ISSF 50 meter rifle prone
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50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle.
The sport is based on the traditional "English Match" that also consisted of 60 shots in the prone position with a .22 rifle, but had varying distances between 45.7 meters (50.0 yd) and 100 meters (110 yd).
Since 2013 the time limit is 50 minutes for the match, preceded by 15 minutes of sighting and preparation time. If shooting on paper rather than electronic targets, 60 minutes is allowed for match firing.
Before 2017, the men's event was included in the Olympic program but starting with the 2020 Olympics this event has been removed to promote equal gender in Olympic shooting sports. Mixed gender doubles events were introduced to replace this event and two other individual shooting events. Now this event is contested in World Championships only. This includes a final for the top eight competitors. Beginning with the 2013 season, a new finals format was instituted, in which the qualification score is discarded, and the standings among the top eight shooters are determined by their finals scores alone. The course of fire was also changed significantly with the new rules, from the previous 10-shot and then 20-shots program into a 24-shot elimination format, with the lowest ranking shooter eliminated every two shots, starting from the completion of 12th shot.
The women's event has never been included in the Olympic program. It is included in both the ISSF and the CISM World Championships. Since the use of Olympic-style finals was discontinued in 2018, shooters with the same score are separated by a number of tie-breaking criteria, the first being the number of inner tens. Women's rifles may weigh up to 6.5 kilograms (14 lb), as opposed to 8.0 kilograms (17.6 lb) for men, but after the switch from standard rifles to sport rifles this is now the only difference in equipment.
World Championships, Men
World Championships, Men Team
World Championships, Women
World Championships, Women Team
World Championships, Mixed Team
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Egypt New Administrative Capital | United States Sagen Maddalena Ivan Roe | Ukraine Daria Tykhova Serhiy Kulish | Germany Jolyn Beer Maximilian Dallinger |
World Championships, total medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Norway | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | West Germany | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | China | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | France | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (31 entries) | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 |
Current world records
Pre 2013 World Records
| Pre 2013 world records in 50 meter rifle prone | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ||||||
| Individual | 705.5 | Sergei Martynov (BLR) (600+105.5) | 3 August 2012 | London (UK) | edit | |
| Teams | 1793 | Austria (Knögler, Planer, Waibel) | July 19, 2003 | Plzeň (CZE) | ||
| Junior Men | Individual | 600 | Stevan Pletikosić (YUG) | August 29, 1991 | Munich (GER) | edit |
| Teams | 1770 | United Kingdom United Kingdom (Thomson, Parr, Phillips) | July, 10 2006 | Zagreb (CRO) Zagreb | ||
| Teams | 1778 | Germany (Boschenrieder, Hahn, Junghaenel) | July 9, 2008 | Plzeň (CZE) | ||
| Women | 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) | |
| Teams | 1786 | Soviet Union (Cherkasova, Leskiv, Shylava) | August 15, 1990 | Moscow (URS) | ||
| Junior Women | Individual | 598 | Katja Böttinger (GER) | August 3, 2000 | Plzeň (CZE) | |
| Teams | 1771 | Sweden (Bengtsson, Karlsson, Säker) | July 14, 2009 | Osijek (CRO) |
Current World Records
| Current world records in 50 meter rifle prone | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Individual | 633.0 | Sergey Kamenskiy (RUS) | July 21, 2015 | Maribor (SLO) | |
| Teams | 1878.3 | Poland (Majka, Bartnik, Romańczyk) | September 16, 2019 | Bologna (ITA) | ||
| Junior Men | Individual | 629.3 | Christoph Kaulich (GER) | September 16, 2014 | Granada (ESP) | |
| Teams | 1865.6 | Austria (Thum, Wadlegger, Diem) | June 24, 2017 | Suhl (GER) | ||
| Women (ISSF) | Individual | 628.5 | Beate Gauss (GER) | September 14, 2014 | Granada (ESP) | |
| Teams | 1871.6 | Russia (Zykova, Ivanova, Khorosheva) | September 16, 2019 | Bologna (ITA) | ||
| Women (CISM) | Individual | 625.5 | Bae So-hee (KOR) | 14 November 2016 | Doha (QAT) | edit |
| Teams | 1861.0 | China (Wan, Yin, Gao) Germany (Müller, Beer, Rachl) | 14 November 2016 14 November 2016 | Doha (QAT) Doha (QAT) | edit | |
| Junior Women | Individual | 627.9 | Jeanette Hegg Duestad (NOR) | July 14, 2019 | Suhl (GER) | |
| Teams | 1865.5 | Norway (Duestad, Stette, Engevik) | July 14, 2019 | Suhl (GER) |