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Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men

Date 2 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationAsaka Shooting Range, Nerima, Tokyo
Participants39 from 27 countries

The men’s 50 m small-bore rifle three positions event was the last shooting medal to be decided at Tokyo. The 39 competitors were the lowest number in this event since 1980 when there were also 39 starters in Moskva. The reigning 2018 World Champion was Tomasz Bartnik and he competed in Tokyo, as did silver medallist Petar Gorša, while bronze medallist Michael McPhail did not compete. At the 2021 European Shooting Championships, held only about two months before the Games, Jon-Hermann Hegg (gold), Henrik Larsen (silver), and Yury Shcherbatsevich (bronze) won the medals and all competed in Tokyo. Of the medallists from Rio, only silver medal winner Sergey Kamensky returned for the Tokyo Games. The 2012 and 2016 gold medallist of this event, Niccolò Campriani, had already retired from competition back in March 2017. Another shooter not participating in Tokyo was the current world record holder in the qualification rounds (1,188 points) Jan Lochbihler, who did not qualify. The current world record holder for the final round was Yang Haoran with 465.3 points. He was present in Tokyo but did not compete in this event, taking part only in the two air rifle events, winning a gold and a bronze medal.

The qualification round was won by Kamensky followed by Zhang Changhong, who both had 1,183 points with Kamensky ranked first with more inner 10s. In the final Zhang led from the beginning and, after three kneeling and three prone series for a total of 30 shots, the top three – Zhang, Kamensky, and Shcherbatsevich – were separated by only 1.1 points. After the first standing series Kamensky took the lead while Shcherbatsevich slipped back to fifth place. In the next series Zhang came back to overtake Kamensky again while Shcherbatsevich was already eliminated before the single shots. The single shots did not change any of the medal positions with Zhang taking gold and winning the first individual shooting gold medal for a Chinese male at the Tokyo Games and, in doing so, setting a world record for the final round with 466.0. Kamensky won silver as he did five years earlier in Rio, and Milenko Sebić won the second shooting medal for Serbia with the bronze.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingFinal
11223Zhang ChanghongCHN1183 (2)466.0 (1)Gold
21915Sergey KamenskyROC1183 (1)464.2 (2)Silver
31986Milenko SebićSRB1180 (4)448.2 (3)Bronze
41803Jon-Hermann HeggNOR1181 (3)438.0 (4)
51243Petar GoršaCRO1176 (7)427.2 (5)
61244Miran MaričićCRO1178 (5)416.2 (6)
71143Yury ShcherbatsevichBLR1176 (8)406.3 (7)
82104Serhiy KulishUKR1178 (6)402.2 (8)
91804Henrik LarsenNOR1175 (9)
101454István PéniHUN1173 (10)
111224Zhao ZhonghaoCHN1173 (11)
122130Patrick SundermanUSA1172 (12)
132024Patrik JánySVK1172 (13)
141593Yury YurkovKAZ1172 (14)
151865Tomasz BartnikPOL1171 (15)
161277Jiří PřívratskýCZE1169 (16)
171276Petr NymburskýCZE1169 (17)
181453Zalán PeklerHUN1169 (18)
191550Marco De NicoloITA1168 (19)
201496Mahyar SedaghatIRI1168 (20)
211484Aishwary Pratap Singh TomarIND1167 (21)
222106Oleh TsarkovUKR1166 (22)
231987Milutin StefanovićSRB1164 (23)
241622Kim Sang-DoKOR1164 (24)
251681Karolis GirulisLTU1163 (25)
262128Nick MowrerUSA1162 (26)
271074Dane SampsonAUS1162 (27)
281294Steffen OlsenDEN1160 (28)
291073Jack RossiterAUS1160 (29)
301546Lorenzo BacciITA1159 (30)
311580Naoya OkadaJPN1158 (31)
321482Sanjeev RajputIND1157 (32)
331725José Luis SánchezMEX1154 (33)
341033Alexis EberhardtARG1152 (34)
351821Hamed Said Al-KhatriOMA1148 (35)
362081Ömer AkgünTUR1147 (36)
371579Takayuki MatsumotoJPN1145 (37)
381316Osama El-SaeidEGY1139 (38)
392151Julio IemmaVEN1132 (39)

Qualifying Round

Date2 August 2021 — 11:30
Format50 metres. 120 shots, 40 shots prone, 40 kneeling, and 40 standing.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsInner 10sKneelingProneStanding
11915Sergey KamenskyROC118378394 (=5)398 (8)391 (3)Q
21223Zhang ChanghongCHN118367392 (13)398 (7)393 (1)Q
31803Jon-Hermann HeggNOR118164395 (4)397 (=10)389 (5)Q
41986Milenko SebićSRB118064394 (7)399 (3)387 (9)Q
51244Miran MaričićCRO117866393 (9)397 (=12)388 (6)Q
62104Serhiy KulishUKR117860393 (11)398 (6)387 (11)Q
71243Petar GoršaCRO117670392 (15)397 (14)387 (10)Q
81143Yury ShcherbatsevichBLR117655392 (12)398 (=4)386 (15)Q
91804Henrik LarsenNOR117570398 (1)400 (1)377 (35)
101454István PéniHUN117364391 (16)397 (9)385 (17)
111224Zhao ZhonghaoCHN117364392 (14)397 (=12)384 (20)
122130Patrick SundermanUSA117263393 (10)398 (=4)381 (28)
132024Patrik JánySVK117261390 (19)391 (31)391 (2)
141593Yury YurkovKAZ117260390 (18)395 (19)387 (12)
151865Tomasz BartnikPOL117156394 (=5)394 (20)383 (21)
161277Jiří PřívratskýCZE116968385 (27)396 (17)388 (7)
171276Petr NymburskýCZE116962385 (28)399 (2)385 (18)
181453Zalán PeklerHUN116956393 (8)395 (18)381 (=26)
191550Marco De NicoloITA116860396 (3)393 (21)379 (31)
201496Mahyar SedaghatIRI116856388 (22)392 (26)388 (8)
211484Aishwary Pratap Singh TomarIND116763397 (2)391 (32)379 (32)
222106Oleh TsarkovUKR116651388 (23)396 (16)382 (23)
231987Milutin StefanovićSRB116457387 (25)391 (35)386 (13)
241622Kim Sang-DoKOR116453384 (31)390 (=37)390 (4)
251681Karolis GirulisLTU116350385 (29)393 (23)385 (16)
262128Nick MowrerUSA116263391 (17)397 (15)374 (37)
271074Dane SampsonAUS116245383 (32)397 (=10)382 (24)
281294Steffen OlsenDEN116053388 (20)391 (33)381 (25)
291073Jack RossiterAUS116040382 (33)392 (24)386 (14)
301546Lorenzo BacciITA115949384 (30)392 (25)383 (22)
311580Naoya OkadaJPN115844388 (21)390 (36)380 (30)
321482Sanjeev RajputIND115755387 (26)393 (22)377 (34)
331725José Luis SánchezMEX115448387 (24)391 (30)376 (36)
341033Alexis EberhardtARG115250382 (34)391 (34)379 (33)
351821Hamed Said Al-KhatriOMA114842382 (35)392 (27)374 (38)
362081Ömer AkgünTUR114740373 (38)390 (=37)384 (19)
371579Takayuki MatsumotoJPN114542373 (37)391 (29)381 (=26)
381316Osama El-SaeidEGY113937367 (39)392 (28)380 (29)
392151Julio IemmaVEN113241376 (36)388 (39)368 (39)

Final Round

Date2 August 2021 — 16:50
Format15 kneeling, 15 prone, 10 standing shots, with lowest 2 shooters eliminated. Five standing shots then taken, with lowest scoring shooting eliminated after each shot.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPoints
11223Zhang ChanghongCHN466.0
21915Sergey KamenskyROC464.2
31986Milenko SebićSRB448.2
41803Jon-Hermann HeggNOR438.0
51243Petar GoršaCRO427.2
61244Miran MaričićCRO416.2
71143Yury ShcherbatsevichBLR406.3
82104Serhiy KulishUKR402.2