Men's skeet at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | National Shooting Center | |||||||||
Date | 12–13 August 2016 | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 23 nations | |||||||||
Winning score | 16/16 (in the gold medal match) | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Shooting at the 2016 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 skeet event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 12 and 13 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records | ||||
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World record | Valerio Luchini (ITA) | 125 | Beijing, China | 9 July 2014 |
Olympic record | ISSF Rule changed on January 1, 2013 | — | — | — |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
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1 | Gabriele Rossetti | Italy | 16 | Gold Medal Match | |
1 | Marcus Svensson | Sweden | 16 | Gold Medal Match | |
3 | Mykola Milchev | Ukraine | 15 | Bronze Medal Match | |
4 | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | Independent Olympic Athletes | 14 | +4 | Bronze Medal Match |
5 | Jesper Hansen | Denmark | 14 | +3 | |
6 | Stefan Nilsson | Sweden | 14 | +3 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
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Gabriele Rossetti | Italy | 16 | |||
Marcus Svensson | Sweden | 15 | |||
Abdullah Al-Rashidi | Independent Olympic Athletes | 16 | |||
4 | Mykola Milchev | Ukraine | 14 |
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