.7	10.7	10.8	10.3	10.2	10.0
7	1444	Mike Babb	GBR	696.8	101.8	595	10.2	9.6	10.5	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.5	10.4	10.0	10.3
8	1216	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	696.6	101.6	595	10.0	9.9	10.3	9.9	10.0	10.7	9.9	9.8	10.9	10.2