Benjamin Burge (born 11 June 1980 in

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) is an Australian sport shooter. Since 2001, Burge had won a total of seven medals (five silver and two bronze) in both air and small-bore rifle at the Oceania Shooting Championships. He also captured a bronze medal for the men's 50 m rifle three positions at the

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, accumulating a score of 1,238.2 points. Burge represented

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at the

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, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events. In his first event,

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, Burge was able to hit a total of 576 points within six attempts, finishing forty-ninth in the qualifying rounds. Few days later, he placed fortieth in the

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, by two points ahead of Austria's

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, with a total score of 588 points. In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Burge was able to shoot 392 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 387 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,152 points, finishing again in fortieth place.

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