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Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men

Date	15 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Shejiguan, Beijing
Participants	56 from 37 countries

The defending champion was American Matt Emmons but he was expected to be challenged by Belarusian Sergey Martynov, the 2006 World Champion, and bronze medalist in 2000 and 2004. In the qualifying the leader was Ukrainian Artur Aivazian with 599, leading Emmons by two points. Emmons outshot Aivazian in the final, 104.7 to 103.7, but could not close the gap, Aivazian winning gold and Emmons silver. Emmons wife, Kateřina Kůrková-Emmons, won two medals in Beijing, gold in air rifle and silver in small-bore. They had met at the 2004 Olympics and married in 2007.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round	Final
1	–	Artur Aivazian	UKR	702,7	599 (1)	702,7 (1)	Gold
2	–	Matt Emmons	USA	701,7	597 (2)	701,7 (2)	Silver
3	–	Warren Potent	AUS	700,5	595 (4)	700,5 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Vebjørn Berg	NOR	699,1	596 (3)	699,1 (4)
5	–	Konstantin Prikhodchenko	RUS	699,0	595 (7)	699,0 (5)
6	–	Valérian Sauveplane	FRA	698,8	594 (8)	698,8 (6)
7	–	Juha Hirvi	FIN	698,5	595 (5)	698,5 (7)
8	–	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	698,3	595 (6)	698,3 (8)
9	–	Mike Anti	USA	594	594 (9)	–
10	–	Stevan Pletikosić	SRB	594	594 (10)	–
11	–	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	594	594 (11)	–
12	–	Guy Starik	ISR	594	594 (12)	–
13	–	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594	594 (13)	–
14	–	Robbie Eastham	NZL	594	594 (14)	–
15	–	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	593	593 (15)	–
16	–	Jozef Gönci	SVK	593	593 (16)	–
17	–	Piotr Litvinchuk	BLR	593	593 (17)	–
18	–	Toshikazu Yamashita	JPN	593	593 (18)	–
19	–	Qiu Jian	CHN	593	593 (19)	–
20	–	Vitaly Dovgun	KAZ	592	592 (20)	–
21	–	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	592	592 (21)	–
22	–	Gil Simkovitch	ISR	592	592 (22)	–
23	–	Josselin Henry	FRA	592	592 (23)	–
24	–	Maik Eckhardt	GER	592	592 (24)	–
25	–	Robert Kraskowski	POL	591	591 (25)	–
26	–	Sanjeev Rajput	IND	591	591 (26)	–
27	–	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	591	591 (27)	–
28	–	Kim Hak-Man	KOR	591	591 (28)	–
29	–	Miroslav Varga	CZE	590	590 (29)	–
30	–	Mario Knögler	AUT	590	590 (30)	–
31	–	Michael Winter	GER	590	590 (31)	–
32	–	Marcel Bürge	SUI	590	590 (32)	–
33	–	Nemanja Mirosavljev	SRB	590	590 (33)	–
34	–	Jonathan Hammond	GBR	589	589 (34)	–
35	–	Gagan Narang	IND	589	589 (35)	–
36	–	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	589	589 (36)	–
37	–	Salman Zaman	BRN	588	588 (37)	–
38	–	Niccolò Campriani	ITA	588	588 (38)	–
39	–	Péter Sidi	HUN	588	588 (39)	–
40	–	Benjamin Burge	AUS	588	588 (40)	–
41	–	Christian Planer	AUT	588	588 (41)	–
42	–	Yury Yurkov	KAZ	588	588 (42)	–
43	–	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	587	587 (43)	–
44	–	Johannes Sauer	CAN	587	587 (44)	–
45	–	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	586	586 (45)	–
46	–	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	586	586 (46)	–
47	–	Henri Häkkinen	FIN	586	586 (47)	–
48	–	Simon Beyeler	SUI	585	585 (48)	–
49	–	Petar Gorša	CRO	583	583 (49)	–
50	–	Luis Martínez	ESP	582	582 (50)	–
51	–	Dadallah Al-Bulushi	OMA	582	582 (51)	–
52	–	Eliécer Pérez	CUB	582	582 (52)	–
53	–	Ned Gerard	ISV	580	580 (53)	–
54	–	Ruslan Ismailov	KGZ	578	578 (54)	–
55	–	Walter Martínez	NCA	576	576 (55)	–
56	–	Hazem Mohamed	EGY	576	576 (56)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	15 August 2008 — 9:00
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	–	Artur Aivazian	UKR	599	100	100	100	100	100	99
2	–	Matt Emmons	USA	597	99	100	98	100	100	100
3	–	Vebjørn Berg	NOR	596	99	99	100	99	99	100
4	–	Warren Potent	AUS	595	99	99	99	99	99	100
5	–	Juha Hirvi	FIN	595	100	100	100	97	99	99
6	–	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	595	100	99	98	100	100	98
7	–	Konstantin Prikhodchenko	RUS	595	99	100	100	99	99	98
8	–	Valérian Sauveplane	FRA	594	98	100	97	100	100	99
9	–	Mike Anti	USA	594	99	98	99	99	100	99
10	–	Stevan Pletikosić	SRB	594	99	99	99	98	100	99
11	–	Espen Berg-Knutsen	NOR	594	100	98	99	100	98	99
12	–	Guy Starik	ISR	594	98	99	100	99	100	98
13	–	Artyom Khadzhibekov	RUS	594	100	99	99	99	99	98
14	–	Robbie Eastham	NZL	594	99	100	100	99	98	98
15	–	Marco De Nicolo	ITA	593	99	98	98	100	99	99
16	–	Jozef Gönci	SVK	593	99	99	98	100	98	99
17	–	Piotr Litvinchuk	BLR	593	97	100	100	99	98	99
18	–	Toshikazu Yamashita	JPN	593	99	99	99	99	99	98
19	–	Qiu Jian	CHN	593	99	100	98	99	99	98
20	–	Vitaly Dovgun	KAZ	592	96	99	99	100	100	98
21	–	Rajmond Debevec	SLO	592	99	99	97	100	99	98
22	–	Gil Simkovitch	ISR	592	100	97	99	100	98	98
23	–	Josselin Henry	FRA	592	99	100	99	98	99	97
24	–	Maik Eckhardt	GER	592	99	100	99	100	97	97
25	–	Robert Kraskowski	POL	591	98	98	100	97	99	99
26	–	Sanjeev Rajput	IND	591	97	100	99	98	99	98
27	–	Jia Zhanbo	CHN	591	100	99	97	99	98	98
28	–	Kim Hak-Man	KOR	591	99	100	98	99	99	96
29	–	Miroslav Varga	CZE	590	98	96	100	98	98	100
30	–	Mario Knögler	AUT	590	98	98	97	99	99	99
31	–	Michael Winter	GER	590	98	98	98	98	99	99
32	–	Marcel Bürge	SUI	590	98	98	97	100	99	98
33	–	Nemanja Mirosavljev	SRB	590	100	99	99	97	99	96
34	–	Jonathan Hammond	GBR	589	99	97	96	98	99	100
35	–	Gagan Narang	IND	589	98	98	99	96	99	99
36	–	Yuriy Sukhorukov	UKR	589	98	99	98	99	97	98
37	–	Salman Zaman	BRN	588	98	97	95	100	99	99
38	–	Niccolò Campriani	ITA	588	98	97	97	99	98	99
39	–	Péter Sidi	HUN	588	99	99	97	96	98	99
40	–	Benjamin Burge	AUS	588	99	100	96	98	96	99
41	–	Christian Planer	AUT	588	98	98	98	99	98	97
42	–	Yury Yurkov	KAZ	588	99	97	98	99	98	97
43	–	Park Bong-Deok	KOR	587	99	98	97	96	99	98
44	–	Johannes Sauer	CAN	587	96	99	97	99	98	98
45	–	Nedžad Fazlija	BIH	586	96	96	100	98	98	98
46	–	Tomáš Jeřábek	CZE	586	98	98	96	98	99	97
47	–	Henri Häkkinen	FIN	586	99	95	98	99	98	97
48	–	Simon Beyeler	SUI	585	100	97	94	99	97	98
49	–	Petar Gorša	CRO	583	98	99	97	97	99	93
50	–	Luis Martínez	ESP	582	98	97	94	99	97	97
51	–	Dadallah Al-Bulushi	OMA	582	96	97	98	95	100	96
52	–	Eliécer Pérez	CUB	582	96	96	97	99	99	95
53	–	Ned Gerard	ISV	580	96	96	95	98	97	98
54	–	Ruslan Ismailov	KGZ	578	94	96	97	96	96	99
55	–	Walter Martínez	NCA	576	96	96	92	96	99	97
56	–	Hazem Mohamed	EGY	576	97	97	96	95	95	96

Final Round

Date	15 August 2008 — 11:30
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Final Points	Preliminary Points
1	–	Artur Aivazian	UKR	702,7	599	103,7
2	–	Matt Emmons	USA	701,7	597	104,7
3	–	Warren Potent	AUS	700,5	595	105,5
4	–	Vebjørn Berg	NOR	699,1	596	103,1
5	–	Konstantin Prikhodchenko	RUS	699,0	595	104,0
6	–	Valérian Sauveplane	FRA	698,8	594	104,8
7	–	Juha Hirvi	FIN	698,5	595	103,5
8	–	Siarhei Martynau	BLR	698,3	595	103,3