Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet

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Men's skeet
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
BeijingSkeetMedalists.JPG
Medal winners, from left:
Brovold, Hancock, Terras
Venue Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field
DateAugust 15, 2008
August 16, 2008
Competitors41 from 30 nations
Winning score145 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vincent Hancock Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Tore Brovold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Anthony Terras Flag of France.svg  France
  2004
2012  

The Men's skeet event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 and 16 at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 5 sets of 25 shots in the set order of skeet shooting.

The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired one additional round of 25. The total score from all 150 shots was used to determine the final ranking.

Vincent Hancock from the United States took a one-hit lead in the qualification round. In the final round, Norway's Tore Brovold, who already shared the world record with Hancock, eliminated this gap by means of a perfect 25, thus also sharing the Olympic final record of 145 hits with him. Hancock came back to win the shoot-off for the gold medal. One hit behind the duo, Anthony Terras of France won the bronze medal shoot-off against Antonis Nikolaidis, denying Cyprus its first-ever Olympic medal.

Records

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

Qualification records
World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Vincent Hancock  (USA)
Flag of Norway.svg  Tore Brovold  (NOR)
125 Lonato, Italy
Nicosia, Cyprus
14 June 2007
13 July 2008
Olympic recordISSF Rule changed on 01.01.2005
Final records
World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Vincent Hancock  (USA)
Flag of Norway.svg  Tore Brovold  (NOR)
150 (125+25) Lonato, Italy
Nicosia, Cyprus
14 June 2007
13 July 2008
Olympic recordISSF Rule changed on 01.01.2005

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountry123Day 145TotalShoot-offNotes
1 Vincent Hancock Flag of the United States.svg  United States 252424732424121Q OR
2 Tore Brovold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 252323712524120Q
3 Anthony Terras Flag of France.svg  France 242424722523120Q
4 Antonis Nikolaidis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 242424722523120Q
5 Georgios Achilleos Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 232423702524119Q
6 Qu Ridong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2423237023251184Q
7 Jin Di Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2422247024241183
8 Juan Jose Aramburu Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2225237024241183
9 Abdullah Al-Rashidi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2523247222241183
10 Zaid Al-Mutairi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2325227024241181
11 Randal McLelland Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2423237025231181
12 Harald Jensen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2425237224221181
13 Tino Wenzel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 232223682524117
14 Ennio Falco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 232324702423117
15 Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 242323702522117
16 Jan Sychra Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 252421702522117
17 George Barton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 232424712124116
18 Andrei Inešin Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 222420662425115
19 Valeriy Shomin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 222323682225115
20 Axel Wegner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 222225692323115
21 Mario Nunez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 232424712222115
22 Saeed Al Maktoum Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 232424712122114
23 Konstantin Tsuranov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 212223662423113
24 Andrea Benelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 222422682322113
25 Anders Golding Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 202424682321112
26 Juan Carlos Romero Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 242123682122111
27 Ariel Mauricio Flores Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 232223682221111
28 Jorge Atalah Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 222224682320111
29 Ziad Richa Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 242223692319111
30 Paul Rahman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 222319642521110
31 Julio Elizardo Dujarric Lembcke Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 232421682121110
32 Mikola Milchev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 202321642223109
33 Georgios Salavantakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 212023642322109
34 Andrei Gerachtchenko Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 212225682318109
35 Ioan Toman Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 211923632223108
36 Franco Donato Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 192122622123106
37 Rashid Hamad Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 222218622222106
38 Diego Duarte Delgado Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 212321652219106
39 Saied Al-Mutairi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 212022632219104
40 Marco Matellini Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 17191551222295
41 Roger Dahi Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 19211959112191

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalBronze
shoot-off
Gold
shoot-off
Notes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Vincent Hancock  (USA)121241454 OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Tore Brovold  (NOR)120251453 OR
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  Anthony Terras  (FRA)120241443
4Flag of Cyprus.svg  Antonis Nikolaidis  (CYP)120241442
5Flag of Cyprus.svg  Georgios Achilleos  (CYP)11924143
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qu Ridong  (CHN)11824142

OR Olympic record

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