50 m Rifle

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50 m Rifle (formerly called Free Rifle for men, Standard Rifle and Sport Rifle for women) is a miniature version of 300 m Rifle where competitors shoot over a shorted distance using rifles of smaller caliber (.22 Long Rifle) (5.588 mm), while the program is the same.

[edit] Events

Both events consist of a preliminary or qualifying stage followed by a 10 shot final stage as with other ISSF shooting events. In this final stage the 10 shots are scored accurately to one decimal place, whereas shots in preliminary rounds are only scored to whole integers, for instance a shot that was scored as 9 (from a maximum of 10) could be scored up to 9.9 in the final stage with the maximum being 10.9 for any shot. This could results in a theoretical maximum score in the final stage of 109 (10 shots scored at 10.9).

The final competition result is determined by the total cumulative score from the preliminary/qualifying and final round with world records recognised for the preliminary and total scores.

[edit] Three position (3P)

See also: Three positions

This event consists of 3 strings – one from each shooting position (standing, kneeling and prone) – of 40 shots each for men and 20 shots each for women. This gives a total of 120 shots for men and 60 shots for women. This event enjoys Olympic status for both men and women.

[edit] Prone

This event is only fired from the prone position and has Olympic status only for male competitors. 60 shots are fired in the preliminary stage.

[edit] Standard Rifle and Sport Rifle

Women used to compete in Standard Rifle with more restrictions on the rifle, as opposed to men's Free Rifle. Then the women's rules were changed to Sport Rifle, which is essentially the same as Free Rifle but with a slightly lower maximum weight (6.5 kg instead of 8 kg). Both versions are now officially named 50 m Rifle.

Because 300 m Standard Rifle is a men-only event, women also compete in 50 m Rifle (Three positions and Prone) at the CISM Shooting World Championships.

The target: total Ø = 154.4 mm. 4 ring Ø = 106.4 mm. 9 ring Ø = 26.4 mm. 10 ring Ø = 10.4 mm, height 0.75 m above the floor

[edit] Current world records

See also: List of national shooting records surpassing the world records

Current world records in 50 m Rifle Three positions
Men	Qualification	1186	Rajmond Debevec (SLO)	August 29, 1992	Munich (GER)	edit
	Final	1287.9	Rajmond Debevec (SLO) (1186+101.9)	August 29, 1992	Munich (GER)	edit
	Teams	3508	Austria (Farnik, Knoegler, Planer)	July 21, 2003	Plzen (CZE)	edit
Junior Men	Individual	1173	Bae Sung Duk (KOR)  Matthew Emmons (USA)	April 6, 1990 June 3, 2001	Los Angeles (USA) Milan (ITA)	edit
	Teams	3471	Soviet Union (Anisovich, Khadjibekov, Kovalenko)	September 8, 1990	Zenica (YUG)	edit
Women (ISSF)	Qualification	594	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)	May 28, 2006	Munich (GER)	edit
	Final	698.0	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) (594+104.0)	May 28, 2006	Munich (GER)	edit
	Teams	1754	China (Shan, Wang, Xu)  China (Du, Shan, Wang)	July 24, 1998 October 6, 2002	Barcelona (ESP) Busan (KOR)	edit
Women (CISM)	Individual	589	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)	2005	Thun (SUI)	edit
	Teams	1748	Russia (Goldobina, Nizkoshapskaya, Yushkova)  Germany (Friedel, Lechner, Pfeilschifter)	2005 2005	Thun (SUI) Thun (SUI)	edit
Junior Women	Individual	591	Wang Xian (CHN)	May 29, 1998	Milan (ITA)	edit
	Teams	1736	Slovakia (Compelova, Dulova, Peskova)	July 27, 2001	Zagreb (CRO)	edit
Current world records in 50 m Rifle Prone
Men	Qualification	600	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)  Petr Litvinchuk (BLR)  Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)  Wolfram Waibel Jr. (AUT)  Christian Lusch (GER)  Eric Uptagrafft (USA)  Valerian Sauveplane (FRA)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)  Sergei Martynov (BLR)  Matthew Emmons (USA)  Guy Starik (ISR)	July 13, 1989 August 29, 1991 April 27, 1994 July 25, 1996 May 23, 1997 July 29, 1998 September 4, 1998 June 8, 2000 June 11, 2003 July 18, 2003 March 3, 2004 October 27, 2004 May 11, 2005 May 11, 2005 August 26, 2005 March 29, 2006 May 9, 2007 May 18, 2008	Zagreb (YUG) Munich (GER) Havana (CUB) Atlanta (USA) Munich (GER) Barcelona (ESP) Buenos Aires (ARG) Munich (GER) Munich (GER) Plzen (CZE) Sydney (AUS) Bangkok (THA) Fort Benning (USA) Fort Benning (USA) Munich (GER) Guangzhou (CHN) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER)	edit
	Final	704.8	Christian Klees (GER) (600+104.8)  Warren Potent (AUS) (599+105.8)	July 25, 1996 April 18, 2008	Atlanta (USA) Beijing (CHN)	edit
	Teams	1793	Austria (Knoegler, Planer, Waibel)	July 19, 2003	Plzen (CZE)	edit
Junior Men	Individual	600	Stevan Pletikosić (YUG)	August 29, 1991	Munich (GER)	edit
	Teams	1777	Soviet Union (Danilov, Khadjibekov, Kovalenko)  Slovakia (Gönci, Jahvodka, Vavricek)	September 6, 1990 August 5, 1993	Zenica (YUG) Brno (CZE)	edit
Women (ISSF)	Individual	597	Marina Bobkova (RUS)  Olga Dovgun (KAZ)  Olga Dovgun (KAZ)  Olga Dovgun (KAZ)	July 19, 1998 July 4, 2002 October 4, 2002 July 29, 2006	Barcelona (ESP) Lahti (FIN) Busan (KOR) Zagreb (CRO)	edit
	Teams	1786	Soviet Union (Cherkasova, Leskiv, Shylava)	August 15, 1990	Moscow (URS)	edit
Women (CISM)	Individual	597	Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)	2005	Thun (SUI)	edit
	Teams	1786	Germany (Friedel, Lechner, Pfeilschifter)	2005	Thun (SUI)	edit
Junior Women	Individual	598	Katja Böttinger (GER)	August 3, 2000	Plzen (CZE)	edit
	Teams	1770	Slovakia (Compelova, Peskova, Svecova)	August 3, 2000	Plzen (CZE)	edit