The men's
skeet
Skeet may refer to:
* Skeet shooting, a discipline of competitive clay pigeon shooting
** ISSF Olympic skeet, a variant used at the Olympic Games
People
* Skeet Childress (born 1979), American guitar player in the band Look What I Did
* Skeet Q ...
shooting competition at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
was held on August 21 and 22 at the
Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre The Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre was the site of the shooting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located in Markópoulo, on the outskirts of the eastern suburbs of Athens. It has a seating capacity of 4,000, ...
near
Athens
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,
Greece
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.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 5 sets of 25 shots in the set order of
skeet shooting
Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity where participants use shotguns to attempt to break clay targets which two fixed stations mechanically fling into the air at high speed and at a variety of angles.
Skeet is one of the t ...
.
In this last Olympic skeet competition before rules were changed,
Marko Kemppainen
Marko Kemppainen (born 13 July 1976 in Kajaani) is an athlete from Finland. He competes in skeet shooting.
Kemppainen won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship in Cairo. He represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 ...
attained a perfect 125 to break the world and Olympic records in the qualification round, but missed one target in the final, allowing
Andrea Benelli
Andrea Benelli (born 28 June 1960) is a retired Italian skeet shooter. He competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and won a gold medal in 2004 and a bronze in 1996. In 2004, he and Marko Kemppainen
Marko Kemppainen (b ...
to catch him up with a score of 149 to force the gold medal shoot-off. Meanwhile, Cuba's
Juan Miguel Rodríguez
Juan Miguel Rodriguez (born May 26, 1967) is a Cuban sport shooter and Olympic medallist, born in Havana. He received a bronze medal in skeet shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆ ...
had shared a score of 147 targets with Qatar's
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( ar, ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He wa ...
and United States'
Shawn Dulohery, until he fired a perfect ten in a three-way shoot-off to grab the bronze.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round
=OR Equalled Olympic record – =WR Equalled World record – Q Qualified for final – SO 1 Shoot-off for third place – SO 2 Shoot-off for sixth place
Final
References
External links
Official Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting At The 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Skeet
Men's Skeet
Men's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics