Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet

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Men's skeet
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Anders Golding, Vincent Hancock, Nasser Al-Attiyah 2012.jpg
Left-right: Golding, Hancock, Al-Attiyah
Venue Royal Artillery Barracks
Date 30 July 2012
31 July 2012
Competitors 36 from 26 nations
Winning score 148
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vincent Hancock Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Anders Golding Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze medal icon.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
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The Men's skeet event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 30 and 31 July 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks. 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. [1]

Royal Artillery Barracks barracks in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England

The Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, was the home of the Royal Artillery from 1776 until 2007.

Skeet shooting sport in which players use shotguns to hit clay disks in midair

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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)125 Lonato, Italy 14 June 2007
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Vincent Hancock  (USA)121 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Final records
World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Vincent Hancock  (USA)150 (125+25) Lonato, Italy 14 June 2007
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Vincent Hancock  (USA)
Flag of Norway.svg  Tore Brovold  (NOR)
145 (121+24)
145 (120+25)
Beijing, China 16 August 2008
  • Hancock improved his Olympic record from the last Olympic with three points.

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountry12345TotalNotes
1 Vincent Hancock Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2524252425123Q, OR
2 Anders Golding Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2423252525122Q
3 Valeriy Shomin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2324242525121Q
4 Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2523242425121Q
5 Luigi Lodde Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2125242525120Q
6 Jan Sychra Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2323252425120Q
7 Marcus Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2224242425119
8 Frank Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2423242325119
9 Nikolaos Mavrommatis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2325232424119
10 Ralf Buchheim Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2321242525118
11 Georgios Achilleos Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2322242425118
12 Richard Brickell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2422232524118
13 Saeed Al-Maktoum Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2124252424118
14 Ennio Falco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2423242324118
15 Stefan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2225252224118
16 Rory Warlow Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2424222523118
17 Anthony Terras Flag of France.svg  France 2124242523117
18 Mostafa Hamdy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2325222423117
19 Jakub Tomeček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2423232522117
20 Keith Ferguson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2322232224116
21 Abdullah Al-Rashidi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2324242124116
22 Antonakis Andreou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2223232423115
23 Juan José Aramburu Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2322242422115
24 Javier Rodríguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2322232224114
25 Efthimios Mitas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2224232223114
26 Jesper Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2222242421113
27 Tore Brovold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2225222420113
28 Khurram Inam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2123232025112
29 Majed Al-Tamimi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2318202521111
30 Guillermo Alfredo Torres Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2021252222110
31 Paul Brian Rosario Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2219252224109
32 Nicolas Pacheco Espinosa Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2121212224109
33 Clive Barton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2022252121109
34 Fabio Ramella Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2123222320109
35 Cho Yong-Seong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2421232219109
36 Azmy Mehelba Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2119242420108

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotalBronze
shoot-off
Notes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Vincent Hancock  (USA)12325148OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Denmark.svg  Anders Golding  (DEN)12224146
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Qatar.svg  Nasser Al-Attiyah  (QAT)121231446
4Flag of Russia.svg  Valeriy Shomin  (RUS)12123144 5
5Flag of Italy.svg  Luigi Lodde  (ITA)12023143
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Sychra  (CZE)12023143

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