| 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 | Competitor | NOC | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Shoot-Off 6-12 | Final | Final Shoot-Off 1/2 | Final Shoot-Off 3/4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Hancock |  USA | 121 (1) | – | 145 (1) | 4 (1) | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Tore Brovold |  NOR | 120 (=2) | – | 145 (2) | 3 (2) | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Anthony Terras |  FRA | 120 (=2) | – | 144 (3) | – | 3 (1) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Antonis Nikolaidis |  CYP | 120 (=2) | – | 144 (4) | – | 2 (2) | |||
| 5 | Giorgos Achilleos | CYP | 119 (5) | – | 143 (5) | – | – | |||
| 6 | Qu Ridong |  CHN | 118 (6) | 4 (1) | 142 (6) | – | – | |||
| =7 | Jin Di | CHN | 118 (=7) | 3 (=2) | – | – | – | |||
| =7 | Juan Aramburu |  ESP | 118 (=7) | 3 (=2) | – | – | – | |||
| =7 | Abdullah Al-Rashidi |  KUW | 118 (=7) | 3 (=2) | – | – | – | |||
| =10 | Zaid Al-Mutairi | KUW | 118 (=10) | 1 (=5) | – | – | – | |||
| =10 | Sean Mclelland | USA | 118 (=10) | 1 (=5) | – | – | – | |||
| =10 | Harald Jensen | NOR | 118 (=10) | 1 (=5) | – | – | – | |||
| 13 | Tino Wenzel |  GER | 117 (13) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 14 | Ennio Falco |  ITA | 117 (14) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 15 | Nasser Al-Attiya |  QAT | 117 (15) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | Jan Sychra |  CZE | 117 (16) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | George Barton |  AUS | 116 (17) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 18 | Andrei Inešin |  EST | 115 (18) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 19 | Valery Shomin |  RUS | 115 (19) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 20 | Axel Wegner | GER | 115 (20) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 21 | Mario Núñez | ESP | 115 (21) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 22 | Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum |  UAE | 114 (22) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 23 | Konstantin Tsuranov | RUS | 113 (23) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 24 | Andrea Benelli | ITA | 113 (24) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 25 | Anders Golding |  DEN | 112 (25) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 26 | Juan Romero |  GUA | 111 (26) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 27 | Ariel Flores |  MEX | 111 (27) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 28 | Jorge Atalah |  CHI | 111 (28) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 29 | Ziad Richa |  LBN | 111 (29) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 30 | Paul Rahman | AUS | 110 (30) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 31 | Julio Dujarric |  DOM | 110 (31) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 32 | Mykola Milchev |  UKR | 109 (32) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 33 | Georgios Salavantakis |  GRE | 109 (33) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 34 | Andrei Hierachtchenko |  BLR | 109 (34) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 35 | Ioan Toman |  ROU | 108 (35) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 36 | Franco Donato |  EGY | 106 (36) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 37 | Rashid Hamad | QAT | 106 (37) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 38 | Diego Duarte |  COL | 106 (38) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 39 | Sayed Al-Mutairi |  KSA | 104 (39) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 40 | Marco Matellini |  PER | 95 (40) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 41 | Roger Dahi |  SYR | 91 (41) | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | Competitor | NOC | Points | Round 1 Points | Round 2 Points | Round 3 Points | Round 4 Points | Round 5 Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Hancock | USA | 121 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ||
| =2 | Tore Brovold | NOR | 120 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | ||
| =2 | Anthony Terras | FRA | 120 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | ||
| =2 | Antonis Nikolaidis | CYP | 120 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | ||
| 5 | Giorgos Achilleos | CYP | 119 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | ||
| 6 | Qu Ridong | CHN | 118 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | ||
| =7 | Jin Di | CHN | 118 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ||
| =7 | Juan Aramburu | ESP | 118 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 24 | ||
| =7 | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | KUW | 118 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | ||
| =10 | Zaid Al-Mutairi | KUW | 118 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 24 | ||
| =10 | Sean Mclelland | USA | 118 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | ||
| =10 | Harald Jensen | NOR | 118 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 22 | ||
| 13 | Tino Wenzel | GER | 117 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | ||
| 14 | Ennio Falco | ITA | 117 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | ||
| 15 | Nasser Al-Attiya | QAT | 117 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 22 | ||
| 16 | Jan Sychra | CZE | 117 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 22 | ||
| 17 | George Barton | AUS | 116 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 24 | ||
| 18 | Andrei Inešin | EST | 115 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 19 | Valery Shomin | RUS | 115 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 25 | ||
| 20 | Axel Wegner | GER | 115 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 23 | ||
| 21 | Mario Núñez | ESP | 115 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 22 | Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum | UAE | 114 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 22 | ||
| 23 | Konstantin Tsuranov | RUS | 113 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | ||
| 24 | Andrea Benelli | ITA | 113 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 22 | ||
| 25 | Anders Golding | DEN | 112 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | ||
| 26 | Juan Romero | GUA | 111 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 22 | ||
| 27 | Ariel Flores | MEX | 111 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | ||
| 28 | Jorge Atalah | CHI | 111 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | ||
| 29 | Ziad Richa | LBN | 111 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 19 | ||
| 30 | Paul Rahman | AUS | 110 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 21 | ||
| 31 | Julio Dujarric | DOM | 110 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||
| 32 | Mykola Milchev | UKR | 109 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||
| 33 | Georgios Salavantakis | GRE | 109 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 | ||
| 34 | Andrei Hierachtchenko | BLR | 109 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 18 | ||
| 35 | Ioan Toman | ROU | 108 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 23 | ||
| 36 | Franco Donato | EGY | 106 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | ||
| 37 | Rashid Hamad | QAT | 106 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 38 | Diego Duarte | COL | 106 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 19 | ||
| 39 | Sayed Al-Mutairi | KSA | 104 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | ||
| 40 | Marco Matellini | PER | 95 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 41 | Roger Dahi | SYR | 91 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 21 |
| Date | 16 August 2008 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qu Ridong | CHN | 4 | ||
| =2 | Jin Di | CHN | 3 | ||
| =2 | Juan Aramburu | ESP | 3 | ||
| =2 | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | KUW | 3 | ||
| =5 | Zaid Al-Mutairi | KUW | 1 | ||
| =5 | Sean Mclelland | USA | 1 | ||
| =5 | Harald Jensen | NOR | 1 |
| Date | 16 August 2008 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 6 from preliminary round advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | Final Points | Qualification Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Hancock | USA | 145 | 121 | 24 | ||
| 2 | Tore Brovold | NOR | 145 | 120 | 25 | ||
| 3 | Anthony Terras | FRA | 144 | 120 | 24 | ||
| 4 | Antonis Nikolaidis | CYP | 144 | 120 | 24 | ||
| 5 | Giorgos Achilleos | CYP | 143 | 119 | 24 | ||
| 6 | Qu Ridong | CHN | 142 | 118 | 24 |
| Date | 16 August 2008 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Hancock | USA | 4 | ||
| 2 | Tore Brovold | NOR | 3 |
| Date | 16 August 2008 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Terras | FRA | 3 | ||
| 2 | Antonis Nikolaidis | CYP | 2 |
