Men's double trap at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field | ||||||||||||
Date | August 12, 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 190 (OR) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Rifle | ||
50 m rifle three positions | men | women |
50 m rifle prone | men | |
10 m air rifle | men | women |
Pistol | ||
50 m pistol | men | |
25 m pistol | women | |
25 m rapid fire pistol | men | |
10 m air pistol | men | women |
Shotgun | ||
Trap | men | women |
Double trap | men | |
Skeet | men | women |
The men's double trap event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 12 at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field. Walton Eller, the gold medal winner in this event, broke two Olympic records [1] for both the qualification and final rounds.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 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 fired one additional round of 50. The total score from all 200 shots was used to determine final ranking. Ties are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one pair at a time until there is no longer a tie.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records | ||||
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World record | Michael Diamond (AUS) Richard Faulds (GBR) Ronjan Sodhi (IND) | 147 | Barcelona, Spain Suhl, Germany Belgrade, Serbia | 19 July 1998 8 June 2008 18 June 2008 |
Olympic record | Ahmed Al Maktoum (UAE) | 144 | Athens, Greece | 17 August 2004 |
Final records | ||||
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World record | Daniele Di Spigno (ITA) Ronjan Sodhi (IND) | 194 (146+48) 194 (147+47) | Tampere, Finland Belgrade, Serbia | 7 July 1999 18 June 2008 |
Olympic record | Russell Mark (AUS) Ahmed Al Maktoum (UAE) | 189 (141+48) 189 (144+45) | Atlanta, United States Athens, Greece | 24 July 1996 17 August 2004 |
During the competition, Walton Eller broke both Olympic records by a one-hit margin.
The qualification round was held between 9:00 and 13:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8). It consisted of three programs of 25 doubles each. In the A and B programs, the two targets were simultaneously thrown with a difference of five degrees (one straight and one to the side); in the C program, this was increased to ten degrees (one to each side).
Rank | Athlete | Country | A | B | C | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
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1 | Walton Eller | United States | 48 | 49 | 48 | 145 | Q OR [1] | |
2 | Francesco D'Aniello | Italy | 48 | 46 | 47 | 141 | Q | |
3 | Jeffrey Holguin | United States | 45 | 48 | 47 | 140 | Q | |
4 | Hu Binyuan | China | 48 | 42 | 48 | 138 | Q | |
5 | Richard Faulds | Great Britain | 45 | 46 | 46 | 137 | Q | |
6 | Russell Mark | Australia | 45 | 48 | 43 | 136 | 6 | Q |
7 | Ahmed Al Maktoum | United Arab Emirates | 46 | 45 | 45 | 136 | 5 | |
8 | William Chetcuti | Malta | 47 | 45 | 44 | 136 | 3 | |
9 | Roland Gerebics | Hungary | 44 | 47 | 45 | 136 | 1 | |
10 | Daniele Di Spigno | Italy | 44 | 46 | 45 | 135 | ||
11 | Håkan Dahlby | Sweden | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | ||
12 | Wang Nan | China | 42 | 46 | 46 | 134 | ||
13 | Steven Scott | Great Britain | 43 | 45 | 46 | 134 | ||
14 | Vasily Mosin | Russia | 41 | 47 | 43 | 131 | ||
15 | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | India | 43 | 45 | 43 | 131 | ||
16 | Vitaly Fokeev | Russia | 45 | 44 | 41 | 130 | ||
17 | Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz | Puerto Rico | 45 | 39 | 39 | 123 | ||
18 | Graeme Ede | New Zealand | 38 | 40 | 35 | 113 | ||
19 | Giuseppe Di Salvatore | Canada | 38 | 34 | 37 | 109 |
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
The final was held at 15:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8). It repeated the C program for the top 6 shooters, and added the results to those of the qualification round.
Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
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Walton Eller (USA) | 145 | 45 | 190 | OR [1] | |
Francesco D'Aniello (ITA) | 141 | 46 | 187 | ||
Hu Binyuan (CHN) | 138 | 46 | 184 | ||
4 | Jeffrey Holguin (USA) | 140 | 42 | 182 | |
5 | Russell Mark (AUS) | 136 | 45 | 181 | |
6 | Richard Faulds (GBR) | 137 | 43 | 180 |
OR Olympic record
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