Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 21 September. The qualification round of 60 shots was fired between 09:30 and 10:45 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots at 11:30. Jonas Edman, previously more well known as a 300 metre shooter, took a one-point lead in the qualification round, and eventually won by a 0.9-point margin.[1]
| Men's 50 metre rifle prone at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sydney International Shooting Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 September 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 53 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 701.3 | ||||||||||||
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Records
The existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| Qualification records | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS) Stevan Pletikosić (YUG) Jean-Pierre Amat (FRA) Christian Klees (GER) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Thomas Tamas (USA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) | 600 | Zagreb, Croatia Munich, Germany Havana, Cuba Atlanta, United States Munich, Germany Barcelona, Spain Buenos Aires, Argentina Munich, Germany | 13 July 1989 29 August 1991 27 April 1994 25 July 1996 23 May 1997 29 August 1998 4 September 1998 8 June 2000 |
| Olympic record |  Christian Klees (GER) | 600 | Atlanta, United States | 25 July 1996 |
| Final records | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Christian Klees (GER) | 704.8 (600+104.8) | Atlanta, United States | 25 July 1996 |
| Olympic record | Christian Klees (GER) | 704.8 (600+104.8) | Atlanta, United States | 25 July 1996 |
Qualification round
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Perspective
DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total | Shoot-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Jonas Edman (SWE) |
599 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 102.3 | 701.3 | |
 |  Torben Grimmel (DEN) |
597 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 103.4 | 700.4 | |
 |  Sergei Martynov (BLR) |
598 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 102.3 | 700.3 | |
| 4 | Maik Eckhardt (GER) |
596 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 103.8 | 699.8 | |
| 5 |  Václav Bečvář (CZE) |
597 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 102.7 | 699.7 | |
| 6 |  Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) |
597 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 102.2 | 699.2 | 10.6 |
| 7 |  Igor Pirekeev (TKM) |
597 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 102.2 | 699.2 | 10.2 |
| 8 |  Philippe Joualin (FRA) |
596 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 103.0 | 699.0 |
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