The men's skeet shooting competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the last shooting event of the Sydney Games, held on 22 and 23 September. Mykola Milchev of Ukraine became the first shooter to hit all 150 targets at an Olympic competition in skeet.[1]
Men's skeet at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Shooting Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 September 2000 23 September 2000 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 150 (=WR) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records | ||||
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World record | Jan-Henrik Heinrich (GER) | 125 | Lonato, Italy | 5 June 1996 |
Olympic record | Ennio Falco (ITA) | 125 | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
Final records | ||||
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World record | Jan-Henrik Heinrich (GER) | 150 (125+25) | Lonato, Italy | 5 June 1996 |
Olympic record | Ennio Falco (ITA) | 149 | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
Qualification round
editThe qualification round comprised 75 targets on day 1, and 50 targets on day 2.
EOR Equalled Olympic record – EWR Equalled World record – Q Qualified for final
Final
editRank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Shoot-off | Notes |
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Mykola Milchev (UKR) | 125 | 25 | 150 | EWR OR | ||
Petr Málek (CZE) | 124 | 24 | 148 | |||
James Graves (USA) | 123 | 24 | 147 | |||
4 | Hennie Dompeling (NED) | 122 | 24 | 146 | 4 | |
5 | Andrea Benelli (ITA) | 122 | 24 | 146 | 3 | |
6 | Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) | 122 | 23 | 145 |
EWR Equalled World record – OR Olympic record
References
edit- ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Skeet". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
Sources
edit- Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad — Shooting (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2008.