Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet

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Skeet
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Date24 September 1988
Competitors52 from 31 nations
Winning score222 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Axel Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Alfonso de Iruarrizaga Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Bronze medal icon.svg Jorge Guardiola Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  1984
1992  

Skeet was one of the thirteen shooting events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Open to both men and women, it was won by Axel Wegner. [1]

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1 Leoš Hlaváček Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 149Q
2 Daniel Carlisle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 149Q
2 Alfonso de Iruarrizaga Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 149Q
4 Valeri Timokhin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 149Q
5 Svetlana Demina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 148Q
6 Axel Wegner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 148Q
7 Björn Thorwaldson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 147Q
8 Jorge Guardiola Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 147Q
9 Firmo Roberti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 147Q
10 Matthew Dryke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 147Q
11 Eric Swinkels Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 147Q
12 Herbert Seeberger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 147Q
13 Aleksandr Cherkasov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 147Q
13 Luca Scribani Rossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 147Q
15 Bernhard Hochwald Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 147Q
16 Zhang Weigang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 146Q
17 Mehmetbulent Torpil Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 146Q
18 Tamaz Imnaichvili Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 146DNF
19 Jürgen Raabe Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 146Q
20 Wu Lanying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 146Q
21 Hennie Dompeling Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 146Q
22 Michael Tymvios Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 146Q
23 Jacques Lanfranchi Flag of France.svg  France 145Q (6th: 25)
24 Andrea Benelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 145Q (6th: 24; 5th: 25)
25 Petr Málek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 145Q (6th: 24; 5th: 25)
26 Richard Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 145(6th: 24; 5th: 24)
27 Lubos Adamec Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 144
27 Juan Giha Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 144
27 Ken Harman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 144
27 Don Kwasnycia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 144
27 Ole Riber Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 144
27 Wang Zhonghua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 144
33 Celso Giardini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 143
33 Josef Hahnenkamp Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 143
33 Mohamed Khorshed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 143
33 John Woolley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 143
33 Tomoya Yamashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 143
38 Yasumasa Furo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 142
38 Jorge Molina Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 142
40 Michel Demoulin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 141
40 Kim Ha-yeon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 141
40 Nuria Ortíz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 141
40 Wolfgang Trautwein Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 141
44 Ian Hale Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 140
44 Karsten Krogner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 140
44 Michaela Rink Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 140
44 Tsai Pai-sheng Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 140
44 Stephane Tyssier Flag of France.svg  France 140
49 Terry Carlisle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 139
50 Somchai Chanthavanich Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 138
51 John Farrell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 137
52 Jimmy Chin Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 136

DNF Did not finish – Q Qualified for semifinal

Semifinal

RankAthleteQual12SemifinalTotalNotes
1Flag of East Germany.svg  Axel Wegner  (GDR)148252550198Q EOR
2Flag of Chile.svg  Alfonso de Iruarrizaga  (CHI)149242549198Q EOR
3Flag of the United States.svg  Daniel Carlisle  (USA)149242448197Q
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Weigang  (CHN)146252550196Q
5Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Raabe  (GDR)146252550196Q
6Flag of Spain.svg  Jorge Guardiola  (ESP)147242549196Q (6th: 25)
7Flag of Italy.svg  Luca Scribani Rossi  (ITA)147242549196(6th: 24)
8Flag of Argentina.svg  Firmo Roberti  (ARG)147252449196
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Eric Swinkels  (NED)147252449196
10Flag of Germany.svg  Herbert Seeberger  (FRG)147252449196
11Flag of East Germany.svg  Bernhard Hochwald  (GDR)147252449196
11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeri Timokhin  (URS)149232447196
13Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Svetlana Demina  (URS)148232447195
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hennie Dompeling  (NED)146242549195
13Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Leoš Hlaváček  (TCH)149212546195
13Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Cherkasov  (URS)147252348195
13Flag of Sweden.svg  Björn Thorwaldson  (SWE)147242448195
13Flag of Turkey.svg  Mehmetbulent Torpil  (TUR)146252449195
13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Lanying  (CHN)146252449195
20Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Benelli  (ITA)145252449194
20Flag of France.svg  Jacques Lanfranchi  (FRA)145242549194
20Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Petr Málek  (TCH)145252449194
20Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Michael Tymvios  (CYP)146242448194
24Flag of the United States.svg  Matthew Dryke  (USA)147222446193

EOR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQual+SFFinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Axel Wegner  (GDR)19824222OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Chile.svg  Alfonso de Iruarrizaga  (CHI)19823221
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Jorge Guardiola  (ESP)19624220
4Flag of the United States.svg  Daniel Carlisle  (USA)19723220
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Weigang  (CHN)19623219
6Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Raabe  (GDR)19623219

OR Olympic record

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References

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