ISSF 50 meter rifle prone

File:50 meter rifle target.svg

The target: total Ø = 154.4 mm. 4 ring Ø = 106.4 mm. 9 ring Ø = 26.4 mm. 10 ring Ø = 10.4 mm, height 0.75 m above the floor

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 and .

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 , as opposed to 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	Template:Flagicon Cairo	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Flagicon Stevan Pletikosic (IOP)	Template:Country flagbio
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio

World Championships, Men Team

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

World Championships, Women

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio	Template:Country flagbio

World Championships, Women Team

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

World Championships, Mixed Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	Template:Flagu Sagen Maddalena Ivan Roe	Template:Flagu Daria Tykhova Serhiy Kulish	Template:Flagu Jolyn Beer Maximilian Dallinger

Current world records

Pre 2013 World Records

Pre 2013 world records in 50 meter rifle prone
Men

Final	705.5	Template:Country flagbio (600+105.5)	3 August 2012	London Template:Cc3
Teams	1793	(Knögler, Planer, Waibel)	July 19, 2003	Plzeň Template:Cc3
Junior Men	Individual	600	Template:Country flagbio	August 29, 1991	Munich Template:Cc3
	Teams	1770	Template:Flagicon United Kingdom (Thomson, Parr, Phillips)	July, 10 2006	Zagreb (CRO) Zagreb
	Teams	1778	Template:Flagu (Boschenrieder, Hahn, Junghaenel)	July 9, 2008	Plzeň Template:Cc3
Women	Individual	597	Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete Template:Flagathlete	July 19, 1998 July 4, 2002 October 4, 2002 July 29, 2006	Barcelona Template:Cc3 Lahti Template:Cc3 Busan Template:Cc3 Zagreb Template:Cc3
	Teams	1786	(Cherkasova, Leskiv, Shylava)	August 15, 1990	Moscow Template:Cc3
Junior Women	Individual	598	Template:Flagathlete	August 3, 2000	Plzeň Template:Cc3
	Teams	1771	Template:Flagu (Bengtsson, Karlsson, Säker)	July 14, 2009	Osijek Template:Cc3

Current World Records

Current world records in 50 meter rifle prone
Men	Individual	633.0	Template:Flagathlete	July 21, 2015	Maribor Template:Cc3
	Teams	1878.3	Template:Flagu (Majka, Bartnik, Romańczyk)	September 16, 2019	Bologna Template:Cc3
Junior Men	Individual	629.3	Template:Flagathlete	September 16, 2014	Granada Template:Cc3
	Teams	1865.6	(Thum, Wadlegger, Diem)	June 24, 2017	Suhl Template:Cc3
Women (ISSF)	Individual	628.5	Template:Flagathlete	September 14, 2014	Granada Template:Cc3
	Teams	1871.6	Template:Flagu (Zykova, Ivanova, Khorosheva)	September 16, 2019	Bologna Template:Cc3
Women (CISM)	Individual	625.5	Template:Country flagbio	14 November 2016	Doha Template:Cc3
	Teams	1861.0	(Wan, Yin, Gao) (Müller, Beer, Rachl)	14 November 2016 14 November 2016	Doha Template:Cc3 Doha Template:Cc3
Junior Women	Individual	627.9	Template:Flagathlete	July 14, 2019	Suhl Template:Cc3
	Teams	1865.5	(Duestad, Stette, Engevik)	July 14, 2019	Suhl Template:Cc3