Men's 50 metre rifle prone

50 metre rifle prone

50 metre rifle prone is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle caliber rifle...

 (then known as small-bore free rifle) was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

. It was the first Olympic competition after the introduction of the new target in 1989, and thus two Olympic records were set. The first was set by Hubert Bichler with 598 points in the qualification round. All his seven adversaries in the final started just one point behind him on 597. Two of them, Lee Eun-chul

Lee Eun-chul

Lee Eun-chul is a South Korean rifle shooter who was the first Korean to compete at five Olympic Games . He reached the 1992 and 1996 Olympic finals in 50 metre rifle prone, the first time advancing from 8th position to winning the gold medal...

 and Harald Stenvaag

Harald Stenvaag

Harald Stenvaag is a Norwegian rifle shooter who started competing internationally at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Switzerland in 1974. He has represented Norway in the Summer Olympics 6 times, and has two Olympic medals...

, surpassed him to win gold and silver respectively, with Lee establishing a new final Olympic record. Stevan Pletikosić

Stevan Pletikosic

Stevan Pletikosić is a sport shooter from Serbia. While still a junior, he won a bronze medal in Men's 50 m Rifle Prone in the 1992 Summer Olympics...

 finished on exactly the same score as Bichler, and the rules at the time broke the tie by best final score, giving Pletikosić the bronze medal.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Score	Notes
1	Hubert Bichler		598	Q OR
2	Harald Stenvaag Harald Stenvaag Harald Stenvaag is a Norwegian rifle shooter who started competing internationally at the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Switzerland in 1974. He has represented Norway in the Summer Olympics 6 times, and has two Olympic medals...		597	Q
3	Stevan Pletikosić Stevan Pletikosic Stevan Pletikosić is a sport shooter from Serbia. While still a junior, he won a bronze medal in Men's 50 m Rifle Prone in the 1992 Summer Olympics...		597	Q
4	Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi Juha Hirvi is a Finnish sport shooter. He won the silver medal in men's 50 metre rifle three positions at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won two silver medals in ISSF World Shooting Championships...		597	Q
5	Peter Gabrielsson		597	Q
6	Michel Bury		597	Q
7	Gratchia Petikian		597	Q
8	Lee Eun-chul Lee Eun-chul Lee Eun-chul is a South Korean rifle shooter who was the first Korean to compete at five Olympic Games . He reached the 1992 and 1996 Olympic finals in 50 metre rifle prone, the first time advancing from 8th position to winning the gold medal...		597	Q
9	William E. Meek		596
10	Bernd Rücker		596
11	Jens Harskov		596
11	Jiang Rong		596
11	Olimpiu Marin		596
11	Wolfram Waibel, Jr.		596
15	Michael James Ashcroft		595
15	Nils Petter Håkedal		595
15	Zsolt Vari		595
18	Michael Anti Michael Anti (sport shooter) Michael Anti is an American sport shooter, a former Major in the U.S. Army, and a marksman in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program....		594
18	Cha Young-chul		594
18	Tadeusz Czerwinski		594
18	Rajmond Debevec Rajmond Debevec Rajmond Debevec was born in Postojna, Slovenia, a part of the former Yugoslavia, on March 29, 1963. He became involved in shooting sports in 1971 and became a member of Junior national team in 1979. He won his first medal in 1980 by participating in Junior European Championship with air rifle...		594
18	Ralph Rodríguez		594
18	Andreas Zumbach		594
24	Michel Dion		593
24	Kirill Ivanov		593
26	Jean-Pierre Amat Jean-Pierre Amat Jean-Pierre Amat is a French sports shooter who competed and won a gold meal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the small bore rifle, three positions.-Current world record in 50 m rifle prone :-References:...		592
26	Jorge González		592
26	Akihiro Mera		592
26	Jari Pälve		592
26	Attila Zahonyi		592
31	Milan Bakeš		591
31	Bo Arne Gerhard Lilja		591
31	Goran Maksimović Goran Maksimović Goran Maksimović is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for Yugoslavia. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. At the 1996 and 2000 Olympics he competed for Serbia and Montenegro....		591
31	Bruce Meredith		591
31	Ricardo Rusticucci		591
31	Miroslav Varga Miroslav Varga Miroslav Varga is a sports shooter and Olympic Champion for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....		591
31	Wolfram Waibel, Sr.		591
31	Petar Dimitrov Zapryanov		591
39	Massimo Birindelli		590
39	Menachem Ilan		590
39	Pang Yongying		590
42	Stephen Kelly Petterson		589
43	Khalaf Al Khatri		588
43	Alister Miller Allan		588
43	Manfred Fiess		588
43	Ryohei Koba		588
43	Jacek Kubka		588
48	Jaime Pares Criville		587
49	Hugo Romero		585
50	Carl Johan Eiriksson		583
50	Norbert Sturny		583
52	Satiender Sehmi		579

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	Shoot-off	Notes
		597	105.5	702.5		OR
		597	104.4	701.4
		597	104.1	701.1
4		598	103.1	701.1
5		597	103.0	700.0
6		597	102.5	699.5	?
7		597	102.5	699.5	?
8		597	102.2	699.2

OR Olympic record