Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

The men's 50 metre rifle three positions competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on 22 August at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.[1]

Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueMarkópoulo Olympic Shooting
Centre
Date22 August 2004
Competitors40 from 29 nations
Winning score1264.5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jia Zhanbo  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Anti  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Planer  Austria
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The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 120 shots with a .22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance. 40 shots were fired each from the standing, kneeling, and prone positions. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.

The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots, all from the standing position. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 130 shots was used to determine the final ranking.

23-year-old U.S. shooter Matthew Emmons commanded his lead throughout the rifle three positions finale for a possible historic small-bore double at these Games, until he aimed at the wrong target on his final shot, as a result of a crossfire and a nullified score, that stumbled him down the leaderboard to a disastrous eighth with 1257.4. Emmons' costly mistake thereby upgraded Chinese shooter Jia Zhanbo to an Olympic gold with a score of 1264.5.[2][3] The silver medal was awarded to Emmons' fellow marksman Michael Anti at 1263.1, while Austria's Christian Planer, whose target Emmons hit, held off a ferocious challenge from Slovenia's world record holder and defending Olympic champion Rajmond Debevec by a thin 0.2-point margin to take the bronze at 1262.8.[3][4]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record   Rajmond Debevec (SLO) 1186 Munich, Germany 29 August 1992
Olympic record   Rajmond Debevec (SLO) 1177 Sydney, Australia 23 September 2000
Final records
World record   Rajmond Debevec (SLO) 1287.9 (1186+101.9) Munich, Germany 29 August 1992
Olympic record   Rajmond Debevec (SLO) 1275.1 (1177+98.1) Sydney, Australia 23 September 2000

Qualification round

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Prone position

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Detailed prone results
Athlete Country 1 2 3 4 Total Notes
Espen Berg-Knutsen   Norway 99 100 100 100 399
Matthew Emmons   United States 100 100 99 100 399
Igor Pirekeev   Turkmenistan 100 100 99 100 399
Marcel Bürge   Switzerland 100 100 100 99 399
Michael Anti   United States 100 99 99 100 398
Péter Sidi   Hungary 100 99 99 100 398
Jia Zhanbo   China 100 100 99 99 398
Timothy Lowndes   Australia 100 100 99 99 398
Marco de Nicolo   Italy 100 100 99 99 398
Artem Khadjibekov   Russia 99 99 99 100 397
Rajmond Debevec   Slovenia 99 100 99 99 397
Maik Eckhardt   Germany 100 99 99 99 397
Jozef Gönci   Slovakia 100 100 100 97 397
Václav Bečvář   Czech Republic 98 98 100 100 396
Juha Hirvi   Finland 98 100 98 100 396
Christian Planer   Austria 99 100 97 100 396
Christian Lusch   Germany 98 100 99 99 396
Harald Stenvaag   Norway 100 99 98 99 396
Artur Ayvazyan   Ukraine 99 100 99 98 396
Thomas Farnik   Austria 99 98 99 99 395
Tomáš Jeřábek   Czech Republic 100 99 98 98 395
Masaru Yanagida   Japan 98 98 98 100 394
Sergei Martynov   Belarus 99 98 97 100 394
Vyacheslav Skoromnov   Uzbekistan 100 99 96 99 394
Pablo Álvarez   Argentina 97 99 100 98 394
Park Bong-duk   South Korea 98 100 99 97 394
Liu Zhiwei   China 98 98 100 98 394
Vitali Bubnovich   Belarus 97 99 97 100 393
Aleksandr Babchenko   Kyrgyzstan 98 98 99 98 393
Sergei Kovalenko   Russia 98 98 100 97 393
Sven Haglund   Sweden 99 97 100 97 393
Dick Boschman   Netherlands 97 100 97 98 392
Roger Hansson   Sweden 96 97 99 99 391
Stevan Pletikosić   Serbia and Montenegro 96 98 98 98 390
Evangelos Liogris   Greece 99 99 98 95 390
Yuriy Sukhorukov   Ukraine 98 96 99 97 390
Roberto José Elias   Mexico 99 99 96 95 389
Ángel Velarte   Argentina 97 97 98 97 389
Tevarit Majchacheeap   Thailand 96 99 99 94 388
Nedžad Fazlija   Bosnia and Herzegovina 96 96 98 98 388

Standing position

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Detailed standing results
Athlete Country 1 2 3 4 Total Notes
Matthew Emmons   United States 99 98 94 96 387
Jia Zhanbo   China 97 95 98 96 386
Tevarit Majchacheeap   Thailand 94 95 99 97 385
Michael Anti   United States 97 96 97 95 385
Rajmond Debevec   Slovenia 94 94 98 98 384
Thomas Farnik   Austria 94 98 95 96 383
Liu Zhiwei   China 94 95 96 97 382
Jozef Gönci   Slovakia 96 94 97 95 382
Park Bong-duk   South Korea 96 96 95 95 382
Stevan Pletikosić   Serbia and Montenegro 95 98 94 95 382
Christian Planer   Austria 93 94 98 96 381
Masaru Yanagida   Japan 93 97 95 96 381
Nedžad Fazlija   Bosnia and Herzegovina 96 96 93 96 381
Péter Sidi   Hungary 96 90 100 95 381
Dick Boschman   Netherlands 97 95 94 95 381
Artur Ayvazyan   Ukraine 95 94 94 97 380
Sergei Kovalenko   Russia 95 97 94 94 380
Vyacheslav Skoromnov   Uzbekistan 94 97 97 92 380
Marcel Bürge   Switzerland 94 95 97 93 379
Juha Hirvi   Finland 92 94 95 97 378
Yuriy Sukhorukov   Ukraine 96 94 93 95 378
Roger Hansson   Sweden 96 96 92 94 378
Sergei Martynov   Belarus 97 95 92 94 378
Maik Eckhardt   Germany 93 95 95 94 377
Marco de Nicolo   Italy 98 94 92 93 377
Igor Pirekeev   Turkmenistan 95 92 92 97 376
Christian Lusch   Germany 94 92 94 96 376
Roberto José Elias   Mexico 92 93 97 94 376
Tomáš Jeřábek   Czech Republic 96 93 93 93 375
Artem Khadjibekov   Russia 96 96 92 90 374
Timothy Lowndes   Australia 92 93 95 94 374
Espen Berg-Knutsen   Norway 96 92 93 93 374
Sven Haglund   Sweden 93 95 92 92 372
Vitali Bubnovich   Belarus 91 92 94 92 369
Ángel Velarte   Argentina 92 89 91 96 368
Harald Stenvaag   Norway 93 90 90 95 368
Václav Bečvář   Czech Republic 92 93 90 92 367
Aleksandr Babchenko   Kyrgyzstan 91 95 89 89 364
Evangelos Liogris   Greece 92 87 89 95 363
Pablo Álvarez   Argentina 87 90 91 92 360

Kneeling position

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Detailed kneeling results
Athlete Country 1 2 3 4 Total Notes
Artem Khadjibekov   Russia 98 99 96 100 393
Christian Planer   Austria 98 98 99 95 390
Artur Ayvazyan   Ukraine 98 97 97 98 390
Sergei Kovalenko   Russia 97 97 97 98 389
Christian Lusch   Germany 97 97 98 97 389
Timothy Lowndes   Australia 98 97 97 97 389
Thomas Farnik   Austria 96 97 97 97 387
Vyacheslav Skoromnov   Uzbekistan 97 98 97 95 387
Jia Zhanbo   China 97 97 100 93 387
Tevarit Majchacheeap   Thailand 96 95 97 98 386
Yuriy Sukhorukov   Ukraine 98 94 98 96 386
Roger Hansson   Sweden 96 97 96 97 386
Juha Hirvi   Finland 96 95 99 96 386
Park Bong-duk   South Korea 98 96 96 96 386
Rajmond Debevec   Slovenia 95 97 96 97 385
Tomáš Jeřábek   Czech Republic 94 98 97 96 385
Václav Bečvář   Czech Republic 94 97 99 95 385
Harald Stenvaag   Norway 97 98 97 93 385
Masaru Yanagida   Japan 97 94 98 95 384
Espen Berg-Knutsen   Norway 96 94 96 97 383
Matthew Emmons   United States 97 93 98 95 383
Maik Eckhardt   Germany 94 98 97 94 383
Jozef Gönci   Slovakia 97 94 97 95 383
Vitali Bubnovich   Belarus 97 94 94 97 382
Michael Anti   United States 96 98 94 94 382
Liu Zhiwei   China 96 95 94 96 381
Evangelos Liogris   Greece 93 96 97 95 381
Dick Boschman   Netherlands 96 95 97 93 381
Stevan Pletikosić   Serbia and Montenegro 95 96 98 92 381
Pablo Álvarez   Argentina 96 96 97 92 381
Igor Pirekeev   Turkmenistan 96 99 94 92 381
Marcel Bürge   Switzerland 91 97 96 96 380
Ángel Velarte   Argentina 94 95 97 94 380
Sergei Martynov   Belarus 95 95 96 94 380
Péter Sidi   Hungary 97 95 93 93 378
Sven Haglund   Sweden 95 92 93 97 377
Nedžad Fazlija   Bosnia and Herzegovina 93 93 97 92 375
Marco de Nicolo   Italy 92 93 92 96 373
Aleksandr Babchenko   Kyrgyzstan 95 94 93 91 373
Roberto José Elias   Mexico 91 93 94 94 372

Combined results

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Rank Athlete Country Prone Stand Kneel Total Notes
1 Jia Zhanbo   China 398 386 387 1171 Q
2 Matthew Emmons   United States 399 387 383 1169 Q
3 Christian Planer   Austria 396 381 390 1167 Q
4 Artur Ayvazyan   Ukraine 396 380 390 1166 Q
5 Rajmond Debevec   Slovenia 397 384 385 1166 Q
6 Thomas Farnik   Austria 395 383 387 1165 Q
7 Michael Anti   United States 398 385 382 1165 Q
8 Artem Khadjibekov   Russia 397 374 393 1164 Q
9 Jozef Gönci   Slovakia 397 382 383 1162
9 Sergei Kovalenko   Russia 393 380 389 1162
9 Park Bong-duk   South Korea 394 382 386 1162
12 Timothy Lowndes   Australia 398 374 389 1161
12 Christian Lusch   Germany 396 376 389 1161
12 Vyacheslav Skoromnov   Uzbekistan 394 380 387 1161
15 Juha Hirvi   Finland 396 378 386 1160
16 Tevarit Majchacheeap   Thailand 388 385 386 1159
16 Masaru Yanagida   Japan 394 381 384 1159
18 Marcel Bürge   Switzerland 399 379 380 1158
19 Maik Eckhardt   Germany 397 377 383 1157
19 Liu Zhiwei   China 394 382 381 1157
19 Péter Sidi   Hungary 398 381 378 1157
22 Espen Berg-Knutsen   Norway 399 374 383 1156
22 Igor Pirekeev   Turkmenistan 399 376 381 1156
24 Roger Hansson   Sweden 391 378 386 1155
24 Tomáš Jeřábek   Czech Republic 395 375 385 1155
26 Dick Boschman   Netherlands 392 381 381 1154
26 Yuriy Sukhorukov   Ukraine 390 378 386 1154
28 Stevan Pletikosić   Serbia and Montenegro 390 382 381 1153
29 Sergei Martynov   Belarus 394 378 380 1152
30 Harald Stenvaag   Norway 396 368 385 1149
31 Václav Bečvář   Czech Republic 396 367 385 1148
31 Marco de Nicolo   Italy 398 377 373 1148
33 Vitali Bubnovich   Belarus 393 369 382 1144
33 Nedžad Fazlija   Bosnia and Herzegovina 388 381 375 1144
35 Sven Haglund   Sweden 393 372 377 1142
36 Roberto José Elias   Mexico 389 376 372 1137
36 Ángel Velarte   Argentina 389 368 380 1137
38 Pablo Álvarez   Argentina 394 360 381 1135
38 Evangelos Liogris   Greece 390 363 381 1135
40 Aleksandr Babchenko   Kyrgyzstan 393 364 373 1130

Final

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Rank Athlete Qual 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Total
    Jia Zhanbo (CHN) 1171 9.4 10.1 10.4 8.4 8.7 9.9 9.9 8.8 7.8 10.1 93.5 1264.5
    Michael Anti (USA) 1165 10.4 8.8 9.3 10.6 10.8 8.5 10.4 10.8 8.1 10.4 98.1 1263.1
    Christian Planer (AUT) 1167 8.6 7.9 9.3 10.6 9.9 10.0 9.6 9.5 9.8 10.6 95.8 1262.8
4   Rajmond Debevec (SLO) 1166 10.0 9.5 10.2 9.8 9.7 9.1 9.6 9.8 10.5 8.4 96.6 1262.6
5   Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) 1164 10.4 9.5 10.0 9.7 9.2 9.7 10.6 9.7 9.1 9.7 97.6 1261.6
6   Thomas Farnik (AUT) 1165 10.2 8.1 9.3 10.0 10.0 9.0 10.7 9.4 9.9 9.8 96.4 1261.4
7   Artur Ayvazyan (UKR) 1166 9.0 8.1 10.2 9.1 10.1 10.0 10.7 9.3 8.7 9.8 95.0 1261.0
8   Matthew Emmons (USA) 1169 9.4 10.4 9.3 10.4 9.5 10.1 9.9 9.4 10.0 0.0 88.4 1257.4

References

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Zhang Yining completes China's golden 100". Xinhua. China Daily. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Rivera, Steve (22 August 2004). "Emmons loses gold medal after aiming at wrong target". USA Today. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Shooting mayhem for Emmons". BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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