The 36-year-old world record holder fired a score of 294 out of 300 shots fired.
He leads by one from Cuba's Leuris Pupo, Ding Feng and Zhang Jian of China.
They are followed in the standings by Czech Martin Podhrasky and Vijay Kumar of India.
The second stage of qualifying takes place tomorrow morning with the final in the afternoon.
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