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

Event:	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
Date:	22 August 2004
Competitors:	40
Nations:	29
Gold:	Jia Zhanbo
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Michael Anti
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Christian Planer
Bronzenoc:	AUT
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	1264.5
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

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]

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

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

Qualification round

Prone position

Athlete	Country	1	2	3	4	Total	Notes
Espen Berg-Knutsen		99	100	100	100	399
Matthew Emmons		100	100	99	100	399
Igor Pirekeev		100	100	99	100	399
Marcel Bürge		100	100	100	99	399
Michael Anti		100	99	99	100	398
Péter Sidi		100	99	99	100	398
Jia Zhanbo		100	100	99	99	398
Timothy Lowndes		100	100	99	99	398
Marco de Nicolo		100	100	99	99	398
Artem Khadjibekov		99	99	99	100	397
Rajmond Debevec		99	100	99	99	397
Maik Eckhardt		100	99	99	99	397
Jozef Gönci		100	100	100	97	397
Václav Bečvář		98	98	100	100	396
Juha Hirvi		98	100	98	100	396
Christian Planer		99	100	97	100	396
Christian Lusch		98	100	99	99	396
Harald Stenvaag		100	99	98	99	396
Artur Ayvazyan		99	100	99	98	396
Thomas Farnik		99	98	99	99	395
Tomáš Jeřábek		100	99	98	98	395
Masaru Yanagida		98	98	98	100	394
Sergei Martynov		99	98	97	100	394
Vyacheslav Skoromnov		100	99	96	99	394
Pablo Álvarez		97	99	100	98	394
Park Bong-duk		98	100	99	97	394
Liu Zhiwei		98	98	100	98	394
Vitali Bubnovich		97	99	97	100	393
Aleksandr Babchenko		98	98	99	98	393
Sergei Kovalenko		98	98	100	97	393
Sven Haglund		99	97	100	97	393
Dick Boschman		97	100	97	98	392
Roger Hansson		96	97	99	99	391
Stevan Pletikosić		96	98	98	98	390
Evangelos Liogris		99	99	98	95	390
Yuriy Sukhorukov		98	96	99	97	390
Roberto José Elias		99	99	96	95	389
Ángel Velarte		97	97	98	97	389
Tevarit Majchacheeap		96	99	99	94	388
Nedžad Fazlija		96	96	98	98	388

Standing position

Athlete	Country	1	2	3	4	Total	Notes
Matthew Emmons		99	98	94	96	387
Jia Zhanbo		97	95	98	96	386
Tevarit Majchacheeap		94	95	99	97	385
Michael Anti		97	96	97	95	385
Rajmond Debevec		94	94	98	98	384
Thomas Farnik		94	98	95	96	383
Liu Zhiwei		94	95	96	97	382
Jozef Gönci		96	94	97	95	382
Park Bong-duk		96	96	95	95	382
Stevan Pletikosić		95	98	94	95	382
Christian Planer		93	94	98	96	381
Masaru Yanagida		93	97	95	96	381
Nedžad Fazlija		96	96	93	96	381
Péter Sidi		96	90	100	95	381
Dick Boschman		97	95	94	95	381
Artur Ayvazyan		95	94	94	97	380
Sergei Kovalenko		95	97	94	94	380
Vyacheslav Skoromnov		94	97	97	92	380
Marcel Bürge		94	95	97	93	379
Juha Hirvi		92	94	95	97	378
Yuriy Sukhorukov		96	94	93	95	378
Roger Hansson		96	96	92	94	378
Sergei Martynov		97	95	92	94	378
Maik Eckhardt		93	95	95	94	377
Marco de Nicolo		98	94	92	93	377
Igor Pirekeev		95	92	92	97	376
Christian Lusch		94	92	94	96	376
Roberto José Elias		92	93	97	94	376
Tomáš Jeřábek		96	93	93	93	375
Artem Khadjibekov		96	96	92	90	374
Timothy Lowndes		92	93	95	94	374
Espen Berg-Knutsen		96	92	93	93	374
Sven Haglund		93	95	92	92	372
Vitali Bubnovich		91	92	94	92	369
Ángel Velarte		92	89	91	96	368
Harald Stenvaag		93	90	90	95	368
Václav Bečvář		92	93	90	92	367
Aleksandr Babchenko		91	95	89	89	364
Evangelos Liogris		92	87	89	95	363
Pablo Álvarez		87	90	91	92	360

Kneeling position

Athlete	Country	1	2	3	4	Total	Notes
Artem Khadjibekov		98	99	96	100	393
Christian Planer		98	98	99	95	390
Artur Ayvazyan		98	97	97	98	390
Sergei Kovalenko		97	97	97	98	389
Christian Lusch		97	97	98	97	389
Timothy Lowndes		98	97	97	97	389
Thomas Farnik		96	97	97	97	387
Vyacheslav Skoromnov		97	98	97	95	387
Jia Zhanbo		97	97	100	93	387
Tevarit Majchacheeap		96	95	97	98	386
Yuriy Sukhorukov		98	94	98	96	386
Roger Hansson		96	97	96	97	386
Juha Hirvi		96	95	99	96	386
Park Bong-duk		98	96	96	96	386
Rajmond Debevec		95	97	96	97	385
Tomáš Jeřábek		94	98	97	96	385
Václav Bečvář		94	97	99	95	385
Harald Stenvaag		97	98	97	93	385
Masaru Yanagida		97	94	98	95	384
Espen Berg-Knutsen		96	94	96	97	383
Matthew Emmons		97	93	98	95	383
Maik Eckhardt		94	98	97	94	383
Jozef Gönci		97	94	97	95	383
Vitali Bubnovich		97	94	94	97	382
Michael Anti		96	98	94	94	382
Liu Zhiwei		96	95	94	96	381
Evangelos Liogris		93	96	97	95	381
Dick Boschman		96	95	97	93	381
Stevan Pletikosić		95	96	98	92	381
Pablo Álvarez		96	96	97	92	381
Igor Pirekeev		96	99	94	92	381
Marcel Bürge		91	97	96	96	380
Ángel Velarte		94	95	97	94	380
Sergei Martynov		95	95	96	94	380
Péter Sidi		97	95	93	93	378
Sven Haglund		95	92	93	97	377
Nedžad Fazlija		93	93	97	92	375
Marco de Nicolo		92	93	92	96	373
Aleksandr Babchenko		95	94	93	91	373
Roberto José Elias		91	93	94	94	372

Combined results

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

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final	Total
		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
		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
		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		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		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		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		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		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

External links

• Official Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shooting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181336/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/SHO/mens-small-bore-rifle-three-positions-50-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 3 March 2020.
2. News: Zhang Yining completes China's golden 100. Xinhua. China Daily. 22 August 2004. 19 August 2015.
3. News: Steve. Rivera. Emmons loses gold medal after aiming at wrong target. USA Today. 22 August 2004. 19 August 2015.
4. News: Shooting mayhem for Emmons. BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. 19 August 2015.