Chinese Qiu Jian won the men's 50m rifle 3-positions gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday.

Qiu scored a total of 1,272.5 points for the top honor, while Jury Sukhorukov of Ukraine got the silver in 1,272.4 points, and Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia had the bronze in 1,271.7.

American Matthew Emmons scored 4.4 points in his last shot to finish fourth in 1,270.3 points.

(Xinhua News Agency August 17, 2008)