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