Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone
The Men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a.22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance from the prone position. 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. These shots scored in increments of.1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.Records
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Qualification round
Q Qualified for finalFinal