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Australian 50m Prone Rifle competitor Warren Potent recovered from an uncharacteristically weak qualification score to win the finals series and secure the Bronze medal.
The gold went to Artur Ayvazian of the Ukraine and Silver to Matthew Emmons of the U.S. Potent was ranked No.1 in the world going into the Olympics.
In qualifying Potent was ranked 4th with 595/600.
In Olympic competition the qualifying series score is a round of 60 shots each with a value of 10. The top 8 competitors advance to the final series which is a 10 shot round. For the finals the 10.4mm 10 ring is divided into tenths, thus a ‘perfect’ shot is worth 10.9. The qualifying and final scores are added together to establish the final placings.
The eight qualifiers were:
1 Artur Aivazian UKR 599
2 Matthew Emmons USA 597
3 Vebjørn Berg NOR 596
4 Warren Potent AUS 595
5 Juha Hirvi FIN 595
6 Sergei Martynov BLR 595
7 Konstantin Prikhodtchenko RUS 595
8 Valérian Sauveplane FRA 594
The scores in the final round were:
1 Warren Potent AUS 105.5
2 Valérian Sauveplane FRA 104.8
3 Matthew Emmons USA 104.7
4 Konstantin Prikhodtchenko RUS 104.0
5 Artur Aivazian UKR 103.7
6 Juha Hirvi FIN 103.5
7 Sergei Martynov BLR 103.3
8 Vebjørn Berg NOR 103.1
When tallied with the qualification round the top 3 were
Gold Artur Ayvazian Ukraine 702.7
Silver Matthew Emmons USA 701.1
Bronze Warren Potent Australia 700.5
This caps an excellent year for Potent win a number of wins and podiums on the World Cup circuit.