The Men's

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event at the

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took place on August 15 and 16 at the

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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

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. The top 6 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired one additional round of 25. The total score from all 150 shots was used to determine the final ranking.

Vincent Hancock Vincent Charles Hancock (born March 19, 1989, in Port Charlotte, Florida) is an American shooter and Olympian who won the gold medal in the men's skeet at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (with a then Olympic record), 2012 Summer Olympics in ...

from the

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took a one-hit lead in the qualification round. In the final round,

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Tore Brovold Tore Brovold (born 12 June 1970) is a Norwegian sport shooter competing in Skeet. Brovold was one of the Norwegian athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he won a silver medal. Later the same year, he won the ...

, who already shared the world record with Hancock, eliminated this gap by means of a perfect 25, thus also sharing the Olympic final record of 145 hits with him. Hancock came back to win the shoot-off for the gold medal. One hit behind the duo,

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won the bronze medal shoot-off against

Antonis Nikolaidis Antonis Nikolaidis ( gr, Αντώνης Νικολαϊδης; born 24 January 1967 in Islington, Greater London, Great Britain) is a British-born Cypriot sport shooter. He captured a total of seven medals (three silver and four bronze) in me ...

, denying

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its first-ever Olympic medal.

Records

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

Qualification round

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

OR Olympic record {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's skeet Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics