| Shots M: | 60 |
| Shots F: | 60 |
| Olympics M: | 1908–2016[1] |
| Olympics F: | – |
| Worlds M: | Since 1929 |
| Worlds F: | Since 1966 |
| Abbr M: | FR60PR |
| Abbr F: | STR60PR |
50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle.
The sport is based on the traditional "English Match" that also consisted of 60 shots in the prone position with a .22 rifle, but had varying distances between 45.7m (149.9feet) and 100m (300feet).
Since 2013 the time limit is 50 minutes for the match, preceded by 15 minutes of sighting and preparation time. If shooting on paper rather than electronic targets, 60 minutes is allowed for match firing.[2]
Before 2017, the men's event was included in the Olympic program but starting with the 2020 Olympics this event has been removed to promote equal gender in Olympic shooting sports. Mixed gender doubles events were introduced to replace this event and two other individual shooting events.[3] Now this event is contested in World Championships only. This includes a final for the top eight competitors. Beginning with the 2013 season, a new finals format was instituted, in which the qualification score is discarded, and the standings among the top eight shooters are determined by their finals scores alone. The course of fire was also changed significantly with the new rules, from the previous 10-shot and then 20-shots program into a 24-shot elimination format, with the lowest ranking shooter eliminated every two shots, starting from the completion of 12th shot.
The women's event has never been included in the Olympic program. It is included in both the ISSF and the CISM World Championships. Since the use of Olympic-style finals was discontinued in 2018, shooters with the same score are separated by a number of tie-breaking criteria, the first being the number of inner tens. Women's rifles may weigh up to 6.5kg (14.3lb), as opposed to 8kg (18lb) for men, but after the switch from standard rifles to sport rifles this is now the only difference in equipment.
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Cairo | ||||
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | ||||
| 1970 |  Phoenix | ||||
| 1974 | Thun | ||||
| 1978 |  Seoul | ||||
| 1982 |  Caracas | ||||
| 1986 | Suhl | ||||
| 1990 | Moscow | ||||
| 1994 |  Milan | Stevan Pletikosic (IOP) | |||
| 1998 |  Barcelona | ||||
| 2002 |  Lahti | ||||
| 2006 | Zagreb | ||||
| 2010 | Munich | ||||
| 2014 | Granada | ||||
| 2018 | Changwon | ||||
| 2022 | New Administrative Capital |
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | ||||
| 1970 | Phoenix | ||||
| 1974 | Thun | ||||
| 1978 | Seoul | ||||
| 1982 | Caracas | ||||
| 1986 | Suhl | ||||
| 1990 | Moscow | ||||
| 1994 | Milan | ||||
| 1998 | Barcelona | ||||
| 2002 | Lahti | ||||
| 2006 | Zagreb | ||||
| 2010 | Munich | ||||
| 2014 | Granada | ||||
| 2018 | Changwon | ||||
| 2022 | New Administrative Capital |
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Wiesbaden |  PolandBarbara Kopyt Bozena Wzietek Eulalia Zakrzewska | Marianne Jensen Patricia Kinsella Margaret Thompson |  HungaryOszkarne Kellner Lajosne Kisgyorgy Ferencne Kun |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Yugoslavia Magdalena Herold Mirjana Masic Desanka Perovic | West Germany Ingrid Kappes Gerlinde Popp Anneliese Rhomberg | Soviet Union Tamara Cherkasova Lucia Fagereva Tatiana Ratnikova |
| 1974 | Thun | Schuyler Helbing Margaret Murdock Diana Zimmermann | Yugoslavia Mirjana Masic Desanka Pesut Valeria Sabatka |  SwedenMargareta Gustafsson Christina Gustafsson Brita Raning |
| 1978 | Seoul | Karen Monez Wanda Oliver Sue Ann Sandusky | Yvette Courault Dominique Esnault Elisabeth Lesou |  AustraliaTricia van Nus Sylvia Muehlberg Tracey Smith |
| 1982 | Caracas | Australia Yvonne Gowland Yvonne Hill Sylvia Muehlberg | Soviet Union Svetlana Komaristova Lessia Leskiv Tatiana Sytcheva | Yvette Courault Dominique Esnault Isabelle Heberle |
| 1986 | Suhl | Yugoslavia Vesna Domazet Mirjana Jovovic Biserka Vrbek | Bulgaria Petja Doudekova Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova | Sweden Anette Andersson Margareta Gustafsson Christina Gustafsson |
| 1990 | Moscow | Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Lessia Leskiv Iryna Shylava | Bulgaria Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova Milena Spasova | Tammie Deangles Launi Meili Kristen Peterson |
| 1994 | Milan |  RussiaValentina Cherkasova Irina Gerasimenok Anna Maloukhina |  NorwayLindy Hansen Grethe Martinsen Hanne Vataker |  UkraineLessia Leskiv Tatiana Nesterova Olga Cheremska |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Russia Marina Bobkova Irina Gerasimenok Tatiana Goldobina |  Xian Wang Yinghui Zhao Hong Shan | Ukraine Lessia Leskiv Olga Larina Olena Davydova |
| 2002 | Lahti | Finland Viivi Villa Jenni Ranta Helena Juppala | Denmark Pia Jakobsen Anni Bissoe Charlotte Jakobsen |  Britta Grossecappenberg Petra Horneber Sonja Pfeilschifter |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Sonja Pfeilschifter Dorothee Bauer Claudia Keck |  KazakhstanGalina Korchma Olga Dovgun Varvara Kovalenko | Ukraine Natallia Kalnysh Olena Davydova Lessia Leskiv |
| 2010 | Munich | Switzerland Aurelie Grangier Annik Marguet Irene Beyeler | Eva Friedel Sonja Pfeilschifter Nicole Stenzenberger | South Korea Kim Yooyeon Jeong Mira Kwon Nara |
| 2014 | Granada | Beate Gauss Barbara Engleder Isabella Straub | Chen Dongqi Chang Jing Yi Siling | Ukraine Lessia Leskiv Natallia Kalnysh Olga Golubchenko |
| 2018 | Changwon | Jaqueline Orth Isabella Straub Amelie Kleinmanns | Denmark Stine Nielsen Rikki Maeng Ibsen Stephanie Laura Scurrah Grundsoee |  Great BritainSeonaid McIntosh Jennifer McIntosh Zoe Anne Bruce |
See also: List of Olympic records in shooting and List of national shooting records surpassing the world records.
| Pre 2013 world records in 50 meter rifle prone | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ||||||||
| Teams | 1793 | (Knögler, Planer, Waibel) | July 19, 2003 | |||||
| Junior Men | ||||||||
| Teams | 1778 | (Boschenrieder, Hahn, Junghaenel) | July 9, 2008 | |||||
| Women | Individual | 597 | July 19, 1998 July 4, 2002 October 4, 2002 July 29, 2006 | |||||
| Teams | 1786 | (Cherkasova, Leskiv, Shylava) | August 15, 1990 | Moscow | ||||
| Junior Women | Individual | 598 | August 3, 2000 | |||||
| Teams | 1771 | (Bengtsson, Karlsson, Säker) | July 14, 2009 | |||||
| Current world records in 50 meter rifle prone | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Individual | 633.0 | July 21, 2015 | |||||
| Teams | 1878.3 | (Majka, Bartnik, Romańczyk) | September 16, 2019 | |||||
| Junior Men | Individual | 629.3 | September 16, 2014 | |||||
| Teams | 1865.6 | (Thum, Wadlegger, Diem) | June 24, 2017 | |||||
| Women (ISSF) | Individual | 628.5 | September 14, 2014 | |||||
| Teams | 1871.6 | (Zykova, Ivanova, Khorosheva) | September 16, 2019 | |||||
| Women (CISM) | ||||||||
| Junior Women | Individual | 627.9 | July 14, 2019 | |||||
| Teams | 1865.5 | (Duestad, Stette, Engevik) | July 14, 2019 | |||||
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