The men's
double trap event at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
took place on August 12 at the
Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field
The Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field () is a shooting range in the Shijingshan District of Beijing, People's Republic of China, China. During the 1990 Asian Games, the shooting range was used for shooting and archery competitions. It was ...
.
Walton Eller, the gold medal winner in this event, broke two Olympic records
for both the qualification and final rounds.
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
Trap shooting, or trapshooting in North America, is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting, which is shooting shotguns at clay targets. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays.
They are disting ...
. 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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
During the competition,
Walton Eller broke both Olympic records by a one-hit margin.
Qualification round
The qualification round was held between 9:00 and 13:00
China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
(
UTC+8). It consisted of three programs of 25 doubles each. In the A and B programs, the two targets were simultaneously thrown with a difference of five degrees (one straight and one to the side); in the C program, this was increased to ten degrees (one to each side).
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final
The final was held at 15:00
China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
(
UTC+8). It repeated the C program for the top 6 shooters, and added the results to those of the qualification round.
OR Olympic record
References
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Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics