Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

Infobox Olympic event
event = Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
games = 2000 Summer
venue = Sydney International Shooting Centre
date = 23 September 2000
competitors = 44
nations = 29
gold = Rajmond Debevec
goldNOC = SLO
silver = Juha Hirvi
silverNOC = FIN
bronze = Harald Stenvaag
bronzeNOC = NOR
win_label = Winning score
win_value = 1275.1 (OR)
prev = 1996
next = 2004

Men's 50 metre rifle three positions was the last rifle event to be concluded at the 2000 Summer Olympics, on 23 September. The qualification round, consisting of 40 shots from each position, began at 09:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots standing at 13:15. World record holder Rajmond Debevec won the competition and his first Olympic medal, setting two new Olympic records.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World Olympic Record
record_type = Qualification records
world_athlete = flagathlete|Rajmond Debevec|SLO
world_mark = 1186
world_place = Munich, Germany
world_date = 29 August 1992
olympic_athlete = flagIOCathlete|Jean-Pierre Amat|FRA|1996 Summer
olympic_mark = 1175
olympic_place = Atlanta, United States
olympic_date = 27 July 1996

World Olympic Record
record_type = Final records
world_athlete = flagathlete|Rajmond Debevec|SLO
world_mark = 1287.9 (1186+101.9)
world_place = Munich, Germany
world_date = 29 August 1992
olympic_athlete = flagIOCathlete|Jean-Pierre Amat|FRA|1996 Summer
olympic_mark = 1273.9 (1175+98.9)
olympic_place = Atlanta, United States
olympic_date = 27 July 1996

Qualification round

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

OR Olympic record

References

*cite book |title=Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad — Shooting |url=http://aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sh/SHresults.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-09-06