Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet

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Men's skeet
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Aerial view of the National Shooting Center in Deodoro, where the men's skeet event took place.
Venue National Shooting Center
Date12–13 August 2016
Competitors32 from 23 nations
Winning score16/16 (in the gold medal match)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gabriele Rossetti
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Marcus Svensson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Abdullah Al-Rashidi
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes
  2012
2020  

The Men's skeet event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 12 and 13 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center. [1]

Records

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

Qualification records
World recordFlag of Italy.svg  Valerio Luchini  (ITA)125 Beijing, China 9 July 2014
Olympic recordISSF Rule changed on January 1, 2013

Results

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountry12345TotalShoot-offNotes
1 Abdullah Al-Rashidi Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 2425252524123Q, OR
2 Marcus Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2525252424123Q, OR
3 Stefan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2524252325122Q
4 Mykola Milchev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2524252424122Q
5 Gabriele Rossetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2425222525121+12Q
6 Jesper Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2425242523121+12Q
7 Éric Delaunay Flag of France.svg  France 2425252424121+11
8 Anthony Terras Flag of France.svg  France 2423252425121+3
9 Mairaj Ahmad Khan Flag of India.svg  India 2425232524121+3
10 Keith Ferguson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2425232325120
11 Azmy Mehelba Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2524252224120
12 Anton Astakhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2224232525119
13 Efthimios Mitas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2324222525119
14 Dainis Upelnieks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2423232425119
15 Vincent Hancock Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2324242424119
16 Andreas Chasikos Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2223242425118
17 Saeed Al Maktoum Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2324232325118
18 Michael Maskell Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2123252524118
19 Paul Adams Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2424242323118
20 Saud Habib Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 2124242424117
21 Frank Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2322242523117
22 Renato Portella Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2422212524116
23 Ralf Buchheim Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2221252424116
24 Luigi Lodde Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2123242424116
25 Sebastian Kuntschik Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2222242424116
26 Juan Miguel Rodríguez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2421232523116
27 Federico Gil Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2323232423116
28 Franco Donato Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2223232423115
29 Saif bin Futtais Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2123242323114
30 Ronaldas Račinskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2320212424112
31 Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2122212423111
32 Rashid Saleh Hamad Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2121212422109

Semifinal

RankAthleteCountryTotalShoot-offNotes
1 Gabriele Rossetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16Gold Medal Match
1 Marcus Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 16Gold Medal Match
3 Mykola Milchev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15Bronze Medal Match
4 Abdullah Al-Rashidi Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 14+4Bronze Medal Match
5 Jesper Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14+3
6 Stefan Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14+3

Final (medal matches)

RankAthleteCountryTotalShoot-offNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gabriele Rossetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16
Silver medal icon.svg Marcus Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15
Bronze medal icon.svg Abdullah Al-Rashidi Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 16
4 Mykola Milchev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14

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References

  1. "Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.