The men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 12 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center.

In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a .22 long rifle at 50 metres distance from the prone position.

The total score from all 70 shots were used to determine final ranking.

The medals were presented by Syed Shahid Ali, IOC member, Pakistan and Yair Davidovich, Council Member of the International Shooting Sport Federation.

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