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Shooting at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games:

Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres

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Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): Beijing Shooting Range Hall, Beijing
Date Started: August 15, 2008
Date Finished: August 15, 2008

Gold: UKR Artur Aivazian
Silver: USA Matt Emmons
Bronze: AUS Warren Potent

Summary

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.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal TP
1 Artur Aivazian 35 Ukraine UKR Gold 702,7
2 Matt Emmons 27 United States USA Silver 701,7
3 Warren Potent 46 Australia AUS Bronze 700,5
4 Vebjørn Berg 28 Norway NOR 699,1
5 Konstantin Prikhodchenko 36 Russia RUS 699,0
6 Valerian Sauveplane 28 France FRA 698,8
7 Juha Hirvi 48 Finland FIN 698,5
8 Sergey Martynov 40 Belarus BLR 698,3
9 Mike Anti 44 United States USA 594
10 Stevan Pletikosić 36 Serbia SRB 594
11 Espen Berg-Knutsen 38 Norway NOR 594
12 Guy Starik 43 Israel ISR 594
13 Artyom Khadzhibekov 38 Russia RUS 594
14 Robert Eastham 19 New Zealand NZL 594
15 Marco De Nicolo 31 Italy ITA 593
16 Jozef Gönci 34 Slovakia SVK 593
17 Pyotr Litvinchuk 32 Belarus BLR 593
18 Toshikazu Yamashita 31 Japan JPN 593
19 Qiu Jian 33 China CHN 593
20 Vitaly Dovgun 37 Kazakhstan KAZ 592
21 Rajmond Debevec 45 Slovenia SLO 592
22 Gil Simkovitch 26 Israel ISR 592
23 Josselin Henry 26 France FRA 592
24 Maik Eckhardt 38 Germany GER 592
25 Robert Kraskowski 40 Poland POL 591
26 Sanjeev Rajput 27 India IND 591
27 Jia Zhanbo 34 China CHN 591
28 Kim Hak-Man 32 South Korea KOR 591
29 Miroslav Varga 47 Czech Republic CZE 590
30 Mario Knögler 29 Austria AUT 590
31 Michael Winter 32 Germany GER 590
32 Marcel Bürge 36 Switzerland SUI 590
33 Nemanja Mirosavljev 38 Serbia SRB 590
34 Jonathan Hammond 27 Great Britain GBR 589
35 Gagan Narang 25 India IND 589
36 Yuriy Sukhorukov 40 Ukraine UKR 589
37 Salman Zaman 28 Bahrain BRN 588
38 Niccolò Campriani 20 Italy ITA 588
39 Péter Sidi 29 Hungary HUN 588
40 Benjamin Burge 28 Australia AUS 588
41 Christian Planer 33 Austria AUT 588
42 Yury Yurkov 25 Kazakhstan KAZ 588
43 Park Bong-Deok 34 South Korea KOR 587
44 Johannes Sauer 40 Canada CAN 587
45 Nedžad Fazlija 40 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 586
46 Tomáš Jeřábek 35 Czech Republic CZE 586
47 Henri Häkkinen 28 Finland FIN 586
48 Simon Beyeler 26 Switzerland SUI 585
49 Petar Gorša 20 Croatia CRO 583
50 Luis Martínez 32 Spain ESP 582
51 Dadallah Al-Bulushi 49 Oman OMA 582
52 Eliécer Pérez 34 Cuba CUB 582
53 Ned Gerard 52 United States Virgin Islands ISV 580
54 Ruslan Ismailov 21 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 578
55 Walter Martínez 40 Nicaragua NCA 576
56 Hazem Mohamed 38 Egypt EGY 576