Men's 50 metre rifle prone (then known as free rifle) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Christian Klees shot a perfect 600 in the qualification round and set a new World record after 104.8 points (of maximum 109.0) in the final. With an even better final round, Sergey Belyayev surpassed Jozef Gönci to win the silver medal.[1]
| Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Wolf Creek Shooting Complex | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 52 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 704.8 WR | ||||||||||||
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Qualification round edit
EWR Equalled World record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Christian Klees (GER)
|
600 | 104.8 | 704.8 | WR OR |
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 Sergey Belyayev (KAZ)
|
598 | 105.3 | 703.3 | |
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 Jozef Gönci (SVK)
|
599 | 102.9 | 701.9 | |
| 4 |  Jorge González (ESP)
|
597 | 104.7 | 701.7 | |
| 5 |  Milan Mach (CZE)
|
596 | 104.9 | 700.9 | |
| 6 |  Sergei Martynov (BLR)
|
598 | 101.6 | 699.6 | |
| 7 |  Lee Eun-chul (KOR)
|
596 | 103.1 | 699.1 | |
| 8 |  Bill Meek (USA)
|
597 | 101.9 | 698.9 |
OR Olympic record – WR World record
References edit
- ^ "Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
Sources edit
- Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results (PDF). Retrieved 10 September 2008.