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Skeet, Men

Date	15 – 16 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Shejichang Feidie Bachang, Beijing
Participants	41 from 30 countries

US shooter Vincent Hancock led the qualifying with 121. In the final he was clear thru 19 shots, but missed his 20th target, and was tied by Norway’s Tore Brovold, who was clear in the final with 25. Hancock was only 19-years-old, shooting in his first major international, while Brovold had been bronze medalist at the 2006 World Championships. But in the shoot-off, Hancock prevailed, making four consecutive birds and winning when Brovold missed his fourth shot. The favorites in the event struggled. Georgios Akhilleos of Greece, world-ranked #1 coming into Beijing, made the final, but finished only fifth. Defending champion Andrea Benelli of Italy placed only 24th. The two other Olympic gold medalists competing, Ennio Falco of Italy and Mykola Milchev of Ukraine, gold medalists at Sydney 2000 and Atlanta 1996, finished 15th and 32nd respectively.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Preliminary Shoot-Off 6-12	Final	Final Shoot-Off 1/2	Final Shoot-Off 3/4
1	1763	Vincent Hancock	USA	121 (1)	–	145 (1)	4 (1)	–	Gold	OR
2	1519	Tore Brovold	NOR	120 (=2)	–	145 (2)	3 (2)	–	Silver	OR
3	1257	Anthony Terras	FRA	120 (=2)	–	144 (3)	–	3 (1)	Bronze
4	1163	Antonis Nikolaidis	CYP	120 (=2)	–	144 (4)	–	2 (2)
5	1162	Giorgos Achilleos	CYP	119 (5)	–	143 (5)	–	–
6	1124	Qu Ridong	CHN	118 (6)	4 (1)	142 (6)	–	–
=7	1117	Jin Di	CHN	118 (=7)	3 (=2)	–	–	–
=7	1219	Juan Aramburu	ESP	118 (=7)	3 (=2)	–	–	–
=7	1431	Abdullah Al-Rashidi	KUW	118 (=7)	3 (=2)	–	–	–
=10	1430	Zaid Al-Mutairi	KUW	118 (=10)	1 (=5)	–	–	–
=10	1765	Sean Mclelland	USA	118 (=10)	1 (=5)	–	–	–
=10	1521	Harald Jensen	NOR	118 (=10)	1 (=5)	–	–	–
13	1292	Tino Wenzel	GER	117 (13)	–	–	–	–
14	1372	Ennio Falco	ITA	117 (14)	–	–	–	–
15	1592	Nasser Al-Attiya	QAT	117 (15)	–	–	–	–
16	1174	Jan Sychra	CZE	117 (16)	–	–	–	–
17	1021	George Barton	AUS	116 (17)	–	–	–	–
18	1230	Andrei Inešin	EST	115 (18)	–	–	–	–
19	1624	Valery Shomin	RUS	115 (19)	–	–	–	–
20	1291	Axel Wegner	GER	115 (20)	–	–	–	–
21	1222	Mario Núñez	ESP	115 (21)	–	–	–	–
22	1730	Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum	UAE	114 (22)	–	–	–	–
23	1625	Konstantin Tsuranov	RUS	113 (23)	–	–	–	–
24	1365	Andrea Benelli	ITA	113 (24)	–	–	–	–
25	1186	Anders Golding	DEN	112 (25)	–	–	–	–
26	1310	Juan Romero	GUA	111 (26)	–	–	–	–
27	1468	Ariel Flores	MEX	111 (27)	–	–	–	–
28	1109	Jorge Atalah	CHI	111 (28)	–	–	–	–
29	1442	Ziad Richa	LBN	111 (29)	–	–	–	–
30	1030	Paul Rahman	AUS	110 (30)	–	–	–	–
31	1191	Julio Dujarric	DOM	110 (31)	–	–	–	–
32	1739	Mykola Milchev	UKR	109 (32)	–	–	–	–
33	1305	Georgios Salavantakis	GRE	109 (33)	–	–	–	–
34	1067	Andrei Hierachtchenko	BLR	109 (34)	–	–	–	–
35	1600	Ioan Toman	ROU	108 (35)	–	–	–	–
36	1203	Franco Donato	EGY	106 (36)	–	–	–	–
37	1593	Rashid Hamad	QAT	106 (37)	–	–	–	–
38	1142	Diego Duarte	COL	106 (38)	–	–	–	–
39	1425	Sayed Al-Mutairi	KSA	104 (39)	–	–	–	–
40	1551	Marco Matellini	PER	95 (40)	–	–	–	–
41	1695	Roger Dahi	SYR	91 (41)	–	–	–	–

Preliminary Round

Date	15 – 16 August 2008 — 9:00
Format	125 targets in five series of 25. 125 possible. Top six advanced to 25-target final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points	Round 5 Points
1	1763	Vincent Hancock	USA	121	25	24	24	24	24
=2	1519	Tore Brovold	NOR	120	25	23	23	25	24
=2	1257	Anthony Terras	FRA	120	24	24	24	25	23
=2	1163	Antonis Nikolaidis	CYP	120	24	24	24	25	23
5	1162	Giorgos Achilleos	CYP	119	23	24	23	25	24
6	1124	Qu Ridong	CHN	118	24	23	23	23	25
=7	1117	Jin Di	CHN	118	24	22	24	24	24
=7	1219	Juan Aramburu	ESP	118	22	25	23	24	24
=7	1431	Abdullah Al-Rashidi	KUW	118	25	23	24	22	24
=10	1430	Zaid Al-Mutairi	KUW	118	23	25	22	24	24
=10	1765	Sean Mclelland	USA	118	24	23	23	25	23
=10	1521	Harald Jensen	NOR	118	24	25	23	24	22
13	1292	Tino Wenzel	GER	117	23	22	23	25	24
14	1372	Ennio Falco	ITA	117	23	23	24	24	23
15	1592	Nasser Al-Attiya	QAT	117	24	23	23	25	22
16	1174	Jan Sychra	CZE	117	25	24	21	25	22
17	1021	George Barton	AUS	116	23	24	24	21	24
18	1230	Andrei Inešin	EST	115	22	24	20	24	25
19	1624	Valery Shomin	RUS	115	22	23	23	22	25
20	1291	Axel Wegner	GER	115	22	22	25	23	23
21	1222	Mario Núñez	ESP	115	23	24	24	22	22
22	1730	Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum	UAE	114	23	24	24	21	22
23	1625	Konstantin Tsuranov	RUS	113	21	22	23	24	23
24	1365	Andrea Benelli	ITA	113	22	24	22	23	22
25	1186	Anders Golding	DEN	112	20	24	24	23	21
26	1310	Juan Romero	GUA	111	24	21	23	21	22
27	1468	Ariel Flores	MEX	111	23	22	23	22	21
28	1109	Jorge Atalah	CHI	111	22	22	24	23	20
29	1442	Ziad Richa	LBN	111	24	22	23	23	19
30	1030	Paul Rahman	AUS	110	22	23	19	25	21
31	1191	Julio Dujarric	DOM	110	23	24	21	21	21
32	1739	Mykola Milchev	UKR	109	20	23	21	22	23
33	1305	Georgios Salavantakis	GRE	109	21	20	23	23	22
34	1067	Andrei Hierachtchenko	BLR	109	21	22	25	23	18
35	1600	Ioan Toman	ROU	108	21	19	23	22	23
36	1203	Franco Donato	EGY	106	19	21	22	21	23
37	1593	Rashid Hamad	QAT	106	22	22	18	22	22
38	1142	Diego Duarte	COL	106	21	23	21	22	19
39	1425	Sayed Al-Mutairi	KSA	104	21	20	22	22	19
40	1551	Marco Matellini	PER	95	17	19	15	22	22
41	1695	Roger Dahi	SYR	91	19	21	19	11	21

Preliminary Shoot-Off 6-12

Date	16 August 2008

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	1124	Qu Ridong	CHN	4
=2	1117	Jin Di	CHN	3
=2	1219	Juan Aramburu	ESP	3
=2	1431	Abdullah Al-Rashidi	KUW	3
=5	1430	Zaid Al-Mutairi	KUW	1
=5	1765	Sean Mclelland	USA	1
=5	1521	Harald Jensen	NOR	1

Final Round

Date	16 August 2008 — 15:00
Format	Top six from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Final Points	Qualification Points
1	1763	Vincent Hancock	USA	145	121	24
2	1519	Tore Brovold	NOR	145	120	25
3	1257	Anthony Terras	FRA	144	120	24
4	1163	Antonis Nikolaidis	CYP	144	120	24
5	1162	Giorgos Achilleos	CYP	143	119	24
6	1124	Qu Ridong	CHN	142	118	24

Final Shoot-Off 1/2

Date	16 August 2008

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	1763	Vincent Hancock	USA	4
2	1519	Tore Brovold	NOR	3

Final Shoot-Off 3/4

Date	16 August 2008

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	1257	Anthony Terras	FRA	3
2	1163	Antonis Nikolaidis	CYP	2