Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap

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Men's double trap
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Markópoulo Olympic Shooting
Centre
DateAugust 17, 2004
Competitors25 from 19 nations
Winning score189 =OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ahmed Al Maktoum
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Silver medal icon.svg Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Flag of India.svg  India
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Zheng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2000
2008  

The men's double trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 17 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final match. In the qualifier round, each shooter fires 3 sets of 50 shots in trap shooting. Shots were paired, with two targets being launched at a time.

The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fire for one additional round of 50. The total score from all 200 shots was used to determine the final ranking. Ties are broken through a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one pair at a time until there is no longer a tie.

Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of Dubai's royal family, set a historic milestone for the United Arab Emirates by picking up the nation's first ever gold medal in Olympic history. He made a new Olympic record of 179 in the qualification round and increased his six-point lead to a ten-point post-final victory margin at 189. [1] India's Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who finished fifth earlier in the prelims with 135, shot steadily in the final round to grab the silver with 179, while China's Wang Zheng scored 178 to edge out his teammate Hu Binyuan for the bronze by a single hit. [2]

Defending Olympic champion Richard Faulds failed to reach the final round after a dismal display in the prelims, posting a total record of 130 out of 150. He finished as thirteenth in a field of twenty-five shooters. [1]

Records

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

Qualification records
World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Diamond  (AUS)147 Barcelona, Spain 19 July 1998
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Russell Mark  (AUS)143 Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000
Final records
World recordFlag of Italy.svg  Daniele di Spigno  (ITA)194 (146+48) Tampere, Finland 7 July 1999
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Russell Mark  (AUS)189 (141+48) Atlanta, United States 24 July 1996

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryABCTotalShoot-offNotes
1 Ahmed Al Maktoum Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 484848144Q, =OR
2 Håkan Dahlby Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 464844138Q
3 Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 434945137Q
4 Waldemar Schanz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 444447135Q
5 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Flag of India.svg  India 464346135Q
6 Hu Binyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 45454413412Q
7 Daniele Di Spigno Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 45464313411
8 Fehaid Al-Deehani Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 4444461343
9 William Chetcuti Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 4344471341
9 Vitaly Fokeev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4444461341
11 Rashid Hamad Al-Athba Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 384648132
12 Mashfi Al-Mutairi Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 434345131
13 Bret Erickson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 434245130
13 Richard Faulds Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 414445130
15 Steve Haberman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 434244129
16 Sean Nicholson Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 444143128
17 Walton Eller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 414442127
17 Marco Innocenti Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 414343127
19 Vasily Mosin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 384444126
19 Thomas Turner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 444240126
21Saleem Al-NasriFlag of Oman.svg  Oman 394343125
22 Angelos Spiropoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 394639124
23 Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 364244122
24 Francisco Boza Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 404338121
25 Joonas Olkkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 413839118

=OR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalShoot-offNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Ahmed Al Maktoum  (UAE)14445189 =OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of India.svg  Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore  (IND)13544179
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zheng  (CHN)13741178
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hu Binyuan  (CHN)134431772
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Håkan Dahlby  (SWE)138391771
6Flag of Germany.svg  Waldemar Schanz  (GER)13540175

=OR Equalled Olympic record

References

  1. 1 2 "Shooter Almaktoum wins UAE's first gold at Athens Olympics". People's Daily. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. "Shooter Rathore strikes silver". Rediff.com. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2015.