Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

50 metre rifle three positions

50 metre rifle three positions is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 metre rifle three positions. It consists of the prone, standing and kneeling positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots for men and 3×20 shots for women...

(then known as free rifle) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

. Both 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:...

and Sergey Belyayev

Sergey Belyayev

Sergey Belyayev is a Kazakhstani shooter, who won two silver medals in 50 metre rifle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:*...

reached a new Olympic record of 1175 points in the qualification round; Amat shot the better final and won the gold medal.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Prone	Stand	Kneel	Total	Notes
1	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:...	396	387	392	1175	Q OR
1	Sergey Belyayev Sergey Belyayev Sergey Belyayev is a Kazakhstani shooter, who won two silver medals in 50 metre rifle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:*...	399	382	394	1175	Q OR
3	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....	394	387	392	1173	Q
4	Rob Harbison	394	388	388	1170	Q
4	Wolfram Waibel	394	389	387	1170	Q
6	Václav Bečvář	398	381	389	1168	Q
7	Jozef Gönci Jozef Gönci Jozef Gönci is a Slovak sport shooter, specialising in the 50 m Rifle and 10 m Air Rifle. Gönci won independent Slovakia's first ever Olympic Medal, a bronze in Atlanta in 1996. He won another bronze medal eight years later at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.- External links :*...	393	382	391	1166	Q
7	Sergei Martynov Sergei Martynov (sport shooter) Sergei Martynov is a Belarusian 50 m Rifle shooter, originally from Russia....	397	377	392	1166	Q
9	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...	397	381	388	1166
10	Glenn Dubis	398	379	388	1165
10	Maik Eckhardt	397	382	386	1165
10	Ning Lijia	397	377	391	1165
13	Thomas Farnik Thomas Farnik Thomas Farnik, born 6 January 1967 in Vienna, is an Austrian rifle shooter.He was twelve years old when his father introduced him to shooting. He started with a rifle, and his father remained involved with his early training....	393	382	389	1164
13	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...	397	379	388	1164
13	Artem Khadjibekov Artem Khadjibekov Artem Aleksandrovich Khadjibekov is a Russian sport shooter, specializing in the rifles event. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games and silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in the 10 metre air rifle event.He also competed at 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.-Olympic...	393	384	387	1164
13	Hrachya Petikyan Hrachya Petikyan Hrachya Petikyan is an Armenian sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in the 50 metre rifle three positions at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-References:...	396	379	389	1164
13	Guy Starik Guy Starik Guy Starik is an Israeli sport shooter who has competed in four Olympics. He has won gold medals in shooting at both the European Championships and at four World Cups, and shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition....	396	379	389	1164
18	Milan Bakeš	395	378	390	1163
18	Vyacheslav Bochkarev	398	380	385	1163
18	Nedžad Fazlija Nedžad Fazlija Nedžad Fazlija is a Bosnian Olympic sports shooter. He was born in Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.So far the only male shooter to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics, he was a part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004...	395	377	391	1163
18	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...	395	377	391	1163
22	Peter Gabrielsson	387	385	390	1162
22	Jaco Henn	397	382	383	1162
22	Robert Kraskowski	394	375	393	1162
22	Boris Polak	398	379	385	1162
26	Oleg Mykhaylov	396	382	383	1161
27	Zsolt Vari	393	374	393	1160
28	Nils Petter Håkedal	398	377	383	1158
28	Jens Harskov	399	368	391	1158
28	Anatoli Klimenko	391	380	387	1158
28	Masaru Yanagida	395	383	380	1158
32	Tadeusz Czerwinski	396	375	386	1157
32	Yuri Lomov	396	377	384	1157
32	Andreas Zumbach	392	377	388	1157
35	Roger Chassat	392	385	379	1156
35	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...	398	369	389	1156
37	Jorge González	399	368	388	1155
37	Christian Klees Christian Klees Christian Klees is a German former sport shooter, the only shooter since the 1989 target change to have achieved the maximum score in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the Olympic Games. He did this in at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...	397	376	382	1155
37	Naoki Kurita	400	374	381	1155
40	Cha Young-chul	393	375	386	1154
41	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...	395	380	378	1153
42	Chen Xianjun	399	369	380	1148
43	Michel Dion	396	365	384	1145
44	Angel Velarte	392	363	387	1142
45	Ricardo Rusticucci	392	364	383	1139

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Qual	Final	Total	Shoot-off	Notes
	1175	98.9	1273.9		OR
	1175	97.3	1272.3
	1170	99.6	1269.6
4	1173	95.8	1268.8
5	1166	101.7	1267.7	10.0
6	1170	97.7	1267.7	8.6
7	1168	96.0	1264.0
8	1166	97.9	1263.9

OR Olympic record

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