The men's

10 metre air rifle 10 metre air rifle (N.B. For "Meter" in this article – read "Metre") is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . It ...

event at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

took place on 8 August 2016. The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres' distance from the standing position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 0.1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 20 shots. These shots scored in increments of one point, with an additional point in the center ring that is scored in increments of 0.1. Therefore, the maximum score is 10.9 per shot. The maximum score that can be achieved during qualification is 654.0.

Niccolò Campriani Niccolò Campriani (born November 6, 1987) is an Italian sport shooter and shooting coach. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the men's 10 metre air rifle, men's small-bore rifle, three positions, 50 metres and men's small-bor ...

of Italy won the gold medal, Ukraine's

Serhiy Kulish Serhiy Volodymyrovych Kulish ( uk, Сергій Володимирович Куліш) is a Ukrainian sport shooter. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also know ...

won the silver medal while Russia's

Vladimir Maslennikov Vladimir Anatolyevich Maslennikov (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Масленников; born 17 August 1994) is a Russian sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities invol ...

won the bronze medal.

Records

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

Qualification round

Final

The final was shot according to the ISSF regulations. The athletes shot 6 shots in 2×3 series before the lowest-ranked was eliminated every other shot.

References

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