Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
games = 2008 Summer
venue = Beijing Shooting Range Hall
date = August 17, 2008
competitors = 49
nations = 31
gold = Qiu Jian
goldNOC = CHN
silver = Jury Sukhorukov
silverNOC = UKR
bronze = Rajmond Debevec
bronzeNOC = SLO
win_label = Winning score
win_value = 1272.5
prev = 2004The 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.

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.

Medalists

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title = Detailed standing results
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DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final

Final

Matthew Emmons, who had the lead in the 2004 final but finished eighth after cross-firing his last shot, once again had the lead with one shot remaining, and once again lost it, this time by scoring a 4.4 and finishing fourth. Instead, the gold went to China's Qiu.