Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap

The men's double trap competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 17 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.

Men's double trap
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueMarkópoulo Olympic Shooting
Centre
DateAugust 17, 2004
Competitors25 from 19 nations
Winning score189 =OR
Medalists
Ahmed Al Maktoum
 United Arab Emirates
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
 India
Wang Zheng
 China

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 3 sets of 50 shots in trap shooting. Shots were paired, with two targets being launched at a time.

The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired one additional round of 50. The total score from all 200 shots was used to determine final ranking. Ties are broken using a shoot-off; additional shots are fired one pair at a time until there is no longer a tie.

Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of Dubai's royal family, set a historic milestone for the United Arab Emirates by picking up the nation's first ever gold medal in Olympic history, breaking a new Olympic record of 179 in the qualification round and increased his six-point lead to a ten-point post-final victory margin at 189.[1] India's Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who finished fifth earlier in the prelims with 135, shot steadily in the final round to grab the silver with 179, while China's Wang Zheng scored 178 to edge out his teammate Hu Binyuan for the bronze by a single hit.[2]

Defending Olympic champion Richard Faulds failed to reach the final round after a dismal display in the prelims, posting a total record of 130 out of 150 to finish thirteenth in a field of twenty-five shooters.[1]

Records

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

Qualification records
World record Michael Diamond (AUS)147Barcelona, Spain19 July 1998
Olympic record Russell Mark (AUS)143Sydney, Australia20 September 2000
Final records
World record Daniele di Spigno (ITA)194 (146+48)Tampere, Finland7 July 1999
Olympic record Russell Mark (AUS)189 (141+48)Atlanta, United States24 July 1996

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country A B C Total Shoot-off Notes
1 Ahmed Al Maktoum United Arab Emirates 484848144Q, =OR
2 Håkan Dahlby Sweden 464844138Q
3 Wang Zheng China 434945137Q
4 Waldemar Schanz Germany 444447135Q
5 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore India 464346135Q
6 Hu Binyuan China 45454413412Q
7 Daniele Di Spigno Italy 45464313411
8 Fehaid Al-Deehani Kuwait 4444461343
9 William Chetcuti Malta 4344471341
9 Vitaly Fokeev Russia 4444461341
11 Rashid Al-Athba Qatar 384648132
12 Mashfi Al-Mutairi Kuwait 434345131
13 Bret Erickson United States 434245130
13 Richard Faulds Great Britain 414445130
15 Steve Haberman Australia 434244129
16 Sean Nicholson Zimbabwe 444143128
17 Walton Eller United States 414442127
17 Marco Innocenti Italy 414343127
19 Vasily Mosin Russia 384444126
19 Thomas Turner Australia 444240126
21 Saleem Al-Nasri Oman 394343125
22 Angelos Spiropoulos Greece 394639124
23 Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz Puerto Rico 364244122
24 Francisco Boza Peru 404338121
25 Joonas Olkkonen Finland 413839118

=OR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual Final Total Shoot-off Notes
 Ahmed Al Maktoum (UAE) 14445189=OR
 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (IND) 13544179
 Wang Zheng (CHN) 13741178
4 Hu Binyuan (CHN) 134431772
5 Håkan Dahlby (SWE) 138391771
6 Waldemar Schanz (GER) 13540175

=OR Equalled Olympic record

References

  1. "Shooter Almaktoum wins UAE's first gold at Athens Olympics". People's Daily. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. "Shooter Rathore strikes silver". Rediff.com. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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