ISSF 50 meter rifle prone
# ISSF 50 meter rifle prone

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 time limit is 75 minutes for the entire match, including sighting shots, or 90 minutes if there is a need to compensate for slow scoring systems. In the 2013 ISSF rules the 60-shot prone match consists of 15-minute preparation and sighting time, followed by the match – 60 shots in 50 minutes for electronic scoring, and 60 shots in 60 minutes for paper targets.

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).

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 is not Olympic but included in both the ISSF and the CISM World Championships. Since the final 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

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1962 | Cairo | Karl Wenk (FRG) | Vladimir Chuian (URS) | James Enoch Hill (USA) |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | David Boyd (USA) | Jerzy Nowicki (POL) | Bill Krilling (USA) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Manfred Fiess (RSA) | Esa Einari Kervinen (FIN) | Klaus Zähringer (FRG) |
| 1974 | Thun | Karel Bulan (TCH) | Helge Edvin Anshushaug (NOR) | Wolfram Waibel Sr. (AUT) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Alister Allan (GBR) | Lones Wigger (USA) | Lanny Bassham (USA) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Victor Daniltchenko (URS) | William Beard (USA) | Viktor Vlasov (URS) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Sandor Bereczky (HUN) | Gale Stewart (CAN) | Michael Heine (FRG) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS) | Harald Stenvaag (NOR) | Tadeusz Czerwinski (POL) |
| 1994 | Milan | Wenjie Li (CHN) | Stevan Pletikosic (IOP) | Michel Bury (FRA) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Thomas Tamas (USA) | Juha Hirvi (FIN) | Sergei Kovalenko (RUS) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Matthew Emmons (USA) | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | Espen Berg-Knutsen (NOR) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Sergei Martynov (BLR) | Jury Sukhorukov (UKR) | Marco de Nicolo (ITA) |
| 2010 | Munich | Sergei Martynov (BLR) | Valérian Sauveplane (FRA) | Matthew Emmons (USA) |
| 2014 | Granada | Warren Potent (AUS) | Daniel Brodmeier (GER) | Yury Shcherbatsevich (BLR) |
| 2018 | Changwon | Steffen Olsen (DEN) | Stian Bogar (NOR) | Thomas Mathis (AUT) |
| 2022 | New Administrative Capital | Jan Lochbihler (SUI) | Liu Yukun (CHN) | Zhao Zhonghao (CHN) |

## World Championships, Men Team

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1962 | Cairo | Sweden Christer Gustafsson Kurt Johansson Jan Emil Poignant Nils Johan Sundberg | United States Gary Anderson James Enoch Hill Presley Kendall Verle Franklin Jun. Wright | West Germany Rudolf Bortz Peter Kohnke Karl Wenk Klaus Zähringer |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | United States Donald Adams David Boyd Bill Krilling Lones Wigger | Poland Janusz Kalmus Stanislaw Marucha Jerzy Nowicki Andrzej Trajda | Soviet Union Vasily Borisov Alexander Gerasimenok Yuri Kudryashov Marat Niyazov |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Italy Giuseppe de Chirico Franco Donna Walter Frescura Luigi Testarmata | Romania Marin Ferecatu Ștefan Kaban Gheorghe Vasilescu Stefan Tamas | Yugoslavia Dusan Epifanic Branislav Loncar Zdravko Milutinovic Miroslav Sipek |
| 1974 | Thun | Finland Jouko Ilmari Hietalahti Pauli Aapeli Janhonen Esa Einari Kervinen Leif Lajunen | United States Victor Auer Presley Kendall Margaret Murdock Lones Wigger | Czechoslovakia Karel Bulan Petr Kovářík Karel Skyba Jiri Vogler |
| 1978 | Seoul | United States Lanny Bassham John Comley Boyd Goldsby Lones Wigger | West Germany Kurt Hillenbrand Ulrich Lind Karlheinz Smieszek Werner Seibold | Switzerland Hans Braem Pierre-Alain Dufaux Anton Mueller Robert Weilenmann |
| 1982 | Caracas | Soviet Union Victor Daniltchenko Gennadi Lushikov Alexander Mitrofanov Viktor Vlasov | West Germany Hubert Bichler Peter Heinz Ulrich Lind Werner Seibold | Austria Albert Deuring Lothar Heinrich Hannes Rainer Wolfram Waibel Sr. |
| 1986 | Suhl | Australia Donald Brook Warren Potent Alan Smith | East Germany Bernd Hartstein Mario Gonsierowski Hellfried Heilfort | Sweden Christian Heller Stefan Lövbom Hans Strand |
| 1990 | Moscow | Soviet Union Viatcheslav Botchkarev Gennadi Lushikov Sergei Martynov | Czechoslovakia Jaromir Bures Vaclav Becvar Miroslav Varga | Yugoslavia Rajmond Debevec Goran Maksimović Nemanja Mirosavljev |
| 1994 | Milan | Ukraine Artur Ayvazyan Oleg Dementyev Andriy Sheykin | France Jean-Pierre Amat Michel Bury Dominique Maquin | Russia Viatcheslav Botchkarev Artem Khadjibekov Sergei Schedrin |
| 1998 | Barcelona | United States Thomas Tamas Glenn Dubis Lance Hopper | Slovakia Peter Bubernik Miroslav Svorada Jozef Gönci | Italy Roberto Vitobello Marco de Nicolo Roberto Facheris |
| 2002 | Lahti | Norway Espen Berg-Knutsen Vebjørn Berg Harald Stenvaag | Ukraine Oleg Mykhaylov Artur Ayvazyan Jury Sukhorukov | Russia Konstantin Prikhodtchenko Sergei Kovalenko Artem Khadjibekov |
| 2006 | Zagreb | United States Michael McPhail Eric Uptagrafft Matthew Emmons | Austria Mario Knögler Christian Planer Alexander Uhl | Hungary Péter Sidi Tibor Gabor Mlinkovics Szabolcs Herczegh |
| 2010 | Munich | United States Michael McPhail Eric Uptagrafft Matthew Emmons | South Korea Han Jinseop Kim Jonghyun Kim Hakman | Russia Artem Khadjibekov Konstantin Prikhodtchenko Dmitry Ponomarev |
| 2014 | Granada | Zhao Shengbo Lan Xing Liu Gang | Belarus Sergei Martynov Yuri Shcherbatsevich Vitali Bubnovich | Serbia Stevan Pletikosić Milenko Sebić Nemanja Mirosavljev |
| 2018 | Changwon | Daniel Brodmeier Christoph Kaulich Maximilian Dallinger | United States Michael McPhail Matthew Emmons Lucas Kozeniesky | Zhao Zhonghao Sun Jian Liu Gang |

## World Championships, Women

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Eulalia Zakrzewska (POL) | Margaret Thompson (USA) | Ferencne Kun (HUN) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Desanka Perović (YUG) | Ann de Vos (RSA) | Margareta Gustafsson (SWE) |
| 1974 | Thun | Margaret Murdock (USA) | Christina Gustafsson (SWE) | Nonka Shatarova (BUL) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Sue Ann Sandusky (USA) | Dominique Esnault (FRA) | Karen Monez (USA) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Sirpa Ylönen (FIN) | Yvonne Hill (AUS) | Svetlana Komaristova (URS) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Eva Forian (HUN) | Nonka Matova (BUL) | Roxana Lamasanu (ROM) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Iryna Shylava (URS) | Valentina Cherkasova (URS) | Lessia Leskiv (URS) |
| 1994 | Milan | Petra Horneber (GER) | Beth Herzman (USA) | Nieves Fernandez (ESP) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Marina Bobkova (RUS) | Xian Wang (CHN) | Elizabeth Bourland (USA) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) | Xian Wang (CHN) | Natallia Kalnysh (UKR) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) | Hanne Skarpodde (NOR) | Varvara Kovalenko (KAZ) |
| 2010 | Munich | Tejaswini Sawant (IND) | Joanna Nowakowska (POL) | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) |
| 2014 | Granada | Beate Gauss (GER) | Chen Dongqi (CHN) | Esmari Van Reenen (RSA) |
| 2018 | Changwon | Seonaid McIntosh (GBR) | Isabella Straub (GER) | Daniela Demjen Peskova (SVK) |
| 2022 | New Administrative Capital | Jolyn Beer (GER) | Sarina Hitz (SUI) | Mary Carolynn Tucker (USA) |

## World Championships, Women Team

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Poland Barbara Kopyt Bozena Wzietek Eulalia Zakrzewska | United States Marianne Jensen Patricia Kinsella Margaret Thompson | Hungary Oszkarne Kellner Lajosne Kisgyorgy Ferencne Kun |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Yugoslavia Magdalena Herold Mirjana Masic Desanka Perovic | West Germany Ingrid Kappes Gerlinde Popp Anneliese Rhomberg | Soviet Union Tamara Cherkasova Lucia Fagereva Tatiana Ratnikova |
| 1974 | Thun | United States Schuyler Helbing Margaret Murdock Diana Zimmermann | Yugoslavia Mirjana Masic Desanka Pesut Valeria Sabatka | Sweden Margareta Gustafsson Christina Gustafsson Brita Raning |
| 1978 | Seoul | United States Karen Monez Wanda Oliver Sue Ann Sandusky | France Yvette Courault Dominique Esnault Elisabeth Lesou | Australia Tricia van Nus Sylvia Muehlberg Tracey Smith |
| 1982 | Caracas | Australia Yvonne Gowland Yvonne Hill Sylvia Muehlberg | Soviet Union Svetlana Komaristova Lessia Leskiv Tatiana Sytcheva | France Yvette Courault Dominique Esnault Isabelle Heberle |
| 1986 | Suhl | Yugoslavia Vesna Domazet Mirjana Jovovic Biserka Vrbek | Bulgaria Petja Doudekova Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova | Sweden Anette Andersson Margareta Gustafsson Christina Gustafsson |
| 1990 | Moscow | Soviet Union Valentina Cherkasova Lessia Leskiv Iryna Shylava | Bulgaria Vesela Letcheva Nonka Matova Milena Spasova | United States Tammie Deangles Launi Meili Kristen Peterson |
| 1994 | Milan | Russia Valentina Cherkasova Irina Gerasimenok Anna Maloukhina | Norway Lindy Hansen Grethe Martinsen Hanne Vataker | Ukraine Lessia Leskiv Tatiana Nesterova Olga Cheremska |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Russia Marina Bobkova Irina Gerasimenok Tatiana Goldobina | Xian Wang Yinghui Zhao Hong Shan | Ukraine Lessia Leskiv Olga Larina Olena Davydova |
| 2002 | Lahti | Finland Viivi Villa Jenni Ranta Helena Juppala | Denmark Pia Jakobsen Anni Bissoe Charlotte Jakobsen | Britta Grossecappenberg Petra Horneber Sonja Pfeilschifter |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Sonja Pfeilschifter Dorothee Bauer Claudia Keck | Kazakhstan Galina Korchma Olga Dovgun Varvara Kovalenko | Ukraine Natallia Kalnysh Olena Davydova Lessia Leskiv |
| 2010 | Munich | Switzerland Aurelie Grangier Annik Marguet Irene Beyeler | Eva Friedel Sonja Pfeilschifter Nicole Stenzenberger | South Korea Kim Yooyeon Jeong Mira Kwon Nara |
| 2014 | Granada | Beate Gauss Barbara Engleder Isabella Straub | Chen Dongqi Chang Jing Yi Siling | Ukraine Lessia Leskiv Natallia Kalnysh Olga Golubchenko |
| 2018 | Changwon | Jaqueline Orth Isabella Straub Amelie Kleinmanns | Denmark Stine Nielsen Rikki Maeng Ibsen Stephanie Laura Scurrah Grundsoee | Great Britain Seonaid McIntosh Jennifer McIntosh Zoe Anne Bruce |

## World Championships, Mixed Team

| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 |
| 25 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | Totals (31 entries) | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 |

## Current world records

### Pre 2013 World Records

Pre 2013 world records in 50 meter 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) Valérian Sauveplane (FRA) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) Matthew Emmons (USA) Guy Starik (ISR) Sergei Martynov (BLR) | 13 July 1989 29 August 1991 27 April 1994 25 July 1996 23 May 1997 28 July 1998 4 September 1998 8 June 2000 11 June 2003 18 July 2003 3 March 2004 27 October 2004 11 May 2005 11 May 2005 26 August 2005 29 March 2006 9 May 2007 18 May 2008 3 August 2012 | Zagreb (YUG) Munich (GER) Havana (CUB) Atlanta (USA) Munich (GER) Barcelona (ESP) Buenos Aires (ARG) Munich (GER) Munich (GER) Plzeň (CZE) Sydney (AUS) Bangkok (THA) Fort Benning (USA) Fort Benning (USA) Munich (GER) Guangzhou (CHN) Bangkok (THA) Munich (GER) London (ENG) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | Final | 705.5 | Sergei Martynov (BLR) (600+105.5) | 3 August 2012 | London (UK) |
| Men | Teams | 1793 | Austria (Knögler, Planer, Waibel) | July 19, 2003 | Plzeň (CZE) |
| Junior Men | Individual | 600 | Stevan Pletikosić (YUG) | August 29, 1991 | Munich (GER) |
| Junior Men | 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) |
| Women | Teams | 1786 | Soviet Union (Cherkasova, Leskiv, Shylava) | August 15, 1990 | Moscow (URS) |
| Junior Women | Individual | 598 | Katja Böttinger (GER) | August 3, 2000 | Plzeň (CZE) |
| Junior Women | 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) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | 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) |
| Junior Men | 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) |
| Women (ISSF) | 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) |
| Women (CISM) | Teams | 1861.0 | China (Wan, Yin, Gao) Germany (Müller, Beer, Rachl) | 14 November 2016 14 November 2016 | Doha (QAT) Doha (QAT) |
| Junior Women | Individual | 627.9 | Jeanette Hegg Duestad (NOR) | July 14, 2019 | Suhl (GER) |
| Junior Women | Teams | 1865.5 | Norway (Duestad, Stette, Engevik) | July 14, 2019 | Suhl (GER) |
