Competitors 49 from 31 nations Date 17 August 2008 | Winning score 1272.5 | |
Location Beijing Shooting Range Hall, Beijing, China Venue Beijing Shooting Range Hall | ||
The Men's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 17 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall, the last shooting event of the Beijing Olympics.
Contents
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.
Records
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Combined results
DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final